Trust in Me Cover Reveal + Giveaway

Trust in Me by J. Lynn 

It’s Wait for You as you’ve never seen it. Trust in Me lets you in on Cam’s side of the #1 New York Times Bestselling story.

Cameron Hamilton is used to getting what he wants, especially when it comes to women. But when Avery Morgansten comes crashing into his life – literally – he finally meets the one person who can resist his soulful baby blues. But Cam’s not ready to give up. He can’t get the feisty and intriguing girl out of his head.

Avery has secrets, secrets that keep her from admitting the feelings Cam knows she has for him. Will persistence (and some delicious homemade cookies) help him break down her barriers and gain her trust? Or will he be shut out of Avery's life, losing his first real shot at the kind of love that lasts forever.

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The Neverending Stories

I just thought it would be nice to highlight some YA series that never seem to end. I'd like to hear what you guys think about the continuation of certain books.

1. The Mortal Instruments books by Cassandra Clare

 Right now there are EIGHT books out there that are set in this universe. I'm not saying that that's a horrible thing, I'm just saying that it's just WOW. There's still the The City of Heavenly Fire and her new spin-offs which will both be trilogies called The Dark Artifices and TLH (for now). Oh! There's the Bane Chronicles and graphic novels as well. Do you think it will ever end? Do you want it to?

2. The House of Night series by P.C. & Kristin Cast

 

This series, to my limited knowledge, was supposed to have five books. Then somehow it found its way up to ten. Now they've added another two. I just can't take it anymore! I'm tired of buying this series and I would appreciate it if it would end sooner rather than later. The plot line is soooo repetitive. There's also a spin-off story about the professors at the school and a Fledgling 101 book.

 

3. The Nightshade books by Andrea Cremer

I'm kind of excited that this series is getting another chance to redeem itself because Bloodrose was anger-inducing. Snakeroot is supposed to be a series and I hope someway, somehow that a certain character comes back from the dead.

4. The Shadow Falls series by C.C. Hunter

 So this series isn't my favorite by any means. Honestly, it's taken me almost a year to force myself through the fourth one, so when I heard that there was going to be a spin-off book I wasn't totally convinced. However, that cover is B-E-A-UTIFUL!

5. The Vampire Diaries books by L.J. Smith

 I don't even know what all there is to this series anymore. There's the original books plus some sort of Stefan's diary thing-a-ma-bob. Honestly, I stopped reading after the first like three so, yeah...

6. The Iron King books by Julie Kagawa

 Three books was supposed to be it. However, no one could have survived that ending Kagawa left us with so The Iron Knight was born. Now there's a bind-up of some short stories and a spin-off trilogy. Will there be more Iron Fey books in the future?

7. The Vampire Academy books by Richelle Mead

 I don't think anyone is disappointed that this series got a spin-off. I know I'm not. I haven't picked up the graphic novels though and I probably never will.

So, what do you think? Do you want more of each, a little of some and not so much for the others, or would you rather they stop at where they're supposed to?

Review: Awaken by Meg Cabot

Awaken by Meg Cabot 

 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, the dark re-imagining of the Persephone myth comes to a thrilling conclusion.

Death has her in his clutches. She doesn’t want him to let go.

Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she’d be forced to live forever in the one place she’s always dreaded most: the Underworld. The sacrifice seemed worth it, though, because it meant she could be with the boy she loves.

But now her happiness — and safety — are threatened, all because the Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules: He revived a human soul.

If the balance between life and death isn’t fixed, both the Underworld and Pierce’s home back on earth will be wiped away. But there’s only one way to restore order. Someone has to die.

My Review:

I can't believe that this is it. There will be no more Pierce and John and no more eye-popping gorgeous covers. WAH! 

 Now that that embarrassing tiny tirade is over, let's move on to the actual contents of the book.

The first thing that I loved about this book was the interaction between John and Pierce. Unlike the last two books where I felt like the two weren't really as in love and hunky-dory as they thought they were, in this book they actually come across more as a teenage couple with issues who actually love one another.  Yes, there were some incredibly cheesy moments involving hope (not Pierce's pet dove, I'll get to that later) and storms and sunshine, but it reminded of how cheesy first loves always seem to be...

Now, on to the dove. Hope is Pierce's pet dove and unfortunately hope (the act, not the dove) is mentioned A LOT throughout this book so there's constantly this paragraph of dialogue between characters telling Pierce that no, they are not talking about her dove. It just got a little annoying to me and made me compare Pierce to someone who was much younger than a senior in high school.

The plot itself was all over the place. Not in a necessarily a bad way, or even a good one. I could never tell what the heck was going to happen next because the main storyline moves were so wild, which was nice. However, there were some character revelations that were fairly obvious once the next piece in the plot line puzzle was revealed.

All in all I'm sad to see this series go, but it did end on a happy note. Meg Cabot continues to write with a wit and charm that will keep current readers hooked and pull in newly obsessed fans too.

*Note: I received a copy of this book via Netgalley. This in no way altered my opinion/review.

Waiting on Wednesday: Consume

 

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

 

This week, what's really got my pages in a twist is...

 

 

Consume by Melissa Darnell

Tristan Coleman has survived the change from Clann magic user to vampire, much to Savannah Colbert's joy—and despair. By changing the Clann's golden boy and newly elected leader, even to save him from death, she has unleashed a fury of hatred and fear that they cannot escape.

As the Clann and the vampire council go to war, Tristan and Sav face a new threat—a fracturing of the all-consuming bond they share. To fight for peace, they must forge a new trust and risk everything to take down their deadliest enemy, even as they must run for their lives. Soon they will learn that some bonds are stronger than love—and some battles cannot be won without sacrifice.

Release Date: August 27th 2013

 

The first two books in this trilogy were fast-paced and uber good. I'm most definitely looking forward to  delving into this witch/vampire mash-up world once again!

What book are you waiting for this Wednesday?

Lux Series Giveaway!

You know those fantabulously awesome books by Jennifer L. Armentrout that have a certain HAWT alien in them?

Well, I'm going to give away the first three books to a lucky winner! Yay!

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Official Frigid Trailer Reveal

Frigid by Jennifer L. Armentrout / J. Lynn

 

 

For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn’t anything new. They’d been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the ‘man’ in man-whore. He’s never stayed with a girl longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn’t want to risk their friendship by declaring her love.
Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To him, she’s perfect and she’s everything. But the feelings he has for her, he’s always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one girl he can never have.
But when they’re stranded together at a posh ski resort due to a massive Nor’easter, there’s nothing stopping their red-hot feelings for each other from coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet, can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them, and this ski trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.

Now for the trailer:

 

 

To purchase Frigid as an e-book on July 30th you can go to these links:

 

Amazon

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# 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.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

 

A Couple of My Bookshelves

So... I've been absent for quite awhile now. So long that I don't even really remember my last post. Oops.

 

To make up for my incredible slack I've decided to post my bookshelves (finally) after promising to do so a looooong time ago. Unfortunately it's not a video because I couldn't upload it to Youtube like I wanted to. Also, please forgive the horrible camera shots. 

 

Anywho, here's two of my bookshelves:

 

 



 

 

An up close view of Bookshelf #1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And close-ups of #2:

 

 



 

 

 



 

Yay books! Maybe soon I'll get around to showing the other two shelves...

 

 

 



The Darkest Night - $1.99

Guess what's available for only $1.99? Well... the title of this post should've given you a clue.

 

Gena Showalter's fantabulous first book in The Lords of the Underworld series, The Darkest Night e-book, is $1.99 for Kindles, Nooks, Kobos and Sony.

 

In case you've never heard of The Darkest Night, here's a blurb (ignore the yellow sticker):

 

The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter

 

His powers—inhuman.

 

His passion—beyond immortal….

All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she'll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member—a man trapped in a hell of his own.

Neither can resist the instant hunger that calms their torments…and ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destruction—and a soul-shattering test of love….

 

Here's where you can find this awesomeness for so cheap:

 

Kindle

Kobo

Nook

Sony

 

Believe me, you won't regret it!

 



Wait For You: Cover Reveal

Wait for You by Jennifer L. Armentrout 

 

 

Some things are worth waiting for…

 

Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago—an event that forever changed her life. All she needs to do is make it to her classes on time, make sure the bracelet on her left wrist stays in place, not draw any attention to herself, and maybe—please God—make a few friends, because surely that would be a nice change of pace. The one thing she didn’t need and never planned on was capturing the attention of the one guy who could shatter the precarious future she’s building for herself.

 

Some things are worth experiencing…

 

Cameron Hamilton is six feet and three inches of swoon-worthy hotness, complete with a pair of striking blue eyes and a remarkable ability to make her want things she believed were irrevocably stolen from her. She knows she needs to stay away from him, but Cam is freaking everywhere, with his charm, his witty banter, and that damn dimple that’s just so… so lickable. Getting involved with him is dangerous, but when ignoring the simmering tension that sparks whenever they are around each other becomes impossible, he brings out a side of her she never knew existed.

 

Some things should never be kept quiet…

 

But when Avery starts receiving threatening emails and phone calls forcing her to face a past she wants silenced, she’s has no other choice but to acknowledge that someone is refusing to allow her to let go of that night when everything changed. When the devastating truth comes out, will she resurface this time with one less scar? And can Cam be there to help her or will he be dragged down with her?

 

And some things are worth fighting for…

 

WAIT FOR YOU is available now!

 

Amazon

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J. Lynn, also known as Jennifer L. Armentrout, is the USA TODAY Bestselling author of the adult romance Gamble Brothers’ series, the young adult Lux Series and award winning Covenant Series. She pretty much writes everything—contemporary, paranormal, and fantasy. All of her books have one thing in common no matter the name or genre: kissing… and stuff. When she’s not busy writing, which is never, she’s usually hanging out with dog Loki, watching reruns of The Walking Dead, or procrastinating on the Internet. You can find out more about Jennifer by visiting the following websites:

 

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Website

 

What do early readers have to say about WAIT FOR YOU?

“J. Lynn creates a wonderful cast of characters that will make you laugh, swoon, and cry. Cam stole my heart.” – Cora Carmack, NYTimes and USA TODAY Bestselling Author of LOSING IT

“For the love of all that is Cameron without a shirt on! Wait for You will have you laughing out loud, fanning yourself and anxiously waiting to know what will happen next.” – Molly McAdams, NYTimes and USA TODAY Bestselling Author of FROM ASHES and TAKING CHANCES

“I don't think I have ever read a NA Contemporary novel with as much depth as this one. It really moved me and by the end I was just speechless over how inspirational and uplifting it was as well as being sexy and cute and funny and emotional.” - K Books

“Wait For You is uniquely different from anything else J. Lynn's written but it might possibly be her best work yet.” – Jenuine Cupcakes

“For all of you in love with Aiden and Daemon, PREPARE YOURSELVES! Your heart will have to expand a little more for Cam.” Total Bookaholic

“For the love of all things CAM, this book deserves more than 5 stars.” – Mundie Moms

“I cannot even begin to explain how much I adored this perfectly crafted contemporary.” – Shortie Says

Deception Cover Reveal

Deception by C.J. Redwine

 

Baalboden has been ravaged. The brutal Commander's whereabouts are unknown. And Rachel, grief stricken over her father's death, needs Logan more than ever. With their ragged group of survivors struggling to forge a future, it's up to Logan to become the leader they need—with Rachel by his side. Under constant threat from rival Carrington's army, who is after the device that controls the Cursed One, the group decides to abandon the ruins of their home and take their chances in the Wasteland.



But soon their problems intensify tenfold: someone—possibly inside their ranks—is sabotaging the survivors, picking them off one by one. The chaos and uncertainty of each day puts unbearable strain on Rachel and Logan, and it isn't long before they feel their love splintering. Even worse, as it becomes clear that the Commander will stop at nothing to destroy them, the band of survivors begins to question whether the price of freedom may be too great—and whether, hunted by their enemies and the murderous traitor in their midst, they can make it out of the Wasteland alive.

In this daring sequel to Defiance, with the world they once loved forever destroyed, Rachel and Logan must decide between a life on the run and standing their ground to fight.

 

Release Date: August 27th 2013

 

Defiance had a gorgeous cover and I didn't think that the second book's could even live up to the first's. Boy was I wrong. 

Dualed by Elsie Chapman