Aug 5, 2014

Release Day Blitz: OPPOSITION!

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We are ridiculously excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Jennifer L. Armentrout's OPPOSITION! OPPOSITION is a young adult Paranormal Romance being published by Entangled Teen and the fifth book in her LUX Series!

 

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About OPPOSITION: 

Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. 

She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all. 

Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal. 

They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind. 

War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will never be the same for those left standing.  

EXCERPT:  
Katy 

I still stared at Daemon, completely aware that everyone else except him was watching me. Closely. But why wouldn’t he look at me? A razor-sharp panic clawed at my insides. No. Thiscouldn’t be happening. No way.My body was moving before I even knew what I was doing. 

From the corner of my eye, I saw Dee shake her head and one of the Luxen males step forward, but I was propelled by an inherent need to prove that my worst fears were not coming true.

After all, he’d healed me, but then I thought of what Dee had said, of how Dee had behaved with me. What if Daemon was like her? Turned into something so foreign and cold? He would’ve healed me just to make sure he was okay.

I still didn’t stop.
 Please, I thought over and over again. Please. Please. Please. On shaky legs, I crossed the long room, and even thoughDaemon hadn’t seemed to even acknowledge my existence, I walked right up to him, my hands trembling as I placed them on his chest.

“Daemon?” I whispered, voice thick.

His head whipped around, and he was suddenly staring down at me. Our gazes collided once more, and for a second I saw something so raw, so painful in those beautiful eyes. And then his large hands wrapped around my upper arms. The contact seared through the shirt I wore, branding my skin, and I thought—I expected—that he would pull me against him, that he would embrace me, and even though nothing would be all right, it would be better.

Daemon’s hands spasmed around my arms, and I sucked in an unsteady breath. 

His eyes flashed an intense green as he physically lifted me away from him, setting me back down a good foot back.

I stared at him, something deep in my chest cracking. “Daemon?”

He said nothing as he let go, one finger at a time, it seemed, and his hands slid off my arms. He stepped back, returning his attention to the man behind the desk.

“So . . . awkward,” murmured the redhead, smirking.

I was rooted to the spot in which I stood, the sting of rejection burning through my skin, shredding my insides like I was nothing more than papier-mâché.

“I think someone was expecting more of a reunion,” the Luxen male behind the desk said, his voice ringing with amusement. “What do you think, Daemon?” 

One shoulder rose in a negligent shrug. “I don’t think anything.”

My mouth opened, but there were no words. His voice, his tone, wasn’t like his sister’s, but like it had been when we first met. He used to speak to me with barely leashed annoyance, where a thin veil of tolerance dripped from every word.The rift in my chest deepened.
For the hundredth time since the Luxen arrived, Sergeant Dasher’s warning came back to me. What side would Daemon and his family stand on? A shudder worked its way down my spine. I wrapped my arms around myself, unable to truly process what had just happened.

“And you?” the man asked. When no one answered, he tried again. “Katy?”

I was forced to look at him, and I wanted to shrink back from his stare. “What?” I was beyond caring that my voice broke on that one word.

The man smiled as he walked around the desk. My gaze flickered over to Daemon as he shifted, drawing the attention of the beautiful redhead. “Were you expecting a more personal greeting?” he asked. “Perhaps something more intimate?”

I had no idea how to answer. I felt like I’d fallen into the rabbit hole, and warnings were firing off left and right. Something primal inside me recognized that I was surrounded by predators. 

Completely.

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Don't miss the books that started it all...  

LUX: BEGINNINGS...

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LUX: CONSEQUENCES...

 

Author Photo About Jennifer L. Armentrout: # 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins. 



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LUX Giveaway


We will be giving away a Lux Series Basket with Lux themed jewelry, a signed set of the Lux Series and a $50 gift card to a retailer of the winner’s choice (Amazon, Barnes&Noble, or Indiebound).








Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays

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Here are the rules:


1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a page
3. Pick out 2 lines that are SPOILER FREE
4. Name the title, author, etc




"Midnight was the best time to summon the recently departed spirit of a vampire sex machine--or, apparently, any other spirit." p 43
















TITLE: Bled & Breakfast
AUTHOR: Michelle Rowen

PUBLISHER: Signet
GENRE: Paranormal Mystery
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013







Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list  that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.



This week's topic is: Top Ten Books I'd Give To Readers Who Have Never Read Paranormal Books


*in no particular order


 1. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong--one of my first adult Urban Fantasy series and was one of the first I gave to my friend once she started reading the genre!
2. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison--another of my firsts! I loved this series and so excited to see its upcoming finale! A great starter series for the budding UF fan!
3. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost--another incredible series that deserves to be loved and cherished! A perfect read for the fan looking for kickbutt action, smexy romance and of course, paranormal peeps (because there's more than just vampires in the series!)!


4. First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones--because you gotta experience Urban Fantasy with the mystery and the hella funny!
5. Hounded by Kevin Hearne--a great series with great mythology and yes, written by a man in a genre dominated by women!
6. Stray by Rachel Vincent--another of my firsts in the adult paranormal world! And it was marvelous! A series that really gets your blood boiling with the characters, action, romance and the stupid choices that are results of too much tequila!


7. Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead--to experience the lesser seen paranormal character, that of a succubus! 
8. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning--to experience the fae in the ultimate way and meeting THE alpha male named Jericho Barrons!
9. Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler--to read a book filled with the best kind of humor and snark ever! While still having good mystery, paranormal peeps, and a little bit of romance too!


10. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead--the one YA pick (as I could do tons more!) that I'd recommend, just in case you're looking for a taste of paranormal YA and I choose this one since it's the one that brought me back to YA!





Aug 4, 2014

Review--Bled & Breakfast by Michelle Rowen

Fledgling vampire Sarah Dearly knew what she was getting into when she married master vampire Thierry de Bennicoeur. As an agent of the Ring, Thierry is sent all over the world to solve vampire crimes and keep them secret from humans. And now Sarah’s on the job with him—for better or worse.

Right after their wedding in Las Vegas, Sarah and Thierry get their next assignment: Three vampires have gone missing in Salem, Massachusetts, and they need to find out why. Their contact in Salem turns out to be a local lothario with a penchant for witches, but before he can help them, he suddenly goes up in smoke—leaving behind nothing but a stain on the ground and a seemingly impossible mystery.

Did a witchy ex-mistress cast a deadly spell, or is there something even more sinister happening to the vampires of Salem? Getting to the truth may require raising the undead, with a little help from the owners of a vampire-friendly bed and breakfast. But uncovering Salem’s darkest secrets may drag some of Thierry’s own past into the light.


Michelle Rowen's Bled & Breakfast continues vampires, Thierry and Sarah's story and this time, they're married (finally, apparently since I didn't read their first series!)! And the Ring has sent them on yet another task, this time in Salem where three master vampires have been reported missing.

Thierry and Sarah check into a quaint bed and breakfast place run by a young woman and her grandmother and Sarah soon learns how witches didn't really leave Salem at all and that Heather, (the young inn owner) is one of them! Thierry and Sarah are about to get their investigating groove on when suddenly, their vampire contact--who was filling them in on all the necessary details--is killed right before their eyes. And so begins yet another very twisted mystery! But this one far surpasses in the danger elements I think, than the last one!

Just as things start getting dicey, something happens to Thierry, yet again that puts him out of commission and the mystery-solving is up to Sarah alone. 

I have to say this mystery was really twisted! So many witches of power are running about Salem, you never know who can be trusted and it seems like absolutely everyone has their own agenda! 

With too many enemies and suspects to count, there's never a clear line as to who are evildoer is. In fact, there were several! That's how insanely twisted this mystery got, but I don't say that in a bad way. Not at all! I LOVED how twisted it was! It made the guessing and anticipation that much greater! And I was able to successfully guess who our bad guy was...one of them at least!

Since Thierry and Sarah were apart yet again, there wasn't much time for romance for the two. Especially considering this was their sort-of honeymoon. But what little bits we got to see of them together were sweet. But it's the mystery element that's all the more desirable in this story! Being a paranormal mystery, that's obviously the case!

We get more hints to Thierry's past and why the Ring may have wanted him so badly on their payroll. But yet, I still feel like we're missing something, but then that just puts us at level with Sarah and Thierry for that matter. But their wants play another role into this one as well, with an ending that may even set the course for the next book!

Yet another delightful paranormal mystery to add to the genre! Michelle Rowen can write it all apparently! And she continues to delight and please readers of all varieties! She is one author you do not want to miss out on!


Overall Rating 4/5 stars



It's Monday! What are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It's a fun meme where we gather to share what we've read last week and our reading plans for this week.


Last Week I Read:

Blood Bath & Beyond by Michelle Rowen (3.5 stars)
Visions by Kelley Armstrong--review to come at a later date
Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead (5 stars)
First & Forever by Alyssa Rose Ivy (ARC) (5 stars)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon & Georges Jeanty (2.5 stars)
Unremembered by Jessica Brody (4 stars)


Reviews That Were Posted:

Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre (ARC) (5 stars)
Servants of the Storm by Delilah S. Dawson (ARC) (4.5 stars)
Blood Games by Chloe Neill (ARC) (5 stars)


About to Start Reading:

Bled & Breakfast by Michelle Rowen


What I Plan to Read this Week: 

Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout--of COURSE!! Have to wait until it arrives on Tuesday after work though! :/
From Fear to Eternity by Michelle Rowen


Other Posts of Interest:






Aug 3, 2014

Stacking the Shelves

This weekly meme is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!



I had a pretty decent week! Granted, I am writing this up on a Saturday and I plan on hitting some bookstores tomorrow, so next week's STS might be more interesting! But I still got some goodies! Even read 2 of them, so only 2 go to the TBR mountain! YAY!


First for review from the publishers via Netgalley, I got:

 The Eternity Key by Bree Despain (ARC)


THANKS EGMONT & NETGALLEY!


Then I bought:

Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead--already read, reviewed, and shelved!
Asylum by Madeline Roux--a $2 kindle deal (I caved!)


And then from the library--yup! I finally went to a library! Been years and I had to get a new card because my old one was not only expired but outdated! ;) --I got:



And that was my haul! What did you get?





Aug 2, 2014

Top 5 Sundays

Top 5 Sundays is a weekly blog meme created by Larissa at Larissa and Friends' Bookish Life.

 Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:
1 - Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.
2 - Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.
3 - Feel free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)
4 - After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.
5 – If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)



This week's topic is: Books/Series You'd Give as a Bday Gift!


*in no particular order

I've actually done this too! Or really it's more me and my friend both give each other books at Christmas time since my birthday is just before then and hers is a month after, so we overdo it all at Xmas!

So here's a little sneak peek at what I got her! Pretty sure she doesn't look at my blog--no idea why, she's really weird I guess!--so there's no harm in showing them off!


FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT
by Darynda Jones

I love this series and couldn't believe I hadn't bought her this one before. I texted her at the time of buying it since I was getting it signed and she said no. So we'll see! If anything she can just have doubles! I have that a lot!


THE BODY FINDER
by Kimberly Derting

I looooved this series! So incredible and intense! Sad to see it end like it did, just because I felt like there was still so much more to know! This way, she can share in my pain! Muwhahahaha!


TOUCH OF POWER
by Maria V. Snyder

I picked this one up for her when I met Maria again earlier this year in March! Yup, I started my Christmas shopping for her in March! (to be fair, it was the very end of March!)


ALICE IN ZOMBIELAND
by Gena Showalter

This was another impulse buy when I met Gena at the Barbara Vey Luncheon earlier this year too! (Late April) I was in the very long line to checkout and I was coming up from behind Gena and I thought, my friend needs this! She might like it, plus I'm quoted on the first page, she needs this! So I picked that one out for her while in line too!


POISON STUDY
by Maria V. Snyder

So I haven't bought this one for her yet, I was going to buy it earlier in March, but it's out of print! Or nearly! Maria said the pubs were going to be redoing the covers again so that this trilogy will match the new trilogy starting next year! That's a continuation of the Study books and I am SO, SO, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for those! You cannot even imagine! So I will be picking this one up for her too, once it comes out!



 


1600 Followers Winners!!

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend! I'm here to announce the winners of my 1600 Followers Giveaway!

Let's get to it!

Winners of their choice of one book from the Book Depository up to $10 (US) are:

ELAING8 & MERVI!

Congrats! Check your emails!


The winner of the SIGNED ARC of Replica & Resistance is...

JESSICA NICOLE!

Congrats Jessica! How perfect now that the first one is signed to you! ;)



The winner of the SIGNED ARC of Blood Games is...

ATHINA!

Congrats!!

All winners have been emailed and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner will be chosen in the particular giveaway!

Thanks again to everyone who entered! I gained another 14 followers with this contest, another 86 to go before another contest! Every 100 new followers starts off a new contest! And when I reach higher numbers on Bloglovin that will start another one too!



 

Aug 1, 2014

Review--Unremembered by Jessica Brody

When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage—alive—is making headlines across the globe.

Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world.

Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat she can’t remember, Seraphina struggles to piece together her forgotten past and discover who she really is. But with every clue only comes more questions. And she’s running out of time to answer them.

Her only hope is a strangely alluring boy who claims to know her from before the crash. Who claims they were in love. But can she really trust him? And will he be able to protect her from the people who have been making her forget?

From popular young adult author Jessica Brody comes a compelling and suspenseful new sci-fi series, set in a world where science knows no boundaries, memories are manipulated, and true love can never be forgotten.


Jessica Brody's Unremembered was an incredible read! I can't believe it took me so long to read it! Granted there's no paranormal elements, but it has great sci-fi features and that is enough to intrigue me any day if done right and needless to say Jessica did it right!

The story starts off in an incredible way, Sera--but we don't know her name until later on--finds herself floating on a piece of plane wreckage in the middle of the ocean. It is surmised that she is the only survivor of Flight 121, the only problem is...Sera was never on the plane according to the manifest. And so begins the story of who Sera really is.

Sera has no memory whatsoever of who she is, what time it is or much of anything. Yet, she does know somethings, but it's like that you don't know you know kind of thing. She turns out to be rather intelligent, like super scary smart! She's taken in by foster parents until her real parents can be found. But so far, the only one who seems to be looking for Sera is a mysterious boy near her age, who knows her. Every time she encounters him, she feels like she knows him, but she can't drudge up the memory.

Zen, the mysterious guy, seems to have all the answers or at least most of them. But can she trust him? She finds it hard to trust anyone at this stage, because she is basically new to life and everything around her.

At times it was kind of sad, poor Sera had no memories of herself or of life in general. Everything was new to her, even experiencing a grilled cheese sandwich was a marvelous endeavor! But then, that too makes her experiences all the more special, because she appreciates all those little things in life.

Things take a more sci-fi spin when Zen begins to explain some things to Sera, which I won't get into, because it was rather surprising to me! But yeah, a definite sci-fi spin comes into the picture an it turns out, Zen wasn't the only one looking for Sera. Sera appears to have dangerous people after her and Zen by proxy and they're going to have to stay a few steps ahead of the bad guys is they want to escape unharmed.

Needless to say this was one intense read! There's so much mystery and intrigue in this one that it was quite the page gripper! I read it in a day, so yeah, this was definitely a fast paced and engaging read!

I loved Sera, I thought she was such an interesting heroine despite her not knowing herself or having all her memories. We do get a few flashbacks as she gains them back and seeing her meeting Zen was very sweet. Zen is definitely another favorite, but yet, I feel like we still don't know everything about it. Not that he's untrustworthy, I just feel like the scope of the memories we saw was only brushing the surface. Then again, maybe it wasn't. I was just hoping for maybe a little more background on their relationship's progression.

All in all, a fascinating and remarkable read! I am definitely going to be picking up the next book soon! Unremembered was definitely (so sorry for the cliche!) unforgettable and exciting read!


Overall Rating 4/5 stars