Teaser Tuesday (30)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

 

 

 

Title: Only Ever Yours

Author: Louise O'Neill

Release date:  July 3rd 2014        

Publisher: Quercus






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In a world in which baby girls are no longer born naturally, women are bred in schools, trained in the arts of pleasing men until they are ready for the outside world. At graduation, the most highly rated girls become “companions”, permitted to live with their husbands and breed sons until they are no longer useful.

For the girls left behind, the future – as a concubine or a teacher – is grim.

Best friends Freida and Isabel are sure they’ll be chosen as companions – they are among the most highly rated girls in their year.

But as the intensity of final year takes hold, Isabel does the unthinkable and starts to put on weight. ..
And then, into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride.

Freida must fight for her future – even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known…

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"But the thing about the monkey was-"

"I'm tired," Isabel cuts across me and the words fizzle in my throat. I always take it a step too far, chastity-Ruth says.

                                                       -Page 11 in ARC

We are wound up and wound down, like mechanical dolls. they turn the lamps on, they turn the lamps off. And another day is done.

                - Page 46 in ARC

What're you reading? :)

Review: Otherbound

Otherbound
Author: Corinne Duyvis

Publication Date:  June 17th 2014      
Publisher: Amulet (Abrams & Chronicle)
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~




 

 

 

 

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Amara is never alone. Not when she's protecting the cursed princess she unwillingly serves. Not when they're fleeing across dunes and islands and seas to stay alive. Not when she's punished, ordered around, or neglected.

She can't be alone, because a boy from another world experiences all that alongside her, looking through her eyes.

Nolan longs for a life uninterrupted. Every time he blinks, he's yanked from his Arizona town into Amara's mind, a world away, which makes even simple things like hobbies and homework impossible. He's spent years as a powerless observer of Amara's life. Amara has no idea . . . until he learns to control her, and they communicate for the first time. Amara is terrified. Then, she's furious.

All Amara and Nolan want is to be free of each other. But Nolan's breakthrough has dangerous consequences. Now, they'll have to work together to survive--and discover the truth about their connection.

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Oh Otherbound, you were almost freaking perfect.

There's a lot of things going on in Otherbound, we have multiple main characters and a lot going on behind the scenes, we have our world, a different world that might or might not be real, with different rules, magic, a cursed princess that if her blood is spilled their world will go to havoc and a few diverse relationships throughout with differently abled and POC characters. All in one book. So. Good.

Stacking the Shelves (#48) & Recap: The Dangerous Edition

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

How was everybody's week? It's been a good week here, I've actually made a dent in the review books, and finally read The Forever Song, which I've been waiting to read sine April, and it was perfect but ugh, so sad the series is over. :( I'm finally catching up on season 4 of Pretty Little Liars and my ships are going down. Mean, PLL, mean.
 

For Review

Netgalley:

 

 

 

 

 

Dangerous Boys 

(Thanks to Simon & Schuster and Netgalley )

 

Bought
Kindle

 

Dangerous Girls

What did you get this week? :)

   



 A recap of posts this week

• Monday I reviewed: (Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn
• Tuesday I reviewed: Trust Games  by Simon Packham 
• Waiting on Wednesday: Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
• Thursday: May DNF Round-Up
• Friday I reviewed: Dark Days by  Kate Ormand

DNF Review: Dark Days

Dark Days
Author:  Kate Ormand

Publication Date:  June 3rd 2014         
Publisher: Sky Pony Press 
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~





 

 

 

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The future world has been divided into sectors--each the same as the other. Surrounded by thick steel fences, there is no way in and no way out. Yet a cyborg army penetrates each sector, picking off its citizens one by one, until no one is left. Behind the sectors' thick walls, the citizens wait to die. Few will be chosen to survive what's coming; the rest will be left behind to suffer. A new world has been created, and its rulers are incredibly selective on who will become a citizen. They want only those with important roles in society to help create a more perfect future.

Sixteen-year-old Sia lives in one of the sectors as part of a family that is far too ordinary to be picked to live. According to the digital clock that towers high above her sector, she has only fifteen days to live. Sia has seen the reports and knows a horrific death is in store for her, but she is determined to make the most of her final days. Sia refuses to mourn her short life, instead promising herself that she'll stay strong, despite being suffocated by her depressed mother and her frightened best friend. Just when Sia feels more alone than ever, she meets Mace, a mysterious boy. There is something that draws Sia to him, despite his dangerousness, and together, they join a group of rebels and embark on an epic journey to destroy the new world and its machines, and to put an end to the slaughter of innocent people.

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You know those books that you just want to shake your head at? Congratulations Dark Days, you're it. Keep in mind I have DNF'D it at 50%, so all this ranting is for the first half. Doesn't mean it doesn't get better. Imagine the ranting for the other 50%.

DNF Round-Up: May

One DNF in May, I'm shocked, really I am. I had a really, really good reason for this one though, because there was a very real chance I'd murder some fictional characters if I carried on.

I was really looking forward to this one too, it sounded fun and flirty and just an overall good read. The reality? Stilted dialogue, adult characters that don't read like it and oh yeah, the insta-love kiss of death. Mwah.

04/06			17.0%	"20 Notes within the first 17%. Broke a record. Want to strangle the pretty much all the characters so far. Not a good thing."
04/07			25.0%	"Insta-love. Spoiled rich bitch. Spoiled rich dick. Nope. Can't do it."

 

 



 

 

 

 

Waiting on Wednesday (#48)

 "Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases.

Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre

Expected publication: August 5th 2014 by Feiwel & Friends

 

 

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Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget.

In one short summer, her entire life changes, and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and suddenly... bad things are happening. It's a heady rush, seeing her tormentors get what they deserve, but things that seem too good to be true usually are, and soon, the pranks and payback turns from delicious to deadly. Edie is alone in a world teeming with secrets and fiends lurking in the shadows. In this murky morass of devil's bargains, she isn't sure who—or what--she can trust. Not even her own mind...
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The first season of Revenge was almost finished when I decided to watch it...and got addicted. So I binged watched it, and then I got withdrawals. And found this book called Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne and it ripped my heart out and stabbed it and I loved it. It was the second time I cried over a book (the first being Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). So basically, a revenge based plot? Yes please.

 

 

What're you waiting on?