by Kay | Jul 14, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.
Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
Goodreads – YA – September 14th 2010 by Tor TeenFrannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She’s spent years keeping everyone at a distance—even her closest friends—and it seems her senior year will be more of the same…until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can’t seem to stay away from him. What she doesn’t know is that Luc works in Acquisitions—for Hell—and she possesses a unique skill set that has the King of Hell tingling with anticipation. All Luc has to do is get her to sin, and he’s as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn’t stand a chance.
Unfortunately for Luc, Heaven has other plans, and the angel, Gabe, is going to do whatever it takes to make sure that Luc doesn’t get what he came for. And it isn’t long before they find themselves fighting for more than just her soul.
But if Luc fails, there will be Hell to pay…for all of them.
This book sounds great – and not just because I seem to have completely jumped aboard the ooh-angels!trend in YA. What drew me to Personal Demons was the same thing that drew me to Mercy by Rebecca Lim – the choice between heaven and hell not being as clear cut as we imagine. People have been squeeing non-stop about this book, and I hope it will live up to the ever mounting expectations!
BTW, this cover an older non-final one for the book. The new one just creeps me out, as the characters look about 30 (which would be fine if they actually were, ya know, 30).
by Kay | Jul 12, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!
Recently Abandoned:
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski – 275 pages in and I am giving up. Even though I enjoyed the first 150-so pages quite a bit, I did not sign up for a re-telling of Hamlet. I feel rather cheated. (Oh, and a lot of the opinions about dogs in this? Kinda bizarre.)
Finished this week:
- Ill Wind by Rachel Caine – Quite enjoyed, and have a feeling the sequel will be even better.
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner – BLAH. I know this book is worshipped by most YA bloggers, but I really couldn’t see the attraction. It felt like a bad Indiana Jones rip-off… *hides*
- Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles – Bloody brilliant. I read this in a single go and adored it. I thought it was so much better than Perfect Chemistry (which I enjoyed) and totally rec it for YA fans!
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by Kay | Jul 7, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.
Mercy by Rebecca Lim
Goodreads – October 28th 2010 by HarperCollins Children’s BooksAn electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major new paranormal series.
There’s something very wrong with me. I can’t remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any one. It is always this way. There’s nothing I can keep with me that will stay. It’s made me adaptable. I must always re-establish ties. I must tread carefully or give myself away. I must survive.
Mercy doesn’t realise it yet, but as she journeys into the darkest places of the human soul, she discovers that she is one of the celestial host exiled with fallen angel, Lucifer. Now she must atone for taking his side. To find her own way back to heaven, Mercy must help a series of humans in crisis and keep the unwary from getting caught up in the games that angels play. Ultimately she must choose between her immortal companion, Lucifer, and a human boy who risks everything for her love.
I am completely in love with this summary. Instead of all that he’s-obviously-perfect-he’s-an-angel business, Mercy’s “immortal companion” is Lucifer. Doesn’t that sound like the ultimate angsty romance? And then there is the whole human/angel species divide to overcome with her other suitor… I just really can’t wait for this one!
by Kay | Jul 5, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!
Currently Reading:
- Ill Wind by Rachel Caine – Really well written, but I can’t say I’m in love with these new characters. I am just reminding myself about how apathetic I was about the first book in the Morganville Vampires series – and how much I grew to love them in the rest of the series!
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by Kay | Jun 30, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.
The Gathering (Darkness Rising, #1) by Kelley Armstrong
Goodreads – Awesome Darkest!series website
April 12th 2011 by Harper CollinsMaya lives in a small medical-research town on Vancouver Island. How small? You can’t find it on the map. It has less than two-hundred people, and her school has only sixty-eight students—for every grade from kindergarten to twelve.
Now, strange things are happening in this claustrophobic town, and Maya’s determined to get to the bottom of them. First, the captain of the swim team drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. A year later, mountain lions start appearing around Maya’s home, and they won’t go away. Her best friend, Daniel, starts getting negative vibes from certain people and things. It doesn’t help that the new bad boy in town, Rafe, has a dangerous secret—and he’s interested in one special part of Maya’s anatomy: Her paw-print birthmark.
VERY exciting WoW post this week, because look! There’s a cover for The Gathering! Eep! It’s just so exciting, and makes the whole damn thing feel real. And sure, it’s not coming out for almost a year and the cover is no where near as awesome as the Darkest Powers covers but still… eep! THE EXCITEMENT!
by Kay | Jun 28, 2010 | Weekly Feature |
It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!
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