Review: Perfect Lies

Perfect Lies
Author: Kiersten White

Publication Date: February 18th 2014                                 

~A copy was provided by HarperTeen via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review~

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Annie and Fia are ready to fight back.

The sisters have been manipulated and controlled by the Keane Foundation for years, trapped in a never ending battle for survival. Now they have found allies who can help them truly escape. After faking her own death, Annie has joined a group that is plotting to destroy the Foundation. And Fia is working with James Keane to bring his father down from the inside.

But Annie's visions of the future can't show her who to trust in the present. And though James is Fia's first love, Fia knows he's hiding something. The sisters can rely only on each other - but that may not be enough to save them.
 

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The first thing I said in my review about Mind Games was " Mind Games is either cleverly executed, or a damn right crazy mess with the most ironic and appropriate title."

Reading Perfect Lies made my mind up for me. Cleverly executed.

Perfect Lies was so much better than Mind Games, I still kind of think we got nowhere, not until the end, but I don't care because I loved it.

Stacking the Shelves (#31) & Recap

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.



Ohhhhhhh you never guess what proof I got in the mail today?! The title initials are DLB and the author is JLA. :D I am insanely happy. It'll be in my physical stack next week because I have to go into town on Monday and you all know what that means, right? Books. ;)
Hope everyone had a good week?

These E-Copies I downloaded last week;

I am so excited for On The Fence because A) I haven't read a Kasie West and B) Now I'm forced to read a Kasie West. Win-Win.

This week;

 

 

 In the End (In the After #2), ) Dark Days, On the Fence, Mila 2.0: Renegade, and A Hole in My Heart
(Thanks to Katherine Tegen Books, HarperTeen, Sky Pony Press, Dundurn and Edelweiss)

  What did you get this week? :)

   



 A recap of posts this week

 

• Monday I reviewed  The Academy: Love Match by Monica Seles
• Teaser Tuesday from Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine 
• Waiting on Wednesday: Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout  hint hint ;)
• On Wednesday I also revealed the cover of The Beast of Callaire by Saruuh Kelsey
• Friday I reviewed This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

♥ Valentines Day Review: ♥ This is What Happy Looks Like ♥

This is What Happy Looks Like
Author: Jennifer E. Smith

Publication Date:  April 2nd 2013           
Publisher: Headline                        

 

 

 

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  If fate sent you an email, would you answer?

When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds.

Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs?

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After reading The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and loved it, I knew This is What Happy Looks Like would be around the same calibre and it was. Jennifer E. Smith has a way of seamlessly writing well endowed characters. Pulling both of those characters views and lives into one without a break. She also makes you care about the characters, and I really did get lost in the story, wanting to know what would happen to them because they felt real.

Cover Reveal: The Beast of Callaire

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And now for the cover, and it is a pretty one!

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The Beast of Callaire by Saruuh Kelsey

(The Legend Mirror, #1)
Publication date: May 20th 2014
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBT

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Yasmin is a descendant of the Manticore. A creature of Persian mythology. A Legendary.

But she doesn’t want to be. Unlike the Legendaries in The Red, Yasmin wants nothing more than an ordinary life. She tries to fool herself into believing that she doesn’t change into a beast every full moon and savagely kill innocent people.

But when Yasmin starts hearing a voice in her head and is drawn into dreams that aren’t her own, she is led to Fray—a girl who once saved Yasmin from hunters, who has shadowy memories that hint at her having Legendary magic—and Yasmin is catapulted into a life of Majick and malevolence.

Despite the danger around her and Fray, Yasmin might finally have a chance at being a normal girl with a normal girlfriend. But with Legendaries being killed, a war between the Gods brewing, and the beast inside Yasmin becoming stronger each moon, her mundane life is little more than a dream.

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Saruuh Kelsey is the author of the Lux Guardians series. Her debut and the first in series, THE FORGOTTEN, a YA science fiction set in Victorian London and London 25 years in the future, is out now for free. Book two, THE REVELATION, releases October 7th. THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE, the first novel of a new YA fantasy series, with a same sex paranormal romance, is out May 20th.

You can find Saruuh at;

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Waiting on Wednesday (#31)

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

Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Expected publication: April 10th 2014 by Hodder Paperbacks

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Samantha is a stranger in her own life. Until the night she disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, everyone said Sam had it all-popularity, wealth, and a dream boyfriend.

Sam has resurfaced, but she has no recollection of who she was or what happened to her that night. As she tries to piece together her life from before, she realizes it's one she no longer wants any part of. The old Sam took "mean girl" to a whole new level, and it's clear she and Cassie were more like best enemies. Sam is pretty sure that losing her memories is like winning the lottery. She's getting a second chance at being a better daughter, sister, and friend, and she's falling hard for Carson Ortiz, a boy who has always looked out for her-even if the old Sam treated him like trash.

But Cassie is still missing, and the facts about what happened to her that night isn't just buried deep inside of Sam's memory-someone else knows, someone who wants to make sure Sam stays quiet. All Sam wants is the truth, and if she can unlock her clouded memories of that fateful night, she can finally move on. But what if not remembering is the only thing keeping Sam alive?

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Okay, okay, while I really love the US cover and the awesome creepiness of it, I really like the mysteriousness of the UK one. So pretty! Which cover do you prefer?

What're you waiting on?

Teaser Tuesday (28)

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

 

 

 

Title: Prince of Shadows

Author: Rachel Caine

Release date:  February 4th 2014            

Publisher: NAL    


 

 



A thrilling retelling of the star-crossed tale of Romeo and Juliet, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires series.

In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.

Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him. At night, he is the Prince of Shadows, the greatest thief in Verona—and he risks all as he steals from House Capulet. In doing so, he sets eyes on convent-bound Rosaline, and a terrible curse begins that will claim the lives of many in Verona…

…And will rewrite all their fates, forever

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 "I stood in the dark corner of my enemy's house, and thought of murder." -Page 9

"Pinned to it was a ribald verse that detailed a highly entertaining story about Tybalt, a pig, and acts not generally condoned by either the Church or right-thinking sheepherders.

          It was a good day.

It was the beginning of the end of the good days."- Page 15

 

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I'm almost halfway through this and really enjoying it so far. It's very different than what Rachel Caine's done before, but it's good.

What're you reading? :)