Review: Cracked

Cracked
Author: Eliza Crewe

Publication Date: November 5th 2013

Source: An advanced copy was provided by  Strange Chemistry in exchange  for an honest review.

Well, technically, she eats their soul. But she totally promises to only go for people who deserve it. She’s special. It’s not her fault she enjoys it. She can’t help being a bad guy. Besides, what else can she do? Her mother was killed and it’s not like there are any other “soul-eaters” around to show her how to be different. That is, until the three men in suits show up.

They can do what she can do. They’re like her. Meda might finally have a chance to figure out what she is. The problem? They kind of want to kill her. Before they get the chance Meda is rescued by crusaders, members of an elite group dedicated to wiping out Meda’s kind. This is her chance! Play along with the “good guys” and she’ll finally figure out what, exactly, her ‘kind’ is.

Be careful what you wish for. Playing capture the flag with her mortal enemies, babysitting a teenage boy with a hero complex, and trying to keep one step ahead of a too-clever girl are bad enough. But the Hunger is gaining on her.

The more she learns, the worse it gets. And when Meda uncovers a shocking secret about her mother, her past, and her destiny… she may finally give into it.

Stuck in an asylum for the past two weeks, what Meda's anticipated since then has finally arrived, and as her mother used to say, she's hangry. To live and to survive, Meda must eat a living soul, it's messy and bloody, but she's equipped and enjoys it. She makes it a point, on her mother's wishes, that she only kills bad people. Which, brings us back to the slimy asylum, in which she admitted herself to get closer to the target of a girl ghosts' murder.

She doesn't like the tables being turned.

Feature & Follow (#6)

Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly bloghop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

 

This weeks Question:

Are there any book to movie adaptations where you think the movie is better than the book?

Okay, you're probably going to shout at me but, I liked The Hunger Games, not because it was better than the book, but because it was just really nice to see all of it come to life. But, since that's not really an answer I'd say Dear John, though I loved the book, I preferred the movie ending that the actual ending in the book. Also, Channing Tatum. Enough said.

What did you pick?

Waiting on Wednesday (#19)

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

 

 

The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings

Expected publication: June 10th 2014 by Greenwillow / HarperCollins
 

An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate. For fans of Moira Young's Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna.

Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the population with precision. The plot starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is-although he doesn't know it-one of the MC's programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family? Action-packed, blood-soaked, and chilling, this is a dark and compelling debut novel by Lindsay Cummings.



So, I was going to pick this one a few weeks back, but wanted to do it when it had a cover. And it is awesome.

What are you waiting on? :)

Teaser Tuesday (17)

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

 

 

 

Title: A Breath of Frost

Author: Alyxandra Harvey

Release date: January 2nd 2014         

Publisher:  Bloomsbury Childrens UK

Page: 24

 

 

 

Emma Day and her two cousins, Gretchen and Penelope, are uninterested in their debutante lives. All the boring balls, tiresome curtsying and polite conversation leave much to be desired. Then a girl is found dead, frost clinging to her lifeless body, and the murder is traced to Emma. As their world is turned upside down, Emma discovers more about herself and her cousins, from her connection to the murders to the secrets of her family legacy. Now the girls must embrace their true Lovegrove inheritance in order to stop the chaos, even if that means risking their lives. Dangerously handsome Cormac Fairfax wants to help Emma – but, with secrets of his own to hide, can she trust him?

 

 

 

 

 

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"The dog licked her nose frantically.  "I don't have biscuits," she said. "You look like a tea cake. Honestly, I'm embarrassed for you. And I hope you bit Lady Pickford for doing that to you," she said conversationally."

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I'm loving Gretchen's character already.

 

What're you reading? :)

 

 

 

Review: Witchstruck

Witchstruck
Author: Victoria Lamb

Publication Date: September 24th 2013        

~A copy was provided by Harlequin Teen, via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.~

If she sink, she be no witch and shall be drowned. If she float, she be a witch and must be hanged.

Meg Lytton has always known she is different; that she bears a dark and powerful gift. But in 1554 England, in service at Woodstock Palace to the banished Tudor princess Elizabeth, it has never been more dangerous to practice witchcraft. Meg knows she must guard her secret carefully from the many suspicious eyes watching over the princess and her companions. One wrong move could mean her life, and the life of Elizabeth, rightful heir to the English throne. With witchfinder Marcus Dent determined to have Meg's hand in marriage, and Meg's own family conspiring against the English queen, there isn't a single person Meg can trust. Certainly not the enigmatic young Spanish priest Alejandro de Castillo, despite her undeniable feelings. But when all the world turns against her, Meg must open her heart to a dangerous choice.



This review has some spoilers, since I couldn't actually write it spoiler free with my issues with it.

You know when you can read the first couple of pages and know you'll like it? You can pretty much tell by the writing and voice of the character, I was indecisive about Witchstruck and Meg for a while, I liked the beginning and I thought eventually it would evolve into something that could have been done really great.

Stacking the Shelves (#18) & Recap

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

 

How's everyone's week been? Mine, book-wise has been pretty good, or not so good, since I spent £25 in store, but...In my defence, one is Educational and the other two were buy one get one half price and one was for my cousin, so naturally, it doesn't count. This is why I'm banned from town. Also, a pre-order came in, yay!

For Review

          

 

 

 

(Prisoner of Night and Fog, The Taking and Fake ID)

Thanks to Balzer + Bray, Harper Teen, Harper Collins and Edelweiss

(Witch Finder, The Academy: Love Match and A Breath of Frost)

Thanks to Hodder Children's (Hachette), and Bloomsbury Childrens UK

Such cover love! Does anybody else keep seeing Prisoner of Night and Frog? Just me? Okay then.

     

Bought

 

• Follow Me Down by one of my favourites Tanya Byrne
• This Wicked Game by Michelle Zink
• The Greek and Roman Myths by Philip Matyszak (It has such a pretty real life cover.)

(Not pictured)

• All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill  -This is the 3rd time I've bought it. But, since I wouldn't let my cousin borrow my copy, I bought it for her instead. ;)

Also, ignore the putty rubber, my art supplies are invading my room now.


What did you get this week? :)

  



 A recap of posts this week

 

• Monday I reviewed  Unbreakable by Kami Garcia
• Teaser Tuesday from The Syndicate by Shelena Shorts
• Waiting on Wednesday: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
• Friday I reviewed Two Lies and A Spy by Kat Carlton
  

This week I have read:

• Darkness Becomes Her (Gods & Monsters #1)  by Kelly Keaton 
• Witchstruck by Victoria Lamb
• The Syndicate by Shelena Shorts (Kind of)

 

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