Book Of The Week #29: The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: YA, romance, suspense

Release date: April 15, 2015

Available on Wattpad

From Jennifer L. Armentrout's blog posted on April 15, 2015:

“The Dead List is a full standalone novel, coming in at roughly 93,000 words. It’s a Young Adult Romantic Suspense Yes. Lots of Romance. Sort of like Don’t Look Back, but a throwback to movies like Scream and the sort of campy fun ones. Think I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Scream. But with more romance.

That’s all I’m going to say about the book. I think a blind read is something different. A little fun.

There are no plans at this time to sell it or put it in print soon. I probably will one day, but the point of this is that it’s free for you guys.

The Dead List is a raw novel, meaning it hasn’t been through copy editing. You’ll going to see typos and some strange things. You’re actually going to see what a book of mine looks like before copy editors get their hands on it. Hopefully there are no random ‘shits’ where there is supposed to be ‘shirts’.

I will be posting a chapter or a couple of chapters at a time, as one does on Wattpad. Chapters will be added every Wednesday, Friday and then Sunday as long as I’m not traveling or, you know, acts of God clause. You can find me on Wattpad by going HERE.”

My thoughts

Saying I’m excited for this is a serious understatement. Jennifer is one of my ALL TIME fav supernatural romance authors. She blew me away with the LUX series and her other books written under the name of J Lynn. She’s extraordinary and I cannot wait to start reading this book!!!

Book Of The Week #28: Starflight by Melissa Landers

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Series: Starflight #1

Genre: YA, romance, sci-fy, dystopia

Release date: February 2nd 2016

Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. She's so desperate to reach the realm that she's willing to indenture herself to Doran Spaulding, the rich and popular quarterback who made her life miserable all through high school, in exchange for passage aboard the spaceliner Zenith.

When a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to clearing his name, he and Solara must get past their enmity to work together and evade those out for their arrest. Life on the Banshee may be tumultuous, but as Solara and Doran are forced to question everything they once believed about their world--and each other--the ship becomes home, and the eccentric crew family. But what Solara and Doran discover on the mysterious Planet X has the power to not only alter their lives, but the existence of everyone in the universe...

My thoughts

I’ve never read a Melissa Landers’ book before, but when she posted the cover reveal of this book… well, I just fell in love with it. Apparently Disney Hyperion will use gold foiling on the final cover. It will be so gorgeous omg!

By the way, there is an INTERNATIONAL giveaway on Goodreads about this book! You can win an ARC. The giveaway is running until June 25, so make sure you add it to your tbr and enter!

Link to giveaway: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/132225-starflight?hc_location=ufi

Book Of The Week #27: Famous Last Words by Katie Alender

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: YA, mystery, thriller, contemporary, supernatural

Hollywood history, mystery, murder, mayhem, and delicious romance collide in this unputdownable thriller from master storyteller Katie Alender.

Willa is freaking out. It seems like she's seeing things. Like a dead body in her swimming pool. Frantic messages on her walls. A reflection that is not her own. It's almost as if someone -- or something -- is trying to send her a message.

Meanwhile, a killer is stalking Los Angeles -- a killer who reenacts famous movie murder scenes. Could Willa's strange visions have to do with these unsolved murders? Or is she going crazy? And who can she confide in? There's Marnie, her new friend who may not be totally trustworthy. And there's Reed, who's ridiculously handsome and seems to get Willa. There's also Wyatt, who's super smart but unhealthily obsessed with the Hollywood Killer.

All Willa knows is, she has to confront the possible-ghost in her house, or she just might lose her mind . . . or her life.

Acclaimed author Katie Alender puts an unforgettable twist on this spine-chilling tale of murder, mystery, mayhem -- and the movies.

Thoughts?

I don’t know why, but I’m very curious about this book! I rarely read mysteries/thrillers, but this one sounds pretty epic. Can’t wait to read it!

Book Of The Week #26: Between The Notes by Sharon Huss Roat

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: YA, romance, music, fiction

Release date: June 16^th 2015

When Ivy Emerson’s family loses their house—complete with her beloved piano—the fear of what’s to come seizes her like a bad case of stage fright. Only this isn’t one of her single, terrifying performances. It’s her life.
And it isn’t pretty.
Ivy is forced to move with her family out of their affluent neighborhood to Lakeside, also known as “the wrong side of the tracks.” Hiding the truth from her friends—and the cute new guy in school, who may have secrets of his own—seems like a good idea at first. But when a bad boy next door threatens to ruin everything, Ivy’s carefully crafted lies begin to unravel . . . and there is no way to stop them.
As things get to the breaking point, Ivy turns to her music, some unlikely new friends, and the trusting heart of her disabled little brother. She may be surprised that not everyone is who she thought they were . . . including herself.

Debut author Sharon Huss Roat crafts a charming and timely story of what happens when life as you know it flips completely upside down.

Thoughts?

I just loooooooooove the cover!!!! And the plot sounds so good! I cannot wait for this book!JUST ADD THIS TO YOUR TBR!

Book Of The Week: The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: YA, romance, contemporary

Release date: April 7^th 2015

Sage Czinski is trying really hard to be perfect. If she manages it, people won't peer beyond the surface, or ask hard questions about her past. She's learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it's working just fine . . . until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math class. He's a little antisocial, a lot beautiful, and everything she never knew she always wanted.

Shane Cavendish just wants to be left alone to play guitar and work on his music. He's got heartbreak and loneliness in his rearview mirror, and this new school represents his last chance. He doesn't expect to be happy; he only wants to graduate and move on. He never counted on a girl like Sage.

But love doesn't mend all broken things, and sometimes life has to fall apart before it can be put back together again. . . .

Thoughts?

From the moment I saw the cover I fell in love with it. I’ve signed up for Blog Tour/ARC via Inkslinger, but I got rejected due to high requests. I was so bummed because I really want to read it! But then the publisher contacted me and provided me an ARC. I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY!! I’m planning to read it before the release to get all of YOU excited :D

Book Of The Week #24: A Matter Of Fate by Heather Lyons

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Series: Fate #1

Genre: YA, romance, fantasy

Release date: August 25, 2012

Chloe Lilywhite struggles with all the normal problems of a typical seventeen-year-old high school student. Only, Chloe isn't a normal teenage girl. She's a Magical, part of a secret race of beings who influence the universe. More importantly, she's a Creator, which means Fate mapped out her destiny long ago, from her college choice, to where she will live, to even her job. While her friends and relatives relish their future roles, Chloe resents the lack of say in her life, especially when she learns she's to be guarded against a vengeful group of beings bent on wiping out her kind. Their number one target? Chloe, of course.

That's nothing compared to the boy trouble she's gotten herself into. Because a guy she's literally dreamed of and loved her entire life, one she never knew truly existed, shows up in her math class, and with him comes a twin brother she finds herself inexplicably drawn to. Chloe's once unyielding path now has a lot more choices than she ever thought possible.

Thoughts?

This week I read The Collectors’ Society by Heather and I loooooooved it ! I cannot wait to read more of her works and this book just sound perfect! Can’t wait to read it!!

Book Of The Week #23: November 9 by Colleen Hoover

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: NA, romance, contemporary

Release date: November 10th, 2015

This is a love story between a guy (me) and a girl (Fallon). I think.
Can it even be considered a love story if it doesn’t end with love?
Mysteries end when the mystery is solved.
Biographies end when the life story has been told.
Love stories should end with love, right?
Maybe I’m wrong, then. Maybe this isn’t a love story. If you ask me…I’d say this might even be considered a tragedy.
Whatever it is—however it ends—I promised I would tell it. So without further ado.
Once upon a time…I met a girl.
The girl.

Thoughts?

I’m so freaking exited for this book! I can’t believe we have to wait so long ughhhhh. I have 3 unread books by CoHo and then I have to wait for the new releases. And I hope there will be a LOT because she’s one of my fav author!
Oh and the cover is beautiful!!!

PRE-ORDER HERE!

Book Of The Week #22: Volition by Lily Paradis

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: new adult, contemporary, romance

Length: 394 pages

Release date: February 6th 2015

You know that feeling in the pit of your stomach that stays with you, then tears you apart slowly at first, and all at once shreds every fiber of your being? 

It’s because you’re contradicting the universe. 

Everything lines up so perfectly that you couldn’t have imagined it to work out better, but then you have to go and do everything humanly possible to ruin it because you can’t stand to have it go right? 

That’s what I did. I did it because there’s a darkness that surrounds me, and I think I want it there. 

My name is Tate McKenna, and my soul is blacker than my heart. 

Thoughts?

I had the chance to beta-read this book and I loved it SO much. I haven’t read the final version yet, but I received an ARC so I’ll probably will very soon.

My copies of Lily's books

Book of the Week #21: Maybe Me by Amber Hart

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Series: Before & After #3
Genre: NA, romance, contemporary
Length: 320 pages
Release date: September 29th 2015

A sliver of a second is all it takes. 

Maria Reyes knows what it means to come from nothing. Escaping Cuba, the States have given Maria new dreams. Like graduating high school. Going to college. Making something of herself. Forgetting a past that always seems to creep up on her family. But mostly, staying out of trouble. Which is why falling for Hale is out of the question. 

An unguarded moment, a simple mistake. 

Hale Watson is a flash of a second away from being locked up for good. With a rap sheet longer than the list of homes he comes from, Hale has one more shot at making things right. Graduate senior year. Don't mess up. Don't get caught. That’s the plan. Until he meets Maria. 

And everything changes.

Thoughts?

I don’t know if you guys remember but the first book I read in January was an ARC of After Us, the second book in this series. I loved it so much!! (Read review here). Now, the third has a cover and I cannot wait to get my hands on this book!

FYI: All the books in this series can be read as stand-alone! Find out more here.

Book Of The Week #20: Kaleidoscope Hearts by Claire Contreras

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: NA, romance, contemporary

Length: 295 pages

Release date: January 20th 2015

He was my older brother's best friend. 

He was never supposed to be mine. 

I thought we would get it out of our system and move on. 

One of us did. 

One of us left.

Now he’s back, looking at me like he wants to devour me. And all those feelings I’d turned into anger are brewing into something else, something that terrifies me.

He broke my heart last time. 

This time he'll obliterate it.

Thoughts?

First of all: the cover is GORGEOUS! I love the colors and the squares and ugh, just so beautiful! If I would see this book lying in the stores I would pick it up immediately!

I was supposed to do a promotional post, but couldn’t post it in time, so I decided to share it as my book of the week. And it IS my BOTW for real too! I’m so curious about this book and I can’t wait to read it!

I’ve never read anything about Claire, but I have a really good feeling about this book!

Pssst, this book is on sale for a limited time!

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1xzmSEJ

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1E2S2vC

iTunes: http://bit.ly/1CQsxd4

Book of the Week: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

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Series: stand-alone

Genre: new adult, romance, messed-up read

Length: 337 page

Release date: August 5th 2014

Publisher: Atria Books

When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her.
Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future.
They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.
Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.

Thoughts

I finished listening to the audiobook earlier this week and I loved it so much. I’m still not over the fact that this book was so consuming. Colleen is blowing me away with all her books! If you’re looking for a good messed up read, then this is it!

Book of the Week #18: Never Never by Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher

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Details about this book:

Series: Never Never #1

Genre: NA, mystery, romance, contemporary

Length: 140 pages

Release date: January 8^th, 2015

Publisher: Hoover Ink

What is the book about?

Best friends since they could walk. In love since the age of fourteen. Complete strangers since this morning.

He'll do anything to remember. She'll do anything to forget.

How did I found this book?

I think these days EVERYONE knows Colleen Hoover. Even if you never read anything about her, you must have seen something about her, right? Same goes for Tarryn!

This book has been released this week and the 5-star reviews exploded EVERYWHERE! Instagram, goodreads, facebook, … I just had to buy it myself.

And I did. It’s a super cheap ebook (no paperback for the moment), so you have no excuses ;) I haven’t finished it yet and I just KNOW the ending will be horribly good.

TIP 1: go into this book BLIND! The blurb of this book is very short and vague and that makes this book so good.

TIP 2: JUST GO READ THIS BOOK!!

Books of The Week: Art-Crossed Love by Libby Rice & Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols

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This week I’m offering you two books, because I just couldn’t pick one :D

Art-Crossed Love by Libby Rice

Series: Second Chances #2 (stand-alone series)

Genre: new adult, romance, contemporary

Release date: January 26^th 2015

Should they let love be more than a four-letter word?

Lissa Blanc is a painter on a mission. She filters the world through a lens of color, line, and form and hides her ambition behind a delicate smirk that lets her critics believe life comes easy. To her, art isn’t what she sees. It’s what she feels. Few know that behind the glitz of a prodigious upbringing, she’s driven to emerge from a shadow cast by painful memories that insist she’ll never be a renowned talent in her own right.

Cole Rathlen is a photographer on the mend. A crippling grief has stifled his once-rising career and compromised his creative instincts. Knowing he can’t stagnate forever, he seeks a twisted absolution in the form of a woman whose paintings give life to the emotions he won’t let himself imagine, let alone feel.

When the two partner for a prestigious project that will pull them from the mountains of Colorado to the palaces of India, Lissa quickly realizes that more than diverging ideals hinder their search for success and salvation. Was Cole’s life upended by a tragic but unavoidable choice or something more sinister? While Lissa can’t delve into the mystery but not the man, Cole can’t resist a tenacious soul that refuses to leave him chained. As the truth closes in on a project finally sprouting wings, will Lissa sacrifice her chance at success to set Cole free? Or will Cole shrug the chains of lingering regrets to prove that those who love the most, love again.

Thoughts:

I signed up for a promotional post for this book. I think via Inkslinger? I can’t remember… Anyway, I found it via a promotion sign-up and I cannot wait for this book to come out!!

That cover is GORGEOUS!!! 

Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

Series: stand-alone

Genre: YA, romance, contemporary, realistic

Length: 325 pages

Release date: July 10^th 2012

Publisher: MTV Books

A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers.

When I was fourteen, I made a decision. If I was doomed to live in a trailer park next to an airport, I could complain about the smell of the jet fuel like my mom, I could drink myself to death over the noise like everybody else, or I could learn to fly.

Heaven Beach, South Carolina, is anything but, if you live at the low-rent end of town. All her life, Leah Jones has been the grown-up in her family, while her mother moves from boyfriend to boyfriend, letting any available money slip out of her hands. At school, they may diss Leah as trash, but she’s the one who negotiates with the landlord when the rent’s not paid. At fourteen, she’s the one who gets a job at the nearby airstrip.

But there’s one way Leah can escape reality. Saving every penny she can, she begs quiet Mr. Hall, who runs an aerial banner-advertising business at the airstrip and also offers flight lessons, to take her up just once. Leaving the trailer park far beneath her and swooping out over the sea is a rush greater than anything she’s ever experienced, and when Mr. Hall offers to give her cut-rate flight lessons, she feels ready to touch the sky.

By the time she’s a high school senior, Leah has become a good enough pilot that Mr. Hall offers her a job flying a banner plane. It seems like a dream come true... but turns out to be just as fleeting as any dream. Mr. Hall dies suddenly, leaving everything he owned in the hands of his teenage sons: golden boy Alec and adrenaline junkie Grayson. And they’re determined to keep the banner planes flying.

Though Leah has crushed on Grayson for years, she’s leery of getting involved in what now seems like a doomed business—until Grayson betrays her by digging up her most damning secret. Holding it over her head, he forces her to fly for secret reasons of his own, reasons involving Alec. Now Leah finds herself drawn into a battle between brothers—and the consequences could be deadly.

Thoughts?

This book was recommended to me by Goodreads. The cover caught my attention and then the plot made me super curious. I LOVE romances with 2 hot brothers!

QUESTION: Are you intrigued by one of these books? :)

Book of the Week & Release Day Launch: The Pact by Karina Halle! (+ excerpt!)

About The Pact:

The Pact is a standalone, contemporary adult romance.

It all started with a pinky swear…

Linden McGregor is tall, rugged, and gunslinger handsome; a helicopter pilot with a Scottish brogue and charm to spare. He’s also one of Stephanie Robson’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as she’s known him.

Beautiful, funny and an ambitious businesswoman (with one hell of an ass), Stephanie Robson is one of Linden McGregor’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as he’s known her.

But some relationships can’t be boxed, can’t be classified, can’t be tamed.

Back in their mid-twenties and tired of the competitive hit-or-miss dating scene of San Francisco, Steph and Linden made a pact to marry each other if neither one of them are in a serious relationship by the time they hit thirty.

It sounds like fun and games but as the years to thirty tick past and lovers come and go out of their lives, the pact becomes larger than life.

Sex is inevitable. Friendships are tested. Hearts are on the line. 

The pact is about to change everything.

Add it on Goodreads here!

Excerpt:

Her eyes are so blue and wide, like the morning sky, her mouth so perfectly full. I contemplate running my thumb over her lips before I kiss the salt off of them.

I should just do it. I should just fucking do it.

I swallow hard, my throat feeling closed up but I know it’s not from my cold. It’s from want and it’s from fear.

“What are you staring at?” she asks me, her voice shaking slightly.

Just fucking kiss her.

About The Author:

With her USA Today Bestselling The Artists Trilogy published by Grand Central Publishing, numerous foreign publication deals, and self-publishing success with her Experiment in Terror series, Vancouver-born Karina Halle is a true example of the term "Hybrid Author." Though her books showcase her love of all things dark, sexy and edgy, she's a closet romantic at heart and strives to give her characters a HEA...whenever possible.Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she’s preparing for the zombie apocalypse with her fiancé and rescue pup.

Links: Facebook -  Twitter - Goodreads - Amazon Page

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Book Of The Week: Forbidden Surrender by Priscilla West

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Details about this book:

Series: Surrender #1

Genre: new adult, (erotic) romance, contemporary

Length: 218 pages

Release date: November 8^th 2013

Publisher: /

What is the book about?

“What gives you a thrill Kristen?”

The minute I saw Vincent Sorenson, I knew he was trouble. Billionaire. Bad boy. And dangerously sexy. He was everything I craved, and nothing I needed.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t just avoid him. The higher ups at my company decided they needed his business, and I was on the team to bring him in. Vincent Sorenson didn’t seem as interested in business as he was in me, but I knew that was a door better left unopened. If I got involved with him, it would only unearth the pain I spent years trying to bury.

I thought I had it under control, but I seriously underestimated Vincent’s seductive charm and silver-tongue. I would soon find out how delicious it would feel to let myself fall into this forbidden surrender.

How did I find this book?

Source: instagram @melissa_reads

I requested this book on Netgalley like… ages ago and I finally got my acceptance mail (not a Hogwarts acceptance letter haha). 

I already started reading this ARC and so far I like it! It’s mysterious and fun. I don’t know what to expect from the ‘erotic’ side though… I haven’t come across a make-out scene yet, but I’ll see ;) 

This is not the first book I read from Priscilla by the way. I read ARC’s from Reckless and Fearless too. And in those books I liked the way she wrote the romance, so I’m curious!