Review: Cold Kiss

Title: Cold Kiss
Series: Cold Kiss # 1
Genre: Young Adult- Supernatural
Author: Amy Garvery
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Book: Once Upon a Twilight Book Tours/ Netgalley

“It seemed so right. Danny was mine, I was his, and that wasn’t going to work if he was dead. So I would make him not dead, not anymore. I didn’t think any further than what it would feel like to kiss him again, to wrap my arms around him and bury my head against his shoulder.
That was my first mistake. It also turned out to be the biggest.”

When her boyfriend, Danny, is killed in a car accident, Wren can’t imagine living without him. Wild with grief, she uses the untamed powers she’s inherited to bring him back. But the Danny who returns is just a shell of the boy she once loved.

Wren has spent four months keeping Danny hidden, while her life slowly unravels around her. Then Gabriel DeMarnes transfers to her school and somehow, inexplicably, he can sense her secret. Wren finds herself drawn to Gabriel, who is so much more alive than the ghost of the boy she loved. But Wren can’t turn her back on Danny or the choice she made for him—and she realizes she must find a way to make things right, even if it means breaking her own heart."

As soon as I got this book and began reading it, I was hooked. I loved reading every moment in this book!
First off, the plot line I felt was amazing! I really liked the idea of magic, zombies, and of course a love lost too soon. As the reader, it captured me in the moment of Wren in her grief yearning to find a way to bring him back. I also adored her strength to do such a thing without even knowing what she is doing. She showed some great perseverance.
Another thing that grab me about this book is the drama. I loved drama. Wren in caught in magic that she knows she has but it is not spoken out loud in her family. I really enjoyed watching the family drama unfold before my eyes. It was like opening a Christmas present! Wren's family held back loads of secrets from her so when it is finally revealed it was BAM! So freaking awesome! 
The love interest in this book is also great. Wren, still grieving over her Danny, never thought she find another love again. I really like how this love all played out. Gabe is such a open guy and one hell of a great listener. When he was listening to her so intently he made my heart melt. He was so sweet, non-judging guy who knew that Wren was in trouble and needed some help.
One thing this book has, zombies! I mean you got to love them right? The whole zombies aspect in this book is great! I loved reading about Danny and seeing him as a zombie. Things aren't always what they seem, but Danny isn't the zombie I imagined him to be.
Cold Kiss is one great book that you must read. I can tell you right now that you will read this book in one sitting (just like I did). You will cry. And your heart will break and be made whole again. 
 I give it 4 BITES!

Happy Reading!

Special Thanks to Yara for the book tour!

Review: Shatter Me

Title: Shatter Me
Series: Shatter Me # 1
Genre: Young Adult-Supernatural
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Book: Once Upon A Twilight Book Tour

"Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old-girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a world as riveting as The Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men. Full of pulse-pounding romance, intoxicating villainy, and high-stakes choices, Shatter Me is a fresh and original dystopian novel—with a paranormal twist—that will leave readers anxiously awaiting its sequel."

This book is simply earth shattering. As soon as  I got this book, I began reading right before work and didn't stop. Let just say, I was a little late. What really gripped me about this book is the really strong connection the reader has with the main character Juliette.


As the reader begins reading Juliette's life, you are thrown into a dark peril of everlasting pain. Poor Juliette. To not be able to touch anyone. To have people dismiss you as you are a monster or something else....The heart breaking trouble that Juliette went through made me angry. Juliette knew that people were mean to her but her heart was in the right place.


Now, the love interest was really neat. I love it when you read a book and  a person from the past comes into the picture who you never thought would be there. With the introduction of Adam everything just came faster as you read. Adam, I can say really shattered Juliette. He said all the right things, did all the right things, and he loved her. Adam made me swooooonnn! He even made my heart shatter!!


As far as the storyline goes, I really loved how it flowed. Nothing was too fast or too slow. As the reader, you see every little piece come together, as you follow Adam and Juliette. I like how the government was seen as control. Ms. Mafi gave you a really descriptive picture of the future there. You saw how people were treated and what was happening to the earth.


Ms. Mafi wrote a earth shattering, absolutely amazing book! All the characters as well as the storyline was all cleanly written. Ms. Mafi made it possible to be in the characters shoes as well as feel them. I can't wait to read the next breath taking book!


I give it 5 BITES!

Happy Reading!

  Special Thanks to Yara at Once Upon A Twilight Book for the book tour!!