Review: South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf

What is Kaycee willing to risk for the sake of love?
And what will she risk for acceptance?

In Sunshine, Tennessee, the main event in town is Friday night football, the biggest party of the year is held in a field filled with pickup trucks, and church attendance is mandatory. For Kaycee Jean McCoy, life in Sunshine means dating guys she has no interest in, saying only “yes, ma’am” when the local bigots gossip at her mom’s cosmetics salon, and avoiding certain girls at all costs. Girls like Bren Dawson.

Unlike Kaycee, Bren doesn’t really conceal who she is. But as the cool, worldly new girl, nobody at school seems to give her any trouble. Maybe there’s no harm if Kaycee gets closer to her too, as long as she can keep that part of her life a secret, especially from her family and her best friend. But the more serious things get with Bren, the harder it is to hide from everyone else. Kaycee knows Sunshine has a darker side for people like her, and she’s risking everything for the chance to truly be herself.

This is the story of Kaycee, who has been hiding who she really is for some time. While living in small town, she does not think anyone is going to be accepting of her sexuality. To hide her true self she is trying to date boys, even tho its the last thing she wants. But it doesn't seem worse then the fear of everyone finding out that Kaycee really likes girls. Even her closest friends have no idea. But when the beautiful, sporty and new Bren turns up at the school Kaycee is forced to face her feelings and the truth. At first she tries to stay away from Bren, but she is drawn to the girl.

While Kaycee and Bren are getting closer her fear of discovery grows. What will her mum do when she finds out. Kaycee tries everything to keep her relationship with Bren hidden. But will she go to far? Could she be pushing away the people that really matter?

I really liked this book. It painted a very real picture of a teenager on their journey of coming out. It shows all the aspects, be it Kaycee's fear, be it the beautiful acceptance and even the ugly side of it. Its sad to think that in this day and age it is still so hard for some teenagers and even worse that there is still people who react in such a negative way.

This book is about love, about coming out to your friends and family, about being true to yourself and its about friendship. There is many surprises within the story and I really liked all the characters. Most of all Kaycee's friend Van.

Its a lovely love story and really warmed my heart. The story flows really nicely and never gets boring. I believe there should be many more books about same sex relationships and not just stories about the struggle to come out. All in all this was a lovely book with a inspirational end. A good YA read that I am glad I had the chance to review.

Thank you to NetGalley for my copy in exchange for my honest review.

South of Sunshine is out tomorrow, 31st March!

WWW Wednesday (30th March)

 WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s open for anyone to join in and is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.

The three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next

I am currently reading...

Powerful, darkly funny and heart-breaking, Shtum is a story about fathers and sons, autism, and dysfunctional relationships.

Ben Jewell has hit breaking point. His ten-year-old son Jonah has severe autism and Ben and his wife, Emma, are struggling to cope.

When Ben and Emma fake a separation - a strategic decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal - Ben and Jonah move in with Georg, Ben's elderly father. In a small house in North London, three generations of men - one who can't talk; two who won't - are thrown together.

I have recently finished...

Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.

But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule. And now faces life-changing repercussions.

She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.

In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where obedience is paramount and rebellion is punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her-everything.

What is Kaycee willing to risk for the sake of love?
And what will she risk for acceptance?

In Sunshine, Tennessee, the main event in town is Friday night football, the biggest party of the year is held in a field filled with pickup trucks, and church attendance is mandatory. For Kaycee Jean McCoy, life in Sunshine means dating guys she has no interest in, saying only “yes, ma’am” when the local bigots gossip at her mom’s cosmetics salon, and avoiding certain girls at all costs. Girls like Bren Dawson.

Unlike Kaycee, Bren doesn’t really conceal who she is. But as the cool, worldly new girl, nobody at school seems to give her any trouble. Maybe there’s no harm if Kaycee gets closer to her too, as long as she can keep that part of her life a secret, especially from her family and her best friend. But the more serious things get with Bren, the harder it is to hide from everyone else. Kaycee knows Sunshine has a darker side for people like her, and she’s risking everything for the chance to truly be herself

I plan on reading next...

A perfect life … until she discovered it wasn’t her own.

A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart Bella’s comfortable existence. Embarking on a personal journey to uncover the truth, she faces a series of traumatic discoveries that take her to the ruggedly beautiful Cornish coast, where hidden truths, past betrayals and a 25-year-old mystery threaten not just her identity, but also her life.

Chilling, complex and profoundly moving, In Her Wake is a gripping psychological thriller that questions the nature of family – and reminds us that sometimes the most shocking crimes are committed closest to home.

Passage, n.
i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes.
ii. A journey by water; a voyage.
iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time.

In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard of. Until now.

Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can’t escape and the family that won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholas’ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings it back to them—whether she wants to or not.

Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home... forever.

Review: Flawed by Cecelia Ahern

Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.

But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule. And now faces life-changing repercussions.

She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.

In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where obedience is paramount and rebellion is punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her-everything.

I still remember when Cecelia Ahern had her PS I love you out, it was so huge and it turned me into a big fan. After that I would always buy her books without even reading the blurb. But few years later I somehow got caught up in the YA genre and haven't read any of her books since. When I heard that Celelia is bringing out her first YA novel I got very very excited. I believe there has been many mixed feelings about Flawed, which thank goodness never put me off. Because I freaking loved this one. I can sort of see why people that are fans of Cecelia Ahern have been having split opinions. Because this isn't your usual Ahern book, but if you love YA, then this is a fantastic book.

The story is about 17 year old Celestine, who is perfect in every single way, which is great because she lives in a world where being perfect is the only right way to be. If you are not, you will be forever branded flawed. And when I say branded I do mean branded, literally, with a hot iron. But that's not even the worse of it, because once you are branded Flawed your life will never be the same again. Your rules will be different from everyone elses in a very scary and awful way. So when Celestine makes a mistake, her biggest fear is ending up branded. Her whole world could be about to completely change.

This book leave you with so much food for thought I don't even know where to begin. Let me tell you that when I say Celestine makes a mistake... its not something we would ever consider calling it that. Almost all the Flawed have been branded for mistakes that are just plain human. Its not a world I would like to live in. But the way people then continue to treat the Flawed is even so much worse. Sadly history has proven that humans have been treated in similar ways before. Which is what makes it so believeable while reading.

Cecelia has proven, not for the first time I might add, that she is an amazing world builder. She has produced a world that is in one way very far from ours and at the same time very similar. She has delivered some amazing characters. Not just the main ones but the villain is one amazing character too. Let me tell you, he scares the living day lights out of me. Carrick is one person in the book I cant wait to find out more about.

This book was a complete rollercoaster of emotions. It broke my heart in places, it made me incredible sad, it made me happy and it made me very proud too. There was scenes in there that made me cover my face, if this was a movie I would certainly be hiding behind a pillow.

Celestine is just amazing, she is probably one of my new favourite fictional characters and I am so glad there will be more of her.

All in all this book has been FLAWLESS!! I love it!! I gave it 5 stars and I am going to shout about it for a while. Its the kind of story that will stay with you for some time.

Thank you to NetGalley for my copy in exchange for my honest review!

Flawed is out NOW!! And you NEED a copy!

Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves #13

Weekly Wrap Up...

I have read 2 books this week. The first one was Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel, which was a nice and light romance. You can read my review here. Also over on my Twitter I am giving away my ARC copy, the giveaway ends today so hurry over and good luck.

'LEARN TO SALSA DANCE,' the card in the shop window read. 'Experience the red-hot vibes of Latin America right here in the Lake District. Beginners and singles welcome.'

Lauren Scott lives in 'The most romantic place in Britain', but her love life is about as successful as her mountain climbing skills. The man she's obsessed over for two years has proposed to someone else - and her only solution is to save up for six months to go travelling, so she never has to set eyes on him again.

But when her friends sign her up for a dance class - in the same historic hotel where her beloved dad worked and her most precious childhood memories were formed - Lauren makes a horrifying discovery. It's been sold to a faceless budget chain, which has depressing plans in store. Worse, the entrepreneur behind it all turns out to be among a group of guys her friend Cate roped in to join the very same salsa class they've signed up for....

The second book I have finished is Flawed by Cecelia Ahern, which is a very fresh and different direction for her. I thoroughly enjoyed the change in her style. Both books have been published on Thursday. And my review of Flawed will be up tomorrow.

The stunning YA debut from internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.

Celestine North lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.

But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.

In this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.

Unfortunately I have also had a book I couldn't finish. The blurb got me really excited but it wasn't for me in the end. I have really tried but I just couldn't get into it at all. I still very much hate when that happens. I am sure someone else will love this tho.

In a small town on the brink of the Civil War, Catrina finds a man making strange patterns in her family’s sorghum crop. He’s mad with fever, naked, and strikingly beautiful. He has no memory of who he is or what he’s done before Catrina found him in Stone Field. But that doesn’t bother Catrina because she doesn’t like thinking about the things she’s done before either.

Catrina and Stonefield fall passionately, dangerously, in love. All they want is to live with each other, in harmony with the land and away from Cat’s protective brother, the new fanatical preacher, and the neighbors who are scandalized by their relationship. But Stonefield can’t escape the truth about who he is, and the conflict tearing apart the country demands that everyone take a side before the bloodbath reaches their doorstep.

Stacking the shelves...

Hosted by Tynga’s Reviews

It has been a quiet week for my shelves this week. However there was one massive surprise in my post box this week. I love a good surprise. Thank you to Avon Books for this one. I cant wait to read it.

You love your family. They make you feel safe. You trust them. Or do you…?

When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire Wilkinson, blames herself. She's not the only one. There isn't a single member of Billy's family that doesn't feel guilty. But the Wilkinson’s are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface.

Claire is sure of two things – that Billy is still alive and that her friends and family had nothing to do with his disappearance.

A mother's instinct is never wrong. Or is it?

Review: Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel by Jane Costello

'LEARN TO SALSA DANCE,' the card in the shop window read. 'Experience the red-hot vibes of Latin America right here in the Lake District. Beginners and singles welcome.'

Lauren Scott lives in 'The most romantic place in Britain', but her love life is about as successful as her mountain climbing skills. The man she's obsessed over for two years has proposed to someone else - and her only solution is to save up for six months to go travelling, so she never has to set eyes on him again.

But when her friends sign her up for a dance class - in the same historic hotel where her beloved dad worked and her most precious childhood memories were formed - Lauren makes a horrifying discovery. It's been sold to a faceless budget chain, which has depressing plans in store. Worse, the entrepreneur behind it all turns out to be among a group of guys her friend Cate roped in to join the very same salsa class they've signed up for....

This book is following Lauren who together with her two friends is single, not by choice I might add, she is head over heels in love with someone at work. Someone she cant have because he is getting married. So instead she is dreaming of going to Australia, saving every penny for her dream trip. Things begin to change for her when she is being dragged to a salsa lesson at the Moonlight Hotel. A place that holds many of her memories with her father. There she hears that the hotel is being sold and completely changed. This makes her rather upset and rather passionate about the place.

When she comes face to face with the new owner she cant help but tell him what she thinks of his plans. Things also change with Edwin, the man she has been in love with for like, ever. Newly single he tries to convince Lauren to join her on a life changing trip. But is this really what she wants?

I really enjoyed this book, even tho I don't often read a good chick lit. I am very glad that in this case I got the  chance to get into this story. This is a really feel good book, with lots of funny bits in it that will make you laugh out loud. I have enjoyed all the character in in, but Lauren most of all. She is a very loyal friend and oh so clumsy. The story is flowing nice and slow without getting boring. It also touches on some rather serious matters. But its filled with romance and drama. I could sort of see from the start where the story is going to end, but that didn't take away any of the fun and still had enough little surprises to keep it interesting.

All in all this has been a very enjoyable read, my first one of Jane Costello's books and I really need to get me some more now. If you wanna have a smile on your face while reading then this is the one for you. Its funny, heart warming, beautiful and will make you want to visit the lakes.

Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel is out TODAY!!

Head over to my twitter where I am giving away my ARC copy! Good luck!

WWW Wednesday (23rd March)

 WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s open for anyone to join in and is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.

The three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

I am currently reading...

Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.

But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule. And now faces life-changing repercussions.

She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.

In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where obedience is paramount and rebellion is punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her-everything.

I have recently finished...

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This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity.

Gottie H. Oppenheimer is losing time. Literally. When the fabric of the universe around her seaside town begins to fray, she's hurtled through wormholes to her past:

To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died. To the afternoon she fell in love with Jason, who wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. To the day her best friend Thomas moved away and left her behind with a scar on her hand and a black hole in her memory.

Although Grey is still gone, Jason and Thomas are back, and Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide—and someone's heart is about to be broken.

'LEARN TO SALSA DANCE,' the card in the shop window read. 'Experience the red-hot vibes of Latin America right here in the Lake District. Beginners and singles welcome.'

Lauren Scott lives in 'The most romantic place in Britain', but her love life is about as successful as her mountain climbing skills. The man she's obsessed over for two years has proposed to someone else - and her only solution is to save up for six months to go travelling, so she never has to set eyes on him again.

But when her friends sign her up for a dance class - in the same historic hotel where her beloved dad worked and her most precious childhood memories were formed - Lauren makes a horrifying discovery. It's been sold to a faceless budget chain, which has depressing plans in store. Worse, the entrepreneur behind it all turns out to be among a group of guys her friend Cate roped in to join the very same salsa class they've signed up for....

I plan on reading next...

In a small town on the brink of the Civil War, Catrina finds a man making strange patterns in her family’s sorghum crop. He’s mad with fever, naked, and strikingly beautiful. He has no memory of who he is or what he’s done before Catrina found him in Stone Field. But that doesn’t bother Catrina because she doesn’t like thinking about the things she’s done before either.

Catrina and Stonefield fall passionately, dangerously, in love. All they want is to live with each other, in harmony with the land and away from Cat’s protective brother, the new fanatical preacher, and the neighbors who are scandalized by their relationship. But Stonefield can’t escape the truth about who he is, and the conflict tearing apart the country demands that everyone take a side before the bloodbath reaches their doorstep.

Inspired by Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.

What is Kaycee willing to risk for the sake of love?
And what will she risk for acceptance?

In Sunshine, Tennessee, the main event in town is Friday night football, the biggest party of the year is held in a field filled with pickup trucks, and church attendance is mandatory. For Kaycee Jean McCoy, life in Sunshine means dating guys she has no interest in, saying only “yes, ma’am” when the local bigots gossip at her mom’s cosmetics salon, and avoiding certain girls at all costs. Girls like Bren Dawson.

Unlike Kaycee, Bren doesn’t really conceal who she is. But as the cool, worldly new girl, nobody at school seems to give her any trouble. Maybe there’s no harm if Kaycee gets closer to her too, as long as she can keep that part of her life a secret, especially from her family and her best friend. But the more serious things get with Bren, the harder it is to hide from everyone else. Kaycee knows Sunshine has a darker side for people like her, and she’s risking everything for the chance to truly be herself.

Review: The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

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This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity.

Gottie H. Oppenheimer is losing time. Literally. When the fabric of the universe around her seaside town begins to fray, she's hurtled through wormholes to her past:

To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died. To the afternoon she fell in love with Jason, who wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. To the day her best friend Thomas moved away and left her behind with a scar on her hand and a black hole in her memory.

Although Grey is still gone, Jason and Thomas are back, and Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide—and someone's heart is about to be broken.

If I could describe this book in one word it would be: quirky!!

Gottie is grieving over her granddad Grey who has passed away a little less then a year ago. She is also still hung up on her secret ex boyfriend. And on top of that her best friend is returning from Canada after being away for years. Her almost first kiss, the boy who promised to write and never did.

While the anniversary of Greys death is getting closer Gottie finds his diaries and finds herself traveling back in time. Reliving moments with her secret ex Jason. But even those memories keep getting closer to Greys death.

Its all a bit quirky here, Gottie is great at maths and equations. She is forever looking for the right scientific explanation for what is happening to her. Time travel, wormholes, black holes. I could almost understand it all.

But this is so much more then science. Its about grieve, love and friendship. Gottie finds herself struggling with life while she is not ready to let go of her granddad just yet.

Gottie is a typical young lady making the sort of mistakes we could all be making. Be it with her friends or with boys. But she gets the chance to see it all again and learn from her mistakes. Will she be able to hold on to her friends?

Thomas, Gotties best friend, was my favourite character, but what is Thomas hiding? And why did he really come back?

This was a really cute, lovely and easy read. I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley for my copy in exchange for my honest review.

Review: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (The Dark Artifices - book one)

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. "Lady Midnight" is a Shadowhunters novel.
It s been five years since the events of "City of Heavenly Fire" that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.
Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn t lead her in treacherous directions
Making things even more complicated, Julian s brother Mark who was captured by the faeries five years ago has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind and they need the Shadowhunters help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?
Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare s Dark Artifices series."

HOLY SHIT!!! Biggest book hangover ever!!

Let me begin by telling you how much I love the Shadowhunter world. I have loved every single of Cassandra Clare's books and I forever wish I had the time to read them all again. Lady Midnight has been my most anticipated book of the year and has been in my preorders for ages. When it finally arrived I literally dropped everything to read this.

I cant tell you how much I have loved this one. So much so I have no idea how I will cope waiting for the next one. Being back in the world of the Shadwohunters has been once again amazing, This time we are in the Los Angeles institute with some of the characters we already got to meet in previous books. Emma has lost her parents in the last Mortal Instruments book, while everyone believes that they are victims of the war Emma thinks someone else has killed them. Now 5 years later she is still looking for a clue. And one finally comes, more dead bodies turn up with the same markings that Emmas parents had on their bodies. Emma follows the clues with the help of everyone from the institute. However without the Clave knowing about their plans.

Emma is not the only one of the amazing characters in this book, its packed with the most interesting and lovable people. From Julian, who is her parabatai and the one who is looking after his smaller brothers and sisters. To Mark who has returned from the Hunt a very different man. Mark however is probably my favourite one. He is so interesting, mysterious and precious. He has surprised me over and over and I cant wait to read more about him in the future.

Of course this book doesn't miss out on another amazing love story and once again Cassandra has made forbidden love the main focal point. But in no way is she repeating history, its a very different kind if forbidden love one with a twist that we are only just about to discover.

What this book is filled with and what we are used to from Cassandra is an amazing amount of adventure, fights, battles... there is always something going on. Its all so well written I can see it happening in my mind.

I love how all the characters we loved in previous books make an appearance here and there. It means so much and I still care about all of them. Cassandra made a great choice here. While their stories have ended and there is no point going back there, she is giving the fans a way to see where their lives have taken them. I almost made a little squeak every time I saw a familiar name.

The world building is once again another level and I don't ever want Cassandra to leave this world. This is probably my favourite one of all times. I want it to be part of my life for as long as possible. Can you imagine how happy I was that there is going to be at least another 5 books?? YES YES YES!!!! Give me now!

The only bad thing is the huge book hangover I am left with and the year waiting I now have to do till the next book! Oh how to cope!!??

I LOVE this book!! Its probably my favourite book in a long long time!

If you haven't read any of Cassandra Clare's books then you really should!! But do so from the start and in the right order. Not only does it make more sense this way but you will love how she connects the different characters and stories!!! Plus all of the books will make your shelf so so so pretty, those covers are all to die for!

Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves #12

Weekly Wrap Up...

This week I have finished two books. The first one being Lady Midnight, which has left me with a massive book hangover. And the second one was The Square Root of Summer. I really enjoyed both books, but Lady Midnight has been just amazing in every possible way. Both reviews to follow next week.

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. "Lady Midnight" is a Shadowhunters novel.
It s been five years since the events of "City of Heavenly Fire" that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.
Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn t lead her in treacherous directions
Making things even more complicated, Julian s brother Mark who was captured by the faeries five years ago has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind and they need the Shadowhunters help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?
Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare s Dark Artifices series."

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This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity.

Gottie H. Oppenheimer is losing time. Literally. When the fabric of the universe around her seaside town begins to fray, she's hurtled through wormholes to her past:

To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died. To the afternoon she fell in love with Jason, who wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. To the day her best friend Thomas moved away and left her behind with a scar on her hand and a black hole in her memory.

Although Grey is still gone, Jason and Thomas are back, and Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide—and someone's heart is about to be broken.

Stacking the Shelves...

Hosted by Tynga’s Reviews

I have added 4 Books to my shelves this week. 3 of which I have received of NetGalley and one via Bookbridgr. I cant thank both enough for providing me with amazing books over and over again.

NetGalley...

One Demon.

One Angel.

One Soul.

Josh lived a reckless, selfish life, so upon his death, escaping the eternal torments of Hell by assuming the role of a powerful, soul-corrupting demon is an easy choice. His first soul assignment doesn’t seem too hard: the mortal Camden is already obsessed with weapons, pain, and torture. If only Josh wasn’t distracted by Cam's beautiful friend, Grace.

Grace never expected to die violently at age sixteen, but now she’s an Angel, responsible for saving a soul. She can already see past Camden’s earthly flaws, so the job should be be easy. If only that handsome, playboy Josh would stop getting in the way.

It’s forbidden for an Angel to be with a Demon, so if Josh and Grace stop resisting each other, the results would be disastrous.

And only one can claim Cam’s soul.

EVERYONE wants to be someone.

Layla Harrison wants to be a reporter.
Aster Amirpour wants to be an actress.
Tommy Phillips wants to be a guitar hero.
But Madison Brooks took destiny and made it her own a long time ago.

She’s Hollywood’s hottest starlet, and the things she did to become the name on everyone’s lips are merely a stain on the pavement, ground beneath her Louboutin heel.

That is, until Layla, Aster, and Tommy find themselves with a VIP invite to the world of Los Angeles’s nightlife and are lured into a competition. The prize, or rather the target? Madison Brooks.

Just as their hopes begin to gleam like stars through the California smog, Madison Brooks goes missing. . . . And all of their hopes are blacked out in the haze of their lies.

Two women on either side of the Silver and Red divide tell the stories no one else knows.

Discover the truth of Norta’s bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1 New York Times bestseller Red Queen.

Queen Song

Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary—how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life.
Steel Scars

Diana Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected. As she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital, she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation—Mare Barrow.


Bookbridgr...

Until recently Rose was known for many things: her infectious positivity; her unique artistic talent; and her devotion to childhood sweetheart Lucas.

But two years ago that changed in one unthinkable moment. Now, Rose is known for being the young woman who became a widow aged just twenty-four.

Though Rose knows that life must go on, the thought of carving out a new future for herself is one she can barely entertain. Until a newcomer, Robert, arrives in Talting for the summer...
Can Rose allow herself the chance to love again?

WWW Wednesday (16th March)

 WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s open for anyone to join in and is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.

The three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

I am currently reading...

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This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity.

Gottie H. Oppenheimer is losing time. Literally. When the fabric of the universe around her seaside town begins to fray, she's hurtled through wormholes to her past:

To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died. To the afternoon she fell in love with Jason, who wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. To the day her best friend Thomas moved away and left her behind with a scar on her hand and a black hole in her memory.

Although Grey is still gone, Jason and Thomas are back, and Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide—and someone's heart is about to be broken.

I have recently finished...

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. "Lady Midnight" is a Shadowhunters novel.
It s been five years since the events of "City of Heavenly Fire" that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.
Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn t lead her in treacherous directions
Making things even more complicated, Julian s brother Mark who was captured by the faeries five years ago has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind and they need the Shadowhunters help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?
Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare s Dark Artifices series."

I plan on reading next...

Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.

But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule. And now faces life-changing repercussions.

She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.

In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where obedience is paramount and rebellion is punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her-everything.

'LEARN TO SALSA DANCE,' the card in the shop window read. 'Experience the red-hot vibes of Latin America right here in the Lake District. Beginners and singles welcome.'

Lauren Scott lives in 'The most romantic place in Britain', but her love life is about as successful as her mountain climbing skills. The man she's obsessed over for two years has proposed to someone else - and her only solution is to save up for six months to go travelling, so she never has to set eyes on him again.

But when her friends sign her up for a dance class - in the same historic hotel where her beloved dad worked and her most precious childhood memories were formed - Lauren makes a horrifying discovery. It's been sold to a faceless budget chain, which has depressing plans in store. Worse, the entrepreneur behind it all turns out to be among a group of guys her friend Cate roped in to join the very same salsa class they've signed up for....

Review: ILLUMINAE by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.

Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

WOW WOW WOW I don't even know where to begin. Why did I wait this long to read it! Let me say one thing... Your bookshelf needs this!

I cant even do my usual little recap of the story because this isn't easy to explain. There is a lot happening, its very sci-fi and YA in one. But its written in the most unique way possible, we get to read files, emails, notes of cctv, chats.... and all those things give you such a different reading experience. Added to this there is even some visual stuff too that is so cool and unique. I could not put this down at all.

But that is not the only great thing about this book of course. The story those files produce isn't to shabby either. I was so hooked from the start. There is always something happening and the characters are great. The love story in this is stunning and it broke my heart in pieces. Kady is so strong and she knows exactly what she wants to do, which is to do the right thing. And Ezra is just so easily to fall in love with.

I can not praise this book enough, what a smashing page turner, filled with everything a good book needs and so much more. Kaufman and Kristoff have created something that will hopefully inspire many other authors, to do something similar in the future. Those two are an incredible team and I am already excited for their next book .

Be kind to your bookshelf and add this beauty to it, your bookshelf will be forever grateful.

Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves #11

Weekly Wrap Up...


I have only finished one book this week which is ILLUMINAE, I have been wanting to read this for sooooo long. Its incredible, my review will be up tomorrow. Lady Midnight is such a long book its almost like reading too, will probably be reading that well into next week.

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.

Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

Stacking the Shelves...

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This week I cant tell you enough how much I love NetGalley, I have had two wishes granted. First Passenger which I have been eyeing up for aaaaaages and then wicked heart, which is the 3rd book in the Starcrossed series. I have read the 2 others which are Bad Romeo and Broken Juliet, those have been in my top 10 books last year. I am rather very excited!

In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard of. Until now.

Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can’t escape and the family that won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholas’ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings it back to them— whether she wants to or not.

Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home . . . forever

Liam Quinn is talented, gorgeous, and one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

He's also the only man Elissa Holt has ever truly loved.

After being out of her life for six years, he and his gorgeous fiancé are set to star in the new Broadway show Elissa is stage managing. The only trouble is, when late night rehearsals bring Elissa and Liam together, the line between what is and what could have been gets blurred, and one moment of weakness will lead to a scandal that echoes around the world.

Elissa knows that falling for Liam again would be a tragedy in the making, but as any good romantic will tell you, love doesn’t always follow the script.

I have had a little treat arrive this week, 2 amazing books!! The first one is Glass Sword, which I have actually read and reviewed in the past (review here) but I haven't had the physical copy of it. So this needed to be added to my collection.

If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.

The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.

But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.

Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.



And the second one is (eeeeeeeeek), the post anticipated read of the year for me, Lady Midnight. WOW what a huuuuge book this is. But I am enjoying every single page.

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. "Lady Midnight" is a Shadowhunters novel.
It s been five years since the events of "City of Heavenly Fire" that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.
Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn t lead her in treacherous directions
Making things even more complicated, Julian s brother Mark who was captured by the faeries five years ago has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind and they need the Shadowhunters help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?
Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare s Dark Artifices series."

I have also won a book on Goodreads a while back. It's come all the way from the USA so it took some time to get here. It's beautiful and huuuuuuuger! Even bigger then my Lady Midnight. Wow! 

Four hundred twenty-five years ago, the “Lost Colony of Roanoke” became the most vexing and enduring mystery in American history—a mystery that lives on today. Dangerous Dreams is the story of what might have happened to the Colony; told in the personal, exciting, terrifying manner in which it surely occurred.

On July 23, 1587, England established its first permanent North American settlement on Roanoke Island in present day North Carolina. Barely a month later, the colony’s deteriorating circumstances forced Governor John White to return to England for additional supplies and colonists. However, war with Spain preempted his return until 1590, when upon his arrival, he discovered the colony had vanished.

The Lost Colony’s saga mysteriously unfolds through the lifelike dreams of a young twenty-first century woman, Allie O'Shay, who after her dreams continue like a TV mini-series, night after night, deduces she's dreaming the gripping drama of the Lost Colony. But Allie’s dreams do far more than witness history—they entwine her with a young colonist named Emily Colman with whom she develops a strange, compelling emotional intimacy.

Emily and the colonists begin their struggle for survival against mounting adversity—internal dissent erupts, two suitors seek Emily’s favor, the powerful Powhatan chiefdom plans the colony’s demise, and four warriors from a tribe to the distant north arrive to trade with tribes near the colony. The subplots converge amidst the excruciating drama of the colony’s waning fortunes, and Emily faces terrifying perils that ultimately force her to make an agonizing, fateful decision.

Increasingly distraught, Allie follows the Lost Colony and Emily as they march inexorably toward their destinies. Desperate to understand the genesis and verity of her dreams, she probes the depths of modern dream science to fashion a theoretical explanation. But as the colony’s prospects dim, she discovers there may be far more to her bond with the Lost Colony and Emily Colman than she could ever have imagined; and as her emotional fusion with Emily surges, she faces a dire challenge that threatens her own survival.

Review: These Days of Ours by Juliet Ashton

A novel about love. Raw important love. Small, beautiful love. And what happens when the person you love cannot be yours… Perfect for fans of Rowan Coleman, Jane Green and David Nicholls.

Kate and Becca are cousins and best friends. They have grown up together and shared all the most important milestones in their lives: childhood birthday parties, eighteenth birthdays, and now a wedding day as they each marry their childhood sweethearts, Charlie and Julian.

Kate has always loved Charlie - they were meant to be. Then she discovers that life never turns out quite how you expect it to. And love doesn't always follow the journey it should.

But best friends are forever, and true love will find a way, won't it…?

I am not the biggest fan of romance and stuff like that other then YA and some New Adult here and there. So I wouldn't have normally picked this up for myself. But I am really glad I have gotten to read this. Its not the most mindblowing book I have read but I have thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

This book is about life really and how it gets in your way. How one little action can change your life in ways you cant even begin to imagine. Its about the right and wrong timing. But most of all its about love.

It shows how live can affect you when you cant be with the person you love. It proves how much time we loose when we don't speak out about how we truly feel.

Kate's life is an absolute rollercoaster ride of up and downs and total twists. And it makes for a very interesting read. This is not your usual boy meets girl, falls in love, falls out, sorts things out and lives happily ever after. It is filled with plenty of inbetween. Full with what ifs and if onlys. I was hooked from the start. However somewhere about 3/4 in the book I got a little bored. I feel like Kate's life has been filled with a little to much unnecessary drama at that point. But it turned it all around some in the end.

This isn't just about love however, its about Family, loss, friendship and big dreams. The book is full of heart and beautiful written. I love how real the characters are and how real the relationships are. I think we all know love isn't always an easy ride and life certainly isn't always what we want it to be. This has captured Kate's journey in such a believable way, it could have been any us.

I have enjoyed reading These Days of Ours and I will be a bit more open minded about romances in the future for sure.

Thank you to Merle at Simon and Schuster for my copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

This book is being released tomorrow, 1st Match 2016.

Review: You send me a letter by Lucy Dawson

What if your worst enemy found out your darkest secret?

At 2 a.m. on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes to find an intruder in her bedroom. The intruder hands Sophie a letter and issues a threat: open the letter at her party that evening, in front of family and friends, at exactly 8 p.m., or those she loves will be in grave danger.

What can the letter possibly contain?

This will be no ordinary party; Sophie is not the only person keeping a secret about the evening ahead. When the clock strikes eight, the course of several people's lives will be altered forever.

I have been putting this review off for a few days now and its time I finally do this. You send me a letter is about Sophie, who just as she is turning 40 finds a strange man in her bedroom threatening her and leaving her a letter. Demanding that she reads this letter later on at her 40th bday party, if she fails to do as she is told something bad could happen to her family.

Sophie soon discovers that the birthday party isn't actually just that, but something much more. While preparing for her big day she is forever thinking of this letter. She believes she knows exactly who could have done this to her.

I truly believe that what makes this book is the end! It is a superb and very surprising one. However, getting there wasn't always so thrilling. There is parts in the book that just kind of wasn't getting anywhere. But that is soon forgiven when the end comes.

This is a short and easy read, it flows nicely. Wasn't my favourite book and probably would have had a lower opinion of it if it hadn't come to such a great end.

Thank you to Corvus Publishing for my copy, in exchange for my honest review.

You Send Me A Letter is out TODAY!

WWW Wednesday (9th March)

 WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s open for anyone to join in and is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.

The three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

I am currently reading...

(eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!)

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. "Lady Midnight" is a Shadowhunters novel.
It s been five years since the events of "City of Heavenly Fire" that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.
Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn t lead her in treacherous directions
Making things even more complicated, Julian s brother Mark who was captured by the faeries five years ago has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind and they need the Shadowhunters help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?
Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare s Dark Artifices series."

I have recently finished...

Dawn breaks over Vancouver and no one in the world has slept the night before, or almost no one. A few people, perhaps one in ten thousand, can still sleep, and they’ve all shared the same golden dream.

After six days of absolute sleep deprivation, psychosis will set in. After four weeks, the body will die. In the interim, panic ensues and a bizarre new world arises in which those previously on the fringes of society take the lead.

Paul, a writer, continues to sleep while his partner Tanya disintegrates before his eyes, and the new world swallows the old one whole.

What if your worst enemy found out your darkest secret?

At 2 a.m. on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes to find an intruder in her bedroom. The intruder hands Sophie a letter and issues a threat: open the letter at her party that evening, in front of family and friends, at exactly 8 p.m., or those she loves will be in grave danger.

What can the letter possibly contain?

This will be no ordinary party; Sophie is not the only person keeping a secret about the evening ahead. When the clock strikes eight, the course of several people's lives will be altered forever.

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.

Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

I plan on reading next..

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This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity.

Gottie H. Oppenheimer is losing time. Literally. When the fabric of the universe around her seaside town begins to fray, she's hurtled through wormholes to her past:

To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died. To the afternoon she fell in love with Jason, who wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. To the day her best friend Thomas moved away and left her behind with a scar on her hand and a black hole in her memory.

Although Grey is still gone, Jason and Thomas are back, and Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide—and someone's heart is about to be broken.

Meet Celaena Sardothien.
Beautiful. Deadly.
Destined for greatness.

In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake: she got caught.

Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament—fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin’s heart be melted?