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Blog Tour – Book Review: Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick + Giveaway

Nov 13, 2015

Welcome to today’s stop of the Dangerous Lies Blog Tour. This is Part 1 of my stop, you can check out part 2 here! It’s very something delicious. So here is my review and an international giveaway for a Dangerous Lies Tote.

Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick

Pages: 385
Publish date: November 10th 2015
Publisher: Simon and Schuster AU
ISBN: 1471125084
Purchase: Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

Stella Gordon’s life is a lie.

She does not belong in Thunder Basin, Nebraska. As the key witness in a murder trial, Stella is under witness protection, living a life she doesn’t want. No one can know who she really is. Not even Chet Falconer, her hot, enigmatic neighbour. But against her better judgement, Stella finds herself falling under Chet’s spell …

A storm is brewing. Is Stella really safe in Thunder Basin? And will Chet be her shelter, or her downfall …?

Dangerous Lies:

I received a copy of Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick from Simon and Schuster in exchange for an honest review as part of the Dangerous Lies blog tour. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book.
I’m a massive fan of Becca Fitzpatrick’s books, I read the Hush, Hush series when it first came out in 2009 and I have been a fan ever since so when I read the synopsis of Dangerous Lies I just knew I was going to like it and I wasn’t wrong.
Dangerous Lies follows protagonist, Stella Gordan as she lives a life that she doesn’t want, not in the slightest. Stella has witness a murder and consequently she has been placed under witness protection. The thing is; she doesn’t want to be there and she doesn’t like to follow the rules.

Stella. It drove the point home. Chet didn’t know me. He didn;t even know my real name. He sat there looking fustrated and vulnerable, cutting himself open for a girl who didn’t exist.

I have a love hate relationship with Stella. She can act like a 5 year at times but then I understand why. Her life has been ripped apart, all because she saw a murder. She is living in a place where she thinks she doesn’t belong. She doesn’t know anything about where she is living, doesn’t know anyone and she can’t keep in touch with anyone from her pervious life. But has time goes on she realises that she might just belong in Thunder Basin, Nebraska.
I actually like when books are set in what I like to call country America. It’s nice getting away from the city, away from all the chaos. I also love it since it’s different to a lot of other books I have read or even TV shows that I watch.
Chet…Chet…Chet. Move over Patch I have a new Becca Fitzpatrick book boyfriend. Okay no Patch you can stay. But gosh Chet, how can you know love him. Seriously. I just cannot explain. You have to read and find out.

“I can’t think of a day when you haven’t been in my thoughts. there are a hundrend other things i should be thinking about, but I think about you”

Becca Fitzpatrick is pretty good at making book boyfriends, especially ones that make your heart skip a beat.
Then we have Carmina who is the cranky ex-cop that I just could not like at all. She got on my nervous so much and no matter what happens she was just awful to Stella. She never took into account how hard this is for her – she thinks that she acting like a brat but she doesn’t realise why. Although I came to like her a bit at the end. It’s difficult to like people when they are mean for so long.
Dangerous Lies keeps you on the edge of your toes, you think it’s going in one direction and then it flips. It’s like when you watch NCIS and at the start you have no idea what is going on, who killed who? But as the episode goes on; you start to put everything together.
All the lies though – holy – I just didn’t know what was real and what was lie. But that is what made this book awesome.
The thing I like about Becca Fitzpatrick’s writing is that it is easy to read and it flows from one word to another. However, It’s not easy in the way that you feel like you are being talked down to but it’s written so that everyone can read it.
Overall I truly enjoyed Dangerous Lies it kept my brain on its toes and was a quick read. Stella is a difficult character that you come to love, while Chet sweeps you off your feet. If you are a Becca Fitzpatrick fan you are going to like this book and if you are not well you are still going to like it as well. There is so much more I can talk about but I going to leave it like this.

Giveaway Time! To celebrate the relase of Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick, I’m giving away a tote. This Dagerous Lies Tote fits your reading needs inside. This tote and more can be fond on my Etsy store. So if you don’t win and you want one – head that way.

Terms and Conditions

– This contest is open INTERNATIONALLY
– You must be 18 years or older, or have parents’ permission to enter.
– All your entries will be disqualified if you pickup entries for something you haven’t done.
– If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.
– If the winner does not respond to my e-mail within 48 hours, I will have to choose another winner.
– I am not responsible for any items lost in the mail. Sorry.

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Don’t forget to check out the rest of the tour stops. Including Part 2 of mine.

Insurgent Tote and Book Giveaway

Mar 7, 2015

In celebration of Insurgent the second book in the Divergent Trio coming to the big screen, I am hosting a giveaway. If you entered The Ruby Circle giveaway I hosted last month then you would be quite happy to know that I am going to be giving away another tote. This time it’s a Divergent inspired tote, with Tris’ birds.

I really enjoyed the Divergent movie, though there was still some stuff missing here and there and things might not have been as they were in the books, it was still a pretty good book to movie adaptation. You can check out my movie review here.

Though I liked Divergent, Insurgent is not looking as promising, but I am not giving up just yet. The trailers so far are leaving me and I know quite a lot of other fans confused. Things don’t seem to be adding up at the moment and there are things are looking different from the books.

But like I said I am not giving up. Let’s hope that it’s just the trailers that are looking quite different. If you haven’t seen the trailers, I’ve left a few below.

So to why you are all here, the giveaway. Today I’m going to be giving away a Divergent inspired tote as well as paperback of any of the four Divergent books. So you can have you choose of the US or UK/Aus editions of Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant and Four: Collection of Short Stories. You check out the tote below.

You can check out more about the tote on my Etsy Store. But while we are on that topic, I have recently added a new item to my store. They are personalised note books which are divergent inspired. They are $20 for an A3 size and $25 for an A4 size. They are gorgeous and so useful.

All you need to do is fill in the rafflecopter below and you could win the tote and any of the 4 Divergent worlds books in paperback. This giveaway is International, so anyone can enter.

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The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead – Book and Tote Giveaway INT

Jan 27, 2015

All of you that I love Richelle Mead, and If you don’t where have you been? I have been reading Richelle Mead for nearly 6 years now and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. So I decided to share my love for Richelle and her Bloodines series which is sadly coming to an end on the 10th of Feb.

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Photo from Penguin Teen Australia

I adore the Vampire Academy series and its companion the Bloodlines series. They pretty much sum up my teen life. I started to read the Vampire Academy series when I as about 12 years old and it’s finishing the year I turn 19. So I am hoping that this isn’t the end of Richelle’s Vampire world. She hasn’t said no to the idea but she said she is taking a break from this world. I do hope not for that long.

A few weeks ago, I discussed my theories on what I think is going to happen in The Ruby Circle, the last instalment in the Bloodlines series. You can check that out here and also leave what you think is going to happen.

So back to the giveaway. There is going to be one winner who is going to win two items. If you didn’t know, I have my own Etsy store where I sell all bookish items. This includes customized totes, from symbols to quotes, on denim and on cotton and to celebrate The Ruby Circle, I am giving away obvious a tote that is all about The Ruby Circle. You can check out the tote below.

With the tote. I am also going to be giving away a paperback of any of the Bloodlines books. I know that some people haven’t started the series, or are only half way through so instead of just giving away a copy of The Ruby Circle, I am going to let the winner choose what Bloodlines book that they want.

All you have to do is fill out the rafflecopter below to enter. Good Luck. The Giveaway will finish on the 10th of February.