This just in: Shadow Falls News!

Nestled deep in the woods, Shadow Falls is a secret camp where teens with supernatural powers learn to harness their abilities and live in the normal world. But Shadow Falls is facing a problem that could finally expose them to the rest of the world. Humans are showing up dead and rogue vampires may be to blame.

Camp resident Della Tsang, who’s still coming into her own vampire powers, is assigned to help find those responsible. If she succeeds, maybe she’ll even land her dream job: working for the F.R.U., the enforcers of the supernatural world. But when she sees her new partner is the hunky shapeshifter, things get complicated. Steve, too gorgeous to be trusted and capable of seeing through her tough-as-nails exterior, gets under this vampire’s skin. Only hours into the mission, Della realizes rogue vampires aren’t the only threat she’s facing. If she’s ever going to complete her assignment, she’ll need his help…but learning to trust him will be her hardest challenge yet.

Released date: April 2, 2013

There is even more new!  CC just posted (yeah on a Friday) about continuing the series!  From Della's point of view.  Click on the link to check out her post.

I am really excited about this.  Happy dancing around the living room kinda of excited!

Swoon Thursday (5) Blood Prophecy

The fabulous girls over at YA Bound created this super HOT meme. Here's how it works.

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering. 

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He caught me up against him. His hold was just as strong as before, but it was gentle, restrained and honest. 

Nicholas. 

“I missed you,” he said hoarsely. 

I wrapped my arms around him, not nearly as gentle. He dipped his head, slanting his mouth over mine. The kiss didn’t meander or hesitate, it went straight to fire. I was a drought-dry field and Nicholas was the spark. Our tongues touched and I felt it all the way down my thighs and into my toes. He backed me up against the wall, one hand on my waist, the other flattened on the stones by my cheek. 

Blood Prophecy by Alyxander Harvey Kindle Location 1502

He is back! Thank the reader deities everywhere!  Oh Nicholas~ if only you were real!  I was both happy and sad that this was the last book in the Drake Chronicles.  

Review: Wicked Kiss (Nightwatchers #2)

Author: Michelle Rowen

Format: eARC

Print Length: 440

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Published: Feb. 26,2013 

I used to be ordinary Samantha Day, but that's changed. Now, after one dark kiss from a dangerous boy, I can steal someone's soul...or their life. If I give in to the constant hunger inside me, I hurt anyone I kiss. If I don't...I hurt myself. 

Bishop is the one whose kiss I crave most, but if I kiss him, I'll kill him. Then there's another boy, one I can't hurt. One whose kiss seems to miraculously quell my hunger. They're both part of a team of angels and demons that's joined forces in my city to fight a mysterious rising darkness, an evil that threatens everyone I know and love. I just wonder if I'll be able to help Bishop-or if I'm just another part of the darkness he's sworn to destroy.... 

NIGHTWATCHERS 

When angels and demons must work together, something beyond evil is rising... 

My Thoughts 

Being a nexus and a Gray is getting to be rather hard on Sam. A Gray means you can’t kiss anyone without taking their soul. To make matters worse- she has a strong desire/drive to kiss anyone and everyone. Whoever made the Grays knew what they were doing. The maker must have been all kinds of evil, or just desperate. 

Bishop is the angel tasked with solving the Gray problem. Since heaven sent him to work on the problem, hell gets to send their own guy, Kraven. Now there is a whole team of demons/angels trying to solve the Gray issue when another problem pops up and with it another angel, Cassandra. 

Sam is an interesting heroine- she is suppose to be evil now that she is a Gray. She is suppose to be collecting souls but for some reason when she was turned into a Gray she kept her soul. This made her know right from wrong- she does not want to take a soul. She is fighting the kissing urge with everything she has. 

Bishop, the angel Sam is in love with, is keeping secrets from her. It’s hard to be around her as well so he is trying to keep his distance. To make matters worse- the only person she can kiss without stealing a soul is Kraven- Bishops real biological brother. 

Wicked Kiss was a nice follow up to Dark Kiss. There were a few places that I felt the pacing was a little slow. But that could have just been me being impatient for the secrets to get revealed. I had a major issue with the love story- but again this could be the practical side of me getting in the way. I totally understand falling in love with Bishop I do, but if the only person I could kiss was Kraven. I would probably have tried to be with him, especially after what gets revealed in this book. There are old faces from the previous book in this one. The revelations at the end of the book definitely will make you want to continue the series. The ending was well wow is all I can say. This reader cannot wait for the third book! 

My Rating 4 stars out of 5 stars 

Favorite Quote “Because,” I whispered, “some things are worth dying for.” 

Other Characters 

Bishop- angel boy, with a soul 

Kraven- demon boy 

Cassandra- angel girl 

Roth-demon boy

And the WINNER is.....

Dione Sage

An email has been sent to the winner and they have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. Thank you everyone who entered and participated in the hop.

Teaser Tuesday (5) Wicked Kiss

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

“I need more.” 

“You need more?” Kraven grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him instead of Colin. “Try this.” 

He kissed me hard, releasing my arm to slide his hands into my long hair.

Wicked Kiss by Michelle Rowan Kindle Location 167

How's that for teasing? Kraven is a bad, bad boy!  Wicked Kiss was a fun read!

Cover Reveal: The Fallen Stars

 

"Imaginative and fast-paced. Couldn't put it down!" - E.G. Foley, New York Times Bestselling author of The Gryphon Chronicles 

"This well-written and intriguing fantasy was a delight to read. I can't wait to read the second novel in this series!" - Linn B. Halton, author Never Alone on The Star Child by Stephanie Keyes 

When all is lost, he will have to make the ultimate decision. 

Kellen St. James was just your average seventeen-year-old prodigy, until he eighty-sixed the Lord of Faerie and proposed to a Celtic goddess. Now everything in Kellen’s life gets turned upside-down when Calienta, Kellen, and friend, Gabriel Stewart, find themselves on the run from a seriously irritated group of faeries. The worst part? They have zero idea why. 

Suddenly, Kellen finds himself stuck in the middle of another prophecy that questions everything about him including where his loyalties lie. Plus, Calienta’s more than a bit different; she’s making choices that he doesn’t understand. And Gabe, his best friend? He’s started doing all sorts of freaky things that make Kellen question who he really is. 

Kellen and Calienta will fight to stay together and keep the hidden part of the prophecy from becoming reality. 

When the ultimate power is within reach, which side will he choose? 

Release Date: 12-April-2013

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Sounds good? If you liked Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, Need by Carrie Jones, or Fallen by Lauren Kate, you will love this book! 

About the author:

Stephanie Keyes has been addicted to Fantasy since she discovered T.H. White as a child and started drumming up incredible journeys in her head. Today, she’s still doing the same thing, except now she puts those ideas down on paper. 

When she’s not writing Stephanie is also a graphic designer, presenter, teacher, musician, avid reader, and Mom to two little boys who constantly keep her on her toes. In addition, she’s best friend to her incredible husband of eleven years. 

Keyes is the author of The Star Child YA Fantasy series, which currently includes The Star Child and The Fallen Stars. She is currently hard at work on the third book in the trilogy. 

Interested in joining the blog tour from 6-Apr? Click here to register! 

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This Just In: The Shadow Falls Series

It is no surprise that I adore the Shadow Falls Series. I rave about each book like it is the best thing since sliced bread. Seriously it is just that good. So, it should come as no surprise that I would be excited about this newest development! Books one and two are going to be put into a volume! 

“Kylie’s journey of self-discovery and friendship is so full of honesty, it’s impossible not to fall in love with her and Shadow Falls…and with two sexy males vying for her attention, the romance is scorching. This bookhas me begging for more, and I love, love, love it!” –Verb Vixen

Now available together for the first time, don’t miss books one and two in C. C. Hunter’s spectacular Shadow Falls series!

One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever. Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, but it soon becomes clear that the kids at Shadow Falls are far from ordinary. They’re supernatural—learning to harness their powers, control their magic and live in the normal world. Kylie’s never felt normal, but surely she doesn’t belong here with a bunch of paranormal freaks either. Or does she? They insist Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought here for a reason...if she can only figure out why, and what her burgeoning powers mean. 

As if life wasn’t complicated enough, enter Derek and Lucas. Derek’s a half Fae who’s determined to be her boyfriend, and Lucas is a smokin’ hot werewolf with whom Kylie shares a secret past. Both Derek and Lucas couldn’t be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart. As Kylie struggles to make sense of her feelings and her new abilities, the dark side of the supernatural world emerges and makes life a whole lot harder. An evil enemy lurking in the shadows is about to threaten everything she holds dear…and bring her closer to her destiny.

Release Date March 5, 2013

And the Winner Is....

Jamie Lynn Lester

An email has been sent to the winner and they have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. Thank you everyone who entered and participated in the hop.

Swoon Thursday (4) Flight

The fabulous girls over at YA Bound created this super HOT meme. Here's how it works.

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering. 

Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog! I want to know & so do the gals at YABound!

“You’re so beautiful. So unbelievably beautiful…” he trailed off as his lips met mine. 

The kiss started off gentle but neither of us could keep it that way for long. It might have been our second kiss, but it was our first real one. 

Flight (the Crescent Chronicles) by Alyssa Rose Ivy Kindle Location 3246

I like how he seems so stunned to realize how pretty she is.  I also like that she knows the difference between a kiss and a real kiss.

Review: Indigo Awakening (The Hunted #1)

Author: Jordan Dane

Format: eARC

Print Length: 304

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Published: Dec. 18, 2012 

Because of what you are, the Believers will hunt you down.

Voices told Lucas Darby to run. Voices no one else can hear. He’s warned his sister not to look for him, but Rayne refuses to let her troubled brother vanish on the streets of LA. In her desperate search, she meets Gabriel Stewart, a runaway with mysterious powers and far too many secrets. Rayne can’t explain her crazy need to trust the strange yet compelling boy—to touch him—to protect him even though he scares her.

A fanatical church secretly hunts psychic kids—gifted “Indigo” teens feared to be the next evolution of mankind—for reasons only “the Believers” know. Now Rayne’s only hope is Gabe, who is haunted by an awakening power—a force darker than either of them imagine—that could doom them all. 

My Thoughts 

When Ryane gets a call from her little brother Lucas, she gets worried. To be perfectly honest, Lucas should not be calling her- you see he is supposed to be locked up in a mental hospital the one that her older sister Mia put him in. Lucas tells her that he is okay but not to look for him, Ryane ignores that part. 

Ryane is not the only one looking for him- so his Mia and the church that she works for. They are not worried about him though- they want him because he is suspected of being a “Crystal Child”. That makes him a more advance Indigo child- humans with special abilities. 

On Ryane’s hunt she meets Gabriel- who is like Lucas in some ways. Gabriel agrees to help Ryane find Lucas. Finding Lucas is hard though because he has a voice in his head that only he can here telling him where to go. The voice belongs to another Indigo child, Kendra. 

There is not a main character in this book as it is written by several different points of view. Almost every character in the book gets its own chapter or two. Okay, so that is an exaggeration but it is how it felt. It also caused the book to be confusing at times. This I think kept me from getting emotionally involved with the characters. With no main character I honestly did not know who’s side I should be on. My favorite character was on the evil side- Dr. Fiona. She put the e in evil. 

There were several characters that when reading their point of view it was well pointless- such as Kendra. She was the least liked character for me. To be honest she annoyed the ever-loving heck out of me. There has to be more to Mia but we never got to see her good side- she has to have one. I felt bad for Lucas- being drugged for so many years and then hunted. I had a hard time believing Gabe and Ryane were hooking up. 

My Rating 2 out of 5 stars 

Favorite Quote "At the risk of sounding like I'm stalking you, you want extra celery?"

Other Characters 

Mia- Evil Big Sister 

Ryane- great big (middle) sister 

Lucas- runaway little brother 

Gabriel- loner who helps Ryane 

Dr. Fiona- ambitious doctor at the Institute 

Benny- normal human 

O’Dell- evil hunchman 

Rafe- indigo child, in love with Kendra 

Kendra- indigo child, who collects other indigo children 

Other’s liked the book more than I did: 

Alice gave it a five out of five stars.

Savannah gave it a four out of five stars.

Teaser Tuesday (4) Reaper

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

He cups my face in his hands. I’m frozen by the softness of his touch. He doesn’t rush as he moves in, and I make no move to stop him. My hands move on their own, covering his. His lips brush against mine like the breeze through the trees, gentle and necessary. 

Reaper by L.S. Murphy Kindle Location 1621

Oh, a guy who takes his time- doesn't rush. How sweet of a kiss is that?

Back to the Future - A Giveaway Hop Across Time

Back to the Future - A Giveaway Hop Across Time 

January 22nd to 28th 

Co-hosted by Book Haven Extraordinaire

This hop features books in the past and future. No present day. Anything dealing with time-travel to historical times are welcome. Unless it's a historical setting where they travel to present time. Historical Novels and Futuristic novels are also welcome even with no time travel.

While present day is exciting, sometimes you want to escape- either into the past or the future. What better way to escape than with a Back to the Future Giveaway Hop! One lucky winner will have their choice of any of the below books.

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Now it's time for you to hop along to another great giveaway!