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09 Jan

10 Most Anticipated Romances for the First Half of 2016

Posted by angelreads Contemporary Romance Challenge, Discussions, Features 5 Comments

As part of the Contemporary Romance Challenge, there is a topic each month that we can talk about. This months topic is Ten Most Anticipated Romances for First Half of 2016. You can check out the Januray link up here and see what others are book forward to. You can also sign up to the challenge here. This is the first year that I am particpating in something like this so I am pretty excited.

Monthy Topic: Ten Most Anticipated Romances for First Half of 2016.

These are in no particuly order. I have a mixture of both Young Adult and New Adult as really they are the two that I read.

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Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry

You’re Still the One by Rachel Harris

Hallowed Ground by Rebecca Yarros

Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach

What I Saw by Beck Nicholas

P.S I Like You by Kasie West

Summer of Solane by Erin L. Schneider

Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

The Things I Didn’t Say by Kylie Fornasier

Wanderlost by Jen Molane

And there. I will most likey read a whole lot more contemporary books than this but this my somewhat top 10.

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06 Jan

Book Review: Who’s Afraid? by Maria Lewis

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Pages:238 (Kindle Edition)
Publish date: January 12th 2016
Publisher: Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780349411149
Purchase: Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

Tommi Grayson’s never exactly been a normal girl. Bright blue hair, a mysterious past and barely controlled rage issues have a way of making a woman stand out. Yet she’s never come close to guessing who she really is . . .

When her mother dies, a shattered Tommi decides to track down her estranged father. Leaving Scotland for a remote corner of New Zealand, she discovers the truth of her heritage – and it’s a whole lot more than merely human.

Barely escaping with her life, now Tommi must return to her friends, pretending everything is normal, while all too aware of the dangers lurking outside – and within. Worse still, something has followed her home . . .

With the clock ticking, can Tommi learn to control her new powers in time to save the ones she loves?

Who’s Afraid?:

I received an e-arc of Who’s Afraid? by Maria Lewis from Hachette Australia via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way included my thoughts and feelings about the book.

I was surprised with this book. I thought it was going to young adult by the synopsis, but it’s not, defiantly not. Once you start reading, you realise that it’s not actually for anyone under the age of 16 at the least. In saying that I did enjoy the book.

Who’s Afraid? follows protagonist, Tommi who is stubborn, sarcastic, troublesome however also slightly breakable. After her mother’s death, she travels to New Zealand to find out more about her father and instead find that’s she comes from a line of very powerful and dangerous werewolves and well that she is a werewolf herself.

As she struggles with her new self, she finds out the world she knew wasn’t as it seemed and that her life wasn’t sunshine and daisies.

I am not too sure how I feel about Who’s Afraid? I enjoyed it, it was a good read, but I didn’t love it. I enjoyed the writing style on the other hand I didn’t love how it was changing perspectives. It went from first person to third back to first, I wouldn’t have a problem with it, if I knew that it was happening. I could be reading a scene in first person and then it changed to third person and it confused me.

I actually enjoyed the plot, it was engaging and interesting. There was many twists and turns and things happened that I wasn’t expecting at all. It was a ‘real’ book, nothing was hidden. Gruesome, hideous things happened.

Tommi is one strong girl. She has gone through hell and back. Having to deal with the death of her mother was hard enough, but then she finds out that comes from a powerful line of werewolves, everything else seems to fall apart.

Then there is her dark and mysterious guardian who also happens to be very attractive. Lorcan MacCarthy. He is pretty amazing and perfect to Tommi’s outgoing nature. He is calm, but fierce that fights with swords.

The world building in Who’s Afraid? was well written. It was well thought out and it kept on drawing me in. especially with the Praetorian Guard. It was something different and very fascinating. There was a lot going on and somethings that was a bit heavy, it was overwhelming, trying to remember everything and everyone.

I liked the writing style of Maria Lewis, it was engaging and easy to read. There were certain words that were hard to pronounce, but that was easy to go over. Lewis keeps the reader captivated until the end, she makes the reader go in circles.

Who’s Afraid is not for the faint hearted, it’s gruesome and there are deaths all over the place, but it’s an enthralling unban fantasy novel that takes you on a flight of the supernatural, death and romance.

Overall, I really enjoyed Who’s Afraid? It was something different from what I have read before. I am used to Fantasy in Young Adult, this is one of the New Adult novels that I have read that isn’t contemporary. I truly enjoyed and cannot wait to read the rest of the books in the series.

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04 Jan

End of Year Survery 2015

Posted by angelreads Discussions, Features 3 Comments

Welcome, welcome to the End of Year survey 2015. This survey is hosted by the lovely Jamie at Perpetual Page Turner.

I love doing this survey cause I can talk about all the books that I read throughout the year. I can fangirl and just spread the love for books that I couldn’t put down, made me smile and cry. I look forward to doing this survey every year now, it’s so fun to write my post and comment on everyone else’s. I like seeing what people love, what they didn’t like and I get to put more books on my TRB.

So here we go. This is going to be a long post, so get a coffee, tea or what you like to drink and get comfy.

I am actually pretty happy with the amount of books that I have read this year – it’s less than a lot of other bloggers but hey. This also doesn’t included any re-reads. More books might be added to this in the next couple of days though.

I love re-reading. I don’t know what it is but it’s fun re-reading books and find new stuff that I didn’t read before. So I think the number of books that I re-read in 2015 is 30.

I read quite a couple of contemporary books this year but I still think that Fantasy tops it.

Okay, okay I couldn’t just pick one, so I have broken all of these down. I love all these books for many different reasons and everyone should read them if you haven’t.

Fantasy: The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski | Review

New Adult: Confess by Colleen Hoover | Review

Crime: Every Series by Ellie Marney | Every Breath, Every Word, Every Move.

Contemporary: No Where but Here by Katie McGarry | Review

Mythology: Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan | Review

Science Fiction: The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer | Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and Winter (Which I haven’t read yet)

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

I didn’t hate this book at all, but I didn’t love it. I heard so many things about it and I thought that I was going to love it like everyone else did, however I did like it. I just couldn’t really connect with the book like everyone else did.

Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I didn’t expect to love this series as much as I did. I am not the biggest sci-fi/Alien fan – so I wasn’t sure how I was going to like the book, however I really loved them.

I don’t normally push books, if someone ask for a recommend a books, but I normally ask what they like to read or watch and then I can work out what I think they will like.

Best Series Started: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas and No where but Here by Katie McGarry

Best Sequel: The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski

Best Series Ender: The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead | Review

Ellie Marney – Seriously the Every Series is fab, amazing and perfect. And Ellie is so nice and beautiful. When ever we go to the same events she comes and talks to me – it’s amazing.

Magus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan | Review

Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Both of these series are unputdownable, I just kept on reading and reading. They were so good.

All the 5 Star books haha. I really don’t know. I re-read a lot, but it’s like a feel in the moment kind of thing so I never really plan it.

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In Place Of Never by Julie Anne Lindsey

Paperweight by Meg Haston | Review

Shortest: Tales from Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare

Longest: Gone by Micheal Grant

The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski – That ending. That is all that needs to be said.

All Katie McGarry Couples ahah. But Oz and Emily from No Where but Here.

Simon Lewis and George Lovelace from the Tales of Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare.

Magnus Chase! From Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer.

And all the male protagonsits from the Lunar Chronicles.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Gambit by C.L. Denault | Review

This Book for Sure – I would laughing nearly the whole book it was amazing.

I cry a lot in books. I am a baby, the littlest things make me cry. Nearly every book made me cry. But the three books below made me cry the most.

Lorali by Laura Dockrill: Is unique to it’s core. From the writing style, to the story line. It was such an unique read. |Review

The lovely Cait from Paperfury. Her posts are amazing, I also read her reviews and her discussions are always something that I have to comment on.

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

I loved doing my If you like this book, you’ll like this book post.

The Goodreads challenge of course – I hope to read 60 books this year and I read 88 – pretty proud of myslef. haha.

And that is it!! I didn’t do every question because I ddin’t want to bore you but I hope that you enjoyed. I love doing things like this. It’s always fun.