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April 19, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth

Mia Price is a light­ning addict. She’s sur­vived count­less strikes, but her crav­ing to con­nect to the energy in storms endan­gers her life and the lives of those around her.
Los Ange­les, where light­ning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addic­tion. But when an earth­quake dev­as­tates the city, her haven is trans­formed into a mine­field of chaos and dan­ger. The beaches become mas­sive tent cities. Down­town is a crum­bling waste­land, where a trav­el­ing party moves to a dif­fer­ent empty build­ing each night, the rev­el­ers drawn to the destruc­tion by a force they can­not deny. Two war­ring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their oppos­ing dooms­day prophe­cies. They believe she has a con­nec­tion to the freak elec­tri­cal storm that caused the quake, and to the far more dev­as­tat­ing storm that is yet to come.
Mia wants to trust the enig­matic and allur­ing Jeremy when he promises to pro­tect her, but she fears he isn’t who he claims to be. In the end, the pas­sion and power that brought them together could be their down­fall. When the final dis­as­ter strikes, Mia must risk unleash­ing the full hor­ror of her strength to save the peo­ple she loves, or lose every­thing. Con­tinue read­ing

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March 20, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: Just The Sexiest Man Alive & Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James

Noth­ing fazes Tay­lor Donovan—not in the court­room and not in her per­sonal life. So when she’s assigned to coach Peo­ple‘s “Sex­i­est Man Alive” for his role in the next big legal drama, she refuses to fall for the Hol­ly­wood heartthrob’s charms. Even if he is the Jason Andrews..

The bat­tle between the sexes is about to make these two lawyers hot under the col­lar. Oppo­sites col­lide when two lawyers try to make part­ner at the same firm. Pay­ton Kendall is a fem­i­nist to the bone. Cocky J.D. Jame­son was born priv­i­leged. But when they’re asked to join forces on a major case, they gain a new­found aware­ness of each other’s per­sonal assets. The part­ner­ship spot will be offered to only one of them, though. The com­pe­ti­tion heats up. Sparks fly. Let the games begin. Con­tinue read­ing

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January 23, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth (And sort of a Giveaway.. Reminder)

In Beat­rice Prior's dystopian Chicago, soci­ety is divided into five fac­tions, each ded­i­cated to the cul­ti­va­tion of a par­tic­u­lar virtue—Candor (the hon­est), Abne­ga­tion (the self­less), Daunt­less (the brave), Amity (the peace­ful), and Eru­dite (the intel­li­gent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the fac­tion to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beat­rice, the deci­sion is between stay­ing with her fam­ily and being who she really is — she can't have both. So she makes a choice that sur­prises every­one, includ­ing herself.

Dur­ing the highly com­pet­i­tive ini­ti­a­tion that fol­lows, Beat­rice renames her­self Tris and strug­gles to deter­mine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a some­times fas­ci­nat­ing, some­times infu­ri­at­ing boy fits into the life she's cho­sen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hid­den from every­one because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she dis­cov­ers a grow­ing con­flict that threat­ens to unravel her seem­ingly per­fect soci­ety, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves… or it might destroy her.

Debut author Veron­ica Roth bursts onto the lit­er­ary scene with the first book in the Diver­gent series—dystopian thrillers filled with elec­tri­fy­ing deci­sions, heart­break­ing betray­als, stun­ning con­se­quences, and unex­pected romance. Con­tinue read­ing

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November 28, 2011
by Patricia
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Review: Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

Savan­nah Levine is in ter­ri­ble dan­ger, and for once she’s pow­er­less to help her­self. At the con­clu­sion of Wak­ing the Witch, Savan­nah swore that she would give up her pow­ers if it would help a young girl. Lit­tle did she know that some­one would take her up on that promise.

And now, witch hunt­ing assas­sins, necro­mancers, half-demons, and rogue witches all seem to be after her. The threat is not just for Savan­nah; every mem­ber of the Oth­er­world might be at risk. While most her fel­low super­nat­u­rals are cir­cling the wag­ons at a gath­er­ing of the coun­cil in Miami, Savan­nah is caught on the road, iso­lated from those who can pro­tect her and unable to use her vast spell cast­ing tal­ent, the thing she counts on most. In a story that will change the shape of the Oth­er­world for­ever, Spell Bound gath­ers Elena, Clay, Paige, Lucas, Jamie, Hope, and oth­ers, who soon learn that the great­est threat to super­nat­u­rals just may come from within. Con­tinue read­ing

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November 22, 2011
by Patricia
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Review: Demon Moon by Meljean Brook

Demon Moon by Mel­jean Brook Genre: Para­nor­mal Romance Series: The Guardians 2 Excerpt: yes, also hilar­i­ously good extras that can be read before you start the novel! Source: Gift-Card | Bought Rat­ing: | M – MA Paper­back: 480 pages Pub­lisher: Berkley (June 5th 2007) ISBN-10: 0425215768 ISBN-13: 978–0425215760 Amazon.de | BookDe­pos­i­tory Blurb No one would … Con­tinue read­ing

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September 12, 2011
by Patricia
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Review: Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong

Per­sonal Demon by Kel­ley Arm­strong Genre: Urban|Contemporary Fan­tasy Series: Women of the Oth­er­world #8 Excerpt: First and sec­ond chap­ter Source: Bought Rat­ing: | M | MA Paper­back: 384 pages Pub­lisher: Lit­tle, Brown Book Group (August 4th, 2011) ISBN-10: 0356500225 ISBN-13: 978–0356500225 ASINB000VMFDVI Amazon.de (EUR 9,99) | TBD.com (EUR 7,37) | TBD.co.uk (EUR 8,81) … Con­tinue read­ing

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September 8, 2011
by Patricia
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Review: Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh

Archangel’s Blade by Nalini Singh Genre: Para­nor­mal Romance Series: Guild Hunter #4 Excerpt: Here Source: Bought Rat­ing: | MA Paper­back: 320 pages Pub­lisher: Gol­lancz (8. Sep­tem­ber 2011) ISBN-10: 0575113472 ISBN-13: 978–0575113473 ASINB005KKQ5NG Amazon.de (EUR 9,99) | TBD.com (EUR 7,44) | TBD.co.uk (EUR 9,98) Blurb The sev­ered head marked by a dis­tinc­tive tat­too on … Con­tinue read­ing

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July 20, 2011
by Patricia
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Review: The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

The Reck­on­ing by Kel­ley Arm­strong Genre: Urban Fan­tasy, Young Adult Series: Dark­est Pow­ers 3 Rat­ing: Paper­back: 400 pages Pub­lisher: Atom (March 3rd,2011) ISBN-10: 1907410082 ISBN-13: 978–1907410086 ASINB003D20RV4 Amazon.de (EUR 9,99) | TBD.com (EUR 7,33) | TBD.co.uk (EUR 8,75) Blurb My name is Chloe Saun­ders. I’m fif­teen, and I would … Con­tinue read­ing