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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fate isn’t something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex.
Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back.
The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex’s power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex’s connection to Seth isn’t the only problem. There are a few pesky little loopholes in the whole “an Apollyon can’t be killed” theory, and the only person who might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries.
Finding their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be hard enough. Alex might be able to keep Seth from becoming the God Killer… or she might become the God Killer herself.

This was another amazing installment in the covenant series! Just like all the others, this book kept me wanting more as I continued through the story. There was a ton of action going on throughout the book that made me not want to put the book down! And there was way more romance than I thought there was going to be, which is a plus for me :) And might I add that this is my favorite cover out of all the books in the series. I am now dying for the release of Sentinel, the final book! I received a physical ARC from the publisher for my honest review.

Wishlist Wednesday (30): Frostbite by Lynn Rush

Wishlist Wednesday is a book blog hop where we will post about one book per week that has been on our wishlist for some time, or just added (it's entirely up to you), that we can't wait to get off the wishlist and onto our wonderful shelves.
Hosted by: Pen to Paper

Frostbite
(Touch of Frost, #1)
by Lynn Rush
Released |September 17th 2013 by Lynn Rush, LLC|
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Amanda gives a whole new meaning to cool…
Amanda Smith is sick of getting chased from town-to-town. So when she lands in tiny Trifle, Arizona, she hopes it’s her last move for a long time. Despite hating the smallness of the town, she settles in and finds a best friend, and even a boyfriend. Normality at its finest.
But for a girl who can shoot snow from her hands and lift a two-ton truck over her head like a bag of feathers—normal is not an option.
The scientists who murdered her mother come barreling into Amanda’s quiet life. She must decide if she’ll run again or stay and fight. The price of either choice might be her life or the lives of those she’s come to love…

Why I'm Wishing...
I ran across this on Pinterest. Gotta love Pinterest right?! And the cover caught my eye and so did the synopsis. I mean super strength with an elemental twist, has me curious :)

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Bookish Quotes (3)

I don't know what it is, but I've always loved quotes. This is where I share quotes from books that I've read and that stood out to me. Oh and I have a thing of love quotes ;)

“I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Sever
“I don't know if it was love or an illusion. I don't know if there's ever a way to be certain.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Sever

“Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it.”

― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“He is beauty, inside and out.

He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.

He is my light.”

― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“It's easy to look at people and make quick judgments about them, their present and their past, but you'd be amazed at the pain and tears a single smile hides. What a person shows to the world is only one tiny facet of the iceberg hidden from sight. And more often then not, it's lined with cracks and scars that go all the way to the foundation of their soul.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron
“Actions that sometimes seem mean aren’t. Rather they are done by the ones we love in order to protect us without our knowing it. ”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

Monday, April 1, 2013

Spellbinding by Maya Gold

There's more than one way to be powerful . . .
It is during a routine school project that Abby Silva--sixteen and nearly friendless--makes a startling discovery: She is descended from women who were accused of witchcraft back in 1600s Salem. And when Abby visits nearby Salem, strange, inexplicable events start to unfold. Objects move when she wills them to. Candles burst into sudden flame. And an ancient spellbook somehow winds up in her possession.
Trying to harness her newfound power, Abby concocts a love potion to win over her longtime crush--and exact revenge upon his cruel, bullying girlfriend. But old magic is not to be trifled with. Soon, Abby is thrust headlong into a world of hexes, secrets, and danger. And then there's Rem Anders, the beautiful, mysterious Salem boy who seems to know more about Abby than he first lets on.
A reckoning is coming, and Abby will have to make sense of her history--and her heart--before she can face the powerful truth.

Spellbinding was a book that I was really excited to get my hands on. The premise sounded promising and the cover is awesome, but as I started reading the book my excitement slowly started to decrease bit by bit. This book is about a girl name Abby who has recently discovered she is a descendant of a few women who were killed and accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Now that in itself really caught my attention and had me interested to find out more. Soon Abby starts to discover she's a witch. She begins moving things in her mind and performing spells. I have to say, I wasn't that impressed with the magic in this book. It was too basic and wasn't that exciting.