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Monday, September 10, 2012

Eve & Adam Review


Eve & Adam
Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan)
ISBN: 0312583516
Source: ARC from the publisher
Rating: Obsessed!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Goodreads.

Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, Emma-Rose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s never stopped to think how off it is that she’s never been sick. That is, until she’s struck by a car and is exposed to extensive injuries. Injuries that seem to be healing faster than physically possible. While recuperating in Spiker Biotech’s lush facilities, she meets Solo Plissken, a very attractive, if off-putting boy her age who spent his life at Spiker Biotech. Like Evening, he’s never questioned anything... until now. Solo drops hints to Evening that something isn’t right, and Emma-Rose may be behind it. Evening puts this out of her mind and begins her summer internship project: To simulate the creation of the perfect boy. With the help of Solo, Evening uncovers secrets so big they could change the world completely.

Oh dear I loved this book!!!!!! Let me count the ways. One, it was told in multiple POV’s (which I love). Two, it was set in a city near and dear to my heart (San Francisco and the surrounding areas).Three, the main female character was just pure awesome! She was a rich girl that I didn’t hate. She had spunk and didn’t fall for a guy just because he was hot. She was picky, really picky kind of like me. Three, the main male character had the coolest name ever!!!! Solo Plissken (hello Star Wars/Escape From New York mash-up! Thanks Rachel for the Star Wars reminder lol) oh and he’s this kind of surfer dude with piercing blue eyes and a I don’t give a eff attitude that I adored! Four, they mention the bands Rancid and the Pixies(which happens to be a couple favorites of mine). Five, it’s sci-fi but not far off into space or the future sci-fi; its stuff that could be (and probably is) happening in the world today!

Ok so yeah after that ramble what else do I have to tell you? Eve gets to create a boy! And OMG that boy is perfect! Actually too perfect for my tastes but I’m sure some of you will fall for the super model, crowd stopping, panty dropping looks; with the dark hair, perfectly sculpted body, and blue eyes… yeah ok went off into dreamland there for a minute lol. But anyways this story rocks! There’s mystery and danger and a scientist who looks more like he should be in a punk band than in a lab, and a bunch of other stuff I could mention but I won’t because I’d start to ramble and that would not be cool. And I may spoil something. So just trust me when I say go buy this book when it comes out! I cannot wait to get my hands on book 2 Adam & Eve!

I chose a passage which was really hard because I had about 20 bookmarked but, I kept going back to the sleep drool one because it’s from Solo and it’s so damned cute and funny. So here you go!

Eve looks about like I probably looked twenty minutes ago. Like she can only open one eye. And there’s possible drool in the corner of her mouth.

Why do I find that kind of hot? Seriously. Sleep drool.

She sits up. She’s wearing a too-small t-shirt. Her hair is all on side of her head.

Her eyes widen. She barely notices me. Aislin staggers over to the bed and just sort of melts into her arms. It’s a long hug. I stand in the doorway, staring at my feet.

I’m thinking it’s time for me to sneak away quietly when Eve looks at me over Aislin’s shoulder, frowns, and jerks her head a little, indicating that I should come in.

I do. Feeling like I’m entering the Holy of Holies.

Oh my god. I’ve never been in a girl’s room before. It smells different in here. It smells good.
Still, the realization is disheartening somehow. All of this is new to me. Including the acknowledgement that it’s all new to me.

Man I love that guy! There were so many other scenes I could have shared but I hope that tempts you into getting this book! Because trust me people you will not regret it!

Make sure you pre-order it and add it to your goodreads lists! Oh and check out the trailer it rocks!!! :)



Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Jaime's Review of The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa



The Immortal Rules
Julie Kagawa
Hardcover:  512 pages
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release Date: April 24, 2012
ISBN: 0373210515
Source: ARC from the publisher
Rating: Obsessed


From Goodreads.
You will kill. The only question is when.

In the dark days since the insidious Red Lung virus decimated the human population, vampires have risen to rule the crumbling cities and suburbs. Uncontested Princes hold sway over diminished ranks of humans: their "pets." In exchange for their labor, loyalty and of course, their blood, these pets are registered, given food and shelter, permitted to survive.

Unregistered humans cling to fringes, scavenging for survival. Allison Sekemoto and her fellow Unregistereds are hunted, not only by vampires, but by rabids, the unholy result of Red Lung-infected vampires feeding on unwary humans. One night, Allie is attacked by a pack of rabids, saved by an unlikely hero...and turned vampire.

Uncomfortable in her undead skin, Allie falls in with a ragtag crew of humans seeking a cure, or cures: for Rabidism and for Vampirism. She's passing for human...for now. But the hunger is growing and will not be denied. Not for friendship—not even for love.

This book was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was like a mix of Mad Max, Escape from New York, and The Walking Dead with vampires! Ok young-uns you’re probably saying Mad who? Escape what? Just trust me and watch the movies in all of their cheesy goodness ;) I mean it was everything I love about Paranormal and Dystopian all in one book! I knew when I heard about Immortal Rules months ago I had to read it Julie is an author that I love I she’s on my auto-buy list and always will be. Plus I have an undying love for vampires lol no pun intended. Also her Iron Fey series is still one of my all time favorites!

Ok so this story was brilliantly written and I loved how Julie split it up into parts. Human, Vampire, Monster, and Wanderer. It was so cool to see the evolution of Allison she was a tough human and even more of a badass as a vampire! What I loved was that she never hid from her “monster” as she called it she knew what she was and instead of ignoring it and trying to act human she acknowledged it and turned it into an asset; all the while trying to reign in the hunger and not hurt the ones she cared about. I really wanted to be her! I fell in love with her maker Kanin with the first word he spoke; he was eerily calm and had this strange sense of dry humor that I really liked. Then there’s the human boy Zeke he’s blonde haired and blue eyed which I normally don’t go for but he was just sooooo damned nice, and caring, and generous it was hard not to fall for him. There were a few other characters that I really liked and some I hated with such vehemence I wished for their deaths lol. Yes at a whopping 485 pages I know this one look intimidating but I finished it in 3 nights once I picked it up I found it hard to put it down!

I had a really hard time picking a passage to share there were sooooo many good ones but I think my favorite was right after Alison has turned and her and Kanin are searching for an appropriate weapon for her to use…..

A chuckle interrupted me. Kanin stood a few yards away, arms crossed, shaking his head. His mouth was pulled into a resigned grin.

“I should have known,” he said, coming forward. “I should have known you would be drawn to that. It’s very fitting, actually.”

“It’s perfect,” I said, holding up the sword. “What is it, anyway?”

Kanin regarded me in amusement. “What you’re holding is called a katana. Long ago, a race of warriors known as samurai carried them. The sword was more than a weapon—to the samurai, their blades were an extension of their souls. It was the symbol of their culture and their most prized possession.”

I didn’t really need the history lesson, but it was pretty cool to think that there was an entire race of people who’d carried these, once. “What happened to them?” I asked, sheathing the sword carefully. 

“Did they all die out?”

Kanin’s grin grew wider, as if he was enjoying his own private joke. “No, Allison Sekemoto. I would say not.”

The Immortal Rules comes out on April 24th so make sure to pre-order your copy now! Make sure to add it to your Goodreads lists too! Also add Julie’s blog to your reader for all her awesome news!

Thanks soooo much to Harlequin Teen for the advanced readers copy you are awesome as always!

You know you want this book so go here and pre-order it now!!!!!!!
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