Fall 2015 Premiere Reviews

Hey y'all! I just wanted to do a quick post on the fall 2015 TV shows that have started and do a quick review of them. I'm going to try and do this each week new shows start. Obviously since I'm posting this on a Friday I won't review those shows but I'm only looking forward to Hawaii 5-0 and The Amazing Race tonight anyways. 

Ok onto my mini reviews! I'm reviewing last weeks too since I didn't think of doing this until last night. Note this is only for new shows not returning ones.

Tuesday, Sept. 15


The Bastard Executioner – 10 p.m., FX
Great premise the 2 hour premiere was a tad too long but I really enjoyed this show! I will admit Katy Segal (although awesome in SoA) is my least favorite part of the show, her fake accent is distracting and I get Sutter wanted to write his wife into the show but it would be better without her. 

Verdict- if you like historical pieces with quite a bit of violence this one is for you!

Monday, Sept. 21

Life in Pieces – 8:30 p.m., CBS

I had to try this one since Collin Hanks grew up in my hometown and we used to hang out at the same coffee shop in HS. I thought it was really funny! I like how they broke it up into 4 stories. I will definitely keep watching this one. 

Verdict- this one won't be for everyone but if you like snark in your comedy give it a shot!

Minority Report -9 p.m., FOX

I gave this one a shot but it wasn't very good IMO. I can't even remember what I didn't like that's how not memorable this show was.

Verdict -like most of FOX TV's debut shows I doubt this one will even make a full season so don't bother watching.

Blindspot – 10 p.m., NBC

I was excited for this one the minute I saw the comic con trailer! I have a huge crush in Sullivan Stapleton he's been a favorite of mine since Strike Back (on Cinemax trust me if you haven't seen this show watch it) started! I was not disappointed in Blindspot! Not one bit! This show was freaking awesome Jaimie Alexander was brilliant as Jane Doe and like I said Sullivan was sexy as hell and an did an amazing job! I can't wait to see this mystery of Jane and her tattoos unravel! Verdict- If you didn't watch the first episode do so now and then set your DVR's for the series!

Tuesday, Sept. 22

The Muppets – 8 p.m., ABC

It was funny but I admit I miss the Muppets from my childhood. I'll give it a few more episodes 

Verdict- Give it a go especially if you were a fan.

Scream Queens – 8 p.m., FOX

Honestly I'm still compiling my feelings on this one. It was funny as hell definitely not scary. It has a good cast but like most FOX shows I doubt it will last. 

Verdict- Give it a shot and see what you think.

Limitless – 10 p.m., CBS

This one had potential with the great cast and story possibilities but it didn't live up to it in my opinion. 

Verdict- skip it.

Wednesday, Sept. 23

There was one new show Rosewood on FOX but the premise didn't look too great to me. I'm kinda sick of crime/forensic shows so I didn't DVR this one.

Thursday, Sept. 24

Heroes Reborn – 8 p.m., NBC

Ok this one I was super excited for! You can tell by the photo I used as my header lol! I was a HUGE fan of Heroes and was mad when it got cancelled. This was everything I thought it would be and I'm so happy to have this world back on my TV! I love the new characters (I will admit I miss the old ones especially Peter Petrelli). The 2 hour premiere was amazing and I can't wait for next weeks episode!

Verdict- WATCH THIS SHOW!!! Even if you didn't watch Heroes you will love it!


The Player – 10 p.m., NBC

This is another show I was hoping would be good. Wesley Snipes rocks and I love Phillip Winchester, I've loved him since I saw him in the SYFY mini-series Alice. I'll admit it didn't live up to hopes but it's not awful. I'll give it a few more episodes.

Verdict- Give it a shot ans see what you think.

So what were your favorite shows this week? I'd love to know leave me a comment below! 
Ok so I will be back next week with reviews for the shows below not many new ones starting next wee.

Sunday, Sept. 27

Blood & Oil – 9 p.m., ABC

Quantico – 10 p.m., ABC


Wednesday, Sept. 30


Code Black – 10 p.m., CBS

Review- Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Deity

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Release Date: November 6, 2012

Hardcover: 360 pages

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press

ISBN: 1937053148

Source: ARC from the publisher

Rating: Loved

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From Goodreads.

"History is on repeat, and things didn't go so well the last time." Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden. If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome. But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed. Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate...

Dear Jennifer, stop writing such awesome books! No really don’t lol

I have had the pleasure of meeting Jennifer and, just like her books she is awesome. I don’t know how she does it. I mean having two very successful series and more books coming out. This woman is like Superwoman or something! And what kills me is her books don’t hit slumps, each one is better than their predecessor. Deity is definitely the best of the Covenant series so far!

This one starts up a little bit after Pure ends and the drama picks up almost immediately. Seth, OMG people! Seth is just shady in this book no way around it. I loved him in Pure, I even thought I may be leaning in a Team Seth direction but, nope he fixed that one in this book. I am totally Team Aiden!!!! Well for Alex that is. For me I’m Team Leon lol and the big guy has a secret in this one. I screamed “I knew it!!!!” when I found out but, it only made me love him more. Oh and don’t fret, along with the drama there are tons of steamy, downright hot, sexy scenes that will make you want to say “how can she get away with this in YA?” and then think “Ya know I don’t really care.” Lol Oh and if you’re a crier you will cry! I bawled in a few places but the crying is so worth it! This story absolutely rocks and the ending?!?!? Trust me you will curse Jenn because that ending is just plain evil and you will be dying to get your hands on Elixr like I am!

I had one heck of a time picking a passage. I wanted to share them all lol. But here goes!

“Look,” Aiden said, his hands rising into the air. “Get mad at me. Hit me. It doesn't change anything.”

I moved toward him, to push him but not actually hit him. “You can’t---“

Aiden caught both of my wrists and hauled me into his lap, switching my wrists to one hand. He sighed. “I didn’t mean for you to actually hit me.”

Too stunned to respond, I just stared at him. Our heads were only inches apart. My legs tangled with his, and then he reached up with his free hand, smoothing the mess of hair back from my face. My breath caught as my heart sped up. Our gazes locked and his eyes turned to quicksilver.

He cupped the nape of my neck. I heard his sharp intake of breath. Then he let go of my wrists and grasped my hips. Before I could blink, I was on my back, and Aiden hovered over me. Using one arm to support himself, he lowered his head and brushed his lips over my swollen cheek.

“How do we always end up like this?” he asked, voice rough as his gaze traveled away from my face and down my body.

“I didn’t do this.” Slowly, I lifted my hands and placed them against his chest. His heart jumped under my palm.

“No this was all me.” The lower half of his body shifted down. Our legs were flush. His eyes searched mine, “It gets harder every time.”

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Review- Origin by Jessica Khoury

Origin

Jessica Khoury

Release Date: September 4, 2012

Hardcover: 393 pages

Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin)

ISBN: 1595145958

Source: ARC from the publisher

Rating: Liked

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From Goodreads.

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia's origin--a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever. Origin is a beautifully told, shocking new way to look at an age-old desire: to live forever, no matter the cost.

I liked Origin! It was a fast read filled with mystery and compelling characters! I had high hopes for this one when I read the synopsis and saw the trailer and knew I had to read it. While most of my hopes were met there was something lacking. I can’t quite put my finger on what it was but, I feel like I needed more. I did really like it though. I’m not going to say I loved this book as there were some parts of this story that I thought were disturbing and possibly could have done without. Although I do understand why they were there, I still didn’t like them.

I really like Pia as a MC she was fascinating and brilliant but also very naïve and I felt myself pulling for this “perfect” girl and her love Eio who I thought was absolutely adorable. I will admit I didn’t fall in love with him or even feel strongly towards him like I do other characters. But I did really like him. I liked this story as a whole but didn’t connect with any of the characters on that level. I am also happy that this is a stand-alone I would read more if this would have been a series but, I was in need of a stand-alone so that was great and the ending, the epilogue was probably one of my favorite parts of the book! So check this out for a fun quick read!

I chose a passage between between Eio and Pia.

“I want you here, Pia. Here. Not locked in a cage. Not surrounded by electric fences and glass walls. Not when you feel like it or when you can manage to sneak away, but every day. All the time. Do you think we can go on like this forever? You sneaking out when you can. Never knowing how long you’ll stay. Never knowing if you’ll even come back at all.”

I stare at him speechlessly.

“Because for me, Pia bird, it’s not a game. I don’t want to be a distraction or a toy. I don’t want to always be waiting for someone who may not even come. I need to know what you want. Do you want to be a ‘scientist’ locked away in there—“he points in the general direction of Little Cam—“or do you want to be free with me? Because you can’t do this forever. You can’t have both.” He takes my hands. “Pia bird, you will have to choose.

“I…don’t know. I don’t know Eio.” I feel tears. I blink them away and try to force words from my lips. “I want both. I want you. I want my immortals. I want…” I want, I want… what do I want?

“I want a place to belong.”

“You could belong in Ai’oa. You could belong with me.”

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Review- Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Cursed

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Release Date: September 18, 2012

Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press 

ISBN: 0983157278

Source: ARC from the publisher

Rating: Really Liked

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From Goodreads.

Dying sucks-- and high school senior Ember McWilliams knows firsthand. After a fatal car accident, her gifted little sister brought her back. Now anything Ember touches dies. And that, well, really blows. Ember operates on a no-touch policy with all living things--including boys. When Hayden Cromwell shows up, quoting Oscar Wilde and claiming her curse is a gift, she thinks he's a crazed cutie. But when he tells her he can help control it, she's more than interested. There's just one catch: Ember has to trust Hayden's adopted father, a man she's sure has sinister reasons for collecting children whose abilities even weird her out. However, she's willing to do anything to hold her sister's hand again. And hell, she'd also like to be able to kiss Hayden. Who wouldn't? But when Ember learns the accident that turned her into a freak may not have been an accident at all, she's not sure who to trust. Someone wanted her dead, and the closer she gets to the truth, the closer she is to losing not only her heart, but her life. For real this time. I love

I love Jenn’s books! I love her writing style and how she can draw you into a story. She’s really good at that. I mean I read Onyx in 4 hours (even though I was proofreading on a time crunch) but still that was a beast of over 400 pages! And I loved every bit of it! Ok so I did feel this way about Cursed as well although it wasn’t my favorite book of hers The Lux Series and then The Covenant books are in that order. So let me tell you what I didn’t like about Cursed first because the likes definitely outweigh the dislikes. I didn’t like the little sister at all! I thought she was a selfish brat (yeah yeah I know you’re all saying “But Jaime she’s a little kid” too bad!) I also thought the not being able to touch thing was kinda crappy. I actually hated Alyson Noel’s books for doing the same thing.

Ok so onto what I did like. I loved Hayden, besides the fact that he was smoking hot he was one of the nicer love interests Jenn has written and therefore I found myself really caring for the dude. I love Kurt with his cowboy hat and duster and smart ass attitude he rocked! I really liked Ember but she also frustrated the hell out of me. And the story itself was really good! It had the right amount of what I call “Jenn style” heat and mystery. Although I did figure out whom the bad dude was pretty early on. I’m still wondering if Jenn left the ending the way she did because she is intending to write another. I mean it did wrap up but, there’s enough wiggle room there for more. I definitely wouldn’t mind that. I’d like to learn more about Hayden and the rest of the crew with their X-Men like qualities.

So I’ve chosen a passage that was as frustrating as it was hot!

He lowered his eyes. Thick lashes fanned his cheeks. “I know you do, because I wouldn’t want to…to kiss you if you didn’t have a soul.”

I froze. “You…you want to kiss me?”

His gaze lifted as he leaned in, placing his mouth an inch from mine. The air was sucked right out of the room, and I felt dizzy again. “Ever since I first saw you.” He moved so that his mouth was angled with mine.” And right now I want you so badly it hurts. You have no idea, Em. But I don’t want to hurt you.”

My gaze dropped to his parted lips. What would it be like to feel them against my own? Unable to stop myself, I brought my mouth within a hair’s breadth of his. “I want to kiss you, too.”

Hayden made a soft sound in his throat. His breath moved over my lips, and I closed my eyes, imagining the way he would feel, taste. Then his breath warmed my cheek and each of my eyelids before it returned to tease my lips again.

I placed my hands on his chest, curling my fingers into his sweater. “Hayden,” I whispered.

He answered by clasping my hips and pulling me into his lap. I wanted nothing more than to kiss and touch him. I lowered my cheek to his shoulder, squeezing my eyes shut as his caress drifted from my hips to the small of my back. Fine shivers danced over my skin, making me ache for something I could never have.

See frustrating! And really good lol.

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Review-The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys

Maggie Stiefvater

Release Date: September 18, 2012

Hardcover: 416 pages

Publisher: Scholastic Press

ISBN: 0545424925

Source: ARC from the publisher at ALA

Rating: Loved

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From Goodreads.

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”        It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore. From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before.

I love Maggie’s books! I love her writing style and how she can draw you into a story with such force you feel as if you’re actually living it! This is how it was for me with The Raven Boys! I fell in love with the story from page one. Oh and peeps this is not a love triangle story! Hell there’s actually not much of a love story either! I mean the MC Blue? She’s not supposed to fall in love she’s been told all her life that she’ll kill the boy she loves with a kiss. No we don’t know if it’s the actual kiss that will kill him but she doesn’t even want to risk that. This story is one of action and adventure. It’s a quest to find a long lost king and the ley lines where he has been hidden. It’s also a story about folklore and psychics and magic. I loved every minute of it!

So onto the characters Blue rocked she was probably one of my favorites of Maggie’s! She was smart and she didn’t take crap from anyone. I loved her name too. Oh the boys I know many of us will disagree whom is our favorite there’s three (I know it says 4 but when you read the book you’ll understand why I only say 3) to choose from. Gansey, the very rich, good-looking scholarly boy is definitely a love of mine but he didn’t steal my heart. Ronan did! Even though he’s a serious badass with a huge chip on his shoulder I fell hard for him with his dark hair, tattoo, secrets, and overall bad boy feel. Yep what can I say I’m a sucker for a bad boy! Oh but there’s this part with a baby bird where he melted my heart I was a goner after that. Then there’s Adam who I know a lot of people liked but I couldn’t stand! His pride and stubbornness made me want to smack the crap out of him! I don’t care how good looking he is he just rubbed me the wrong way.

Ok enough about my love or lack of love for the characters time to share an excerpt. This one is from the beginning of the book and I felt it really started the story in a great way!

He was so real. When it finally happened, when she finally saw him, it didn’t feel like magic at all. It felt like looking into the grave and seeing it look back at her.

“Is that all?” she whispered.

Gansey closed his eyes. “That’s all there is.”

He fell to his knees—a soundless gesture for a boy with no real body. One hand splayed in the dirt, fingers pressed to the ground. Blue saw the blackness of the church more clearly than the curved shape of his shoulder.

“Neeve,” Blue said “Neeve, he’s—dying.”

Neeve had come to stand just behind her. She replied, “Not yet.”

Gansey was nearly gone now, fading into the church, or the church fading into him.

Blue’s voice was breathier than she would have liked. “Why—why can I see him?”

Neeve glanced over her shoulder; either because there were more spirits coming or because there weren’t—Blue couldn’t tell. By the time she looked back, Gansey had vanished entirely. Already Blue felt warmth returning to her skin, but something behind her lungs felt icy. A dangerous, sucking sadness seemed to opening up inside her: grief or regret.

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve, Blue. Either you’re his true love,” Neeve said, “or you killed him.”

Ok peeps so The Raven Boys is out now go get this one you won’t be disappointed!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and check out the trailer! It’s pretty cool Maggie likes her animated trailers J

Review- Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Poison Princess

Kresley Cole

Release Date: October 2, 2012

Hardcover: 384 pages

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

ISBN: 1442436646

Source: ARC from Fiktshun

Rating: Loved

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From Goodreads.

#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!

Crewel by Gennifer Albin Review

Crewel

Gennifer Albin

Release Date: October 16, 2012

Hardcover: 368 pages

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (Macmillan)

ISBN: 0374316414

Source: ARC from the publisher

Rating: Really Liked

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From Goodreads.

Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested. Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming for her—tonight. Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her Dad’s stupid jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape. Because once you become a Spinster, there’s no turning back.

There was a lot of hype around the twitterverse on this book so I figured I’d read it and hoped I’d love it like everyone else did. Well I can’t say I’m as obsessed as the rest of twitter I did really like the story. Gennifer has literally woven a beautiful world (even if I did hate everything it stood for). I’ve actually put writing this review off for a few days so I could gather my thought about Crewel. So now here I am trying to figure out what to say still. Like I said I really liked this one I just can’t come up with much to say.

I loved the characters and like I said her world building was amazing. I think I just lost focus when she started talking about the weaving aspect of the story especially in the beginning. I don’t know maybe that was overdone a bit, in my opinion because during those scenes I tended to lose focus to fade in and out. I am really looking forward to then next book though because it’s set in a different place and there was a good twist at the end that I’m really excited to see where it leads us, and I really enjoyed Gennifer’s writing. And I did fall in love with one of the male characters it wasn’t gut wrenching OMG I have to have him love but Jost was pretty darned smexy.

So I chose a scene between Jost and Adelice. Enjoy!

Jost is waiting for me in the hall and the young stewardess flashes me a grin as she disappears around the corner. “Nice to see some enthusiasm,” he says dryly. ‘Erik is checking to make sure everything is in order.”

“Great.”

I can’t think of anything to say to him, so I press my lips together apologetically. I hate having to pretend he’s beneath me, but I don’t want anyone questioning our familiarity with each other.

“I know,” he whispers.

“I’m sorry.” The understanding look he’s giving me makes me feel worse.

“Hey, I told you to play dumb.”

I nod and vertigo from the rebound sends me reeling forward. Jost catches me easily, and my arms tingle where he touches my bare skin. The sensation travels up my arms and settles in the nape of my neck. I know I should pull away, but before I can, the click of shoes in the hall behind us startles us apart. Jost casually steps back as Erik comes into view.

Make sure you pre-order it and add it to your goodreads lists!

Oh and make sure to check out the Fierce Reads Trailer!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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!!! :)

Jaime's Review of Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs

From Goodreads.

Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a Minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.

Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the Minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.

Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they're triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters.

These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned by myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight. 

Jaime’s review….

Sweet Venom was everything I expected it to be fast paced and action packed with just the right amount of hot boys and great storytelling! She also set it in San Francisco a place I am very familiar with and also mentions a place close to my hometown Orangevale which is pretty cool.

This story is told from three perspectives and while my favorite parts were Gretchen’s I grew to like Grace and Greer by the end of the book. Gretchen is a hard as nails girl whose main mission is sending these beasts back to where they came from. Grace is just finding herself and sometimes especially in the beginning I found her to be a bit whiny but like I said I grew to like her. Greer man when I first met this one I wanted to punch her in the face she was such a snob! She ended up growing on me anyways.

The boys in this one are very hot but also kind of vague I’m sure there’s more to them than meets the eye. I hope to find out more about them in book 2. I did really grow fond of Grace’s brother Thane he’s very strong and protective.

I really loved the use of mythology in this story being as I have studied and love Greek myth. I could imagine the putrid odors coming off the beasts and wanted to gag right along with Grace at her first scent of Minotaur. I can’t even imagine running into one of those let alone having to fight one! So if you love mythology and a story with some serious kick ass girls go get Sweet Venom when it hits the shelves October 4^th!

Thanks Harper Teen for an advanced reading copy for review!

Jaime's Review of Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon

From Goodreads-
Their love was meant to be.
When Megan Rosenberg moves to Ireland, everything in her life seems to fall into place. After growing up in America, she's surprised to find herself feeling at home in her new school. She connects with a group of friends, and she is instantly drawn to darkly handsome Adam DeRís.
But Megan is about to discover that her feelings for Adam are tied to a fate that was sealed long ago—and that the passion and power that brought them together could be their ultimate destruction. 


Jaime’s review….

What can I say about this book? I can say it was awesome! Leigh has written a very new take on a paranormal/supernatural story. I loved how these characters controlled the elements instead of being witches, vampires, or some of the other types of characters we’ve read so much about.

I adored the setting of Ireland and we didn’t get caught up in strange dialects as Leigh actually tells us how to pronounce things in the story like Gardai is Gardee. You could just fall in love with the breathtaking  landscape, the ocean , and the castles. The way the story unfolds is a perfect pace it’s not too fast or too slow. I found myself staying up very late reading which is a sign that I’m loving a book.

I really found myself loving all of the characters! Megan is strong female MC and I really liked her love interest Adam I’m sure all the girls will fall for him but, I actually found myself drawn to Adam’s older brother Rian with his fiery hands and eyes. Their sister Aine is someone I could see myself hanging out with she’s so sweet and fun. I actually told Leigh while reading this that I wanted to jump into the pages and ride motorcycles with Rian. I know I’m a dork but what can I say.

I wanted to share a quote from Rian and maybe you all will see why I fell in love with him.
“Now, don’t take this wrong o very scary one, but you have seen prettier days.” I love his sense of humor during a crisis ;)

So when this book comes out October 4^th run, don’t walk to your nearest bookstore and pick this baby up you will not be disappointed!

Thank you Harper Teen for an advance copy for review.