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Hey y’all thanks for stopping by to see my Dying to Read post and of
course as always I have to give credit to the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine for
the Waiting on Wednesday Meme! I love Jennifer and I love motorcycles so I can't wait for this!!!
A thrilling new urban fantasy filled with magic and motorcycle gangs from Jennifer Rush, author of the Altered saga--perfect for fans of Beautiful Creatures. Eighteen-year-old Jemmie Carmichael has grown up surrounded by magic in the quiet town of Hawthorne, New York. In her world, magic users are called "kindled," and Jemmie would count herself among them if only she could cast a simple spell without completely falling apart. It doesn't help that she was also recently snubbed by Crowe, the dangerous and enigmatic leader of the Black Devils kindled motorcycle gang and the unofficial head of their turf. When the entire kindled community rolls into Hawthorne for an annual festival, a rumor begins spreading that someone is practicing forbidden magic. Then people start to go missing. With threats closing in from every side, no one can be trusted. Jemmie and Crowe will have to put aside their tumultuous history to find their loved ones, and the only thing that might save them is the very flaw that keeps Jemmie from fully harnessing her magic. For all her years of feeling useless, Jemmie may just be the most powerful kindled of all.
So what do you
think? Will you be adding this to your pile? What are you dying to read this
week?
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance.She could save the world—or destroy it. Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. But she can’t do either alone. With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him? Who can Evie trust? As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side….
I have a serious love/hate
relationship with this book. You can definitely say more love but the hate is
still there. I’ll be honest I hated chapters 1 through 13. I hated Evie I
thought she was a rich stuck up little bitch and didn’t really care about
her backstory. I also thought Jack was an ass and
had no idea why anyone would like him. But I loved the prologue and every
chapter after 13! Oh and the cover love the bike and the background but I’m not a fan of the Jack on this cover he
is soooooo much hotter in my head!
After chapter 13, Evie started to grow on me and I found myself
liking her and pulling for her to survive, and figure out her gifts. I also ended
up falling, hard, for Jack, with his Cajun accent and broken French which
thankfully I understood without translation since I speak passable French. I also loved
the idea behind this story that the major Arcana from tarot decks were people.
I’ve studied the tarot and to see them as people it was really fascinating! And
their gifts were wicked cool! This story really made me scream at times I was
so frustrated with both Evie and Jack but not only them; I was frustrated with
the secrets that everyone was keeping from everyone else. At the end of the
story I understood why but, while I was reading it I wanted to scream at the
book and say “Why????? If you you’d have just told them……” ugh it was so
frustratingly good! Oh and the sexual tension between Jack and Evie OMG you
could cut it with a knife it was so thick! I found myself saying “just do it
already!” a few times but I know it’s a YA book so probably not gonna happen.
But one can hope.
So yeah as you can see the love
definitely outweighed the hate in this book. Oh and the ending broke my heart! I
loved it so much I can’t wait to get my hands on book 2!!!!
I’ve chosen a scene between Evie and
Jack. And yes it’s one of those sexual tension scenes with a pool lol ;)
“You’re not going in!”
In answer, he pulled his shirt over his head, revealing rigid
planes of muscles. Yes, I’d caught glimpses of him shirtless before—but this
was the first time I’d utterly lost my breath looking at him.
His face and his broad chest were still tanned, his eyes
seeming to glow in the moonlight. That onyx rosary around his neck glinted with
his movements.
He was stripping before my eyes, yet I couldn’t look away. I
bit my bottom lip.
Any minute I would turn my back. Any minute…
As he began to unbuckle his belt, his stomach muscles
rippled.
I grew weak in the knees. Any minute—
When he reached his zipper, he cocked his head and met my gaze.
I was frozen, could do nothing but stare. He raised his
eyebrows at me in challenge, his fingers inching his zipper down.
A second after I’d finally found the presence of mind to turn
my back, I heard his belt buckle ping on the tile floor, the rustle of his
dropped pants. Eyes wide, I snapped, “This is foolish, Jackson—“
In the space of a heartbeat, he’d snagged my pack off my
back, looped an arm around my waist—and hauled us both into the pool.
*Fans self* Woo smoking hot right?!?!?
I can’t wait for more of Jack in book 2!!!!
I wish I could have found a trailer for this book but check out
Kresley’s description of the book and the characters!
