Review: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

Rose Hathaway has always played by her own rules. 

She broke the law when she ran away from St. Vladimir’s Academy with her best friend and last surviving Dragomir Princess, Lissa. She broke the law when she fell in love with her gorgeous, off-limits instructor, Dimitri. And she dared to defy Queen Tatiana, leader of the Moroi world, risking her life and reputation to protect generations of dhampir guardian to come. 

Now the law has finally caught up with Rose- for a crime she didn’t even commit. She’s in prison for the highest offense imaginable: the assassination of a monarch. She’ll need help from both Dimitri and Adrian to find the one living person who can stall her execution and force the Moroi elite to acknowledge a shocking new candidate for the royal throne: Vasilisa Dragomir. 

But the clock on Rose’s life is running out. Rose knows in her heart the world of the dead wants her back… and this time she is truly out of second chances. The big question is, when your life is about saving others, who will save you?

My Take:
This series for me was a roller coaster and it took me awhile to actually finish the series. After finding the first one intriguing, the series took me by storm changing my mood with everything that happened. I was sad, happy, excited, and also found myself laughing while others were wondering why, I was thinking where the book was taking me. In this one particular Rose is on a journey and searching for the key that helps everyone in the long run even herself. Mead was finally able to end on Rose's part in good fashion that would lead all readers and fans wanting more and realizing the end is just the beginning for the new series out this summer. I was able though to know who exactly is in the new series because I meet up with Mead at an event if you want to know who it is just comment you might be surprised who it is.

I still love Adrian even thought Dimitri captured my heart in this one I still fell that pull to my dreamwalker.

5/5 Stars

In my Mail Box (2) Vlog

IMM is a weekly meme hosted and created by Kristie at The Story Siren and was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie.

Bought:
*Shimmer by Alyson Noel 
*Night Star by Alyson Noel
*Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
*Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
*City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare 
*Red Glove by Holly Black


Received at RT Teen Day:
*Vanish by Sophie Jordan
Abandon by Meg Cabot
Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
*Tiger's Quest by Colleen Hauck
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
*Perfect Chemistry by Simmone Elkeles 
*The Demon Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
*Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
*Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
*The Awakening by Marley Gibson
*Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis
*The Clearing by Heather Davis
*Enclave by Ann Aguirre
*The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong
*The Gathering by Kelly Armstrong

Midnight Release Experience of a Lifetime

Last night was so crazy loved went over to Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore last night (almost passed out) and I was just so excited I loved just being there and meeting authors who just stopped by.

Holly Black, Elca Cloak and Cassie Claire

The party was for Cassandra Clare who writes The Mortal Instruments series and Holly Black who writes White Cat. Meeting them both felt like a dream I've been to so many author events but never one where I actually laughed throughout the whole event (lots of SC jokes) it just made being there so special in a way.

Me fangirling and crying in  presence  Kami Garcia

  Of course since I've gone to so many events I've seen lots of authors crash the party to get there stuff signed too. No joke meeting Kami Garcia again made my night even better Kami is awesome and even while I was crying she took a picture with me.

Sarah Reese Brennan and Kami Garcia 

  Also there were authors which I almost screamed the names out loud. Sarah Reese Brennan, Keirsten White and also Cindy Pon. These lovely pictures were taken by my good friends Darla Greer and Janelle Alexander.

Kiersten White Sarah Reese Brennan and Cindy Pon

I still can't believe the night I had last night it was a blast being there with friends and getting to spend just a couple of hours with the women who made reading enjoyable again. The way home was also fun as hell because we all talked about the event and repeated everything we saw. Those SC jokes were awesome except Janelle, Darla and Sandy all say I should never talk after midnight because I tend to say whatever pops in my mind.

Of course I am up to something like this again can't wait to see what event is next on the agenda. 

Review: Wither by Lauren DeStefano

What if you knew exactly when you would die?

Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out.

When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home.

But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant Rhine is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limted time she has left.

 The Chemical Garden |  Lauren DeStefana Website

My Take:

From the moment I started this book to the moment I finished it I didn't expect anything, while reading I usually guess at whats to happen not this time, because while reading I couldn't guess any of the plot it would change on me and sometimes I was in the background encouraging Rhine to keep going.This was an amazing 1st book to the trilogy so looking forward to number 2 and of course trying to figure out the ending to number 3 on the way. I also experienced what life must have to be in her shoes and so I became and Rhine and I had to choose at least this world doesn't exist or else I would already be dead I'm 21 so dying at 20 well I wouldn't be able to have experienced this wonderful book. I loved every aspect of the story and can't wait to recommend it to everyone I see, this one story changed my aspect on what can be a possible future and I am willing to bet it can change everyone opinion about their own possible future I am counting down the days until there is another book to the series to find out if Rhine has a future.

Just to make it perfectly clear I'm Team Gabriel.

Review: Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton

Ari can’t help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver hair that can’t be changed or destroyed, Ari has always stood out. And after growing up in foster care, she longs for some understanding of where she came from and who she is.
Her search for answers uncovers just one message from her long dead mother: Run. Ari can sense that someone, or something, is getting closer than they should. But it’s impossible to protect herself when she doesn’t know what she’s running from or why she is being pursued.
She knows only one thing: she must return to her birthplace of New 2, the lush rebuilt city of New Orleans. Upon arriving, she discovers that New 2 is very...different. Here, Ari is seemingly normal. But every creature she encounters, no matter how deadly or horrifying, is afraid of her.
Ari won’t stop until she knows why. But some truths are too haunting, too terrifying, to ever be revealed.

Kelly Keaton Website

 My Take:
This was amazing wow never thought I would ever read about one greek legend that has always fancied me become like this. Really enjoyed reading about Ari, she is exceptionally strong willed and has power even if she doesn't know it yet. The big bad ass villain in this is Athena and everyone knows she isn't afraid of anything (right). Kelly did remind me of some greek legends and how that spiked my interest by alot. The cover of course calls my attention because it has a gate, but I read what it was about and finally gave it a try, my instincts told me somethings were not as they seemed and I knew some characters mentioned would be essential to Ari and help her out with her family's curse because personally that would suck the moment you mature BOOM!!!! You aren't you anymore, you are the opposite of good and might as well join up with the biggest B there is Athena.

I really enjoyed the greek legend used this way always wondered what could happen when its set like this really this is a fantastic read should check it out. I forgot to mention it also has vamps and witches and they all live in the New 2 which is New Orleans but different.
5/5 Stars

Review: White Cat by Holly Black

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers — people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they're all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cassel. He hasn't got the magic touch, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail — he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.
Ever since, Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts crumbling when he starts sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He's noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him, caught up in a mysterious plot. As Cassel begins to suspect he's part of a huge con game, he also wonders what really happened to Lila. Could she still be alive? To find that out, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.

The Cureworkers |  Holly Black's Website

My Take:

While I was reading I had made tone of guesses but never guessed the ending, Holly was able to capture me with the first sentence and of course with a push and a shove and so many other signs, I was able to finish this baby on my way home from Vegas. Cassel has a hard life because he is in the shadow of his brothers who are workers. The story so far is brilliant because it captures not only the audience with the words illegal but it grabs the reader (aka me) to want to continue, yes it took awhile for it to be in my hands but I finished.

Knowing from the start what he did prior to the story's beginning its actually amazing how bluntly he is able to anyone what he did to his best friend even. As time went on and with each page I turned I knew something was up and of course the title is the biggest hint of all, half way through I thought one thing would happen to Cassel but it never did just something worse. 

I hope you get a copy of this one because it was a pleasure reading it and so much fun guessing who and what was happening in the story. Contemplating either reading the second one now or after I get it on Tuesday. I'll leave that up to you guys.

5/5 Stars 

Reasons why I shouldn't go to the library

• Books
• Nice looking covers
• Those flaps get me all the time
• I have stacks waiting to be read (from friends and self)
• 2 weeks is never enough but i can always recheck them out

There are many reasons why I shouldn't go the library right now, including the fact the moment I walk up those stairs to the second floor of my library (which is a ten minute walk) has a lot of the latest titles (sometimes) and is very much like a bookstore. I love my library there are two in my area and I love them both its just I've realized the moment I walk into well any store/library with books I tend to grab and carry. At least at bookstores I know to put it down and wait for later, but library is a whole different situation because I tend to grab a whole lot and with 2 weeks with the books its paradise and it feels great. If your reading this and your picking me up tomorrow well don't yell okay I know what I did, no intervention necessary okay, plus my sister asked me to go get this book for her (Monster High) and I couldn't help it, my hands grabbed and they scanned my card and that was it. My brother had the weirdest look ever the moment I came back he thought I took out the whole library. (With a 25 book limit its hard to stop). It was only 7 which is my favorite number so...

Stack from Library that I got today

1.Borrowing Stack, 2-3.The books I Own, 4.Library  

My stack just got bigger after today its pretty high just looking at it. I think what gets me firstly is the name of the book, then its the cover the way it looks gets me (or anything with vamps (sexy is great if possible)), than its those inside flaps they grab my attention all the time, it calls me (esp. when I feel like the character is like me) always so enthralled with the story, and as you can see I have a lot of reading to do and this is before summer. If only there was some machine that I can put every book into my brain so that its there forever and I update all info every week. You think Steve Jobs is making the iHuman, or even like the intersect like in Chuck just one look at the cover and bam!!!!! I know everything that happens in the book. (Picks from the top.) It didn't work so I'll just read it.


comments welcomed 


are you in need of an intervention as well or have the same realization because its not a problem (yet!!!!)