Flunked

Title: Flunked
Author: Jen Calonita
Rating: 5/5

Description:
Would you send a villain to do a hero's job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-winning author Jen Calonita.

Full of regret, Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Flora, has founded the Fairy Tale Reform School with the mission of turning the wicked and criminally mischievous into upstanding members of Enchantasia.

Impish, sassy 12-year-old Gilly has a history of petty theft and she's not too sorry about it. When she lifts a hair clip, she gets tossed in reform school-for at least three months. But when she meets fellow students Jax and Kayla, she learns there's more to this school than its sweet mission. There's a battle brewing and she starts to wonder: can a villain really change?

My Review:
A fast and enjoyable read!

Fairy's Debt

Title: Fairy's Debt
Author: Gail Carriger
Rating: 5/5

Description:
"I knew it would all end in tears the moment I saw the hat."
Cups is a fairy with a problem. She can't grow wings because is she under a death promise to a local king. So she takes service at his castle as the Least Jester, hoping to earn her wings and learns a great deal about cupcakes, tea daemons, and Earth dragons along the way.

This a short comedic fairy tail, coming in at just under 5000 words (or about 10 pages). In it Gail gets up to her usual silly tricks, tea saturated prose, and food driven biting wit.

First published in Sword and Sorceress 22, 2007

My Review: I loved this story, I'll even ignore how short it was but she needs to write more in this world! Great!

Boy of Blood

Boy of Blood

By Megan O'Russell

Publisher: Fiery Seas Publishing

Series: Girl of Glass

Genre: YA Dystopia

Release Date: April 10, 2018

After Nightland’s vicious attack on the domes, the safety and perfection of the world within the glass has been contaminated. Desperate to rebuild, outsiders are allowed into the domes to help, breaking the cardinal rule: outsiders and Domers must always be separated. But the city is in shambles, crumbling into chaos without the Vampers of Nightland to keep order, and one name is carried on the wind: Nola.

Clinging to Jeremy, Nola struggles to find a way to exist in the domes, turning her back on all she learned in the city. But when one of the outsiders brings the dark secrets of the domes to light, the line between survival and murder blurs against the spectre of the dying world.

Can Nola follow the dark path laid out by the Domes? Will the dangers of the night become her new sanctuary?

About the Author:

Megan O’Russell is the author of the young adult fantasy series The Tethering, and Nuttycracker Sweet, a Christmas novella. Megan’s short stories can also be found in several anthologies, including Athena’s Daughters 2, featuring women in speculative fiction. Megan is a professional performer who has spent time on stages across the country and is the lyrist for Second Chances: The Thrift Shop Musical, which received its world premiere in 2015. When not on stage or behind a computer, Megan can usually be found playing her ukulele or climbing a mountain with her fantastic husband.

Social Media:

Website https://www.meganorussell.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/MeganORussell

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ORussellauthor

Blog https://www.meganorussell.com/blog

SOCIETY OF WISHES Cover Reveal

Summary/General Info:

Title: Society of Wishes (Wish Quartet, #1)
Publication Date: January 29, 2018
Author: Elise Kova
Publisher: Silver Wing Press
Genre(s): New-Adult, Urban Fantasy, Romance
Summary:

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
Josephina Espinosa makes her living as a hacker-for-hire in the Lone Star Republic, a remnant of the fractured U.S.A. That is, until the day she and her best friend are gunned down in a government raid.
With her dying breath, Jo uses magical lore passed down from her grandmother to summon a wish-granter. Her wish? To save her friend’s life. Except wishes have costs, and for Jo, the price is the erasure of her entire mortal existence.
Now, as the most recent addition to the mysterious Society of Wishes, Jo must form a new “life” alongside the seven other members, one of which being her savior himself. Living as an occupant of the Society’s lavish mansion should be quite the perk, but while it is furnished with everything its inhabitants could possibly need, it lacks one thing—freedom.
Her otherworldly identity crisis takes a backseat, however, when Jo learns that the friend she sacrificed everything for is headed down the same path to ruin. Jumping in head-first, Jo uses her newfound magical abilities to protect him, only to realize that the ripples of her actions have far-reaching consequences. When the Society’s aloof leader Snow decides to give her a taste of his own ancient magic, Jo discovers that there are threads woven into the tapestry of her new reality that reach far beyond the wishes she is now required to grant. Ones that, if tugged on, could mean the unraveling of her existence itself.

About the Authors:

ELISE KOVA
Elise Kova is the USA Today bestselling author of the Air Awakens series, Loom Saga, and Wish Quartet.
In her past lives, she has graduated from an MBA program, lived in Japan for a bit, and worked for a Fortune 500 technology company. However, she finds herself much happier in her current reincarnation as full-time author. When not writing, she can usually be found playing video games, drawing, watching anime, or talking with readers on social media. She’s happy to call Saint Petersburg, Florida, her home, but is always looking forward to her next trip.
LYNN LARSH
Lynn Larsh considers herself to be a serial hobby-dabbler. She got a bachelors degree in music (which she used for all of four months), studied aerial acrobatics and classical piano for many years, worked briefly as a stunt woman in a Wild West stunt show (it’s a long story), and eventually settled down into the bar tending business in St. Petersberg, FL. When she’s not acting as a purveyor of fine libations, you can find her diving head first into her newest venture as a New Adult author, or simply writing Voltron fan fiction on Archive of Our Own.

Important Links:

Pre-Order on Amazon: http://getbook.at/sow
Elise’s Website: http://elisekova.com
Lynn’s Website: https://www.lynnlarsh.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36698152-society-of-wishes
Release Giveaway: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/39698f6c24/?
Thunderclap: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/65878-society-of-wishes-release

Personally I can't wait to read this Beauty!

Robin Hood's Dawn

Title: Robin Hood's Dawn
Author: Olivia Longueville & J.C. Plummer
Rating: 1/5

Description:
England, 1154-1194
A kingdom under assault.
A conspiracy born of anarchy.
A hero standing against tyranny.

Falsely convicted of a shocking crime, Robin Fitzooth, the Earl of Huntingdon, finds refuge in Sherwood Forest and becomes Robin Hood.

Leading a band of men against the injustices of a malevolent sheriff and his henchmen, Robin begins to unravel a web of treachery threatening the English royal family.

As shadowy forces gather to destroy the future of a nation, Robin faces deceit, betrayal, and the ravages of war as he defends his king, his country, his people, and the woman he loves from a conspiracy so diabolical, so unexpected, that the course of history hangs in the balance.

From the mists of an ancient woodland, to lavish royal courts teeming with intrigue, to the exotic shores of the Holy Land - Robin Hood leads the fight in a battle between good and evil, justice and tyranny, the future and the past.

Part one of an exciting three-part retelling of the Robin Hood legend!

Although the books in the trilogy are not stand-alone, they do not end in cliffhangers.

My Review: I couldn't get into the story and the characters, guess this wasn't a good pick for me, sorry!

Protogenesis

Title: Protogenesis
Author: Alysia Helming 
Rating: 1/5 


Description:
One American girl in Greece, one loss, one quest, one love triangle, one prophecy, her destiny… Gods and humans become one.
Helene Crawford is not the most popular girl in her rural California school. With her unusual violet hazel eyes hidden behind heavy glasses, she is the kind of student that always has an answer, especially when it comes to her favorite topic: ancient Greek mythology. Once an aspiring ballerina, now injured, she just doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere.
But one fateful day, life as she knows it comes to a grinding halt. There was a fire. Her mother is “gone”. The police say she’s dead. But something’s not right…a maze of clues lead her to believe that her mom is still alive.
The Greek Mafia may be involved. She has a crazy godfather in Athens she never knew she had. Vivid dreams of ancient gods consume her sleep. She must go to Greece. The answers to her quest to find her mom lie there.
She is suddenly uprooted to move across the world, where she must survive a new school and navigate the highs and lows of new love, to Greece where the country is embroiled in economic crisis and the kids literally speak “Greek”.
Through this daring journey, Helene will pass through the gates of her past - to another world where the roots of modern civilization and the gods of her favorite ancient myths converge – in order to find her mom, find herself, find true love, fulfill her destiny, become empowered and transform.
Who knows? Maybe the gods and goddesses are on her side… or maybe not. After all, nothing is as it seems.

My Review: I tried to get into the story and the characters but I just couldn't... not my type of book I guess or the writing just didn't click for me, thats why I gave it a 1 star!

December NG Post

Man its been a busy end of the year, and of course I must clean out the books on Netgalley that I couldn't get into or finish for a review so yup that this post but don't worry I'll be getting alot done soon!

Karakuri Odette v.1-3

Title: Karakuri Odette v.1-3

Author: Julietta Suzuki

Rating: 3/5

Description:

What does it mean to be truly human?...Odette is a lovely android built by Professor Yoshizawa. Curious to find out what it's like to be human, she convinces the Professor to enroll her in high school. And thus, with a new group of friends in tow, Odette sets out to discover the true meaning of life as a human, where even the simple stuff is an adventure! A touching slice-of-life comedy, Karakuri Odette does nothing If not uncover the incredible possibilities of the "human" spirit!

My review: Cute Girl is Robot and wants to be more human story!

Fiskur Blog Tour

Fiskur by Donna Migliaccio

November7, 2017

Fantasy

The Gemeta Stone Book 2

Fiery Seas Publishing, LLC

With his family's talisman in his possession, Kristan Gemeta is ready to face the Wichelord Daazna – but he has no inkling of the scope of Daazna's power, nor the depths of his hatred.     

      

With the recovery of his family's protective talisman, Kristan Gemeta has found hope, courage – and perhaps even the first stirrings of love.  With the aid of Heather Demitt, her band of rebels, a shipload of Northern brigands and the legendary Kentavron, he readies himself to face the Wichelord Daazna.  But neither he nor his comrades realize the strength of Daazna's power and hatred.  The Wichelord's first blow comes from a direction Kristan least expects, with horrific, lasting consequences.

Buy Links:

 Amazon  ~  Barnes & Noble  ~  Kobo  ~  iBooks

About the Author:

Donna Migliaccio is a professional stage actress with credits that include Broadway, National Tours and prominent regional theatres.  She is based in the Washington, DC Metro area, where she co-founded Tony award-winning Signature Theatre and is in demand as an entertainer, teacher and public speaker.  Her award-winning short story, "Yaa & The Coffins," was featured in Thinkerbeat's 2015 anthology The Art of Losing.  

Social Media: 

Website

Facebook

Twitter

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The Son of Sobek

Title: The Son of Sobek
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: 3/5

Description:
Carter Kane is investigating rumored sightings of a monster on Long Island when he runs into something else: a mysterious boy named Percy Jackson. And their meeting isn't exactly friendly. . .

My Review: Throw in some Egyptian gods and then Greek God and you have this story, wanted more but alas only 40 page story and its an interesting cross- over... I'll probody try to finish the crossovers and story before judging it completely!

Twilight reread

Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Rating: 1/5
Pages: 498

Description:
In the first book of the Twilight Saga, internationally bestselling author Stephenie Meyer introduces Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, a pair of star-crossed lovers whose forbidden relationship ripens against the backdrop of small-town suspicion and a mysterious coven of vampires. This is a love story with bite.

Review: I tried rereading this and even trying the audiobook... its no good DNFed big time!

Fire's Kiss Blog Tour

Fire’s Kiss

By Brittany Pate

Fiery Seas Publishing

November 21, 2017   

Paranormal Romance Fiction

Embyr tends her tavern while keeping her dangerous parentage a secret, until she's attacked by a hellhound and saved by one of the most feared men in history.

For the last eight hundred years, Ryder McLennon, the infamous leader of Death's Horsemen, has used his army to hunt the vampire who killed his wife. He's earned a reputation as a murderous madman. But in Embyr, he discovers something that could turn the tide of battle in his favor. Her control over fire can reduce an enemy to ash and her flippant disregard of him heats his blood in ways no one else ever has. She's beautiful, powerful and completely different from her violence-loving brethren.

Embyr finds herself thrust into a war she wants no part of, targeted by a vicious vampire because of her cooperation with Ryder. As she learns to wield her demonic powers without letting the madness of her race overcome her, she also has to fight her attraction to a killer bent on her seduction.

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Fires-Kiss-Brittany-Pate-ebook/dp/B077BHVX92

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fires-kiss-brittany-pate/1127434821?ean=9781946143372

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/fire-s-kiss

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/fires-kiss/id1312265602?mt=11

Trailer Link: https://youtu.be/T_4tsEY2muA

Monstress v.1

Title: Monstress v.1
Author: Marjorie Liu
Rating:  5/5

Description:
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.

Review: This Comic is just stunning the art and story is so insane and intense... I loved it completely and I hope the library gets volume 2 because I will continue with this series!

INVU v1

Title: INVU v.1
Author: Kim Kang-Won
rating: 3/5

Description:
When 16 year-old Sey's mom leaves suddenly for Europe, she leaves Sey with a new family, the Kangs. Her new family is supposed to be normal, but when her foster brother turns out to be a sister, she begins to think that her new home is weirder than her old one. Sey looks for a job so she can get her own place and escape her crazy life.

Review: Pretty normal for a manga that I pick up! Same old Same old!

Cinder

Cinder
Marie Sexton
4/5
99 pages

Description:
A CinderFella Story

Eldon Cinder would give anything to see Prince Xavier one last time, but only women are invited to the royal ball. When the local witch offers to make Eldon female for just one night, he agrees.

One spell.

One night.

One dance.

What could possibly go wrong?

My Review:
This was a cute spin on the fairytale of Cinderella it's M&M romance that didn't get erotic-like. I loved Cinder and the princes relationship where they just wanted to be themselves and not impress. Plus Milton the dog was so cute!

The Curse of ADD

More NG fail reads

The Following are stories I started but couldn't finish because I couldn't get into them or found out they were books in a series and I don't have books before them.

Romancing the Inventor

Title: Romancing the Inventor
Author: Gail Carriger
Rating:  5/5

Description:
Imogene Hale is a lowly parlourmaid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor the vampires are keeping in the potting shed. Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French. With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve's heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry?

This is a stand-alone LBGTQ sweet romance set in Gail Carriger's Parasolverse, full of class prejudice, elusive equations, and paranormal creatures taking tea.

Delicate Sensibilities? This story contains women pleasing women and ladies who know what they want and pursue it, sometimes in exquisite detail.

Supernatural Society novellas can be read in any order.

My S&S Review: A adorable F/F romp in the park. I love these characters... just love them... and this world is amazing... I need to read more of Gail Carriger's books! Like now!

My Lady Jane

Title: My Lady Jane
Authors: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

Rating: 5 /5

Description:
The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, featuring a reluctant king, an even more reluctant queen, a noble steed, and only a passing resemblance to actual history—because sometimes history needs a little help.

At sixteen, Lady Jane Grey is about to be married off to a stranger and caught up in a conspiracy to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. Jane is about to become the Queen of England.

My Short and Sweet Review: Well that was a really cute retelling... love the magic mixed in with royality and history! If your open to changing history and sorts this story is for you.

#NaNoWriMo

This year I'll complete my book, hopefully :) #NaNoWriMo
https://nanowrimo.org/participants/fyrekatz

NG fail reads

The Following are stories I started but couldn't finish because I couldn't get into them or found out they were books in a series and I don't have books before them.

My Sweet Audrina

Name: My Sweet Audrina
Author: V.C. Andrews
Rating: 4/5

Description:
V.C. Andrews, author of the phenomenally successful Dollanganger series, has created a fascinating new cast of characters in this haunting story of love and deceit, innocence and betrayal, and the suffocating power of parental love. Audrina Adare wanted so to be as good as her sister. She knew her father could not love her as he loved her sister. Her sister was so special, so perfect -- and dead.
Now she will come face to face with the dangerous, terrifying secret that everyone knows. Everyone except...  My Sweet Audrina

My Review:
The movie followed this story pretty close tho Audrina's younger sister never existed... I like the story in the book much better. The actual V.C. Andrews books written by herself are so much better than the ones the pen writer does now... this book was soooo good! I'll be picking up the second book Whitefern just to find out what happens next even tho its the pen writer!

Halloween Frost

Title: Halloween Frost
Author: Jennifer Estep
Rating: 4/5

Description:
It’s Halloween at Mythos Academy, and Gwen Frost and her friends are ready to have a little fun. But when a mythological monster shows up, the night turns out to be more trick than treat.

My Sweet and Short Review:

This whole series is the best, love it!

Coraline

Title: Coraline
Author: Neil Gaiman
Rating: 5/5

Description:
The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring....

In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.

The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.

Only it's different.

At first, things seem marvelous in the other flat. The food is better. The toy box is filled with wind-up angels that flutter around the bedroom, books whose pictures writhe and crawl and shimmer, little dinosaur skulls that chatter their teeth. But there's another mother, and another father, and they want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Other children are trapped there as well, lost souls behind the mirrors. Coraline is their only hope of rescue. She will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save the lost children, her ordinary life, and herself.

My Sweet and Short Review:
This is a reread, I picked this book up over 10 years ago and it freaked me out and it still does. The book is like nothing like the movie... creepy as heck. Neil Gaiman can really tell a story and I love this one and its perfect for Halloweenie time! And the characters are colorful and enjoyable. :) Pick it up and enjoy it!

Under my Hat

Title: Under my Hat
Edited by: Jonathan Strahan

I plan to read the following from this book;

Stray Magic - Diana Peterfreund
A Handful of Ashes - Garth Nix
Little Gods - Holly Black
Felidis - Tanith Lee
Witch Work - Neil Gaiman
The Stone Witch - Isobelle Carmody
Andersen's Witch - Jane Yolen
B is for Bigfoot - Jim Butcher

Yuppers so this is soon to be read!

Angel's Dance

Title: Angel's Dance
Author: Nalini Singh
Rating: 3/5

Description:
The gentle teacher of angelic young, and the keeper of her people's histories, Jessamy is respected and admired by everyone who knows her. Yet, born unable to soar into flight, she has spent thousands of years trapped in the mountain stronghold of the Refuge, her heart encased in painful loneliness...until the arrival of Galen, warrior angel from a martial court.

Rough-edged and blunt, Galen is a weapons-master at home with violence, a stranger to the sweet words it takes to woo a woman--but he is also a man determined to claim Jessamy for his own, to dance with her through the skies denied her for so very long...even if their exhilarating passion proves as dangerous as the landscape of war and unrest that lies before them.

My Sweet & Short Review:
This short story was alright, didn't really go anywhere. Or anything. Idk what to say about it...

Me Before You

Title: Me Before You
Author: Jojo Moyes

Rating: 4/5

Description:
They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?

My Sweet & Short Review:
A really good book, loved the characters maybe too much since the end I was crying so hard. Very heartbreaking and I don't think I can watch the movie that's for sure... read for a challenge but I think I'm glad I read it... I think... let me calm down a bit and wipe my face... *tears up*

Twilight?

Might be rereading Twilight after the fall/winter releases with a few peeps!

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NG DNF Sept Edition!

NG DNF Sept/Beginning of Oct Edition!

I'm sad to say that I have a few books from Netgalley that I DNF on... either it didn't hook me into the story and I lost least or I found out that there is more to the series and can't get the first and so on book from that series... Yup here it goes!

Book of Fire by: Michelle Kenney
C I N by: Christina Leigh Pritchard
Moonlit Waltz by: Kathleen Collins

Mask of Shadows by: Linsey Miller 

A Dangerous Engagement by: Melanie Dickerson 

So I Married a Sorcerer by: Kerrelyn Sparks 

Cherished Mercy by: Tracie Peterson 

The Proving by :Beverly Lewis 

My kindle doesn't support these files!

Disney Manga Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by: Jun Asuka 

Disney Manga Descendants Rotten To The Core Trilogy V.2 by: Jason Muell 

Charmed: A Thousand Deaths by: Erica Schultz 

The Worst Witch

Title: The Worst Witch
Author: Jill Murphy
Rating:  4/5

Description:
Catch up on Mildred Hubble’s magical adventures at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches with these reissued editions featuring energetic new covers. Mildred Hubble is starting her first year at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches — and making a mess of it! She can’t ride her broomstick without crashing, she’s always getting her spells mixed up, and worst of all, the teacher’s pet, Ethel, has just become her sworn enemy.


My Sweet and Short Review:
Cute little story about a girl who is a witch and everywhere she goes disasters happen... but she also saves the day at the end! So the tv show on Netflix had to be based loosely on this book- the book is better but Netflix didn't ruin this classic at all... both are cute!

Cat

Title: Cat (Wildflowers #4)
Author: V.C. Andrews
Rating:  3/5

Description:
Cat has not yet shared in Dr. Marlowe's therapy group, but she has the darkest secret of all four girls and the most to lose by opening up.


My Sweet and Short Review:
This is Cathy story on why she is an Orphan with Parents and why she fits into the group of girls with similar problems as her own. Her mother shelters her from the world and make Cat even feel shameful about her body and the things she feels and her dad... well he is a big problem (which I won't tell ya in this) The girls act like what you would think girls would act talking to their psychologist and this is Cathy's day to tell the others why she is here. I gave it a 3 because I think I need a V.C. Andrews break- a lot of the ghostwriter's writing style and plots are the same now a days! So there ya go- first week is done YAY!

Sing (Movie)

Title: Sing
Rating: 5/5

Description:
Dapper Koala Buster Moon presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. An eternal optimist, and a bit of a scoundrel, he loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Facing the crumbling of his life's ambition, he takes one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition. Five contestants emerge: a mouse, a timid elephant, a pig, a gorilla and a punk-rock porcupine.

My Short and Sweet Review:
I love this movie, I was jamming with the animals and also the stories about each character even tho their were animals so connected with real life too! Great movie for all ages!

The Worst Witch (TV Show) ep.1

Title: The Worst Witch ep. 1
Channel: Netflix
Rating:  4/5

Description:
Mildred Hubble, a normal girl from a world outside of magic, finds herself at Miss Cackle's Academy for witches.

My Short and Sweet Review: The first episode was promising for the whole show and I love it so far! And I will continue watching this cute show!

The Ruins of Gorlan

Title: The Ruins of Gorlan
Author: Jonathan Flanagan
Rating: 5/5

Description:
They have always scared him in the past — the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. And now 15-year-old Will, always small for his age, has been chosen as a Ranger's apprentice. What he doesn't yet realize is that the Rangers are the protectors of the kingdom. Highly trained in the skills of battle and surveillance, they fight the battles before the battles reach the people. And as Will is about to learn, there is a large battle brewing. The exiled Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, is gathering his forces for an attack on the kingdom. This time, he will not be denied....

My Short and Sweet Review:
This is the journey of a small boy of the name Will and his training to be a ranger. Who are people that can hide in the shadows, climb, shoot arrows, track and etc. They aren't the strongest physical but perhaps the bravest out there. I love this Series and I think everyone should check it out!

Still Love this Book!

13 Reasons Why (book version)

Title: 13 Reasons Why (book version)
Author: Jay Asher
Rating: 4/5

Description:
You can’t stop the future. 
You can’t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why. 
                
Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.

Need to talk? Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) anytime if you are in the United States. It’s free and confidential.
Find more resources at 13reasonswhy.info.

Find out how you can help someone in crisis at bethe1to.com.
(Found on Amazon!)

My Short Review: Alright, a lot of thoughts about this book, which the TV series did pretty much follow closely. This version of the book had a what if Hannah lived section... which in my opinion I didn't like. I know killing one self is horrible but what happened there is just as bad in the long run tho Clay and Hannah might even be able to hook up after... maybe. Tho if I was Hannah I probody would want a complete restart in life and sorts. The characters... Clay-Tony-Hannah I like the others can just shove it! And I guess that's it... well what I can sort out right now... deep book!

Goodnight, Wimpy Pikachu

Title: Goodnight, Wimpy Pikachu
Author: Brian Henry
reviewed for a friend!
Rating: 4/5

Description:
Wimpy Pikachu teaches us that wonderfully big things can come in small packages. A delightful tale of what you can do when you put your mind to it, protagonist Lyle has just arrived at the Illum Pokemon Center determined to embark on the journey of a lifetime. The ten year old boy is shy and just a little bit awkward, but deep down inside he knows he has what it takes.

And when Lyle encounters Wimpy Little Pikachu, sparks fly – literally. The fabled “Lazarus Log” is an unbreakable structure held up by stone pillars, and only those who are true of heart and destined for greatness can fracture it.

Will Lyle and little Pikachu break the mysterious Lazarus Log? Time will tell when you read Wimpy Little Pikachu.

https://www.amazon.com/Goodnight-Wimpy-Pikachu-Unofficial-Pokemon/dp/1946525219

My Sweet & Short Review:
This story is so good, and will get any child to read it. Great story- don't judge a pokemon by its size because its what is inside that counts which is a great thing to tell children! Such an easy read too! Gave it a 4 because it was so short but everything else was great!

Heaven

Title: Heaven
Author: V.C. Andrews

Rating: 💖💖💖💖💖/5

Description:
Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest -- the scum of the hills.
Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes. Someday they'd get away and show the world that they were decent, fine and talented -- worthy of love and respect.

Then Heaven's stepmother ran off, and her wicked, greedy father had a scheme -- a vicious scheme that threatened to destroy the precious dream of Heaven and the children forever!

My Short and Sweet Review:
What a really depressing story, but that's an V.C. Andrews story at its best. At least it ended with a bit of hope for this Hill girl that is smart as a whip for her upbringing, I wonder about all the other books in this series and her family! And damn it I would be in the same boat as Heaven and never forgive her Pa for what he did (or not do) during the first book... WTF!

August Book Releases

Books I'm looking forward to reading that come out this month!

Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
August 8


The Hummingbird Heart by A.G. Howard
August 15

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
August 15

The Dolls by James Patterson
August 1

The Store by James Patterson
August 14

Golden Age and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
August 1

Serenity by Joss Whedon
August 8

Humans, Bow Down by James Patterson
August 15

Criminal Enchantment by Shanna Swendson
August 15

Delia's Crossing

Title: Delia's Crossing
Author: V.C. Andrews
Rating: 3/5
Reviewed for Netgalley

Description:

A young immigrant girl escapes Mexico for America. One of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) layers psychological suspense with sheer terror in this provocative first book of the classic Delia Series.

A young immigrant comes to America to escape un sino cruel, a cruel fate…

After her parents are killed in a truck accident, Delia Yebarra’s life is turned upside down. At fifteen, she leaves the rural Mexican village where she grew up and embarks on a new life in America. Coming to her wealthy aunt Isabella’s huge estate in Palm Springs, California, should be a dream come true for a simple country girl like Delia….

Only to become un preso del destino, a prisoner of destiny.

Instead, her aunt refuses to acknowledge Delia’s heritage, relegating her to servants’ quarters with a licentious language tutor intent on exploiting the pretty young foreigner. Her cousin Edward is kind, but cousin Sophia is cruel, manipulative, and resentful of Delia’s beauty. And just when Delia begins to embrace the life of a real American girl, a heartbreaking chain of events sends her spiraling back to a Mexico she hardly recognizes, making her wonder if she will ever find a place to call home.

My Short and Sweet Review:
This isn't the first time reading this book, but it was just as good. but of course I know that all her books are pretty ummmmm taboo... So I was surprised that her cousin didn't do anything with her. The only problem I had with this book was that some, very little Spanish wasn't translated... I mean most was but at parts I was like huh? So I give it 3 stars for my lack of Spanish!

Raven

Title: Raven
Author: V.C. Andrews
Rating: 4/5

Description: ALL SHE WANTED WAS AN END TO BROKEN PROMISES....
Her Mama made it painfully clear that she wished Raven had never been born. But even after she was sent to live with her kindly aunt and domineering uncle, humiliating secrets lurked-- and threatened to dash forever Raven's dream of a true home...
My Short Review: A quick read, hated Jennifer and the Uncle... GRRRR!