Between Review

Elizabeth Valchar-pretty, popular, and perfect-wakes up the morning after her eighteenth birthday party on her family's yacht, where she'd been celebrating with her six closest friends. A persistent thumping noise has roused her. When she goes to investigate, what she finds will change everything she thought she knew about her life, her friends, and everything in between. As Liz begins to unravel the circumstances surrounding her birthday night, she will find that no one around her, least of all Liz herself, was perfect-or innocent. Critically acclaimed author Jessica Warman brings readers along on a roller-coaster ride of a mystery, one that is also a heartbreaking character study, a touching romance, and ultimately a hopeful tale of redemption, love, and letting go.





                                     .5
                  2.5 sad, sad kisses

Oh no not again. WHY does this always happen to me? i swear the bookstore is going to have a fit if i return another novel. Im sorry but this novel was not good at all. the concept is good, but i just didnt like the story. i spent WAY to much time skim reading & asking my self when i'd finally finish. the only reason i kept reading was because i kinda wanted to know what happened. But this was a bad mystery unfortunatly.

First of the characters. I hated them all. I seriously did not like a single one of them. they are NOTHING like highschool kids! i swear. I'm in highschool & yeah sure there are some kids like the ones described, but i feel like the author put to much of the cliche characteristics in her novel instead of actually looking at what high school kids are like now days. The popular kids in my school do not all do drugs, they arent all bitches that dont get a job & ride the bus -actually all of them have jobs- they dont all have sex- most of them are virgins- and they arent all prissy rich kids that are mean to everyone that isnt in there group. that is SO stereotypical. something we used to see in cartoons long ago. C'mon we know that highschool isnt always like this.
The fact that Alex just comes to Liz when he see's her dead and starts talking to her like he's the god of dead people or something is totally irrelevent- He HATED her. She also did another thing to him which i will not say for the sake of a spoiler free review- but for all i know, he should have drowned her ghost. its extremely unbelievable that he just went along with her this whole time.

Also its even more unbelievable that someone who is also your bestfriend & your stepsister would do anything to harm you. im not gonna say WHAT , again for the sake of a spoiler free review, but its just not believable. someone who you have known your whole life and is practically your sister wouldnt do something that bad like it was nothing. Also at the end when Richie finds out who killed Liz, he just acts all calm. sure he gets pissed but dude... you just found out who killed the love of your life ... why didnt you SMASH their face? again... too unbelievable and cliche.

Also it was boring most of the way through, travelling through Liz's life. Its soooooooooooo unebelievable cliche.
Popular girl. Queen of Popular. starves herself to be skinny. has a group of girlfriends that are envious of her and try to be like her. shes dating the hottest guy in school. they do drugs. the perfect popular girl has issues in her home that no one would have guessed and its the reason she's a bitch. etc etc...

*sigh* i really wanted to like this .... :/ i really hope The girl in the steele corset is better... its what im starting next .

Anyways happy reading guys!

COVER REVEAL! Shards & Ashes by best selling authors!

Oh Em Gee. WHOA.
This is going to be one KICK-ASS book.
Edited by Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong ... this novel is a sure win.
But wait, there's more! There are stories in the noveel written by Veronica Roth, Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl. WHOOOAAA ! .
All of my favorite authors combined in one novel?
Watch out kids. This is gonna be a BIG one.

There is currently no Synopsis, but ill keep everyone updated when one is posted!

please note the And more at the end.... could more of our favorite authors be a part of this?!

let your imagination wander.... I know mine is ;)

My soul to save review

When Kaylee Cavanaugh screams, someone dies.

So when teen pop star Eden croaks onstage and Kaylee doesn’t wail, she knows something is dead wrong. She can’t cry for someone who has no soul.

The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad’s ironclad curfew and putting her too-hot-to-be-real boyfriend’s loyalty to the test. But starry-eyed teens are trading their souls: a flickering lifetime of fame and fortune in exchange for eternity in the Netherworld—a consequence they can’t possibly understand.

Kaylee can’t let that happen, even if trying to save their souls means putting her own at risk...




                                 .5
                                                       4.5 Smokin' Kisses


Oh man i loved this one. i swear i couldnt put it down! finished it in one day ;)
my mother wasnt too happy though, she deemed me useless when she had to call me 5 times to do the dishes but i continued to read anyways.

in my soul to save , Kaylee , Nash & Todd witness a popular singer, Eden, die on stage at her concert.They discovered that a special reaper came to collect this soul; because well... it isnt a soul at all. it's demon breathe. Eden had sold her soul for fame & fortune, and now she would be tortured for all eternity in the netherworld by the demon of greed. How cool is that ? We discover through the powerful reaper-Libby,  that Addison, Todd's former girlfriend, also sold her soul for the fame & is going to die in 5 days. This sets the 3 of them on a mission. as soon as they talk to addison and make her believe what theyre saying, they go on a journey to save her soul- so she wont have to face the same future as Eden.
There were so many obstacles & moments that just made you want to tear your eyeballs out and flush them down the toilet ( in a good way ).  It waas SO good & suspensful, i was dying the whole time.
Nash & Kaylee are so cute. I'm stilll slightly skeptical about Nash's intentions. Im scared that My soul to Keep , book 3, We're going to discover that Nash isnt as faithful as we have been lead to believe :s

The only complaint i have is that Vincent seems to have a phobia of making her novel too long. I seriously think she could have packed WAY more meat on the novel. Maybe more Kaylee-Nash moment. Or something more about Todd. Or maybe she could have spent more time with imagery & descriptions IDK. i just feel like there could have been more there.7

But either way i have been glued to this series. defenitly one of my new favorites.
Cant. Wait. to start My soul to keep

I might die if i dont soon.....

Happy reading lovelies!

My Soul to Lose Review

Soul screamers: #0.5 (Novella)

It was supposed to be a fun day, shopping at the mall with her best friend. Then the panic attack started and Kaylee Cavanaugh finds herself screaming, unable to stop. Her secret fears are exposed and it's the worst day of her life.
Until she wakes up in the psychiatric unit.
She tries to convince everyone she's fine--despite the shadows she sees forming around another patie
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It was supposed to be a fun day, shopping at the mall with her best friend. Then the panic attack started and Kaylee Cavanaugh finds herself screaming, unable to stop. Her secret fears are exposed and it's the worst day of her life.
Until she wakes up in the psychiatric unit.
She tries to convince everyone she's fine--despite the shadows she sees forming around another patient and the urge to scream which comes burbling up again and again. Everyone thinks she's crazy. Everyone except Lydia, that is. Another patient with some special abilities....
"An eBook exclusive prequel to Rachel Vincent's SOUL SCREAMERS series."

                    


                      
                                                          5 smokin' kisses

For a novella, this was fricken amazing. How weird is it that on page 19, i was on the edge of my seat, flipping like a maniac?
I got a copy of this in the Soul Screamers Volume 1, but i have decided to review each one of the books seperately. But after finishing My soul to lose , i was SO excited to get started with the actual first book in the series, its just so damn good. The concept is amazing & a breathe of fresh air to YA.
I really loved Lydia, & i was disappointed that she was only part of the novella, and not the actual series :( so disappointing. I wanted to know what her power is and what happened to hair.
The fact that Kaylee gets submitted into a mental hospital for screaming in public is believable- and gets used in book 1 to tell us about Kaylee's first encounter with Screaming bloody mary in public and why she holds it back.
Other than that, its too small to say anymore BUT this is a PERFECT introduction to the series, that you will defenitly fall in love with.

Enjoy!

My Soul to Take REVIEW

She doesn’t see dead people, but...

She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.

Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who’ll be next...







                                       
                                                                        4 Smokin' Kisses

Please Note that I have the Volume version of Soul Screamers , which includes: my soul to lose, my soul to take & my soul to save .  I'm just reviewing them seperetly!
omg, this book is SO good. holy crap. I seriously couldn't put it down. it has defenitly become one of my favorites. The only reason for the 4 stars instead of 5, is due to the fact that more could have been done with the story. Vincent could have added a biiiitttt more meat to the story to make it better. possibly some more description, a wider range of events- everything just seems like it happens to fast.
Other than that, seriously this story is perfect. Its different- not like the usual YA novels on the market. The main character, Kaylee, is interesting & reading from her perspective is great. She is in-depth and her feelings really pull you into the story.
We're first introduced to her ability to sense deaths when she sneaks into a club with her best friend, Emma. When she set her eyes on one of the girls there, she felt a scream building in the pit of her stomach followed by a wave of grief. She basically slams her mouth shut and tries to hold in her scream unless she wants to shatter every window in the club.
so as The cuty-patootie Nash & emma take her outside to hold in her scream and such, and Nash is able to calm her down & help her hold down her scream for some odd reason (wink wink ), the next day she realizes that the girl died-just as she predicted.
Now welcome as you are pulled into the world of the soul screamers.
In the novel, we discover that Kaylee is actually a bean sidhe, otherwise known as a banshee. in ancient irish folklore banshee's sing soul songs for those who are about to die- and that is basically what kaylee is doing every time she screams.
I loved the world vincent was able to build- WITHOUT VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES & WITCHES. WHOA. its a small miracle.
I like Nash, i really do. At first you cant help but role your eyes: a jock falling in love with a girl he barely noticed before? cliicchheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. BUT BUT BUT. your doubts are quickly disposed of, trust me on this one. There are reasons; good reasons- which will make you feel sorry for rolling your eyes. hehe ;)
in the end, i'm totally impressed . defenitly one of my favorites.

Happy reading my lovelies!

TBR- soon showcase !

Here's my TBR-Soon Showcase for the next couple weeks !

The Villa Triste- Lucretia Grindle

Rapture- Lauren Kate

The Girl in the Steel Corset- Kady Cross

If i Stay- Gayle Forman

Soul Screamers V.1- Rachel Vincent

Under the Never Sky- Veronica Rossi

Between - jessica warman

Between the lines- Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer

I have read & reviewed Under the never sky & If i stay , so you can check out the reviews!

Let me know your thoughts on any of these :)

happy reading!



Under the Never Sky REVIEW

Since she'd been on the outside, she'd survived an Aether storm, she'd had a knife held to her throat, and she'd seen men murdered. This was worse.

Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland - known as The Death Shop - are slim. If the cannibals don't get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She's been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild - a savage - and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile - everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky



                                    .5
                                               3.5 Smokin' Kisses


So I was disappointed. It wasn't that the novel wasn't good, but I just went into it with very high expectations.... and it fell short. This is one of those novels that everyone on your Goodreads friend list has read & most ratings are 4+. The quotes that i came across were either beautiful, romantic or funny so, like any other reviewer, started reading with possibly too-high expectations.
Under the Never Sky is dystopian.. but not the kind of dystopian i'm a big fan of. For me, Blood Red Road & Divergent are probebly as good as Dystopia is gonna get. Dystopia usually falls under two catagories:
1) Everything is in complete ruins, broken/trashed world or desert like.
2) High tech future, everything is dealt with/ life takes place virtually

Under the never sky happens to be both- but i wasn't a fan of the tech portion. In dystopia, nothing annoys me more than a future full of extremely high tech lives... its just not a story i get into. So when i first started reading and realized it was that kind of dystopia... i almost put it down. But i really wanted to give it  a chance.
I wasn't to crazy about the idea of Aethers either- everything just seemed to high end.

BUT, once you get past that... the characters are enjoyable. Again, i am more a fan of First person rather than third- so i was a tad bit depressed about that. otherwise, Aria & Perry are lovable characters. especially perry. it was great to watch Aria grow up and become more independant- and Perry care for her despite Talon being taken by her people. Besides, who wouldn't love a man that could take care of you during your Lady days ? still cant believe Aria was confused about that....

There journey was interesting enough- but i found it all very bleak. the story was a little too straightforward for my liking. However the Romance between Aria & Perry wasnt sudden, it built on itself over their trip with eachother. Thats probebly one of the better things in the novel. I really liked Roar hehe if i was Aria i'd pick him instead .
Either way I have faith that Through the ever Night will be even more better than Under the never sky... so lets just hope my expectations arent too high again.

Enjoy!