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Gold (Bandia #2) by Talia Vance Available September 8th, 2013 Publisher: Flux Paperback 408 pages Received E-ARC from publisher through NetGalley for review To Buy Links- Amazon/ Kindle/ Barnes and Noble / Indiebound/   Kobo   Book Depository Goodreads - Descended from an Irish demigod, Brianna has fled to Ireland to escape destruction at the hands of her sworn enemies, the Sons of Killian. Taking refuge at the estate of her former nemesis, Austin Montgomery, Brianna discovers a rift in time that opens to an era before the feud began. Wrestling with her newfound feelings for the more innocent Austin, Brianna begins to wonder if she can alter the past. But when Brianna and Austin learn that the Sons are raising an army of mythical beasts, the pair will need to use their magical strength in the present to avoid a tragic end. Please someone tell me there is a Platinum in the works, please!! I was just okay with Silver . The mythology of the bandia is hard to follow, the relati...

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Release Date: Septemeber 10th, 2013 Publisher St. Martin's Griffin Received e-ARC from publisher through NetGalley To Buy Links- Amazon / Kindle / Audio Book CD / Audible / Barnes and Noble/   Indiebound /  Book Depository / Kobo   Goodreads-    A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love.   Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . . But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to. Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her ow...

The Wrong Girl (The 1st Freak House Trilogy) by C.J. Archer Publish Date May 25, 2013   Paperback 218 pages To Buy Links- Amazon/ Kindle / Barnes and Noble / Nook Goodreads It's customary for Gothic romance novels to include a mysterious girl locked in the attic. Hannah Smith just wishes she wasn't that girl. As a narcoleptic and the companion to an earl's daughter with a strange affliction of her own, Hannah knows she's lucky to have a roof over her head and food in her belly when so many orphans starve on the streets. Yet freedom is something Hannah longs for. She did not, however, want her freedom to arrive in the form of kidnapping. Taken by handsome Jack Langley to a place known as Freak House, she finds herself under the same roof as a mad scientist, his niece, a mute servant and Jack, a fire starter with a mysterious past. They assure Hannah she is not a prisoner and that they want to help her. The problem is, they think she's the earl's daughter. What w...

Over You by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus Published by Harper Teen Available Now Paperback 304 pages Personal Copy To Buy Links- Amazon / Kindle / Barnes and Noble Goodreads-   The authors of the bestselling novel  The Nanny Diaries , Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, bring you the story of a girl who gets her heart broken…and figures out a foolproof way to get over her ex.   Over You ’s Max Scott had a hard time getting over Hugo, the boy who dumped her. Now it’s Max’s mission to help NYC girls get over their broken hearts fast, and with dignity. Now Max’s life is better than she ever imagined it could be. Her new business, Ex, Inc., is booming. Better still, her friendship with Ben, a truly sweet guy, could turn romantic. But when Hugo reenters the picture, Max realizes that she isn’t over him. At all. Funny, touching, and romantic,  Over You  is the kind of book every girl will fall head over heels for. This is one book I chose for a great summer read and ...

The Exemeus by Folami and Abeni Morris Published January 3rd, 2013 Publisher: Royal Colours Ink Paperback 337 pages Received an e-copy for blog tour for review To Buy Links- Amazon / Kindle / Barnes and Noble / Nook Goodreads-    Hyalee Smith is dead, she just doesn’t know it yet. Her short life was devoted to love and to hate. Love of the man who stole her heart, hate for the man who stole the world. Murdered by the government she swore to destroy, she has been given another chance to make it right. But to save the planet, she needs the help of the most powerful mystic the world has ever seen—unfortunately he hasn’t been born yet.  In a world where fear is the only currency, Dephon has committed the ultimate crime:inspiring hope. His only goal is to make it safely through ninth grade, but on a post-apocalyptic Earth run by the Treptonian government, it isn’t that simple. Heir to a legendary power, Dephon Johnson is the only threat to the government’s rule. And on Trepton...

Death, Dickinson and the Demented Life of Frenche Garcia by Jenny Torres Sanchez Publisher Running Press Kids May 28, 2013 Available Now Paperback 272 Pages Received finished copy for review from publisher To buy links- Amazon / Kindle/ Barnes and Noble / Book Depository / Indiebound / Kobo Author Links- Facebook / Twitter / Website First is my Interview with Jenny Torres Sanchez about herself and her novel. 1) In your book, Death Dickinson and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia, Frenchie and her friends hang out at a coffee shop called Harold's. Where did you hang out with your friends at their age? We hung out in parks, downtown, and coffee shops too, actually. There was a very cool little coffee house called Yab Yums in downtown Orlando where we used to go a lot.  It later became Harold and Maude’s Espresso Bar. It no longer exists (I think it’s some sort of club now, not sure), but I’ll forever be grateful it did when I was a teen. They had local art on the walls and it was ...

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block Publisher: Henry Holt and CO. Available: August 27, 2013 Received from Publisher for Review Hardcover 240 pages To Buy Links- Amazon/ Kindle/ B and N/ Book Depository/ Indiebound/ Kobo From Goodreads- Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everything—her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, finds love and loses it, and faces her mortal enemy. In her signature style, Francesca Lia Block has created a world that is beautiful in its destruction and as frightening as it is lovely. At the helm is Pen, a strong heroine who holds hope and love in her hands and refuses to be defeated.   Wow, this is the first apocalyptic fairy tale like book I've ever read. Well, it had fairy tale like aspects. And Greek mythology. And mad scientists. And magic. How about everything but the kitchen sink. ...