Guest Post: How To Lead A Life Of Crime

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"A meth dealer. A prostitute. A serial killer.
Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear.
Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick’s old flame. They’ve been told only one of them will make it out of the Mandel Academy. Will they find a way to save each other—or will the school destroy them both?"

Review: Spellcaster

*This review was originally posted last year. Cause of spam, I deleted it and decided to re-publish*

Title: Spellcaster

Series: Spellbound # 2

Genre: Young Adult-Fantasy/Paranormal

Author: Cara Lynn Shultz

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Release Date: March 27, 2012

Book: Netgalley

"After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although…it's not easy dealing with the jealous cliques and gossip that rule her exclusive Upper East Side prep, even for a seventeen-year-old newbie witch. Having the most-wanted boy in school as her eternal soul mate sure helps ease the pain—especially since wealthy, rocker-hot Brendan Salinger is very good at staying irresistibly close….But something dark and hungry is using Emma's and Brendan's deepest fears to reveal damaging secrets and destroy their trust in each other. And Emma's crash course in überspells may not be enough to keep them safe…or to stop an inhuman force bent on making their unsuspected power its own."

Review: The Turning

Title: The Turning
Series: No
Genre: Young Adult-Paranormal Mystery
Author: Francine Prose
Publisher: Harper Teen
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Book: Finished Copy sent by publisher

                                      

A dark house. An isolated island. Strange dreams and even stranger visions . . . Jack is spending the summer on a private island far from modern conveniences. No Wi-Fi, no cell service, no one else on the island but a housekeeper and the two very peculiar children in his care. The first time Jack sees the huge black mansion atop a windswept hill, he senses something cold, something more sinister than even the dark house itself. Soon, he feels terribly isolated and alone. Yet he is not alone. The house has visitors—peering in the windows, staring from across the shore. But why doesn't anyone else see them . . . and what do they want? As secrets are revealed and darker truths surface, Jack desperately struggles to maintain a grip on reality. He knows what he sees, and he isn't crazy. . . . Or is he? From nationally acclaimed author Francine Prose comes a mind-bending story that will leave you realizing how subtle the lines that separate reality, imagination, and insanity really are.

Review: Silence

Title: Silence

Series: Hush, Hush # 3

Genre: Young Adult-Paranormal

Author: Becca Fitzpatrick

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Release Date:  October 4, 2011

Book: Bought

"WHEN SILENCE IS ALL THAT'S LEFT, CAN THE TRUTH FINALLY BE HEARD?
Nora Grey can't remember the past five months of her life. After the initial shock of waking up in a cemetery and being told that she has been missing for weeks - with no one knowing where she was or who she was with - she tried to get her life back on track. Go to school, hang out with her best friend, Vee, and dodge mom's creepy new boyfriend.
But there is this voice in the back of her head, an idea that she can almost reach out and touch. Visions of angel wings and unearthly creatures that have nothing to do with the life she knows.
And this unshakable feeling that a part of her is missing.
Then Nora crosses paths with a sexy stranger, whom she feels a mesmerizing connection to. He seems to hold all the answers...and her heart. Every minute she spends with him grows more and more intense until she realizes she could be falling in love. Again."

Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the blog hop!

This hop is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read
Here's what happen this week!
Review's: Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent

Contest's: Enter to win a box of ARC's, finished copies, etc

Happy Reading!

Review: Before I Wake

Title: Before I Wake

Series: Soul Screamers # 6

Genre: Young Adult-Paranormal

Author: Rachel Vincent

Publisher: HarlequinTeen

Release Date: June 26, 2012

Book: Bought

"I died on a Thursday—killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul. The good news? He didn't get it.
The bad news? Turns out not even death will get you out of high school…
Covering up her own murder was one thing, but faking life is much harder than Kaylee Cavanaugh expected. After weeks spent "recovering," she's back in school, fighting to stay visible to the human world, struggling to fit in with her friends and planning time alone with her new reaper boyfriend.
But to earn her keep in the human world, Kaylee must reclaim stolen souls, and when her first assignment brings her face-to-face with an old foe, she knows the game has changed. Her immortal status won't keep her safe. And this time Kaylee isn't just gambling with her own life…."

Review: Falling Kingdoms

Title: Falling Kingdoms

Series: Falling Kingdoms # 1

Genre: Young Adult-Fantasy

Author: Morgan Rhodes

Publisher: Razorbill

Release Date: December 11, 2012

Book: Edelweiss

"In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power--brutally transforming their subjects' lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined:
Cleo: A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of a magic long thought extinct.
Jonas: Enraged at injustice, a rebel lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country impoverished--and finds himself the leader of a people's revolution centuries in the making.
Lucia: A girl adopted at birth into a royal family discovers the truth about her past--and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.
Magnus: Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, a firstborn son begins to realize that the heart can be more lethal than the sword...
The only outcome that's certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed?"

Christmas Break and some NEWS!!!

Hello lovely readers!
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I will not be posting anything till after Christmas. These next few days I will be doing more last minute Christmas shopping, cooking, etc. 

Review: Revolution 19

Title: Revolution 19

Series: No

Genre: Young Adult-Dystopian

Author: Gregg Rosenblum

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: January 18, 2012

Book: ARC sent by publisher

"Twenty years ago, the robots designed to fight our wars abandoned the battlefields. Then they turned their weapons on us.
Only a few escaped the robot revolution of 2071. Kevin, Nick, and Cass are lucky —they live with their parents in a secret human community in the woods. Then their village is detected and wiped out. Hopeful that other survivors have been captured by bots, the teens risk everything to save the only people they have left in the world—by infiltrating a city controlled by their greatest enemies.
Revolution 19 is a cinematic thriller unlike anything else. With a dynamic cast of characters, this surefire blockbuster has everything teen readers want—action, drama, mystery, and romance. Written by debut novelist Gregg Rosenblum, this gripping story shouldn't be missed."

Blog Tour: Review: Mia's Heart

Hello! Welcome to Mia's Heart Blog Tour!

Review: Dear Teen Me

Title: Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves

Series: No

Genre: Non-Fiction-Memior/Autobiography

Author: Edited by Miranda Kenneally/ E. Kristin Anderson

Publisher: Zest Books

Release Date: October 30, 2012

Book: ARC Sent by publisher

"Dear Teen Me includes advice from over 70 YA authors (including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder, to name a few) to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of topics, including physical abuse, body issues, bullying, friendship, love, and enough insecurities to fill an auditorium. So pick a page, and find out which of your favorite authors had a really bad first kiss? Who found true love at 18? Who wishes he’d had more fun in high school instead of studying so hard? Some authors write diary entries, some write letters, and a few graphic novelists turn their stories into visual art. And whether you hang out with the theater kids, the band geeks, the bad boys, the loners, the class presidents, the delinquents, the jocks, or the nerds, you’ll find friends--and a lot of familiar faces--in the course of Dear Teen Me."

Review: Stealing Parker

Title: Stealing Parker

Series: Hundred Oaks # 2

Genre: Young Adult- Contemporary

Author: Miranda Kenneally

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Release Date: October 1, 2012

Book: ARC sent by publisher
Video Review: HERE

"Red-hot author Miranda Kenneally hits one out of the park in this return to Catching Jordan's Hundred Oaks High.
Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She’s on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she’s made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother’s scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her.
Now Parker wants a new life.
So she quits softball. Drops twenty pounds. And she figures why kiss one guy when she can kiss three? Or four. Why limit herself to high school boys when the majorly cute new baseball coach seems especially flirty?
But how far is too far before she loses herself completely?"

Review: Derailed

Title: Derailed

Series: Clayton Falls # 1

Genre: New Adult-Contemporary

Author: Alyssa Rose Ivy

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: September 23, 2012

Book: E-copy sent by author

"When you're lost, sometimes the only place you can go is home.
Broken over the death of her fiancé, Molly leaves law school to return to her childhood home in North Carolina. Expecting to lay low until she can figure out what else to do with her life, she finds herself in the arms of her high school sweetheart, the boy who represents everything from the past she tried to leave behind.
Looking for an escape, she instead finds a way back to the girl she almost forgot existed and a future she never dreamed possible."

Review: Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

Title: Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

Series: No

Genre: Young Adult- Contemporary

Author: Anne Eliot

Publisher: Butterfly Books, LLC

Release Date: October 17, 2012

Book: Amazon

"After a car accident--an event he considers a prank gone bad--pop star, Hunter Kennedy is forced to hide out with his aunt in small-town Colorado. He’s supposed to rest, heal his scars and attend high school in disguise until the press dies down. But he only wants to get back to work.
Worse, the girl who’s been assigned to make him over into a geek is a major geek herself. Vere Roth is a chattering pixie, a blushing tornado and a complete social disaster. He’s never met a girl who’s never-been-kissed, believes in romance and thinks Hunter’s a 'nice' guy.
Funny thing is...Hunter is nice around Vere because she’s his first real friend. He also can’t seem to stop sharing his secrets or keep her out of his heart. Knowing he’d never deserve a girl as sweet as Vere, he resigns himself to the friend zone, and helps his new bestie with her own makeover.
She tortures him daily for ridiculous guy advice on how to snag her life-long crush. A guy Hunter thinks is totally wrong for Vere, and sadly, one who has taken note of Vere’s transformation.
When Vere asks her best friend for some kissing advice, Hunter can’t resist...
And that’s when things get out of control...
High School Romance, first love, sweet romance."

Cover Reveal: Flicker & Burn + Giveaway

Hello everyone! 

A super special, two-for-one cover reveal…Cold Fury, by T.M. Goeglein, has been redesigned, as well as the second installment in the Cold Fury trilogy…Flicker & Burn!

Cold Fury in paperback will be released in June 2013…and Flicker & Burn comes

roaring onto the scene in August 2013!

Review: The Bully Book

Title: The Bully Book

Series: No

Genre: Young Adult-Contemporary

Author: Eric Kahn Gale

Publisher: HarperCollins

Release Date: December 26, 2012

Book: ARC sent by publisher
Video Review: HERE

"The rules governing middle school are often a mystery, but for Eric Haskins, they’re a mystery he needs to solve, and fast. He’s a normal, average kid, until sixth grade starts. For some inexplicable reason, the class bully and his pack make Eric the Grunt. Even his best friend since first grade turns on him. Eric can’t figure out why he’s the Grunt until he hears about the Bully Book, a cryptic guide that teaches you how to “make trouble without getting in trouble, rule the school and be the man” and how to select the Grunt-the kid who will become the lowest of the low.
Eric Haskins may be this year’s Grunt for now, but he’s determined not to stay at the bottom of the social ladder forever. Hilarious and compelling, The Bully Book is a must-read for every tween, tween parent, librarian and educator!"

Review: Prophecy

Title: Prophecy

Series: The Dragon King Chronicles # 1

Genre: Young Adult-Fantasy

Author: Ellen Oh

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: January 2, 2013

Book: ARC Sent by publisher
Video Review: HERE

"The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms... is a girl with yellow eyes.
Kira’s the only female in the king’s army, and the prince’s bodyguard. She’s a demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her home city of Hansong. And, she’s their only hope...
Murdered kings and discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira on the run with the young prince. He may be the savior predicted in the Dragon King Prophecy, but the missing treasure of myth may be the true key. With only the guidance of the cryptic prophecy, Kira must battle demon soldiers, evil shaman, and the Demon Lord himself to find what was once lost and raise a prince into a king.
Intrigue and mystery, ancient lore and action-packed fantasy come together in this heart-stopping first book in a trilogy."

Review: Uses For Boys

Title: Uses For Boys

Series: No

Genre: Young Adult-Contemporary

Author: Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Release Date: January 15, 2013

Book: Netgalley

"Anna remembers a time before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now her mom is gone most of the time, chasing the next marriage, bringing home the next stepfather. Anna is left on her own—until she discovers that she can make boys her family. From Desmond to Joey, Todd to Sam, Anna learns that if you give boys what they want, you can get what you need. But the price is high—the other kids make fun of her; the girls call her a slut. Anna's new friend, Toy, seems to have found a way around the loneliness, but Toy has her own secrets that even Anna can't know.
Then comes Sam. When Anna actually meets a boy who is more than just useful, whose family eats dinner together, laughs, and tells stories, the truth about love becomes clear. And she finally learns how it feels to have something to lose—and something to offer. Real, shocking, uplifting, and stunningly lyrical, Uses for Boys is a story of breaking down and growing up."

Review: Scent Of Magic

Title: Scent Of Magic

Series: Healer # 2

Genre: Young Adult-Fantasy/Paranormal

Author: Maria V. Snyder

Publisher: Harlequin MIRA

Release Date: December 18, 2012

Book: Netgalley

"Hunted, Killed—Survived?
As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to find her sister and repair their estrangement. And she must do it alone, as Kerrick, her partner and sole confident, returns to Alga to summon his country into battle.
Though she should be in hiding, Avry will do whatever she can to support Tohon’s opponents. Including infiltrating a holy army, evading magic sniffers, teaching forest skills to soldiers and figuring out how to stop Tohon’s most horrible creations yet; an army of the walking dead—human and animal alike and nearly impossible to defeat.
War is coming and Avry is alone. Unless she figures out how to do the impossible ... again."

Giveaway: Big BOX Giveaway!!

Hello lovely readers! So today when I got home, I decided to clean out my shelf's and this is what I ended up with:

Three large bags/box full of finished copies, ARC's, indie books. I decided to give them to YOU!!
Yes, you. It is because of you, my fellow readers that I am where I am today. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of you that support me! I'm giving away not 1, but 2  boxes full of books!

Giveaway:

• 2 Boxs full of YA Finished Copies, ARC's, etc
• 2 Winners will be picked
• Ends December 31, 2012
• Hosted by Me

Rules:

• To Enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below
• Must be 13 years of age or older
• Contest is open to US ONLY!!
• Winner will be announced on the blog via Rafflecopter
• Winner will be notified by email
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