Friday, 4 October 2013

Review: The Naturals

The Naturals
Author:

Publication Date: November 7th
~An advanced readers copy was provided by Quercus in exchange for an honest review.~


 Cassie Hobbes is not like most teenagers. Most teenagers don’t lose their mother in a bloody, unsolved kidnapping. Most teenagers can’t tell who you are, where you’re from and how you’re likely to behave within moments of meeting you. And most teenagers don’t get chosen to join The Naturals.

Identified by the FBI as uniquely gifted, Cassie is recruited to an elite school where a small number of teens are trained to hone their exceptional abilities.

For Cassie, trying to make friends with the girls, and to figure out the two very different, very hot boys, is challenging enough. But when a serial killer begins recreating the details of her mother’s horrific crime scene, she realises just how dangerous life in The Naturals could be...





Cassie's mother was murdered when she was twelve, five years ago. Presumed dead, no body recovered. Now, Cassie's been dragged into the world of the FBI's super secret program of The Naturals. It was an easy choice for her, since it's a brand new start. It's been five years, and though living with her father's Mother- and the Italian family that comes with it, who are nice and kind albeit nosey, Cassie's never felt like she fit in. She's not like them, and no matter how much they treat her like family, she doesn't feel it. She knows things, she can do things that other people can't. That people train years to do. She's a Natural profiler. Cassie can look at a person and tell you everything about them, the type of person they are: messy/neat. Their personality. But, she's relied on what she can do to hide herself and now she's in a house with four other people who are like her.

She has nowhere to hide.

Thursday, 3 October 2013

Booking Through Thursday: Pointed

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme, hosted by btt2, about (mostly) books and reading.


Which is better (or preferred) … stories with multiple character points of view? Or stories that stick to just one or two at most? And, why?

Before, I would have said I'm strictly a one point of view person, I don't even know why. I just used to hate reading more than one.

Now I really do enjoy two, I guess it depends on the story and whether it merits two point of views, since there's two sides to every story and all that.

I'm still sketchy with more than two, especially if they're both male/female, and are not fleshed out enough for you to dictate which the voice belongs to. Because then I have to keep checking and that distracts me and ruins the story.


What do you think?

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Waiting On Wednesday (#13)

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases.
 
 
 
 
 
Q: If the boy you love commits a crime, would you turn him in?

Sadie Ames is a type-A teenager from the wealthy suburbs. She's been accepted to the prestigious Mind Corps Fellowship program, where she'll spend six weeks as an observer inside the head of Ford, a troubled boy with a passion for the crumbling architecture of the inner city. There's just one problem: Sadie's fallen in love with him.

Q: What if the crime is murder?

Ford Winters is haunted by the murder of his older brother, James. As Sadie falls deeper into his world, dazzled by the shimmering pinpricks of colour that form images in his mind, she begins to think she knows him. Then Ford does something unthinkable.

Q: What if you saw it happen from inside his mind?

Back in her own body, Sadie is faced with the ultimate dilemma. With Ford's life in her hands, she must decide what is right and what is wrong. And how well she can really ever know someone, even someone she loves.

How awesome does it sound? What're you waiting on this week? :)
 


 
 

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Cover & Title Reveal: Variants #2


We don't have a synopsis yet but I am so excited to help reveal the cover and title of Variants #2. won't bore you with chatter, so first, I will reveal the title.

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Defector

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Defector by Susanne Winnacker
(Variants #2) 
Published by: Razorbill
Publication date: June 26, 2014
Genres: Thriller, Young Adult

Susanne Winnacker studied law before she became a full-time writer. She lives with her husband, a dog and three bunnies in Germany. She loves coffee (in every shape and form), traveling and animals.
When she isn't writing, you can usually find her in the kitchen, experimenting with new vegan dishes.
Her YA thriller IMPOSTOR will be published on May 28, 2013. It has been optioned for TV by Warner Brothers!
You can find Susanne Winnacker at;


Monday, 30 September 2013

Review: Confessions: The Private School Murders

Confessions: The Private School Murders
Author:  &

Publication Date: October 24th 2013

~A copy was provided by Arrow (Young) in exchange for an honest review.~



 Tandy Angel may have played the hero when she solved the case of her magnificently wealthy parents' mysterious deaths, but she isn't done yet. Her brother Matthew stands trial for homicide, young girls are found murdered all around New York's Upper West side, and Tandy is determined to use her piercing intellect to get to the bottom of both cases. But the biggest mystery of all may be what actually happened to James Rampling, the handsome son of a family enemy, whom Tandy fell in love and ran away with--though most of her memories of the affair are disturbingly absent...

The confessions keep coming as Tandy delves even deeper into her own tumultuous history and the skeletons in the Angel family closet.





Oh dear everything that's holy, my heart hurts. It freaking hurts.

Ugh, I don't know where to start.
The Private School Murders kicks off three months after Confessions of A Murder Suspect, Matthew's still in jail pending trial on a charge, the mystery of James Rampling is fracturing, and we get to know him and oh my fictional guy. This is the part where I could gush and fangirl, but you know what? James Rampling deserves more, so I'm saying I wish this guy was real. So damn real. Anyway, back to topic, where was I? Right...

Sunday, 29 September 2013

Stacking the Shelves (#12) & Recap

STSmallStacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
 
I have no voice. *croak* Lost it last night thanks to a lovely chest infection. But I don't care because this is the longest book haul I've gotten, and it includes a few I've picked for my Waiting on Wednesday's.



 

 
 

 


 (Thanks to HarperCollins, Edelweiss, Harlequin (UK) & Netgalley.)

Really, I requested most of them over a month ago, and I've just gotten auto-approved. So I got them. All. At. Once. So. Excited! I also now have a reading schedule.
I also bought one book this week, which I'll leave until next week, because I won't be reading it any time soon.

What did you get this week? :)

 
 
 
A recap of posts this week
 
 
This week I have read: