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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Blog Tour: Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole (Hades Hangmen, #3)


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Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole










Title: Souls Unfractured
Series: Hades Hangmen #3
Author: Tillie Cole
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance
Release date: 11th August 2015













GOODREADS LINK

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22107214-souls-unfractured



BLURB

"For fractured souls are like magnets.
Drawn to collide into an impossible bliss…"

Labeled a ‘Cursed’ woman of Eve from birth, Maddie has endured nothing but pain and repression at the hands of The Order’s most abusive elder, Moses. Now living with her sister in The Hangmen’s secluded compound, finally, Maddie, is free. Free from the suffocating faith she no longer believes in. Free from endless years of physical and mental torment.

Just… free…

At age twenty-one, the timid and shy Maddie is content to live within the confines of her new home—safe from the outside world, safe from harm and, strangely, protected by the Hangmen’s most volatile member; the heavily pierced and tattooed, Flame.

Flame.

The man who ceaselessly watches over her with his midnight dark and searing eyes. The man who protects her with a breath-taking intensity. And the man who stirs something deep within her numbed heart.

But when circumstances conspire for Flame to need HER help, Maddie bravely risks it all for the broken man who has captivated her fragile soul.

The Hangmen’s most infamous member, Flame, is ruled by one thing—anger. Plagued by haunting demons from his past, an all-consuming rage, and isolated by an abhorrent hatred of being touched, Flame's days are filled with suffocating darkness, pierced only by a single ray of light—Maddie. The shy, beautiful woman he cannot purge from his thoughts. The woman he has an overwhelming need to possess…
... the only person who has ever been able to touch him.

Flame’s mission in life is to protect Maddie, to keep her safe. Until a trigger from his troubled past sends him spiraling into madness, trapping him in the deepest recesses of his disturbed mind.

His Hangmen brothers fear that Flame is beyond saving.

His only hope of salvation: Maddie and her healing light.


My Review

If I could give 1 millions stars, I would, but I think 5 will do

Warning: The Hades Hangmen deal with New Religious Movements, Cults and Sects, and Motorcycle Clubs

I was given an Arc for a honest review.

I LOVE Tillie Cole and her Hades Hangmen novels! I have never read anything book series that was so sexy and yet terrifying at the same time. I hope and pray that there will be other books and I recommend this series to anyone over 18 and is looking for something different and new, while also looking for some HOTT men!  I have read all three books, so I am IN LOVE with Styx, but I love Ky and Flame just as much!

Maddie and Flame are two tortured souls who have been to Hell and back. Flame can't be touched and Maddie doesn't trust anyone other her sister, Mae and Lilah. All three "Cursed Sisters" are from a secret Religious Cult where beauty is shunned and believed to tempt men into sin. These "men" are evil and take women because they are the Elders. Maddie got the worst of all the Elder's. He was a sadistic man who took pleasure in hurting Maddie physically, mentally, and emotionally. Flame was a boy that no one understood except his mother. He was also traumatized.

They meet and the flames finally go cold. Literally. Flame cannot be touched of Hell's Flames are in his veins, in his blood. Maddie is only one who can touch Flame and not get hurt by them. Together, Flame and Maddie confront their pasts and demons because they are each other only salvation. While I am still partial to Styx and Mae, Flame and Maddie's story is one is the most relatable. I might never have gone through either of their traumatizing pasts, but the bullying is something that everyone has gone through whether it is the bullied or the bully theme self. The trauma that they both go through affects their adult selves.

Tillie Cole has outdone herself again with Souls Unfractured and can't wait to see whose story is going to be next!!


AUTHOR BIO

Tillie Cole is a Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother — a farmer’s daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

http://tilliecole.com
https://twitter.com/tillie_cole
https://www.facebook.com/tilliecoleauthor
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7074846.Tillie_Cole



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Friday, October 10, 2014

Review Tour: Souls (Grimnirs, #2) by Ednah Walters





SOULS






WARNING: This is CORA'S story: This book may be considered NA (new adult) because it contains some swearing, violence and sex scenes: Suitable for ages 17 and up. A Clean Version will also be available on Amazon.



Eighteen-year-old
Cora Jemison knows what it’s like to date a soul reaper. There are no Friday
night movies, no school dances, and no stolen kisses between classes. It
totally sucks! What makes it even worse, souls pop up when she least expects
it. The last one is not her fault, but it all adds up to zero quality time with
her super hot, scythe-carrying boyfriend, Echo.

Since Cora was
etched with special runes by an evil Immortal, she understands why souls are
drawn to her. She makes the best of it by helping souls find closure while Echo
escorts them to the realm of the dead. Perfect partners, until a dark soul
visits Cora in the dead of the night and Echo decides her soul-helping days are
over.

Cora can either
listen to Echo or follow her instincts. To make matters worse, other reapers
start stalking her, demanding she hand over the soul. Even her Valkyrie friends
think she’s gone too far. But something sinister is coming their way, and the
soul is the key to saving her town, her friends, and her relationship with
Echo. Can she convince Echo to see things her way before it’s too late?


Review

Cora has turned into a kick ass hero. Not sidekick, but hero. But as with all heroes there are some who can't live with that. It seems that Ednah Walter has decided to put more feels into this book then the previous 4 books in the Rune series. Now, I love this series. I might not like what Erik is up to, but nonetheless it is a ongoing story that leaves you wishing for more and hard core shipping characters!! When I signed up for this book I had no idea of what was going to happen. There has been a tragic loss for Raine, Cora's best friend. One that has devastated everyone. Anyway, Cora has been volunteering at a local hospital because of her new gift of being able to see and speak to the dead. One person in particular has Cora going nuts, rightfully so. Her boyfriend, Echo, a Grimnir, doesn't want her working with ghosts. Especially black shadow ghosts. A friend form Echo's past comes back to haunt them. Literally. He is a black ghost, but not that Cora cares. She is compassionate towards most people who don't want to kill her. I would tend to agree with that kind of motto. But nothing is ever as it seems. Especially in this series.






AUTHOR BIO

EDNAH WALTERS grew up reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and dreaming of one day writing her own stories. She is a stay-at-home mother of five humans and two American short-hair cats (one of which has ADHD) and a husband. When she is not writing, she’s at the gym doing Zumba or doing things with her family, reading, traveling or online chatting with fans.



Ednah is the author of The Guardian Legacy series, a YA fantasy series about children of the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED, the prequel was released by Pill Hill Press in September 2010 with ravereviews. BETRAYED, book one in the series was released by her new publisher Spencer Hill Press in June 2012 and HUNTED, the third installment, was released March 2013. She’s working on the next book in the series, FORGOTTEN. Visit her at www.ednahwalters.com.


Ednah also writes YA paranormal romance. RUNES is the first book in her new
series and there are currently three other books published in this series. SOULS (Grimnir book 2 a side story to the RUNES series) and WITCHES book 4 will release 2014.  Read more about this series and the world she's created here www.runestheseries.com.



Under the pseudonym E. B. Walters, Ednah writes contemporary romance. SLOW BURN, the first contemporary romance with suspense, was released in April 2011. It is the first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Since then she has published five more books in this series. She's presently working on book seven. You can visit her online at or www.ebwalters.com.

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Review Blitz: IFICS Series by Julia Crane









~*~FREAK OF NATURE (IFICS #1)~*~




Donate Body to
Science. Check.
When
seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn checked the box, she never suspected she’d have her life–and her body–stolen from her. She awakens one day in a secret laboratory
to discover that her body is now half-robot and is forced to hide her own
secret: that she still has human emotions and a human mind. If the scientists
who made her find out, they’ll erase what remains of who she was.

Kaitlyn finds an
unlikely ally in Lucas, a handsome, brilliant scientist who can’t get over the
guilt he feels knowing she was once a vibrant, beautiful young woman. He never expected a science project to affect him the way she does. As he tries to help
her rediscover her past, he finds himself falling for the brave girl struggling
to find her place and acceptance between the human and computer worlds.

FIND IT ON GOODREADS:
http://bit.ly/FONGR
FIND IT ON AMAZON: http://bit.ly/FONAMAZON
FIND IT ON BARNES AND
NOBLE: http://bit.ly/FONBNB



~*~FRACTURED INNOCENCE (IFICS BOOK #2)~*~



Kaitlyn and Erik are
sent on a mission to track down Vance Dasvoik, a ruthless monster. His latest thrill—abducting and selling young women.

Vance's current
victim: Aaliyah, a seventeen-year-old who never imagined walking her brother home from school one evening would change her life forever.

The mission quickly
turns personal for Kaitlyn when she finds Aaliyah beaten, her mind and soul fractured from abuse of the worst kind. Kaitlyn knows firsthand what it's like
to be haunted by the past and resolves to bring justice to the elusive Dasvoik.


FIND IT ON GOODREADS:
http://bit.ly/FrInGR
FIND IT ON AMAZON: http://bit.ly/FIAmazon
FIND IT AT BARNES AND
NOBLE: http://bit.ly/FrInBN


My Review:

This is a spectacular series! A breather of fresh air in the scifi genre. I had the privilege to by able to get an ARC of Fractured Innocence. It was in honest terms a gruesome story. The things that happens in Human Trafficking are scary and physical and emotionally scarring. I flinched when Aaliya did. She is a new character in the IFICS series. Things that happen to her made me sick to my stomach. This is an issue that needs to be addressed. She is brave and resilient. She deserves a much better life then what she went through. I glad that Vance got what he should of, though I personally think he should've stayed alive a little longer to be tortured a lot more for what he did. Kaitlyn is an amazing woman and deserves an award for what she has been through because of what she is and how she overcame it. The first book was an interesting debut because she is half robot half human, but can feel human emotions when her programming says not to. She is an inspiration to me and if more people read this book, they would be inspired too. Julia Crane did the best job ever with Freak of Nature, but outdone herself with Fractured Innocence! Can't wait to read the third book!


~*~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~*~

Julia Crane is the
author of the Keegan’s Chronicles, IFICS. She has a bachelors degree in criminal justice. Julia has believed in magical creatures since the day her grandmother first told her an Irish tale. Growing up her mother greatly encouraged reading and using your imagination.


Friday, March 14, 2014

Gate of Night (A Shade of Vampire) by Bella Forrest


Gate of Night (A Shade of Vampire #6) 
by Bella Forrest






Welcome back to The Shade... 

Derek and Sofia are finally enjoying a well-deserved break. Staying at a resort with good food, sun and sea, Sofia is thrilled to witness Derek’s re-introduction to the human world. 

They would almost be mistaken for a normal young couple, if it were not for the red-eyed monster lurking in the shadows and watching their every move, waiting for his signal to pounce…






This is the sixth book in this series and I am loving it. I have re-read every book at least 10 times except for this one. This was a fast paced book for those of us who have read this story. I made a guess at the end of A Blaze of Sun. I was proven right and wrong. This surpassed my expectations, but also seems a little out of character. Derek who is ....... seemed different. I know giving the circumstances of being kidnapped would makes anyone act different, but afterwards he didn't seem right. And neither did Sofia. She is full of light, but became susceptible to darkness. I love this book series and its author, but this as different then the last five books. It also had it's good points too. It helped a certain someone realize that he doesn't have to live in darkness for the rest of his life. He doesn't want to see a bright light go out. I love this series and how Derek and Sofia came together and how the Shade came to be and were it is right now. I love how the people of the shade are getting their wish with the cure how the Hunters and Vampires could turn their nemesis relationship into an alliance. I urge people to read this series because it is totally romantic, funny, and it describes the troubles that people and teens go through when they are in a relationship. Obviously, your boyfriend/girlfriend is not a vampire and haven't been kidnapped, but every couple goes throughout hardship. I love this book and I recommend it to everyone!



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Evermore (Arotas Series book 4) by Amy Miles

Evermore (Arotas Series book 4) by Amy Miles









Companion novel to the Arotas Trilogy.

Roseline is waiting...


Links to Evermore:











Follow Roseline in this 3 book box set as she battles against the bonds of a forbidden love in Forbidden, experience her journey to save her soul mate in Reckoning and battle to protect humanity in Redemption. 

Forbidden: 
Roseline Enescue didn't ask to become an immortal, to have all of the guests at her wedding slaughtered, or be forced into marriage with a man whose lust for blood would one day ignite the vampire legend. 

Willing to risk everything for a chance at a normal life, Roseline escapes to America, but her transition into the human world isn't easy. Mortal men flock after her while cutthroat girls plot her demise. Yet she remains relatively unfazed until she meets Gabriel Marston. As their lives entwine, Roseline realizes he is more than he seems. His ability to grind concrete into dust pales in comparison to the glowing cross tattoo that mysteriously appears on his forearms. 

Despite the forbidden bond between them, Roseline can't help wondering what Gabriel is. He's not human. He's not immortal. So just what is he? 


Reckoning: 
Gabriel is gone. 

Roseline is left with questions that refuse answers and only the memory of a man she vows to hunt and kill, but to do so, she must call a truce with her sworn enemy. 

Together, Roseline and Nicolae track Fane to the underbelly of London, in search of Gabriel’s kidnappers, but when Malachi- an Immortal with mystifying origin- presents himself as their guide, Roseline discovers she is not the only one looking for Gabriel. 

Buried within the secret chambers of the infamous Hellfire Club, Roseline discovers a grim truth: Gabriel isn’t just a pawn being used by the Arotas prophecy, and those who seek to control its power. He is Arotas. 

Everything Roseline has ever known about her brethren is about to change. Emotions flare, friendships sever and the newly formed bonds between enemies are tested as she delves into realms hardly conceived. They are trapped in the midst of a battle that has been waging since the beginning of time. 

The prophecy binds them all together. But will they break before the end?

Redemption: 
Roseline Enescue has always been a warrior, the fiercest of her kind, but when she is stripped of her strength and left teetering on the edge of insanity, she is forced to rely on the one person she trusts the least. 

As Fane and Nicolae fight to save Sadie’s life, they find themselves pulled into a tremulous truce between hunter and immortal when a string of gruesome murders break out. 

The lines have been drawn and the battle preparations have begun, but only Gabriel can save them all…if he can survive the final two tasks. 

The first battle may be over, but the war has only just begun. Redemption is coming…

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Ascend (Trylle, #3) by Amanda Hocking

Ascend (Trylle Trilogy #3)Ascend by Amanda Hocking

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The final book in the Trylle Trilogy. I love this series!! It's about trolls, but not the ugly kind. And they have powers too. Wendy is a mix breed. And she is in love...and is being threatened. Her father is convinced that he is going to rule over Trylle, but not on Wendy's watch. She is going to protect her kingdom or die trying. That is what everyone else is going to try to prevent, especially a certain someone!!! ;) This is the best out of the three!!! It is recommended that you read the first and second books, Switched and Torn. Amanda Hocking has done a great job with this trilogy, and I can't wait to see what more books she has in store.



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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Attention Big News!!!! Cover Reveal for City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Claire.

Cover Reveal for City of Heavenly Fire 
by Cassandra Claire.

We have waited. We waited for two years for this book to come out and it is almost in our grasp. One thing to make our wait bareble is to…………………..see the new cover!!!!!!!


You read right. The cover for City of Heavenly Fire is OUT.

Here it is:








ΕRCHOMAI, SEBASTIAN HAD SAID. 

I am coming.

Darkness returns to the Shadowhunter world. As their society falls apart around them, Clary, Jace, Simon and their friends must band together to fight the greatest evil the Nephilim have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Nothing in the world can defeat him — must they journey to another world to find the chance? Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world changed in the sixth and last installment of the Mortal Instruments series!








There we have it!! THE NEW COVER FOR 
CITY OF HEAVENLY FIRE






Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Teaser Tuesday and the last teaser of 2013 Captured by Erica Stevens~12/31/13

Teaser Tuesday~Captured by Erica Stevens




Blood Slave.

Captured, taken from her beloved family and woods, Aria’s biggest fear is not the imminent death facing her, but that she will be chosen as a blood slave for a member of the ruling vampire race. No matter what becomes of her though, Aria knows that she must keep her identity hidden from the monsters imprisoning her. She has already been branded a member of the rebellion, but the vampires do not know the true depth of her involvement with it, and they must never know.

Though hoping for death, Aria’s world is turned upside down when a vampire named Braith steps forward to claim her. He delays her execution, but Aria knows it’s only a matter of time before he drains her, and destroys her. Especially once she learns his true identity as a prince within the royal family; the same royal family that started the war that ultimately brought down humankind, reducing them to nothing more than servants and slaves.

Aria is determined to hate the prince, determined not to give into him in anyway, but his strange kindness, and surprising gentleness astonish her. Torn between her loyalties to the rebellion, and her growing love for her greatest enemy, Aria struggles to decide between everything she has ever known, and a love she never dreamed of finding.

Teaser:


She was surprised by the smile on his face; it was rare to see such a thing on him. He was always somewhat reserved and perfunctory , but he seemed to be enjoying the book nearly as much as she was. Aria took great pleasure in his smile, and interjected at times with the few words she knew. She found herself smiling with him as he taught her to read with an endless patience she was troubled to realize she found endearing.

Stevens, Erica (2013-12-08). Captured (The Captive Series Book.) Kindle Edition. 

Sunday, December 29, 2013

New Years is coming fast! Top Reads of 2013

NEW YEARS BACKLASH






We have 2 days before we all make our New Year's Resolutions and I just wanted to look back on the year see what books came out this year and what books I read. I also have a Goodreads account and I set my goal at 200 books for the year. I exceeded by186%. As of tonight I will have read either 372 or 373 books. I have had a good year and I hope all of you had a good one too. Now to the books!! I am going to have categories but there is NO ORDER!! No ranking!! Just great books and amazing authors that deserves to recognized for their hard work to make our book fangirls lives easier!!! Possible Repeats based on Category.

Paranormal Romance

Revenants series by Amy Plum
Kindred series by Erica Steven
The Captive series by Erica Stevens
A Shade of Vampire series by Bella Forrest
Black City and Phoenix by Elizabeth Richards
My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking
The Clann by Melissa Darnell
Shadow Falls Series by C.C. hunter
Dark Heart Forever by Lee Monroe
The Grey Wolves by Quinn Loftis
Dirty Blood series by Heather Hildenbrand
The Darkwoods Trilogy by J.A. Redmerski
Seansons of the Moon and Seasons of the Moon: Cain Chronicles by S.M. Reine
The Carrier series by Leigh Fallon
Bandia series by Talia Vance
Fateful by Cheri Schmidt
Anna series by Kendare Black
Soul Screamers by Rachel Vincent
Fate on Fire by Wendy Knight
The Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole
The Collide Series by Shelly Crane
The Significance Series by Shelly Crane
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
Fateful by Claudia Grey
Darkness Becomes Her and A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton
Falling Under and Dreaming Awake by Gwen Hayes
*Mad World Series by Christine Zolnedz
Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Claire
Existence Trilogy by Abbi Glines
Nightshade Prequel series and Nightshade series by Andrea Cremer
The Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Devoured and Consumed by Shelly Crane
Indelible by Dawn Metcalf 


Angels and Demons

A Beautiful Dark series by Jocelyn Davies
Angelfall and World after by Susan Ee
Mercy series by Rebecca Lim
Unearthly Series by Cynthia Hand
The Violet Eden Chapters by Jessica Shrivington
Angel Burn, Angel Fire, and Angel Fever by L.A. Weatherly
The Providence Trilogy by Jamie McGuire
Sweet Evil and Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins
Immortal City and Natural Born Angel by Scott Speer
Hidden by Marianne Curely


Dystopian 

THE DIVERGENT SERIES by Veronica Roth
Of Fire and Thorns series by Rae Carson
The Forsaken and the Uprising by Lisa M. Stasse
Dearly, Departed and Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel
Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Partials by Dan Wells
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Pledge and The Essence by Kimberly Derting
Awaken and Middle Ground by Katie Kacvinsky
The Chemical Garden series by Lauren DeStefano
Across the Universe series by Beth Revis
Eve, Once, and Rise by Anna Carey
Origin by Jessica Khoury
Dragonwood by Janet Lee Carey
The Selection and The Elite by Kiera Cass
Shatter Me and Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Dust Lands: Blood Red Road and Rebel Heart by Moria Young
Enclave and Outpost by Ann Aguirre


Real Life--Sort of

The Secret of Ella and Micha & The Forever of Ella And Micha by Jessica Sorensen
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden and the Redepmtion of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
Pushing the Limits and Dare You Too by Katie McGarry
The Edge of Never and The Edge of Always by J.A. Redmerski
Crush and Smitten by Lacey Weatherford
Wide Awake and Wide Open by Shelly Crane
Real, Mine, and Remy by Katy Evens
The Rules of Disappearing by Ashley Elston
The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald
Wait For You and Trust in Me by J. Lynn
Wild Cards by Simone Elkeles
Catching Liam by Gennifer Albin
Wanted series by Kelly Elliot
A Moment and Right Now by Marie Hall
Deadly Cool and Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
The Distance Between Us by Katie West
Lost and Found & Near and Far by Nicole Williams
Easy by Tammara Webber
My Favorite Mistake by Chelsea M. Cameron


People who have Powers

Bittersweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway
The Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Shatter Me and Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
The Captive series by Erica Stevens
A Shade of Vampire series by Bella Forrest
Shadow Falls Series by C.C. Hunter
The Carrier series by Leigh Fallon
Bandia series by Talia Vance
Darkness Becomes Her and A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton
Falling Under and Dreaming Awake by Gwen Hayes
Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Claire
Existence Trilogy by Abbi Glines
The Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Indelible by Dawn Metcalf 
Sweet Evil and Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins
Immortal City and Natural Born Angel by Scott Speer
The Body Finder series by Kimberly Derting
Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent
Revenants series by Amy Plum


Mythology

Runes, Immortals, and Grimnirs by Ednah Walters
Covenant Series: Half-blood, Pure, Deity, Apollyon, and Senttinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Goddess Test Trilogy by Aimee Carter
Darkness Becomes Her and A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton
*Mad World Series by Mad World Series by Christine Zolnedz (ages 17 an older)
The Abandon Trilogy by Meg Cabot
The Treachery of Beautiful things by Ruth Frances Long