Cover Reveal: Perfection Challenged by Jade Kerrion

Perfection Challenged, the thrilling conclusion to Jade Kerrion's multiple award-winning, bestselling DOUBLE HELIX series, will be released on September 17th and will be available in paperback and all electronic formats. Beta readers have declared Perfection Challenged "the best of the four books...the perfect ending to an amazing series."

If you've never picked up the DOUBLE HELIX series, keep on reading for a special offer on Perfection Unleashed, the book that launched the DOUBLE HELIX series.

PERFECTION CHALLENGED

An alpha empath, Danyael Sabre has survived abominations and super soldiers, terrorists and assassins, but he cannot survive his failing body. He wants only to live out his final days in peace, but life and the woman he loves, the assassin Zara Itani, have other plans for him.

Galahad, the perfect human being created by Pioneer Labs, is branded an international threat, and Danyael is appointed his jury, judge, and executioner. Danyael alone believes that Galahad can be the salvation that the world needs, but is the empath blinded by the fact that Galahad shares his genes, and the hope that there is something of him in Galahad?

In a desperate race against time and his own dying body, Danyael struggles to find fragments of good in the perfect human being, and comes to the wrenching realization that his greatest battle will be a battle for the heart of the man who hates him.

PERFECTION UNLEASHED

Recipient of six literary awards, including first place in Science Fiction, Reader Views Literary Awards 2012 and Gold medal winner in Science Fiction, Readers Favorites 2013.


"Higher octane than Heroes. More heart than X-Men."

Danyael Sabre spent sixteen years clawing out of the ruins of his childhood and finally has everything he wanted—a career, a home, and a trusted friend. To hold on to them, he keeps his head down and plays by the rules. An alpha empath, he is powerful in a world transformed by the Genetic Revolution, yet his experience has taught him to avoid attention.

When the perfect human being, Galahad, escapes from Pioneer Laboratories, the illusory peace between humans and their derivatives—the in vitros, clones, and mutants—collapses into social upheaval. The abominations, deformed and distorted mirrors of humanity, created unintentionally in Pioneer Lab’s search for perfection, descend upon Washington D.C. The first era of the Genetic Revolution was peaceful. The second is headed for open war.

Although the genetic future of the human race pivots on Galahad, Danyael does not feel compelled to get involved and risk his cover of anonymity, until he finds out that the perfect human being looks just like him.

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What's Your Status? #93 & In My Mailbox #76

What's Your Status?

Reviews:

~Blaze by Laurie Boyle Crompton

Memes:

~In My Mailbox

Finished This Week:

~The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison (reread), 16/8

~A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, 17/8

Currently Reading:

~True Love's First Kiss by Heidi Garrett, page 145

~Fifty Shades Darker by EL James, page 223

~Alexandria by John Kaden, 1%

Top of the TBR Pile:

~Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

~Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Upcoming Events:

My review on September 26th! 

In My Mailbox

Hosted by The Mod Podge Bookshelf

Kindle

~The Second Favorite Son by Daniel Myers

Library (via Kindle)

~The Oak Leaves by Maureen Lang

~Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

Received for Book Tours

~American Girl on Saturn by Nikki Godwin

~Secrets of the Moon by Kristsy Centeno

#BoutofBooks 8.0 GOALS!

I think I missed out on this readathon the last couple times it was in session, so I'm glad I put a reminder in my phone!!!

As always, it's hosted by Amanda & Kelly, at their respective blogs. I will be updating every two days, so be sure to check back and see how my reading is going! In addition to new posts, I will update the bottom of this post everyday since it's the one I linked to in the sign-up post on the Bout of Books blog.

Time Devoted to Reading*
~I will be dedicating myself to everyday of the readathon except Monday and Thursday, since those are dance days and I probably wouldn't get anything read anyway. However, if I do end up reading, I'll let y'all know :).

My Goals
~I want to finish four books this week! To be specific:
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James
Taking Chances by Molly McAdams
Thugs and the Women Who Love Them by Wahida Clark
Alexandria by John Kaden

Updates

Monday/Tuesday
Books I Read Today:
Books I Finished Today:
Total # of Books Finished:
Total # of Pages Read:

*The template above for my goals was taken from the Bout of Books FAQ page.

Review: Blaze by Laurie Boyle Crompton

Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillians) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
309 pages, ePub eBook (via Overdrive Media Console)
Finished on 24/7/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Realistic Fiction
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: Thanks to the wonderful participants of #YAStands twitter chars, the first time I joined in I got 15 recommendations, including this one. (Sadly, it's the only one I've gotten around to reading.)

Review: Can I say BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR!? I believe I just did. And I meant it, too. I don't remember exactly who it was that recommended this to me that night, but thank you for expanding my life reading bubble! I owe you quite the hug!

Well, if you can't tell already, Blaze has most definitely left a mark on my memory. She was a wonderful heroine, what with her comic-drawing superpower. But even more than that she was a charrie that constantly believed in people and strived after what she wanted.

The comic theme was the best part of the book, which is why the entire book was so enjoyable! I don't know how Ms. Crompton came up with the idea for this novel, but I'm very glad she did! I think this has made itself onto the list of books that anyone can enjoy. Especially the comic junkies ;).

Shelf-Worthy

What's Your Status? #92 & In My Mailbox #75

What's Your Status?

Bookish Happenings:

~July Wrap-Up

Reviews:

~None.

Memes:

~In My Mailbox

Finished This Week:

~Need by Carrie Jones, 9/8

~Dawn of the Apocalypse by E.S.P., 9/8

Currently Reading:

~A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, ? / 1442 min

~Cinder by Marissa Meyer, ? / 606 min

~True Love's First Kiss by Heidi Garrett, page 145

~Fifty Shades Darker by EL James, page 94

~The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison, page 1

Top of the TBR Pile:

~Spells by Aprilynne Pike

~Grave Mercy by RL LaFevers

~Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Upcoming Events:

My review on September 26th!

In My Mailbox

Hosted by The Mod Podge Bookshelf

Library (via READS)

~Private Lessons by Donna Hill

~Bees in the Butterfly Garden by Maureen Lang

~Payback is a Mutha by Wahida Clark

~Fifty Shades Darker by EL James

Book Reviews: Mash Up #5

Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger
388 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 20/7/2013
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Action
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: So this is actually my second time finishing this book. I listened to it at the end of 2011, but that was in the middle of the blog's drought, so you, my lovely readers, never got a review I read it this time for a challenge and so I can continue the series.

Review: I had forgotten how funny this book was! It had me laughing, probably, even when things weren't supposed to be funny lol.

Alexia was quite the character. I'm really glad that she was the main character because that meant we spent lots of time with her; and let me tell you, it was a pure joy! Lord Maccon was my other favorite charrie because he was one of the few people that could battle against Alexia's professional-like wit. They were definitely a perfect match of people :).

As far as the plot goes, it was pretty good. Nothing extremely wonderful actually happened but it was paced nicely, and for the characters it was written for, the plot fit well and kept them on their toes. Of course, we must remember that this is my second time reading Soulless, so I kind of already knew what was going to happen.

This is a wonderful start to a promising series. I have Changeless on audiobook, so my next goal is to get to it ASAP!

Shelf-Worthy

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Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings (Real Mermaids, #1) by Helene Boudreau
208 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 21/7/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal, Adventure
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: I saw this book a couple years ago on Goodreads, and because of a challenge group I'm in, I finally had a reason to hunt down a copy.

Review: I really enjoyed this book! I think the main reason for that is because the subject was mermaids, which I don't read a lot of.

I enjoyed the parts of the plot where Jade was a mermaid most I think. It was surreal for both me and Jade. We pretty much got to go through the experience together, which definitely helped to make me feel closer connected to her.

Overall, this was a wonderful novel! I'm interested in the second novel for sure :D.

Satisfying eBook

July Wrap-Up

Wow! This month has been WONDERFUL when it comes to reading! Set a new record for books per month :D

Memes

WYS 88 & IMM 71

WYS 89 & IMM 72

WYS 90 & IMM 73

WYS 91 & IMM 74

Reviews

Mash Up #3: Sweet Peril & Along for the Ride

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Defiance by CJ Redwine

Chameleon by Kelly Oram (Book Tour)

Mash Up #4: If He Had Been With Me & My Own Worst Frenemy

The Year of the Great Seventh by Teresa Orts

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Elixir by Hilary Duff

Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

Other Things

Atlas Shrugged in a Nutshell

June Wrap-Up

Happy Fourth of July

Happy Birthday, Butterfly Feet

Cover Reveal: The Wind Whisperer by Krista Holle

Blog Tour: The Year of the Great Seventh

July's Reading Status

15 books, 4920 pages

Reading Challenge Status

Let Me Count the Ways

Book Version - 16739 / 10001 pages FINISHED!

Audio Version - 1028 / 9000 minutes

13x7 in 2013 - 57/91 books

A to Z Series - 16/26 books

Announcements

I won't make an essay out of this, but just for the record--

If I don't post reviews, etc., at all for the rest of the semester besides blog tour stuff, I am very sorry. I've got quite the schedule this semester, so it will be trying times. However, that doesn't mean I've already given up. I'll try my best to stay on top of things, but just in case I don't, you know what happened.

What's Your Status? #91 & In My Mailbox #74

What's Your Status?

Bookish Happenings:

~The Year of the Great Seventh Blog Tour

Reviews:

~Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

~Elixir by Hilary Duff

~Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

Memes:

~In My Mailbox

Finished This Week:

~Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau, 21/7

~Blaze by Laurie Boyle Crompton, 24/7

~Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (reread), 25/7

~Invasion of the Boy Snatchers by Lisi Harrison, 26/7

Currently Reading:

~Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris, page 51

~The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting, 13%

~Through the Fire by Donna Hill, 75%

~A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, 960 / 1442 min

Stuck in the Middle Of:

~The Lost Symbol

~Warm Bodies

Top of the TBR Pile:

~True Love's First Kiss by Heidi Garrett

~Dawn of the Apocalypse by E.S.P.

~Divergent by Veronica Roth (reread)

Upcoming Events:

My review on the 5th!

My review on the 6th!

My review on September 26th!

In My Mailbox

Hosted by The Mod Podge Bookshelf

Library (the actual one)

~Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

~Divergent by Veronica Roth

~Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Library (via Kindle)

~Through the Fire by Donna Hill

Received for review

~Not Pretty Enough by Jaimie Admans

Review: Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

This book has very big spoilers!!!! If you are really looking forward to reading this book, I suggest you don't read the review because I would hate to ruin the book for you.

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Unraveling (Unraveling, #1) by Elizabeth Norris
464 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 16/7/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance, Fantasy
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: I saw this on my Goodreads feed one day, and the cover and title made me hit the "Want to Read" button.

Review: This book had me ensnared after a very short period of reading. I remember when Janelle died I was just like, "OMG.
Yes. Ghost story!" Of course, all that was ruined when Ben brought her back to life, but oh well.

Janelle and Ben were really great characters to me. Janelle was another determined heroine. She had a lot to deal with mentally, especially with her dad dying in the middle of all the craziness. Ben was mysterious but didn't start as one of those "You're not on my level" types of people. He cared so much for humanity, unlike his buddies, and was very far from not blaming himself.

The book's occurrences were great, too. Unraveling will definitely be one novel that keeps you guessing the answers to the questions until the very end. It was action-packed in a mental sense, by which I mean that there weren't a billion fights or battles, but as I stated previously Janelle had a lot to deal with -- what happened to her dad, how does she feel about Ben, the radioactivity. So much and so little time, and counting.

This novel was a marvelous series opener and author debut! I will most assuredly be getting Unbreakable as soon as possible to continue the mystery (and the romance!).

Satisfying eBook/Shelf-Worthy

Review: Elixir by Hilary Duff

Elixir (Elixir, #1) by Hilary Duff
327 pages, hardcover
Finished on 14/7/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Mystery, Romance
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: The main reason I've always wanted to read this (and maybe the only reason) is because Hilary Duff has been one of my favourite people (if not my favourite) since Lizzie McGuire. #childhood :")

Review: I must say that Hilary did a wonderful job on the novel. I'm quite excited to read Devoted.

Clea and Sage were a good couple to me. Sage's troubled past added a lot to his character and his mysterious-ness. Clea was such a determined daughter. Even if her dad was never coming back, she simply wanted to at least visit where he was last seen and try to find him herself. (Kind of reminds me of Defiance.) I was also drawn into the fact that Clea had a passion for photography.

The plot was really good! It wasn't too fast but didn't take forever to develop the characters either. The mystery of Sage's past and the strange dreams Clea had about him and other women made it easy to flip through the pages. I desperately wanted to solve the mystery along with the characters!

Overall, this was a really great book, and I'm definitely going to be continuing the series!

Satisfying eBook

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A little something extra; my favorite Hilary Duff songs:

Come Clean


Hey Now


Beat of My Heart

Blog Tour: The Year of the Great Seventh by Teresa Orts

Hello lovelies!! Today I'll be helping to continue the Summer World Tour, as well as to help Sophie and Nate find each other! If you haven't seen it already, my review of The Year of the Great Seventh is here!

Here are the rules for the tour!
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Welcome to the Year of the Great Seventh summer world tour!

We will be hopping from side to side of the globe helping Nate and Sophie find each other, but for that, we need you through the entire tour. Sophie and Nate need to meet at a secret location at the end of the blog tour, but since they don’t want anyone else to know where, they left the address in hidden code.

We will be giving you clues at each tour stop that will help you find the location. Also, at each blog tour stop, we will unveil a part of a picture that discloses the secret location.


These are the rules of the game:

- You’ll need to have read The Year of the Great Seventh to be able to follow the game, or at least, have some knowledge of what happens in the novel.

- You’ll need access to Google maps (Street View).

- At each blog tour stop we will reveal a sentence like this:

Sophie spent an afternoon at the (2676 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA—second word written on top of the main entrance door) Park with her friends.

- You’ll need to put that address into Google maps, and using Street View, you need to work out which word is missing. In this case, the answer would the following:

Sophie spent an afternoon at the SKATE Park with her friends.

- We are only interested in the first letter of the word: “S”.

- The next day, we will plot that letter into the four words that will hint the secret location, and we will give you the new sentence.

For example:

- - - - - - - - S - - - - - -

- Additionally, there will be a photo of the secret location at each blog tour stop. At the first stop, it will be totally blacked out, but as we go along the tour, we will start unveiling different parts.

- When we get to the last stop, with the photo and the four words that we will have deciphered, you’ll be on your own to find the secret location.

- The first 5 people who send an email to greatseventhtour@outlook.com with the correct solution will win a free hardcopy of The Year of the Great Seventh.

- We will only disclose the winners after the last stop of the blog tour, and will strictly follow the email entries by date/time received to award the books to the first 5 people who discover the secret location. Please remember to include your first name, last name, and address in the email. We will not use this information for any other purpose.

- You can write comments on the blog post. We are okay with people helping each other; however, the first 5 people to send the correct answer win the books.

- If you change your mind about the secret location, you can send more than one email.

- There can only be one winner per address, and you can only win a maximum of 1 book per person.

Let’s hope we can help Nate and Sophie find each other!

Good luck to everyone!

Teresa Orts

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Solutions and Clues:

Yesterday's Solution---

The NYU dorms that Sophie visited were in (University Place).

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   _  R  A  C  _      _  _

 

Today's Sentence---

(1010 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10065 – first word above the door) is Nate’s nemesis for what he did to Sophie.

The picture of the secret location:

Be sure to check out the rest of the World Tour to continue helping Sophie and Nate!!!

July 16, 2013 YA Book Addict

July 17, 2013 Pretty in Fiction

July 18, 2013 Reading Away the Days

July 19, 2013 Book Mark Belles

July 20, 2013 Le Vanity Victorienne

July 21, 2013 The Maniacal Bookworm

July 22, 2013 Book - Marks the Spot

July 23, 2013 Digesting the Words

July 24, 2013 Butterfly Feet Walking on Books

July 25, 2013 Book Divas

July 26, 2013 Nawanda Files

July 27, 2013 Coffee, Books and Me

July 28, 2013 The Dust Jacket

July 29, 2013 The Bookish Outsider

July 30, 2013 Just a Book Lover

August 1, 2013 So Many Books, So Little Time

August 2, 2013 Framed In Words

Review: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Starcrossed (Starcrossed, #1) by Josephine Angelini
487 pages, hardcover
Finished on 13/7/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Action
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: I've been wanting to read this novel for quite a while. Ever since it came out, really. I finally broke down at the library and checked it out.

Review: It's been a while since I've read a PNR with gods and goddesses. This novel made me remember why I loved them so much.

Helen and Lucas were so wonderful to read, Their relationship is now one of my favorites. They cared so much and just sounded absolutely perfect together (as controversial as that is).

The plot in Starcrossed was great as well! I wanted to read this book every moment it was possible. Everything kept happening one after another. It's like everywhere Helen turned there was some disaster occurring or another part of her demigod heritage being revealed to her. She had quite a lot to toss around in that head of hers.

I really enjoyed reading the first book in this series, and I made sure I put Dreamless on hold at the library as son as I finished!

Shelf-Worthy

What's Your Status? #90 & In My Mailbox #73

What's Your Status?

Reviews:

~ Mash Up #4: If He Had Been With Me & My Own Worst Frenemy

~The Year of the Great Seventh by Teresa Orts

Memes:

~In My Mailbox

Finished This Week:

~Elixir by Hilary Duff, 14/7

~Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris, 16/7

~Soulless by Gail Carriger, 20/7

Currently Reading:

~A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, 773 / 1442 min

~Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (rereading), 8%

~Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau, 40%

Stuck in the Middle Of:

~The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, page 7

~Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, 5%

Top of the TBR Pile:

~True Love's First Kiss by Heidi Garrett

~Dawn of the Apocalypse by E.S.P.

In My Mailbox

Hosted by The Mod Podge Bookshelf

Kindle

~Hidden by M. Lathan

~Changing My Wardrobe by Deb Hanrahan

~Dark Promise by Julia Crane & Talia Jager

~Significance by Shelly Crane

Audible.com

~The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow

Bought from store (like two weeks ago)

~Kisses from Hell by Kristin Cast, etc.

~Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

~It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

Library (the actual library this time haha)

~Need by Carrie Jones

~Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris

~Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Received from author

~Dawn of the Apocalypse by E.S.P.

Review: The Year of the Great Seventh by Teresa Orts

The Year of the Great Seventh (Tropic of Cancer, #1) by Teresa Orts
308 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 14/7/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Mystery, Some Adventure
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: I was asked to read and review this novel by the author, as well as to participate in the book tour she's having. (Stay tuned for that post.)

Review: This was a really great book! I liked the mystery aspect and especially was intrigued by the inclusion of Ancient Egypt. Once I got about 10 or 15 percent into the book, I found it very easy to get lost in the text.

Sophie and Nate were wonderful characters. They both lived lives where they didn't necessarily belong among the riches and fabulous-ness of the L.A. community. They were so protective of each other. Once Nate revealed his secret to Sophie, she was very much dead-set on helping him in any way she could, no matter what the cost of the consequences. From a similar perspective, Nate didn't want Sophie putting herself in danger to help him. Even though he had some serious feelings for her, he couldn't live with even a prophecy of danger directed towards her, No pun intended, of course.

The plot was really appealing, too. It wasn't overly fascinating or anything, but it captured the audience at a certain point (which was near the beginning). The constant suspense of who was after Sophie and Nate or what was happening to the latter of these individuals was enough to keep me reading. Although the romance had a part in that, too. ;)

Overall, I really enjoyed this book! I'm looking forward to the second in the series.

Satisfying eBook

Book Reviews: Mash Up #4

If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
Kindle Edition
Did Not Finish
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Coming of Age, Realistic Fiction
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: The title of the novel was very intriguing, so I decided to give it a try. Whether or not I read the synopsis, I don't remember.

Review: I was really looking forward to this novel, hoping and thinking that it would be another Hate List or Before I Fall. And it might be, but it didn't grab me enough for me to feel like this was the right time to find out.

The main character, Autumn, was quite mislead in her love for Jamie and reading about it did nothing but sicken me and raise my blood pressure. To the point where I had to put the book my Kindle down because it was starting to depress me.

Maybe at some point in the future, maybe next year, I will remember this book and come back to it, but right now I feel as if it isn't doing anything for me.

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My Own Worst Frenemy (Langdon Prep, #1) by Kimberly Reid
Kindle Edition
Did Not Finish
Genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Chick Literature, Romance, Mystery
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: It just looked like a good Chick-Lit novel. Again, however, I can't remember if I read a synopsis or not. (Honestly, I'm not sure if this would even be considered Chick-Lit, but  it seemed like it to me.)

Review: The first book in the Langdon Prep series seemed much too slow for me. I felt like not enough was happening, and that made it harder for me to get into the story line and actually read it.

Also contributing to my dislike: the genre. I don't think it was the right time for me to be reading a Chick-Lit novel because it just seemed like an overloaded, very annoying amount of drama. Usually, with any other book in this genre, I would be intrigued and just had to know everything about everything. That didn't happen for me with Reid's novel, sadly. Hopefully it was just the timing that was off for me.

I hope that this novel, too, will run across my path again for another try.

What's Your Status? #89 & In My Mailbox #72

What's Your Status?

Bookish Happenings:

~The Wind Whisperer Cover Reveal

Other Things:

~Happy Birthday, Butterfly Feet!

Reviews:

~Defiance by CJ Redwine

~Chameleon by Kelly Oram

Memes:

~In My Mailbox

Finished This Week:

~Chameleon by Kelly Oram, 10/7

~Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini, 13/7

~The Year of the Great Seventh by Teresa Orts, 14/7

Currently Reading:

~A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, 566 / 1442 min

~Elixir by Hilary Duff, page 1

~Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris, 30%

Stuck in the Middle of:

~The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, page 7

~Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, 5%

Top of the TBR Pile:

~Soulless by Gail Carriger (reread)

~Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau

In My Mailbox

Hosted by Gabrielle @ The Mod Podge Bookshelf

Received from author

~True Love's First Kiss by Heidi Garrett (both Kindle & print!)

~The Jelly Bean Crisis by Jolene Stockman

Library (via Kindle)

~The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

Kindle

~Everblue by Brenda Pandos

~Breathless by Scott Prussing

Book Tour Review: Chameleon by Kelly Oram

YEAR THREE. This is the third Kelly Oram book tour I've participated in. Like last year at the start of my third blogging year, I'm very proud to have made it this far.
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Chameleon (Supernaturals, #1) by Kelly Oram
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 10/7/2013
Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult
Goodreads page

Motivation to Read It: It's Kelly Oram. Come on now. But she asked me to be on the tour, if that clears things up for you :).

Review: Wow. I didn't think Oram's books could get any better. But ... wow. Oh, and did you catch that this is another PNR novel? Well, let me tell you -- this is one of the best ideas I've ever seen in a PNR plot.

The plot was so amazingly magnificent that I'm honestly at a loss for what I feel are the proper words to explain my love for it. On a less poetic note, though, this story line was very intriguing! It wasn't necessarily action-packed, but there was enough heart-wrenching, raging romance that it didn't even matter. I found myself yelling at Danielle for keeping Ryan around more than anything.

Speaking of romance, the characters in general were really great. Danielle really handled everything well if you ask me. Most people probably would've given up and said whatever a long time before the end of the book; but as Dani said, she "wasn't anyone else."

Gabriel was without a doubt my favorite character throughout the book. He is so sweet and innocent and actually truly cares for Dani, which is nice to know with all the back-stabbers and people wanting to use her that she had in her life. On the exact opposite page, you'll find that Russ was my absolute least favorite character. In the very beginning he was cool, and I felt bad for him and Dani, but when Gabriel was brought into the mix, Russ made me want to beat the crap out of him. All the time. Literally.

But when you think about it, those are the kinds of characters you want books to have -- ones that you either can't it through the book without or ones that make a few violent tendencies come out. As long as they're wonderful enough to spark serious emotion, the charries are doing their purpose in helping to give you the story.

Overall, I, of course, loved Chameleon. I'm so excited for the second book in the series! While I'm sure Oram won't disappoint, second-in-the-series books always bring a little hesitation, no matter how good the first was. Either way, I shall have quite the amount of time to wait on the sequel since this one just came out.

Shelf-Worthy