The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

Summary from Goodreads

     Haven Moore can't control her visions of a past with a boy called Ethan, and a life in New York that ended in fiery tragedy. In our present, she designs beautiful dresses for her classmates with her best friend Beau. Dressmaking keeps her sane, since she lives with her widowed and heartbroken mother in her tyrannical grandmother's house in Snope City, a tiny town in Tennessee. Then an impossible group of coincidences conspire to force her to flee to New York, to discover who she is, and who she was.

     In New York, Haven meets Iain Morrow and is swept into an epic love affair that feels both deeply fated and terribly dangerous. Iain is suspected of murdering a rock star and Haven wonders, could he have murdered her in a past life? She visits the Ouroboros Society and discovers a murky world of reincarnation that stretches across millennia. Haven must discover the secrets hidden in her past lives, and loves¸ before all is lost and the cycle begins again.

        THE ETERNAL ONES was a story filled with questions and mysteries. I loved Haven as a character, with her family she was very strong and held her ground. With Iain, she is sometimes naive and distracted by his handsomeness, but she always gets her answers. My favorite supporting character was Beau. He was the perfect brother. I loved his support for Haven and his protectiveness. Iain, I am still a little bit critical about. He spent most of the book lying to Haven and I don't know what to believe. Something I totally didn't expect was Adam and who he was. That is a secret to be kept until you see for yourself. The chills won't work correctly otherwise.   

     My least favorite character was Imogene. She was one of Haven's worst enemies. I hate when people try to push their religion down your throat, a hypocritical religion at that. The pastor was in on it! O_o Anyway, THE ETERNAL ONES was a completely different genre in it's one, mystery, horror and romance, all wrapped into one big literary present.

Book News & Bibliophilic Fun (2)

This is a new thing I am starting on the blog that will feature new book news and fun book stuff like cover releases and contests.


First 100 pages excerpt HERE.

Divergent #2 has a name! Check it out at Reading Teen HERE


Cover Reveal: Almost Everything (Vampire Princess, #3) by Tate Hallaway HERE


Cover Reveal: Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2) by Cassandra Clare HERE

Clockwork Prince Chapter Titles HERE


Cover Reveal: Taken at Dusk (Shadow Falls, #3) by C. C. Hunter HERE





Cover Reveal: The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa HERE


Cover Reveal: A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford HERE


Cover Reveal: Katana by Cole Gibson HERE


Book Blow Out ARC Giveaway @ Fire & Ice HERE (7/3)


Betrayal by Mayandree Michel Giveaway HERE (6/30)


Breaking Dawn Movie Trailer!!!!!!! HERE


7 Day Giveaway @ I Read Banned Books HERE (6/18)





Unrequired Summer Reading Cards Giveaway @ Reading Angel HERE


Win a copy of Forgotten by Cat Patrick @ A Tapestry of Words HERE (6/21)
Win a copy of Forgotten by Cat Patrick @ Pure Imagination HERE (6/24)


Seven Summer Reads Giveaway @ Novel Novice HERE (6/17)


Harper Teen Prize Pack @ Katie's Book Blog HERE (6/30)


Bookish Things Giveaway @ The Story Siren HERE (7/6)


Dreaming Awake (Falling Under #2) by Gwen Hayes


Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

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Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut

Summary: Griffin Rising is an urban fantasy about an apprentice angel and his coming of age under the tutelage of a father-like mentor. As one of the mysterious Terrae Angeli, Griffin secretly navigates life among humans while preparing for the trial-by-combat every apprentice must pass or become mortal. (Goodreads)

Review: Griffin Rising was a different kind of angel story and can only be describe as sweet and inspiring. Male protagonists are a scarcity on my bookshelf, but Griffin is a worthy character. In the beginning, I just felt so sorry for him, to have to deal with and be abused by Nicopolis. I was so relieved when Basil came along. I liked Griffin's childlike and innocent qualities. He took pride in his job and enjoyed saving peoples lives. He was a strong person to overcome his history. He was always smiling and laughing and just an overall optimistic and happy person.
I think that Basil's love and support helped Griffin to grow as strong and worthy as he did. He was a wonderful father figure and mentor and the father/son moments between he and Griffin are adorable. Katie, Griffin's love interest and later girlfriend, first came out to be a bit shallow, but soon turned out to be Griffin's worthy better half. I love the honesty that their relationship had. Since they were both each other's first, they didn't have any notions about going about a relationship. It was raw and sweet and heartfelt.
The things that were very insightful were the journal entries. It made me feel more connected to all the characters. Griffin Rising was filled with historic stories and fascinating facts about Terrae Angeli, but also with intense feelings and action. The ending had smoke blowing out of my ears. I hope that soon a sequel will come and Nicopolis will finally get his lying butt kicked.

Crash Test Love by Ted Michael

     Summary From Goodreads

The last thing Henry Arlington wants is a girlfriend. He's just very, very good with girls—reading their body language, knowing what they want to hear, and more importantly: getting them into the backseat of his car. But all that changes when he meets Garrett Lennox at one of the many Sweet Sixteen parties he crashes.

    Garrett thinks she's done with guys. She was dumped by her ex when she moved from Chicago to Long Island, and now she realizes that she needs to find out who she is by herself, instead of with a boyfriend. What she really needs is some good friends.

     Fortunately for Garrett, the J Squad—the "it" girls of East Shore High School—want her in their clique. All she has to do is pass one little test: get East Shore god Henry Arlington to take her to one of the biggest Sweet Sixteen's of the year, then dump him in front of everyone.

Garrett has promised herself not to fall for another guy, so playing with Henry's heart shouldn't be hard. Right?

And Henry doesn't fall for girls, so when he and Garrett start to click, it doesn't matter. Does it?

     As William Shakespeare once said, "Love is blind," or in this case, the lovers may be, as Henry and Garrett fall in love—and into the trap that awaits them. Because neither of them can even begin to see what the girls of Henry Arlington's past have in store.

     This hilarious, sharp, and surprisingly thoughtful novel is the teen Wedding Crashers, filled with love, hope, laughs, and surprising insights about the terrifying process of falling in love.

This book is very hard to describe and its title is very befitting. It is told in separate points of view, Garrett's and Henry's. It is mostly told in Henry's view though and it is unique to read a boy getting his heart broken. I like the concept of CRASH TEST LOVE and I loved Garrett and Henry. They are such interesting characters and are just made for each other.      They, of course, start their relationship with lies, which was their ultimate downfall. I love books that have some hidden message and kind of of connects to realistic situations.

     I interpret this book as Ted Michael saying that life isn't all happy endings. There are tons of books out there that only write what they know the reader wants to read. Everybody loves a happy ending, but love is more than that. This books shows you that sometimes no matter how much in love you may be with someone, things don't always turn out the way you want. In fact, things hardly ever turn out the way you want and happy endings are one in a million. CRASH TEST LOVE is one in a million and has touched me.

Teaser Tuesday: Echoes

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!

Can't believe she did that . . .

. . . at four-thirty I have to . . .

. . . I hate this place . . .

Rae Voight is losing her mind. When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices . . . even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets. Just when Rae reaches her breaking point, one voice comes screaming through the din, loud and clear:
. . . Rae must die . . .
If Rae doesn't figure out who the thought belongs to soon, she could lose more than just her sanity.


"Sit someplace else?" Leah finished for her, still sounding just a little too preppy. Clearly overcompensating, Rae decided as Leah moved out of the way so Rae could get to the machine."
~Page 184 , Echoes by Melinda Metz

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