Waiting On Wednesday {8/03}

Title: Damned
Series: Crusade ⋯ Book 2
Authors: Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguié
Pages: 384
Release Date: August 30, 2011


Summary: There is a fine line between love and sacrifice….

Antonio would do anything for his beloved fighting partner Jenn. He protects her, even suppresses his vampire cravings to be with her. Together, they defend humanity against the Cursed Ones. But tensions threaten to fracture their hunting team and his loyalty—his love—is called into question.

Jenn, the newly appointed Hunter, aches for revenge against the Cursed One who converted her sister. And with an even more sinister power on the rise, she must overcome her personal vendettas to lead her team into battle.

Antonio and Jenn need each other to survive, but evil lurks at every turn. With humanity’s fate hanging in the balance, they must face down the darkness…or die trying.

Book Review ⋯ Supernaturally

Title: Supernaturally
Series: Paranormalcy ⋯ Book 2
Author: Kiersten White
Pages: 336
Stars: ★★★★1/2


Summary: Evie finally has the normal life she’s always longed for. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be . . . kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she’s given a chance to work for them again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees.

But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie’s faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there’s a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself.

So much for normal.

Review: SPOILER!SPOILER!SPOILER!SPOILER!SPOILER!SPOILER!

WARNING: Do not continue if you haven't read this book.

This book was amazing. I didn't like Jack throughout the book because he reminded me of my youngest brother, but I totally didn't expect him to be behind it all. I gave it a rating of 4.5 instead of a solid 5 because as much as I loved this book, I felt like it was leading up to something big that didn't happen. I mean, the ending wasn't what I thought was going to happen, and that's usually a good thing, right? I'm hoping that whatever I thought was going to happen in Supernaturally, happens in the last book, Endlessly. 

SPOILER-FREE!

Overall, I loved this book. I love this whole series. If you haven't read Paranormalcy or Supernaturally, you should go get them. Now.


My review of Paranormalcy [link]

Waiting On Wednesday {7/27}

This is late again, I know. But I keep forgetting about it! Wednesday came and passed before I realized it was Wednesday. Sorry.

Title: Fever

Series: The Chemical Garden ⋯ Book 2

Author: Lauren DeStefano

Pages: 368

Release Date: February 21, 2012

Summary: Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but danger is never far behind. 

Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness. 

The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine’s twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can’t seem to elude Rhine’s father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion...by any means necessary.

In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price - now that she has more to lose than ever.

Waiting On Wednesday {7/20}

Sorry this is late, but I forgot to put this up yesterday.

Title: If I Die
Series: Soul Screamers ⋯ Book 5
Author: Rachel Vincent
Pages: 342
Release Date: September 20, 2011


Summary: No one wants to be this teacher’s pet . . . 

Everyone else is talking about Eastlake High’s gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck, but Kaylee Cavanaugh has bigger things on her mind. Kaylee’s a banshee—her scream is a portent of death. 

But the next scream might hit too close to home. Kaylee’s borrowed lifeline has almost run out. 

Yeah—it’s a shock to her, too. So to distract herself from her own problems, Kaylee is determined to defend her school against the latest supernatural threat. That hot new teacher is really an incubus, who feeds from the desire of unsuspecting students. The only girls immune to his lure are Kaylee and Sabine, her boyfriend’s delinquent ex-girlfriend. Now the unlikely allies have to get rid of Mr. Beck…before he discovers they aren’t quite human either. 

But Kaylee’s running out of time, and those who love her will do anything to save her life. 

Anything. 

Soul Screamers: The last thing you hear before you die.

Book Review ⋯ Paranormalcy

Title: Paranormalcy
Series: Paranormalcy ⋯ Book 1
Author: Kiersten White
Pages: 335
Stars: ★★★★★


Summary: Weird as it is working for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, Evie’s always thought of herself as normal. Sure, her best friend is mermaid, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she's falling for a shape-shifter, and she's the only person who can see through paranormals' glamours, but still. Normal

Only now paranormals are dying, and Evie's dreams are filled with haunting voices and mysterious prophecies. She soon realizes that there may be a link between her abilities and the sudden rash of deaths. Not only that, but she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.

So much for normal.

Review: I absolutely loved this book! The ending was totally unexpected and I can't wait for the next book, Supernaturally, to come out on the 26th.

Waiting On Wednesday {7/13}

Title: Bloodlines
Series: Bloodlines ⋯ Book 1
Author: Richelle Mead
Pages: 421
Release Date: August 23, 2011


Summary: When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning. 

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.

Waiting On Wednesday {7/06}

Title: Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death
Series: Thirst ⋯ Book 4, The Last Vampire ⋯ Book 8
Author: Christopher Pike
Pages: 496
Release Date: August 9, 2011


Summary: The conclusion to the phenomenally successful Thirst series follows five-thousand-year-old vampire Alisa Perne as she battles a new race of immortals: the Telar. The Telar are a challenging threat. But Alisa is hungry for blood - and thirsty for revenge.