Being Friends With BoysBy: Terra Elan McVoyReleased: May 1, 2012Source: Purchased E-bookPurchase the Book: Amazon”Charlotte and Oliver have been friends forever. She knows that he, Abe, and Trip consider her to be one of the guys, and she likes it that way. She likes being the friend who keeps them all together. Likes offering a girl’s perspective on their love lives. Likes being the behind-the-scenes wordsmith who writes all the lyrics for the boys’ band. Char has a house full of stepsisters and a past full of backstabbing (female) ex-best friends, so for her, being friends with boys is refreshingly drama-free…until it isn’t any more. When a new boy enters the scene and makes Char feel like, well, a total girl…and two of her other friends have a falling out that may or may not be related to one of them deciding he possibly wants to be more than friends with Char…being friends with all these boys suddenly becomes a lot more complicated.” (Summary from goodreads.com)Terra Elan McVoy’s Being Friends With Boys is the story of Charlotte who has been friends with Oliver for years. She is happy with being a part of his band with Abe and Trip as manager and writer. However things get complicated when there is a new guy.
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Grasping At Eternity (Kindrily Series #1)By: Karen Amanda HooperReleased: May 21, 2012Source: E-book from the authorPurchase the Book: Amazon”Leave it to Maryah Woodsen to break the one rule that will screw up eternity: Never erase your memories. Before entering this life, Maryah did the unthinkable—she erased. Now, at seventeen years old, she’s clueless that her new adoptive family has known her for centuries, that they are perpetually reincarnated souls, and that they have supernatural abilities. Oh, and she’s supposed to love (not despise) Nathan, the green-eyed daredevil who saved her life. Nathan is convinced his family’s plan to spark Maryah’s memory is hopeless, but his love for her is undying. After spending (and remembering) so many lifetimes together, being around an empty version of his soulmate is heart shattering. He hates acting like a stalker, but has no choice because the evil outcast who murdered Maryah in their last lifetime is still after her. While Maryah’s hunter inches closer, she and Nathan make assumptions and hide secrets that rip them further apart. Maryah has to believe in the magic within her, Nathan must have faith in the power of their love, and both need to grasp onto the truth before they lose each other forever—and discover just how lonely eternity can be.” (Summary from goodreads.com)Karen Amanda Hooper’s Grasping At Eternity is the story of Maryah who erased her memories of her previous lives before beginning her current life. Now Maryah is living with her new adoptive family and has no recollection of the past they share. She also doesn’t remember Nathan, her soulmate. I really enjoyed Grasping At Eternity and finished it rather quickly. I loved Hooper’s other book, Tangled Tides, so I was really excited to read another book by her. I love the way that Hooper writes because once again her story quickly hooked me in. Maryah was a really interesting character that I found that I connected with very easily. I especially found that I related to her in many ways. She not only finds herself living with a new adoptive family, but she is discovering that there is so much more to them. I like that her reactions to all of it were honest and realistic. Nathan is Maryah’s soul mate and he still remembers all of their previous lives together. I liked that the chapters alternated between Maryah and Nathan. It not only helped move the plot along but it helped develop the characters more deeply.There were so many side characters that I really enjoyed getting to know. I especially loved Carson, Harmony, and Faith and wanted to know even more about their characters.The concept of reincarnation that Hooper incorporates into the book is really interesting and different from anything that I have read before. It was a bit confusing at first, but as the story progressed it became much easier to understand. I really enjoyed how this story unraveled and I found it to be paced well. The plot was exciting and filled with twists. I especially was not expecting that ending. I’m really looking forward to the second book now. Overall I thought that Grasping At Eternity was an excellent start to what will sure be a great series!
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Unbreak My HeartBy: Melissa C. WalkerReleased: May 22, 2012Source: NetgalleyPurchase the Book: Amazon”Sophomore year broke Clementine Williams’ heart. She fell for her best friend’s boyfriend and long story short: he’s excused, but Clem is vilified and she heads into summer with zero social life. Enter her parents’ plan to spend the summer on their sailboat. Normally the idea of being stuck on a tiny boat with her parents and little sister would make Clem break out in hives, but floating away sounds pretty good right now. Then she meets James at one of their first stops along the river. He and his dad are sailing for the summer and he’s just the distraction Clem needs. Can he break down Clem’s walls and heal her broken heart? Told in alternating chapters that chronicle the year that broke Clem’s heart and the summer that healed it, Unbreak My Heart is a wonderful dual love story that fans of Sarah Dessen, Deb Caletti, and Susane Colasanti will flock to.” (Summary from goodreads.comMelissa Walker’s Unbreak My Heart is the story of Clementine who is spending the summer living on a boat with her family. Clem is happy for the escape because she began to fall for her best friends boyfriend. While on the trip though she meets James who is also sailing for the summer with his dad.
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Of Poseidon By: Anna BanksReleased: May 22, 2012Source: NetgalleyPurchase the Book: Amazon”Emma and her friend Chloe are spending vacation in Florida. When Emma (literally) runs into a hot guy named Galen on the beach, little does she know he’s a prince of the Syrena. Galen and Emma both feel something strange – is it attraction? – and Galen suspects that Emma might well be the girl he’s heard of – a human who can communicate with fish. What follows is a deadly scene with a shark in which Galen witnesses Emma’s gifts. He must know more about her, and follows her back to New Jersey, and high school, to find out for sure if she’s the key to saving his kingdom. Soon, Emma can’t deny her feelings for him, but can’t explain them, either – and both she and Galen must learn more about where she comes from and what her powers are before they can trust one another and their feelings.” (summary from goodreads.com)Anna Banks’ Of Poseidon is the story of Emma who is on vacation with her best friend when she accidently bumps into Galen. Galen is the prince of the Syrena, or mermaids. Galen and Emma can’t deny that they instantly felt something when first met though. Galen also suspects that Emma is not just an ordinary when he sees that she is capable of communicating with fish.
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Until I DieBy: Amy PlumReleased: May 8, 2012Source: Won ARC from Beneath The JacketPurchase the Book: Amazon“Kate and Vincent have overcome the odds and at last they are together in Paris, the city of lights and love. As their romance deepens there’s one question they can’t ignore: How are they supposed to be together if Vincent can’t resist sacrificing himself to save others? Although Vincent promises that he’ll do whatever it takes to lead a normal life with Kate, will that mean letting innocent people die? When a new and surprising enemy reveals itself, Kate realizes that even more may be at stake—and that Vincent’s immortality is in jeopardy. In Die for Me, Amy Plum created a captivating paranormal mythology with immortal revenants and a lush Paris setting. Until I Die is poised to thrill readers with more heart-pounding suspense, spellbinding romance, and a cliff-hanger ending that will leave them desperate for the third and final novel in the series.” (Summary from goodreads.com)Amy Plum’s Until I Die is the sequel to Die for Me and picks up shortly after. Kate and Vincent are struggling to find a way to stay together. Vincent finds it difficult to resist the urge to sacrifice himself saving others which leads him to find an alternative way to stay with Kate. However, the Numa are beginning to rise again.
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The Last Echo (The Body Finder #3)By: Kimberly DertingReleased: April 17, 2012Source: Purchased E-bookPurchase the Book: Amazon“In the end, all that’s left is an echo…Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her family and her childhood-best-friend-turned-boyfriend, Jay Heaton. That is until forensic psychologist Sara Priest discovered Violet’s talent and invited her to use her gift to track down murderers. Now, as she works with an eclectic group of individuals—including mysterious and dangerously attractive Rafe—it’s Violet’s job to help those who have been murdered by bringing their killers to justice. When Violet discovers the body of a college girl killed by “the girlfriend collector” she is determined to solve the case. But now the serial killer is on the lookout for a new “relationship” and Violet may have caught his eye….” (Summary from goodreads.com)Kimberly Derting’s The Last Echo picks up shortly after Desires of the Dead left off. Violet is now working with a group and using her gift to find the echos of the dead and the murderers. While working with the group, Violet discovers the body of a college girl and begins to look for the murderer known as “the collector.”
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Insurgent (Divergent #2)By: Veronica RothReleased: May 1, 2012Source: PurchasedPurchase the Book: Amazon”One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris’s initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.” (Summary from goodreads.com)
Veronica Roth’s Insurgent is the sequel to Divergent and picks up immediately after the ending to Divergent. Tris is still trying to help the ones she loves while also dealing with her grief. The factions are also growing closer and closer to war.
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UnravelingBy: Elizabeth NorrisReleased: April 24, 2012Source: Won ARC from Jenna @ Making the GradePurchase the Book: Amazon”Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she’s opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And even though it isn’t possible, she knows—with every fiber of her being—that Ben has somehow brought her back to life. But her revival, and Ben’s possible role in it, is only the first of the puzzles that Janelle must solve. While snooping in her FBI agent father’s files for clues about her accident, she uncovers a clock that seems to be counting down to something—but to what? And when someone close to Janelle is killed, she can no longer deny what’s right in front of her: Everything that’s happened—the accident, the murder, the countdown clock, Ben’s sudden appearance in her life—points to the end of life as she knows it. And as the clock ticks down, she realizes that if she wants to put a stop to the end of the world, she’s going to need to uncover Ben’s secrets—and keep from falling in love with him in the process.” (Summary from goodreads.com)Elizabeth Norris’s Unraveling is the story of Janelle who is hit by a truck and dies. However, she is brought back to life and wakes up with Ben leaning over her. Janelle soon learns that this is only the beginning of an even bigger mystery that may lead to the end of the world.I loved Unraveling and I don’t think I can entirely express just how much I love this book! The well written characters and plot were both strongly developed. I loved how real the characters felt to me. Janelle especially was a character that I could instantly connect with on so many different levels. She is tough and can take care of herself. She has a lot of responsibilities to handle though. Her mother is bipolar and her father works a lot which leads her to taking care of her younger brother Jared.Alex has been Janelle’s best friend for years and I loved the relationship they shared. Then there is Ben who has been the loner boy at school for years. However, he is there when Janelle is killed and manages to bring her back to life. I loved learning more about Ben and trying to uncover his mystery. I had a feeling that I would love this book as soon as it opened with a quote from my favorite Robert Frost poem. The plot is so exciting and suspenseful. There is plenty of action and romance. Then there are some moments that made me laugh out and other parts that had me on the verge of tears. I couldn’t stop turning the pages to see what would happen next. I completely loved trying to solve the mystery and it was definitely not what I expected. I have been looking for a good sci-fi book for a while now and this was definitely the one! Norris’s writing is addictive and she makes an excellent debut! I highly recommend Unraveling, it’s a captivating and suspenseful sci-fi story that will keep you up late at night. My Rating:
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