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Title: The Thing About the Truth
Author: Lauren Barnholdt
Release Date: July 10, 2012

In this humorous love story from the author of Two-Way Street, an unlikely romance is the best sort of surprise—but the wrong secret can ruin everything. Kelsey’s not going to let one mistake ruin her life. Sure, she got kicked out of prep school and all her old friends are shutting her out. But Kelsey’s focused on her future, and she’s determined to get back on track at Concordia High.

Isaac’s been kicked out of more schools than he can count. Since his father’s a state senator, Isaac’s life is under constant scrutiny—but Concordia High’s his last stop before boarding school, so Isaac’s hoping to fly under the radar and try to stay put for a change.

When Kelsey and Isaac meet, it’s anything but love at first sight. She thinks he’s an entitled brat, and he thinks she’s a stuck-up snob. So it surprises them both when they start to fall for each other. Kelsey’s happy for the first time in months, and Isaac’s never felt this way about anyone before...But nothing’s ever completely perfect. Everyone has secrets, and Isaac and Kelsey are no exceptions. These two may have fallen hard, but there’s one thing that can ruin it all: the truth.

 

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Book Review

Title: We'll Always Have Summer
Author: Jenny Han
Published: April 26, 2011 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages: Paperback, 320 pages

4/5 STARS

 

Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she's almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. Conrad has not gotten over the mistake he made when he let Belly go even as Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it's now or never--tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good. Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face a truth she has possibly always known: she will have to break one of their hearts.

 

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Review:

   In the final book of the Summer trilogy, there is heartbreak, betrayal and an amaaazing ending.

   Belly had to confront what she knew all along: she loved both of the Fishers. And what can be worse than a love triangle between two brothers. So when Jeremiah proposed to Belly (after doing something unforgivable), I knew that the time before the wedding weren't going to go so smoothly.

  Some truths come out when the wedding approaches closer and closer and with those, things start to turn. Between Conrad and Belly, I found it was like a damn rollercoaster. I love Conrad but sometimes I wanted to yell at him and tell him to get his act together so he can finally get things right.

   ''Ernie said, 'So are you gonna cry about it like a punk, or are you gonna do something?' (P.209)''
  
   The book was awesome and the ending was perfect, even though I would have loved to have more scenes for the ending.

   In the paperback version you had as an extra the love letters Conrad sent to Belly. AWWWW they were so funny and cute. He's great.

Waiting on Wednesday

Title: A Midsummer's Nightmare
Author: Kody Keplinger
Release Date: June 5, 2012

Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorced dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancée and her kids. The fiancée's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great. Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.

 

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Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to random page
• Share two (2) ''teaser'' sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)


Title: We'll Always Have Summer
Author: Jenny Han

''Treat her right, man. She's a pain in the ass, but she's the only sister I've got.' (P.217)''

Waiting on Wednesday

Title: We'll Always Have Summer
Author: Jenny Han

 

It's been two years since Conrad told Belly to go with Jeremiah. She and Jeremiah have been inseparable ever since, even attending the same college-- only, their relationship hasn't exactly been the happily ever after Belly had hoped it would be. And when Jeremiah makes the worst mistake a boy can make, Belly is forced to question what she thought was true love. Does she really have a future with Jeremiah? Has she ever gotten over Conrad? It's time for Belly to decide, once and for all, who has her heart forever.

 

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Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to random page
• Share two (2) ''teaser'' sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)


Title: Stolen
Author: Lucy Christopher

 ''There's no way out,' you called. 'I'll wait here all night if I have to, all week. You can't escape me.' (p.72)''

Book Review

Title: City of Lost Souls
Author: Cassandra Clare
Published: May 8, 2012 by Margaret K. McElderry
Pages: Hardcover, 538 pages

5/5 STARS

The demon Lilith has been destroyed and Jace has been freed from her captivity. But when the Shadowhunters arrive to rescue him, they find only blood and broken glass. Not only is the boy Clary loves missing–but so is the boy she hates, Sebastian, the son of her father Valentine: a son determined to succeed where their father failed, and bring the Shadowhunters to their knees.

No magic the Clave can summon can locate either boy, but Jace cannot stay away—not from Clary. When they meet again Clary discovers the horror Lilith’s dying magic has wrought—Jace is no longer the boy she loved. He and Sebastian are now bound to each other, and Jace has become what he most feared: a true servant of Valentine’s evil. The Clave is determined to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. Will the Shadowhunters hesitate to kill one of their own?

Only a small band of Clary and Jace’s friends and family believe that Jace can still be saved — and that the fate of the Shadowhunters’ future may hinge on that salvation. They must defy the Clave and strike out on their own. Alec, Magnus, Simon and Isabelle must work together to save Jace: bargaining with the sinister Faerie Queen, contemplating deals with demons, and turning at last to the Iron Sisters, the reclusive and merciless weapons makers for the Shadowhunters, who tell them that no weapon on this earth can sever the bond between Sebastian and Jace. Their only chance of cutting Jace free is to challenge Heaven and Hell — a risk that could claim any, or all, of their lives.

And they must do it without Clary. For Clary has gone into the heart of darkness, to play a dangerous game utterly alone. The price of losing the game is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she even still trust him? Or is he truly lost? What price is too high to pay, even for love?

Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

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Review:

   Cassandra Clare is a terrific writer and like the rest of her books, City of Lost Souls was freaking awesome and breathtaking.

   Clary goes and fights demons and goes on errands, to find out what are Sebastian's plans with her and Jace. The relationship between the brother and sister is sinister and yet fun to read. At first, I thought that Sebastian might have changed, but in the end... he is a psycho! However, since his character has such depth, he is one of my favorite characters.

   I love love love Magnus/Alec, Isabelle/Simon, Jordan/Maia and JACE/CLARY, so I was really happy to see that there was a lot of scenes with those characters together. Jace and Clary are my favorite because their relationship is so cute, funny and hot.

   I managed to finish this book in one day and it is one of my favorite books. I recommend this series to anybody who loves action, romance and the supernatural.

I went book shopping today and got....

And on Tuesday I'm planning on getting the paperback version of Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Title: Sweet Evil
Author: Wendy Higgins
Published: May 1, 2012 by HarperTeen
Pages: Paperback, First edition, 464 pages

4/5 STARS

What if there were teens whose lives depended on being bad influences?
This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels in Sweet Evil.

Tenderhearted Southern girl, Anna Whitt, was born with the sixth sense to see and feel emotions of other people. She’s aware of a struggle within herself, an inexplicable pull toward danger, but it isn’t until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring Kaidan Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage, and her will-power is put to the test. He’s the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had warned Anna.

Forced to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?

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Review:

   Wendy Higgins wrote a great book that was full of suprises. I liked the way she wrote about not only the seven deadly sins, but about others as well.
  
   The relationship with Kaidan and Anna is so hard to explain, but yet I just fell in love with both of them. Although, I did have some problems with Anna because she is such a good girl and I'm just not use to that. However I liked that she seemed to accept her identity instead of freaking out and being scared.

   The book was great. My favorite part is definitely the New Year's Party because that was just wild. The ending seemed like there was a scene missing, but that only means we have something to look forward to, for the next books in the sequel.

Waiting on Wednesday

Title: Of Poseidon
Author: Anna Banks
Release Date: May 22, 2012

Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma’s gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom . . .

Told from both Emma and Galen’s points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.

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Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to random page
• Share two (2) ''teaser'' sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)


Title: Sweet Evil
Author: Wendy Higgins

''Everything inside me flooded with fury and embarrassment, Kaidan leaned far back with his arms crossed, cocky. I stood up without thinking and hooked my foot under his chair, swiftly kicking upward and causing him to topple backward.''

Title: Tempting the Best Man
Author: J. Lynn
Published: April 23, 2012 by Entangled Publishing: Indulgence
Pages: ebook, 172 pages

5/5 STARS

Madison Daniels has worshipped her brother's best friend since they were kids. Everyone thinks she and Chase Gamble would make the perfect couple, but there are two major flaws in their logic. 1) Chase has sworn off relationships of any kind, and 2) after blurring the line between friends and lovers for one night four years ago, they can't stop bickering.

Forced together for her brother's wedding getaway, Chase and Madison decide to call a truce for the happy couple. Except all bets are off when they're forced to shack up in a tacky 70’s honeymoon suite and survive a multitude of "accidents" as the family tries to prove their "spark" can be used than for more than fighting. That is, if they don't strangle each other first…

Description Source: www.goodreads.com

    

Review:

   Hot hot hot hot. Tempting the Best Man was written under Jennifer L. Armentrout's pen name J.Lynn. Like all of her other books I fell in love with every word.

   The relationship between Maddie and Chase is amazing. At the beginning of the book they started off by bickering all the time which was cute and funny to read. However, when Chase made it pretty clear he was attracted to her, things started to change for the best.

   Those two were like a rollercoaster, which sometimes made me angry at both of them. However, I think the ending was perfect.

Title: Taken at Dusk
Author: C. C. Hunter
Published: April 10th 2012 by St. Martin's Press         
Pages: Paperback, 380 pages

4/5 STARS

 

Step into Shadow Falls, a camp for teens with supernatural powers. Here friendship thrives, love takes you by surprise, and our hearts possess the greatest magic of all.

Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she’s meant to be with—and the truth about what her emerging powers mean. But she’s about to discover that some secrets can change your life forever…and not always for the better.

Just when she and Lucas are finally getting close, she learns that his pack has forbidden them from being together. Was it a mistake to pick him over Derek? And it’s not just romance troubling Kylie. An amnesia-stricken ghost is haunting her, delivering the frightful warning, someone lives and someone dies. As Kylie races to unravel the mystery and protect those she loves, she finally unlocks the truth about her supernatural identity, which is far different—and more astonishing—than she ever imagined.

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Review:

   In the third book of the Shadow Falls series, Kylie is still in the dark about what she is. I loved this book. Kylie has definetly grown and become stronger since the first book.

   For the romance... I just want to shake Kylie and tell her to get over Derek. I love her with Lucas because they have such chemistry and history. Whereas with Derek I feel like they should just be friends. Red was also another character in which he loved her. Even though he was a stalker, in the end I felt bad for him because of how he was raised in life by his grandfather.

   However, my favorite ship is Holiday and Burnett. I love how they bicker and that Kylie tries to play cupid for them.

   This book was a good read and I loved all the romance scenes, because I'm a sucker for them.

  
  

Waiting on Wednesday

Title: Onyx
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release Date: August 14, 2012

 

 

Being connected to Daemon Black sucks…

Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarre connection. I’ve sworn him off even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But against all common sense, I’m falling for him. Hard.

Our relationship issues aren’t out biggest problem…

The Department of Defense is here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we’re linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And when a new boy shows up a school with a secret of his own, things get complicated fast. I need to choose between my own instincts and Daemon’s.

But then everything changes…

I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. Daemon’s never going to stop searching until gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?

No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies.

Description Source: www.goodreads.com

I have read all of Jennifer L. Armentrout's novels that are out and Tempting the Best Man under her pen name J. Lynn, I must say she is my favorite author. Each one of her novels are amazingly written and after reading Obsidian and Shadows, I am dying to read Onyx.