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-quick review- The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli

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- goodreads - "Asha.” He said her name like it was something exquisite and exasperating at the same time. What an amazing book this was. So magical so different and so fresh. The Last Namsara was such a quick yet immersing read. I found I couldn't didn't want to take a break from reading it, going as far as taking it with me to an overseas trip (with the obvious help of the kindle app.) I have to say though, I'm writing this months after I finished it but still the wonder of dragons, even better yet, dragons that collect stories like the girls who likes to provide them are still living on my mind, in my heart. The term Iskari somehow reminded me of Game Of Thrones if only because she's a girl and is secretly feared by many, being a fan of the TV series this became an instant favorite thing. So Death gave up and left her alone, thinking time itself would wear her away. The quick-paced developing of the story with pauses in all the right places, like ...

-book blitz + giveaway- Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault by Candace Robinson

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I am so excited that QUINSEY WOLFE'S GLASS VAULT by Candace Robinson is available now and guys!!!! GUYSSSSS CHECK OUT THE COVER I AM SO IN LOVE I COULD NOT PASS UP THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE!!!! If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Candace Robinson, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $25 Amazon Gift Card courtesy of Candace Robinson and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post. About The Book: Title:  QUINSEY WOLFE'S GLASS VAULT Author:  Candace Robinson Pub. Date:  June 26, 2018 Publisher:  The Parliament House Formats:  Paperback, eBook Pages:  242 Find it:   Goodreads ,  Amazon ,  B&N ,  iBooks ,  TBD Some see it… Some don’t… People in the town of Deer Park, Texas are vanishing. There is a strange museum, known as Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vaul...

-review- Roar by Cora Carmack

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- goodreads - "Your head may have forgotten, but your heart has not. Remember that in the future. Now go. She will wake soon." This book! This book! Okay, I've got to admit I was wary about reading it because of how hyped the book had somewhat become but guys... guys I don't know how or why or when or really what happened but there was this something about the writing of this book that instantly, just like that -makes clicking sound- had me hooked.  I loved the innocence but fierceness that Aurora portrayed, she reminded me so much of how teens actually think, at least how I used to think as a teen, alas I wasn't born to be queen of a land plagued by mortal storms or twisters or fog or tidal waves or lightning or fires BUT I sill enjoyed that breath of fresh air that was her and the way she thought and acted. I rooted for all of her... be her Rora or Aurora or Roar or any other name she may come up with. I get ya girl, I get ya. "I know the tas...

-review- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

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- goodreads - DNF Maybe another day... I read over half the book... 68% to be exact. But the MC seemed a bit too idk, her voice just fell flat and after a couple of pages I just knew what was going to happen. Nothing surprised me, well nothing except the incredible power that Mare has to overlook everything of importance. How can someone be that dense? I skipped to the last chapter and it was exactly what I had thought it'd be. No surprises, no plot twist no nothing. I'm so freaking disappointed and sad. I was doing so good reading a lot of YA but this book made me remember that not all YA is for everyone and this book really wasn't for me. The only reason I'm giving it three stars is because, 1. The book title was in and on the book so, I loved it plus the cover is absolutely gorgeous and goes really well with the story. 2. Cal was sometimes the only thing keeping me going with the reading, he sometimes made me think the story would change someh...

-mini review- A Court of Mist & Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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- Goodreads - -No one was my master --- but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared.- I can't write a review for this book. I loved it too much and no words can really showcase that. So I hope you give it a try and let yourself be swept away by the great writing of the author and the impossible and unbelievable world she created. Rhys, Lucien Az, El... Mor, Feyre Tamlin, Mor Cas, Nesta Amren, the King I loved and hated. I can't get enough of this series but at the same time I feel so overwhelmed I feel like I need a long long break. Even though I know I'll pick up the last book in a couple of hours because I won't be able to put it on hold for longer than that. -And I realized --- I realized how badly I'd been treated before. If my standards had become so low. If the freedom I'd been granted felt like a privilege and not an inherent right.- 10/5 stars ;)

-review- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

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- Goodreads - "My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me." So... I think I made a terrible mistake by making this my second book read by this author after her ACOTAR book. I liked this book. I did. I like the story. The tinge of sass it had, the world it made me go to, the way the characters developed at exactly the right pace. Not becoming too wise too suddenly or too good too slow. I enjoyed that but also... I couldn't really enjoy it thoroughly and that's really on me and my personal taste because I'm a sucker for first-person POV as opposed to any others, doesn't matter the tense of it as long as it's 1st person. Alas, this wasn't so it took me two days exactly to really get into the book, two days and maybe 10 chapters, give or take, at one moment I even thought I would just have to give up. I'm so glad I d...

-review- Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

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- Goodreads - "You are a conniving, deceitful hussy. I stand in awe." "You're sitting." "I sit in awe." Is it weird that I felt like I read the second book all over again while I was reading the first half (or a bit less) of this book? Because it sure felt like that to me and that alone made me go a little crazy and get a bit bored sometimes but worry not... Because author Laini Taylor writes, again, in such a way that even boredom isn't perceived as boring as one might think boredom is Hahahaha. I'm not making any sense but that's because I feel like I just woke up from a dream that I've been dreaming for some days now. Reading the whole trilogy back to back is a blessing and a curse at the same time. Blessing because I can never get enough of the authors style of writing or Akiva and Karou and Mik and Zuze and Ziri and Liraz. A curse because what do you do after this? What could possible come after delving into a...

-review- Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

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- Goodreads - "A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all." I've read sad books... Believe me, I have. Books so sad they would keep me from reading another book for months, the sadness lingering long after I finished the book. But I've never quite read a book as sad as Days of Blood and Starlight. This book was so sad I wish they would've invented a new word solely to describe this book. Oh, there were amazing things as well but the sad predominated throughout the entirety of it. It was like a living thing that wouldn't go away even now that I've finished it. And surprisingly I'm okay with it, if only for the fact that I've always liked heartbreak in books just to better enjoy and take in the un-heartbreaking, just as the author would put it. I started this book expecting one thing but what I got was another thing completely and it blew my mind. I loved it so so so very much that I suffered even more for it. ...

-review- The Gathering Dark (Shadow & Bone) by Leigh Bardugo

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- Goodreads - A moment later the boy whispered, "I don't think you're ugly." "Shhhh!" the girl hissed. But hidden by the deep shadows of the cupboard, she smiled. Two absolutely awesome books in a row, first ACOTAR and now this one. Surely, my life is on the right path lol. I had forgotten how amazingly creative most of YA books are. I first started this book a year ago or so, but I thought it was some kind of history/set in the past-book that would be incredibly hard to read... well it wasn't and it was just too easy. Leigh Bardugo's (name love) word art had the power to completely transport me to another world in a matter of seconds. I stopped being on my living room's couch drinking some lukewarm water and instead I was sailing through the Fold or I was in a really hot place watching Alina try to practice and draw her power to no avail, or I was freezing beside Mal when he took first watch after tracking Alina down. I lov...

-Cover Reveal- Lost Eden by G.P. Ching

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Lost Eden by G.P. Ching  (The Soulkeepers #5)  Publication date: November 18th 2013  Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult Designed by Steven Novak Rules. Balance. Consequences. War. When Fate gave Dane the water from Eden to drink, she did more than save his life. She changed his destiny. Since the beginning, a compact between God and Lucifer has maintained a tenuous peace, balancing Soulkeepers and Watchers and the natural order of things. Dane upset that balance the day he became a Soulkeeper. Fate broke the rules. Now, Lucifer is demanding a consequence, requiring Fate to pay the ultimate price for her involvement. God intervenes on the immortal’s behalf but in order to save her soul must dissolve the compact and with it the rules, order, and balance that have kept the peace. A challenge is issued. A contest for human souls begins. And the stakes? Earth. Winner take all. The Soulkeepers are at the center of a war between Heaven ...