Trailer: Switched by Amanda Hocking

**Available January 3, 2012**

Switched
Author:Amanda Hocking
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Publisher:St. Martin's Griffin
Trylle Trilogy Book #1
ISBN:   1250006317
ISBN13: 9781250006318
Genre: Young Adult

When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right.  She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel—all because of Finn Holmes.

Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her.  Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she’d ever admit.  But it isn’t long before he reveals the truth:  Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth—and he’s come to take her home.   

Now Wendy’s about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one that’s both beautiful and frightening.  And where she must leave her old life behind to discover who she’s meant to become…

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Week in Review 12/18-12/24

***With the Christmas Being tomorrow 12/25 and me being out of town for the Holidays, I put my Week in Review post up a day earlier then normal***

Books Ive Bought/received

*Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver- Arc- From Publisher

* By A Thread by Jennifer Estep- Arc- From Publisher

* Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead- Purchased at B&N while on vacation in Illinois because they had it early and my copy wasnt going to ship until Jan 10

Im not quite sure what else I got as I was not home to receive it booo. My mail will be delivered when I get home on Wednesday so hopefully I get some nice goodies to read.


Books I read

Living Violet by Jaime Reed
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead

Reviews posted


Shadow City by Diana Pharaoh Francis
The Last Rising by Rachel Firasek
The Last Awakening by Rachel Firasek
Wicked Circle by Linda Robertson
The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu

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* New Releases for the week. Was there anything you were looking forward to reading?


*Monday a promotional post and giveaway went up with Author Rachel Firaseck for her Blog Tour for her new release THE LAST AWAKENING.


* Thursday I put up a promotional post and giveaway for Simon R Green's newest book The Bride Wore Black Leather.

*If you see something on my books Ive read list that you are dying to know about let me know I'm back logged on reviews and can move it up on the list if I know people are wanting one.

* I love comments so if you see something you like (or not) please comment away and let me know.

Early Review: The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu

The Mortal Bone
Author:Marjorie M. Liu
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Publisher: Ace
Hunter Kiss Book #4
ISBN:  1937007189
ISBN13: 9781937007188
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy Source: Publisher


When the bond Maxine Kiss shares with the demons tattooed on her skin is deliberately severed, the demon hunter is left vulnerable and unprotected. For the first time in ten thousand years, the demons have a taste of freedom. And as the little demons grow more violent and unpredictable, Maxine starts to fear they will lose their minds without her. Reuniting won't be easy, since a greater temptation waits for these hellions: a chance to return to their lives as Reaper Kings, and unleash hell on Earth.


THE MORTAL BONE was a very quick, easy read. All of my favorite characters make an appearance at some point through out the book and as usual the crap hits the fan early on. The Boys are literally wripped off Maxine's skin and the book is a constant fight to keep them on the side of good. 

Maxine and Grant are such a cute couple. They are very protective and loving towards each other and I love watching their relationship evolve (the reaction they got from people that they were married was great to read about too). There is some great action and suspense written in. We learn some more about Maxine's father and I'm pretty excited about what that means for Maxine in the future. There was a lot of emotional stuff happening throughout the book and a lot of soul searching on Maxine and the boys parts that was interesting to see. I was a little disappointed in the way in which Maxine had to change in THE MORTAL BONE and how much she had to deal with. She was pretty much beat up on from the beginning to the end and it got to be a little much. I liked how set in being good she was in the past and she had to throw some of her morals out the window, it wasn't entirely her fault but it still sucked to read.  I liked seeing Max without the boys on her skin, I wish there had been a little different outcome of the fiasco but I can see why that wouldn't be possible and hope to see some great things happening in the next book. Things are definitely interesting at the end so even with the things I didn't enjoy I'm still liking the series as a whole and plan to continue reading. This is a series you need to start at book 1 for.

I gave it 3.5/5 stars

Promotional Post & Giveaway: Simon R. Green

**Available January 3, 2011**

The Bride Wore Black Leather
Author:Simon R. Green
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Publisher: Ace
Nightside Book #12
ISBN:   1937007138
ISBN13: 9781937007133
Genre: Urban Fantasy

John Taylor is marrying the love of his life, Suzie Shooter, the Nightside’s most fearsome bounty hunter. But before he can walk down the aisle he has one more case to solve as a private eye — a case that has him on the run from friends and enemies both, with his bride-to-be looking to collect the bounty on his head...

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Simon was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England (where he still resides), in 1955. He has obtained an M.A. in Modern English and American Literature from Leicester University and he also studied history and has a combined Humanities degree. His writing career started in 1973, when he was a student in London. His first actual sale was a story titled Manslayer, back in 1976, but it didn’t appear till much later; Awake, Awake…. was his first sale to a professional editor, in 1979. Furthermore he sold some six or seven stories to semi-pro magazines before that market disappeared practically overnight.

After years of publishers’ rejection letters, he sold an incredible seven novels in 1988, just two days after he started working at Bilbo’s bookshop in Bath (this after three and a half years of being unemployed!). This was followed in 1989 by two more, and a commission to write the bestselling novelization of the Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which has sold more than 370.000 copies.

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Find Simon and his books

Website / Penguin Author Page

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Early Review: Wicked Circle by Linda Robertson

Wicked Circle
Author:Linda Roberston
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Publisher: Pocket
Persephone Alcmedi Book #5
ISBN:  145164695X
ISBN13: 9781451646955
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy source: Publisher

The fifth in the exciting urban fantasy series featuring Persephone Alcmedi, a modern-day witch with a sexy werewolf boyfriend. Persephone Alcmedi has helped her waerewolf lover Johnny unlock his powers. Now she must come to the aid of Menessos, the vampire overlord she has secretly marked. Beset by a trio of truth-seeking vampire sisters so dangerous their own kind keep them confined in stone, he now needs her more than ever...and she realizes her need for him. Seph has magical promises to fulfill for the waeres, multiple mundane family challenges to meet, vampire politics to confront, both the supernatural males in her life to balance, a dragon to deal with...and then a government investigator shows up to complicate matters.

This is a great series!! It is one of my favorite "witchy" book series. The storyline always wraps me around its finger and holds on to me until the book is over. There wasn't a lot of action like there is in the other books in the series, WICKED CIRCLE was more about information than anything else. There  is a little bit of danger but not on the scale that other installments brought. We get new shocking details about Johnny's past, Seph re-evaluates her relationships. Characters do some changing. More people are out to kill the power trio and Seph ends up saving herself from a pretty crappy situation.

There is a new interesting character introduced "Creepy", he is as you imagine creepy and I cant even begin to guess who he really is. There are a lot of secrets surrounding him, who he is, what he is, etc and his relationship to Menessos. I definitely think his involvement in the next book will be huge and I will be super shocked when more is revealed.  Oh my the ending, as if there wasn't enough drama between Johnny and Menessos before I cant imagine what they will be like after that ending. It seems like WICKED CIRCLE is the changing point for a lot of things and I wish the next book was scheduled already as it was more of a teaser and I want more.

I gave it 4/5