Waiting on Wednesday ~ In The After Light

A weekly meme brought to you by Breaking The Spine where we get to show off some of the books we are waiting to be released.

 This week I am waiting on In the After Light by Alexandra Bracken, book 3 of the Darkest Minds

Expected publication: September 16th 2014 by Disney-Hyperion

Why am I waiting? Oh you know me, just like to add more books to my tbr pile! This is the final book in the series, and many times I  have been recommended the first by fellow readers, and soon I will be able to read them.

Find out more about the book HERE

What are you waiting on this Cold Winter Wednesday?

Pretty Revealing (11)

The Cover Reveals have been busy again! Here are a few! that I am interested in. All links will send you to Goodreads.com

First up we have The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand. This looks completely different to previous titles by this author, I can't wait to see what the inside is like!

Find out more about this book HERE

Next is The Wondrous and the Wicked by Page Morgan, book 3 of the Dispossessed. I do like how this series has kept the same theme throughout, with the person and the colours. Book 1 is still my favourite though.

Find out more about this book HERE

The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent is the first book in the series. I do like this butterfly, he is so pretty, I want him to live with me.

Find out more about this book HERE

Skylar Dorset's, The Boy With The Hidden Name, book 2 of the Otherworld set is looking pretty, again this book is following the previous covers, and got to love that.

Find out more about the book HERE

Unleashed, Uninvited book 2 by Sophie Jordan. I do like the hair on the covers of these books!

Find out more about this book HERE

Book 3 of the Spellcaster trilogy by Claudia Gray, Sorceress, is looking pretty as ever.

Find out more about the book HERE

Summerfalll, a Winterspell Novella by Claire Legrand. I just want to stare at that cover for a while longer, it's just so bright and pretty.

Find out more about the book HERE

Reborn by Jennifer Rush is the third book in the Altered series.

Find out more about the book HERE

Stolen by Melissa De La Cruz and Michael Johnston, 2nd book in the Heart of Dread series. This book cover is completely different to the covers of Frozen that I have seen, perhaps they redid number one without me knowing

Find out more about the book HERE

I Was Here by Gayle Forman

Find out more about the book HERE

Kathleen Peacock's third book in her Hemlock series is yet to have a cover BUT it does have a title now! it's called Willowgrove. Find out more HERE

Goddess by Josephine Angelini ~ Review

Title:                Goddess
Series:             Starcrossed
#:                    3
Author:           Josephine Angelini
Publisher:       MacMillan Childrens Books
Date:               23 May 2013

She must rise, or they will fall ...Helen's powers are increasing--and so is the distance between her and her mortal friends. To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a dangerous traitor is lurking among them, and all fingers point to Orion. Still unsure whether she loves him or Lucas, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, or risk all-out war. The final book in this heart-stopping trilogy












Time? What time? It disappeared when I got stuck in this book!

I really enjoyed this book, it was a beautiful ending for a beautiful series. It wasn't all perfect and wrapped with a bow for all the characters but some did get a bow (even if at some point it can be untied).

I was never let down while reading this one. I was shocked and surprised a few times with the way the author dealt with some scenes in this book. But it was always for the better.

This series overall is quite enjoyable and if you get past the insta love then the oh he's my cousin you'll love it. I can't wait to read more books by Josephine Angelini.

Josephine Angelini is a Massachusetts native and the youngest of eight siblings. She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in theater, with a focus on the classics. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband. (from Goodreads.com)

Josephine Angelini has a new series coming out, called the Worldwalker Trilogy. The first book is titled Trial by Fire and is due out later this year.

Waiting on Wednesday ~ Sorceress

A weekly meme brought to you by Breaking The Spine where we get to show off some of the books we are waiting to be released.

 This week I am waiting on Sorceress by Claudia Gray, the final book in her Spellcaster trilogy

Expected publication: March 3rd 2015 by HarperTeen

Find out more about the book HERE

Why am I Waiting? I really enjoyed reading Claudia Gray's Evernight series and can't wait to see what she has created this time. Also the covers for this series are all very pretty.

What are you waiting for?

Dreamless by Josephine Angelini - Review

Title:              Dreamless
Series:            Starcrossed
#:                    2
Author:          Josephine Angelini
Publisher:      MacMillan Children's Books
Date:             July 2012

 Can true love be forgotten?

As the only scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity. Without Lucas by her side, Helen is not sure she has the strength to go on.

Just as Helen is pushed to her breaking point, a mysterious new Scion comes to her rescue. Funny and brave, Orion shields her from the dangers of the Underworld. But time is running out. A ruthless foe plots against them, and the Furies' cry for blood is growing louder.

As the ancient Greek world collides with the mortal one, Helen's sheltered life on Nantucket descends into chaos. But the hardest task of all will be forgetting Lucas Delos.

Again, this is beautifully written, just like the first. I completely forgot that it is third person because I was so lost in the story, the characters and the world that Josephine Angelini created.

In this next book we see more of the underworld as we travel there quite a bit. To me it's a real place that I should be able to visit (not that I'd want to) based on how real it all felt to me.

In the previous novel Helen's mum revealed that Lucas is her brother, eww she kissed him! Not the first time we have seen this in books but I do kind of get fed up with "oh no he's my cousin, I can't love him, but I do, what do I do". Luckily these weren't too long and I could easily wash over them.

I never knew what was coming in this book and I look forward to the excitement and journey still left to be had in the trilogy's final soon.

Still to come...

July New Releases 2014

Outcast by C. J Redwine

Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater

Oceanborn by Amalie Howard

Endless by Kate Brian

Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard

Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead

Where Silence Gathers by Kelsey Sutton

Unravel by Imogen Howson

The Defiant by Lisa M. Stasse

Earthquake by Aprilynne Pike

Idols by Margaret Stohl

Wild by Alex Mallory

A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington

Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth

clicking on the titles will send you to Goodreads.com

What a beautiful line up for July!!

So many books I want to add to my shelves.

Everyone can finally read One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington which Aussies know as Between the Lives! I really enjoyed this one and look forward to seeing what others think of it.

More Wolves of Mercy Falls! I would squeal but I'm not that kind of girl.. I will just clap instead! *claps* I have wanted to go back to this world since I finished the trilogy. I am so glad that Maggie Stiefvater wrote more for us!

Now I know I won't have time to read all of these. But a girl can dream!

What book are you looking forward to most in July?

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini - Review

Title:              Starcrossed
Series:            Starcrossed
#:                    1
Author:          Josephine Angelini
Publisher:      MacMillan Children's Books
Date:             June 2011

 Destiny brought them together.
The gods will keep them apart.

When shy, awkward Helen Hamilton meets Lucas Delos for the first time, she thinks two things: the first, that he is the most ridiculously beautiful boy she has seen in her life; the second, that she wants to kill him with her bare hands.
An ancient curse means Lucas and Helen are destined to loathe one another. But sometimes love is stronger than hate, and not even the gods themselves can prevent what will happen next...









This is the start of a beautiful trilogy full of greek mythology that becomes real. Helen has always been different but she's about to learn just how different she is from everyone around her.

Just so you know this book is written in third person. Normally I would say that is a bad thing. But not today! In the past when a book has been written in third person I did not connect at all. Except with this I completely forgot! I was lost in this book somewhere between the pages and I did not want to get out. This book had me. It is wonderfully written, I felt for all the characters in this book

My favourite part of this book is when we're lying flat on the beach, and I mean flat. I wouldn't mind rereading this scene a couple of times…

It didn't take me long to read this book, it is filled with likeable characters and a story that I want to believe. And I look forward to more of this series.

Still to come….