Thursday, May 5, 2016

{Blog Tour} The Society - Jodie Andrefski (Review & Giveaway)



YA Bound Book Tours is organizing a Blog Tour for: The Society by Jodie Andrefski from Entangled Teen. This tour will run from May 2nd to 13th.  Check out the tour schedule
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The Society
by Jodie Andrefski

Release Date: May 3rd 2016
Entangled Teen

Summary from Goodreads:

Welcome to Trinity Academy’s best-kept secret.

The Society.


You’ve been handpicked by the elite of the elite to become a member. But first you’ll have to prove your worth by making it through Hell Week.

Do you have what it takes?

It’s time to find out.

Samantha Evans knows she’d never get an invite to rush the Society—not after her dad went to jail for insider trading. But after years of relentless bullying at the hands of the Society’s queen bee, Jessica, she’s ready to take down Jessica and the Society one peg at a time from the inside out. 

All it’ll take is a bit of computer hacking, a few fake invitations, some eager rushees…and Sam will get her revenge.
Let the games begin.

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Review
When I finished this book my initial reaction was unsure of how I felt.  I think the concept of bullying is one that is more prevalent in society and something that should be more talked about so I liked that the book focused on this idea.  I just felt like the story got a little repetitive maybe since the main focus was revenge.  The book picks up towards the end, which kept me reading, but it just felt repetitive in nature.

Samantha is an interesting character to read.  The story is told through her eyes only so we get to hear here stream of thought while reading.  I would have loved to get the feelings and thoughts of another character I really think this would have made the book more elaborate and more interesting.  Samantha has had a hard life and not on her own doing, her parents disappointed her at a young age and she was left to pick up the pieces.  As a reader the author did a great job setting up Samantha's hard life and you can see why she decided to take revenge on Jessica. 

I think the author did a great job capturing the mind of a teenager.  As a teenager looking back I might have thought things where right at the time, but they might not have been right in the long run.  I think reading this as an adult I can see these things a little better.  I think at the 17 you sometimes just react to situations versus looking at the long term effects.  The author captured in my mind the essence of a teenager, which made this book more interesting to read.

I would suggest this as a nighttime read, it was easy to read and a quick read.  It was also easy to follow along with the chapters.  It is a book that can be picked up and put down and get right back into the story. 

I received a copy of this book from YA Bound Book Tours for an honest review.  This does not affect my opinion of the book.

My rating: 3/5

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About the Author


Jodie Andrefski has been passionate about reading ever since she was a little girl, when she used to climb trees to escape with a favorite book. She now lives and writes in a small town in Pennsylvania with her teenage daughter. Though still an avid reader, she now prefers a comfy chair over the crook of a tree. An unapologetic coffee fiend, she's even happier if her java comes with pie. Jodie often draws on her background in education and mental health counseling to bring real world experience to her writing. She is a firm believer in the magic of a first kiss, and insists that you should never, ever give up on your dreams







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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

{Blog Tour} The Lightning Luminary - R.S. McCoy (Review)



YA Bound Book Tours is organizing a Blog Tour for: The Lightning Luminary by R.S. McCoy. This tour will run from May 2nd to 6th.  Check out the tour schedule.
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The Lightning Luminary
by R.S. McCoy

Genre: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
Release Date: April 26th 2016

Summary from Goodreads:



 Talia Stanley may look like the typical wealthy New Yorker, but she's hidden her secrets for more than a thousand years. One of the last surviving members of an ancient race called Luminaries, Talia has suppressed her ability to control lightning in exchange for safety. 


And for generations it worked. Talia's hermit lifestyle protected her from strong Luminaries that want her power. All that changed the day Mason Rathbone walked into her life.


A good-looking artist, Mason is just the guy to get Talia out of her penthouse apartment and show her what it means to live again. But just as she starts to get comfortable, Talia gets sucked right back into her vicious past.


A new paranormal romance novel by RS McCoy, author of the Sparks Saga. 


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Review


This book jumps right into the action and follows several characters.  The chapters are broken up between characters and have minimal overlap so you get to see different sides.  The chapters continue during the same event so you get to see the different perspectives, but also you get to learn a little bit more of what is actually going on in the story.

I love that in the book we get to see so many different perspectives from different people, but we also get a bigger picture.  The story is told through the eyes of Mason having a seizure and ending up in the hospital, Talia who is having trouble with her accountant and might need to run again, Jamie who can track luminaries, Eudora a healer luminary who is trying to save people, and Larisa who is a wife of the Hadrian who only wants a son.  The book mainly focuses on Talia and Mason as they are trying to figure out their relationship, but we do get the overall story that Talia is being hunted by Hadrian because he wants her to give him a son.  This may seem overwhelming at first with so many characters, but the story is easy to follow along.  The different perspectives really allow the reader to get a complete picture of what is going on.

I love Talia as a character I felt really connected with her.  She has lived many years and has taken the precaution of staying away from people and always protecting herself.  Talia has seen so much in her life she is avoiding love and being hurt.  I love that during the book Talia is able to take a leap of faith with Mason and try to go back out into society.  She is very educated and a smart women who is just trying to stay safe and keep the people she loves safe.  

Mason was another great character the author did an excellent job with developing.  He seems so naive when we first meet him with the seizure and waking up disoriented, but he really picks up and accepts everything that is happening to him.  He is very real and adaptive to what is going on.  Mason is much stronger then he originally appears.

I love how the story jumped right into the action.  It made the book easy to read and a want to read.  I wanted to figure out what was going on with all of the characters and what was going to happen to everyone in the end.  This book is part of a series and the ending of this book sets up a great cliffhanger so I personally want to read the next book to see what is going to happen next.  

I would suggest this as a nighttime read.  It is easy to follow along in the book so it is easy to pickup and put down while reading.  

I received a copy of this book from YA Bound Book Tours for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of this book. 


My Rating: 4/5
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About the Author
 
Rachel McCoy is a Texan living in New Jersey. Between binge watching MTV reality shows and baking gluten free treats, she writes paranormal fantasy and science fiction novels. She is the self-published author of the Sparks Saga trilogy as well as numerous short stories, some of which now reside in anthologies. Back when she lived in the real world, Rachel earned a degree in marine biology, which contributed to her die-hard love of manta rays. 

To connect with RS McCoy (or swap recipes), visit her on her website (www.rsmccoyauthor.com) or check out her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AuthorRSMcCoy). You can also join her newsletter to receive release updates, free stories, and bonus extras (http://eepurl.com/YItp1)

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

April Wrap-Up and May TBR


Goodbye April
Hello May

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The month of April got away from me.  I ended up having to travel a lot of work and didn't get to write as many posts as I hoped.  I concentrated mostly on my reading for my Blog Tours.  I have cut back on signing up for Blog Tours in hopes to get through some ARC's I got and also some review requests completed.  I also hope to get back to posting weekly updates!
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My top clicked on post for April was:  {Blog Tour} Fulfillment Series - Erin Rhew (Spotlight & Giveaway)

My favorite book I read in April was:   Demigods and Monsters (Sphinx #2) - Raye Wagner
I can't wait to read in May:    The Lightning Luminary by R.S. McCoy

Books Completed in April:
Dig Too Deep - Amy Allgeyer (Completed 4/2/16)
No One Knows - J.T. Ellison (Completed 4/3/16)
Escape from the Past: The Duke's Wrath - Annette Oppenlande (Completed 4/4/16)
Musings of an Earth Angel - Suzanne Adams  (Completed 4/6/16)  
Cape May - Holly Caster (Completed 4/9/16)
Dreamology - Lucy Keating  (Completed 4/10/16)
Midnight Burning - Karissa Laurel (Completed 4/13/16)
The 13th Continuum -



How To Make A Guy Realize You Are The One For Him - Titania Hudson (Completed 4/23/16)
Royal Day Out - Meg Cabot (Completed 4/24/16) 
Demigods and Monsters (Sphinx #2) - Raye Wagner (Completed 4/26/16)
No One Dies in the Garden of Syn - Michael Seidelman (Completed 4/27/16) 

My April TBR List (which will most likely change 100 times):

The Lightning Luminary by R.S. McCoy
The Society by Jodie Andrefski

How to Be Cool by Annie Carr

Competing with the Star by Krysten Lindsay Hager

Kisses on a Paper Airplane by Sarah Vance-Tompkins

When Worlds Collide: A Novel Of Morocco - Rick Parker

The Rowan Tree - Robert W. Fuller

Kingdom by the Sea - Anna del C. Dye

Inseparable - Claire St. Hilaire

‘Angel6: HOPE 0- John Bow

Challenge Participating in:
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 How was your April?  What do you have planned for May?

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