The Dead Girls' Dance - Morganville Vampires (#2)

***THIS IS A SERIES BOOK***

PLEASE DO NOT READ UNTIL AFTER GLASS HOUSES!

Overview:
Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls’ Dance, hell is really going to break loose.


Review:
Wow. So we found Claire with her new house mates, Eve, Shane, and Michael trying to recover from their first battle with the vamps of Morganville and still picking up the pieces of broken glass in the Glass House, when things pick right back up into crazy town, not to say that they aren't already living in crazy town. Meet Mr. Collins, Shane's crazy motorcycling dad who's first step into this town is to come visit his son and kill one of the house's residents.

I was surprised by the twists in this book. Seeing a whole new side to a few different characters helped me to keep invested in my reading and gave me a good lesson in listening to my elders. lol. I would absolutely suggest this book to read, however for this age group I am a bit weary to suggest it. It is a phenomenal read but a  little old for this age.



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Ephemeral by Addison Moore- Countenance Book 1

Overview:
In the grand scheme of things, you’ll be dead a lot longer than you’ll ever be alive. The last thing Laken Stewart remembers is the oncoming car, then bursting through the windshield. Two months dissolve without her knowledge and she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings with strangers who not only profess to know her but insist she’s someone else entirely. Laken discovers her long dead boyfriend, Wesley, has been thrown into this alternate world as well. He is quick to inform her she suffered a horrible fall and that her memory hasn’t fully returned. According to Wesley the other life she had—her name, her family, they were simply a side effect of her brain trauma. In her quest for answers she meets Cooper Flanders, the son of her psychiatrist who readily believes every word she says. Laken Stewart knows she died on that hot July afternoon, but now she’s alive—or is she?

Review:
And she does it again. Addison Moore is an astounding author who knows how to captivate and taunt her readers with both sensual teasing and adrenaline based highs. Instantly we fall for this mysterious stranger that Laken first meets, and dive right into her skepticism regarding this reality that seems all too impossible. 

Five hearts goes to this wonderful book. I found myself pining for more information on Laken and what the Countenance has gotten into not to mention I have a small crush on Flynn...you'll have to read the book to know who that is. No spoilers from me! This is a wonderful stand alone start, but I do have to suggest the Celestra Series for all my readers as it does tie in with this book later in the series but so far, its not needed to understand one another, they have their own focuses and are wonderfully written pieces of art.

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Hot off the Presses!

Overview:

Sixteen-year-old Laken Stewart died last summer. Her resurrection at the hands of the Countenance hasn’t run smoothly. With the memory of her past life still firmly intact, Laken moves deeper into the Countenance organization in an effort to free her mother and sister from the deadly Celestra tunnels.

The love she feels for her boyfriend, Wesley, is compromised when gorgeous Cooper Flanders teams up with her in the fight to free their families. Old bonds are slowly severed as new ones are galvanized.

Wesley is sure that what he and Laken share is special but when it becomes apparent that she’s reading his mind, he’s determined to get the bottom of her true intentions. And one thing is for sure, the Celestra that’s giving her these powers is going to have to pay. Wesley’s love for Laken takes him to the dark places he never believed existed and what he discovers dismantles his world as he knows it.  


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Glass Houses - Morganville Vampires (#1)

Overview:
College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school’s social scene: somewhere less than zero.

When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don’t show many signs of life. But they’ll have Claire’s back when the town’s deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.


Review:
Meet Claire, super-smart, early grad teen who is socially awkward, and steps on a land mine this book has named Monica, the daughter of the Mayor who is the instigator for Claire's living hell. I was inspired by the deep thought put into the scenarios brought forth by Rachel Caine to make it hard to see ahead what the main character will do to get out of the situation.

Overall I give this book four hearts. It came out on top and made for a great read, and the audiobook has a wonderful narrator, you could actually feel the intensity of the situations as the come against Claire.


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Beautiful Creatures - Kami Garcia

Overview:
There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.


Review:
I was so happy to see another great book-to-movie for valentines day. I watched the movie and felt a good sense of the characters and the story was a decent one, but the movie left me hanging and wanting to know more details. I would actually compare this to how Twilight was an awesome read, but the movie was bland. The movie as a stand alone was decent and got to the point that it should have, but it didn't have that pizzaz that the good movies usually have. Not to mention, the movie is a totally different story than the book, several characters were taken out and their parts were absorbed by other characters, and the ending was a whole different scene than the book was.

Reading the book was a totally different scenario. This book was beautifully written. The perspective of a male main character was refreshing difference.  The insight into Ethan's thought process and the in-depth points where you get to see more information about how things really went between the family members as well as getting a good deal more information on the curse and the true nature of its rules and beginning.


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Ethereal Knights Release!

Overview:
Ethereal Knights is Ethereal (Celestra Series Book 1) rewritten through Logan and Gage’s perspective. This is a full length novel.

Angels still roam the earth through Nephilim bloodlines. The battle for power between angelic factions intensifies when a new girl moves to Paragon Island.

Logan and Gage Oliver are captivated by Paragon’s newest resident, Skyla Messenger. Logan believes she is the Celestra destined to grow to a ripe old age with him, and Gage believes she’s the girl prophesized to be his.

The battle lines are drawn as both Olivers vie for her attention while danger lurks around every corner, and they must work together to keep Skyla safe. Logan fights to keep his new relationship with Skyla, but destiny alters his plans and he must make a decision that might cost him Skyla forever.

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Rapture (book 4) by Lauren Kate

***THIS IS A SERIES BOOK***

PLEASE DO NOT READ UNTIL AFTER PASSION!

Overview:
RAPTURE, the fourth & final FALLEN novel, is the Lauren Kate book the world has been waiting for.

The sky is dark with wings. . . .

Like sand through an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the angels fell to earth.

Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this—live only to lose Luce again and again. Yet together they face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies . . . and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed.

And suddenly Luce knows what must happen. For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now is the only one that truly matters. In the fight for Luce, who will win?

The astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series. Heaven can’t wait any longer.

Review:
Wow, I was shocked to hear that there was another possible love yet again for Luce, but that being said I found myself sitting in bed reading/listening as I realized who that other person was. What an amazing twist. I didn't see it coming until it was about to happen. (Apparently neither did Lauren Kate! If you haven't already purchased this book, wait, purchase the audio book for an exclusive interview with this author from her Narrator Justine Eyre!)

Five hearts for the unsuspecting reader! Wonderful plot twists, beautiful symmetry for tying up all the loose ends and an ending that will be hard to forget for any reader.

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