Stacking the Shelves (#37) & Recap

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So, how was everybody's week? I had four surprise packages this week, which I'll leave until next weeks Physical StS, because Harper Collins strikes again (I have no self control), and Once Upon A Time happened. I. Am. Addicted. And it's all Elizabeth's fault.


For Review
Edelweiss:

,Don't Touch, Poisoned Apples,  Feral, Kiss of Broken Glass
 The Dolls (YESSS!) and Rites of Passage
(Thanks to HarperTeen, Greenwillow Books, Balzer & Bray
and Edelweiss)

Stacking the Shelves (#32) & Recap AKA: The Fangirl Edition

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Sadly, not the Fangirl, unfortunately, I still haven't bought it. Buuuut, I did buy two others that I've dying to read for ages, and I can finally get in on that fandom...Yes, I actually got Cinder and Anna and the French Kiss. I know, shocking.

So, why the Fangirl Edition? Remember that proof I was talking about last week? Yup. Its here. And

I received another proof by one of my favourite authors...

 

Review: The Secret Diamond Sisters

The Secret Diamond Sisters
Author: Michelle Madow

Publication Date: February 25th 2014 (March 7th  UK)              

~A proof copy was provided by Harlequin Teen/ Mira Ink in exchange for an honest review~

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Three sisters with Big secrets.

Get ready to meet...SAVANNAH. COURTNEY. PEYTON.
The Diamond sisters never knew their father and never could catch a break. But their luck is about to change when they find out the secret identity of their long-lost dad – a billionaire Las Vegas hotel owner who wants them to come and live in a gorgeous penthouse suite.

Suddenly they have access to all that their dad’s money can provide, meaning it should be easier than ever to fit right in. But in a town full of secrets and illusions, fitting in is nothing compared with finding out the truth about their past.

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The Secret Diamond Sisters, on one hand I really liked you. You were something new, based in a setting I hadn't read before, so Vegas sounds like a ton of fun and I really liked a few of the characters, and I also wanted to put a few of  the rest of the characters in their place. Including two of the leads. One I just wanted to shake to wake her up to the obvious, but other than that, you were enjoyable. It kind of ran like a The Hills type of show, only in Vegas. Is there already a reality TV show set in Vegas? If there's not, there should be.

Review: Cruel Beauty

Cruel Beauty
Author:  Rosamund Hodge

Publication Date:  January 28th 2014         
~A copy was provided by Balzer + Bray via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review~


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Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.

Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love
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Cruel Beauty. Cruel Beauty, what can I say about you? I didn't want you to end, is one. And when it did? The book hated me. And yet, I still loved it.

A unique, magical world, laced with mythology,

Prepared and trained all her life, Nyx  has always known she was born for one thing and one thing only. To kill the Gentle Lord that rules their world, unleashes shadow demons that if looked upon by human eyes-and they look back-would drive you mad, that has controlled and damned their existence.

Stacking the Shelves (#26) & Recap

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It's that time again, yes, the Harper Collins Edition. I only downloaded five this time, I had some self control. Whoo. e.l.f. Cosmetics has made Vampire Academy makeup...I- really? You know I'm going to be stupid enough to buy some.

How was everyone's week?

 For review:
 

 

 

 

 

 

How to Meet Boys, The Geography of You and Me, Side Effects May Vary, The Half Life of Molly Pierce, The Secrets of Lily Graves and The Vanishing Season,

(Thanks to Netgalley, Harperteen, Balzer + Bray and Edelweiss)

 What did you get this week? :)

   



 A recap of posts this week

 

• Monday I reviewed  Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
• Teaser Tuesday from Vengeance by Megan Miranda
• Waiting on Wednesday: The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno
• Thursday I DNF reviewed The Lost Boys by Lilian Carmine
• Friday I reviewed And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard

 

ARC Review: Unhinged

Unhinged
Author: A.G. Howard

Publication Date: January 7th 2014    (Also Jan 13th) 
~An Advance Readers Copy was provided by Amulet/Abrams & Chronicle in exchange for an honest review~

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Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole and faced the bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the guy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly seductive Morpheus and the vindictive Queen Red. Now all she has to do is graduate high school and make it through prom so she can attend the prestigious art school in London she's always dreamed of.

That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from an asylum, acting overly protective and suspicious. And it would be much simpler if the mysterious Morpheus didn’t show up for school one day to tempt her with another dangerous quest in the dark, challenging Wonderland—where she (partly) belongs.

As prom and graduation creep closer, Alyssa juggles Morpheus’s unsettling presence in her real world with trying to tell Jeb the truth about a past he’s forgotten. Glimpses of Wonderland start to bleed through her art and into her world in very disturbing ways, and Morpheus warns that Queen Red won’t be far behind.

If Alyssa stays in the human realm, she could endanger Jeb, her parents, and everyone she loves. But if she steps through the rabbit hole again, she'll face a deadly battle that could cost more than just her head.
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Following the events in Wonderland, Unhinged starts off almost a year after Splintered's events. Alyssa's been down the rabbit hole, defeated Queen Red, taken her rightful crown and came out the other end a survivor-and intent on staying human, and to live a life with a now clueless Jeb, her Mother home and keeping her hands out of Wonderlands antic's. But, a certain Moth isn't ready to let go just yet..

Review: Splintered

Splintered
Author: A.G. Howard

Publication Date: January 1st 2013        
Publisher: Amulet Books

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Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.

When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family.

She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.
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I was hesitant to pick up Splintered the first time I read it, because I wasn't really into retellings. How wrong was I? I loved it, and now, the second time around I love it even more. Even if a certain moth drives me crazy at times.

I think with retellings, why I was hesitant to read any was because I thought you basically know the outcome, and the whole setup, but the clever thing about Splintered is that it takes everything from Alice in Wonderland- from a child's mind- and re-imagined every bit from an adults mind and twists it. The tale from Alice in Wonderland is a sweet version, those little things that weren't quite right were turned innocent in her head, and it takes that, and uses it to it's advantage to re-imagine what you thought you knew about wonderland. A Wonderland that although is familiar, completely new.

Stacking the Shelves (#24): I Can't Even Edition & Recap

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The last StS before Christmas. How's everybody's week been? This week has been on of the best weeks for awhile, I'm turning 21 on Monday, am I officially an adult now? :( And I have received some amazing reads for over the holidays. The two I received in the mail last week are now finished and went onto a new home.

 

 For review:

• And We Stay
• We Were Liars (!!!!!!) I may have freaked out a little. Lie. I freaked out. A lot.
• Entice

(Thanks to Random House, Delacorte Press, Patchwork Press, and Netgalley)

• Unhinged (ARC) (!!!!) It's so preeeeety. Also, my hardback pre-orders in the mail, eek.
• Gretel and The Dark (ARC) (The lollipop is freaking huge, and it's cookies and cream. :D)

(Thanks to Abrams & Chronicle/Amulet and  Penguin.)
 

 

Bought:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Pawn (Bought two weeks back)
• These Broken Stars (Bought last week)

 

Best. Birthday.Week. Ever. What did you get this week? :)

 

  



 A recap of posts this week

 

• Monday I reviewed  Fake ID by Lamar Giles
• Teaser Tuesday from Perfect Lies by Kiersten White
• Waiting on Wednesday: The Followers by Anna Davies
• Thursday I reviewed The Forgotten by Saruuh Kelsey   
• Friday I reviewed Pawn by Aimee Carter

This week I have read:

 
• This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
• Perfect Lies (Mind Games, #2) by Kiersten White
• The Forgotten (The Lux Guardians, #1) by Saruuh Kelsey