Stacking the Shelves # 31

 

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. It is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks.


Due to time constraints, I missed doing this meme the last couple of weeks.
However, managing to make a quick stop at the library this week, this is what I brought home:

The Vincent Boys

The Vincent Brothers

both by

Abbi Glines

 

 

 

 

&

Touch of Frost

Kiss of Frost

Dark Frost

Crimson Frost

all by

Jennifer Estep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay! So what did you add to your shelf this week?

I'd really like to know.

Please leave a comment below.

Feature & Follow # 40

 

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet new people and gain more followers in the book blogging community. If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers. But you have to know, the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

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Here’s this week’s question:

What blogger would you most like to meet in real life? Tell us about him or her.

Oh my gosh, this is a tough question for me because I have made so many friends and it would be great to get together with some of them in person.

 In the hope that I'm not offending anyone by leaving them out, here are just a few:

Naomi from Nomi's Paranormal Palace.

Sharrice from Reese's Reviews: My Addiction to Fiction.

Angela from The Reading Cave

Valarie from Stuck In Books

 Vonnie from Vonnie's Reading Corner

Teresa form Readers Live A Thousand Lives


You are awesome girls and it would be great to be able to get together and have a chat.

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So what's your FF?

To play along visit Parajunkee & Alison Can Read
 

Follow them, follow their Featured Blogs and then visit as many blogs as you can, posting your answers.
 

And don't forget to leave your link in the comments section below!

Swoon Thursday # 41 - Prophecy - Child of Light

 

The fabulous girls over at YA Bound created this super HOT meme.
 

Here's how it works. From the book you're currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.
 

Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag#YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog!

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My Swoon for this week comes from

Prophecy - Child of Light

by

F. E. Heaton

 

First - The Blurb:

 

 

A vampire unlike any other, Prophecy lives life in the dark until the night she encounters a sensual dark-haired vampire who is both her enemy and the man who will change her world forever.

A loyal hunter for the Aurorea bloodline, Valentine is bound by duty to report her as the vampire of the prophecy, but he cannot shake the vision of them he saw in her blood. Torn between duty and desire, and determined to uncover the truth, Valentine goes against his order to execute her and kidnaps the beautiful Caelestis female instead.

Thrust into a terrifying world where the seven bloodlines and the Law Keepers are hunting her and her only hope for survival is Valentine, Prophecy battles her temptation to surrender to her illicit attraction to him and fights for her future.

When she discovers her extraordinary destiny, will she be strong enough to embrace it and stop a deadly war from igniting?

 

 

Second - The Swoon:

 

She closed her eyes when his lips brushed against hers in a tender kiss and she leaned into it, her own mouth exploring his. He released her other hand and she wrapped it around his neck, holding onto him while he encircled her waist with his arm and lifted her off the floor. She clung to him, her body moulded against his and their lips fused together in a kiss that began to turn passionate.

 

Her whole body felt warm and the stars on her skin burned in response to the feelings of elation running through her. Tracing her tongue along his lower lip, a thrill ran down her spine when his met it. Her fingers buried themselves in his hair, holding him against her mouth so that she could make the most of what was happening.

 

 

 

Third - My Thoughts:

 

Prophecy - The Child of Light is the first book in the Vampires Realm Trilogy.

 

At the beginning of the story, we are introduced to Prophecy, a young vampire who can't remember any of her human life and has been kept a prisoner in her home for the past 20 years. Finally daring to escape, she comes across a drunk man in a cemetary and makes her first kill.

 

Valentine, a 300 year old vampire who is from a rival family, sees her and is intrigued. Unable to resist the draw of her blood, he bites her. On consuming her blood, he discovers her identity. Reporting back to his leader, he is ordered to kill her but he cannot go through with it. Deciding to save her instead, the two of them embark on a journey which not only sees them forming a connection which is forbidden, but also begins to uncover the real reason for her existence.

 

I enjoyed the  story but found it a little slow paced. The cover eludes to a romantic entanglement, but to my disappointment, there were not too many swoon worthy moments.

 

My Rating for this one: 4 out of 5 stars.

 

 

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Okay, so what do you think?

If you liked my Swoon, please leave a comment below!



Teaser Tuesday # 40 - Wicked Fate

 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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This week's Tease comes from

Wicked Fate

by

Tabatha Vargo

The Blurb:

 

What if you lived in fear of yourself?

For Mage McPherson being afraid of herself is just the norm. Thanks to that fear, being a loner in a small town never bothered the mysterious Mage. Once she received her secret abilities, she figured being alone was the safest way to be. That all changes during her sophomore year at Summerville High when Adam, her equally mysterious secret crush, starts to notice her.

Afraid that she might harm Adam, Mage must learn to either control or deny herself. With Adam by her side she's more powerful than she’s ever been, but is she powerful enough to defeat her worst nightmare? She learns a hard lesson about love and magic when her destiny comes to collect.

 

 

 

 

 

The Tease:

 

I find myself staring at his full mouth. His tongue peeks out at the corner for a minute giving me an actual physical reaction. The light layer of dark hair above his perky top lip begs to be kissed. A sexy smirk develops letting me know I've been busted staring at his mouth inappropriately.

 

My eyes search for a neutral place to land, but when it comes to Adam, every part of him invokes lust.

 

 

 

 

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If you liked my tease, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or if you don't have a blog, then please leave your ‘teasers’ in the comment section below!

Feature & Follow # 39

 

 

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet new people and gain more followers in the book blogging community. If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers. But you have to know, the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

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Here’s this week’s question:

The #FF is 150 weeks old! And we want to hear from you! What would you change about the hop? What do you like about it? Or just suggest a question to be used for next week!

There are quite a few things I like about this hop.

First, I get to meet so many awesome and amazing people who share my passion for reading and writing.

Second, I get to discover new blogs.

Third, I constantly find myself introduced to new books, many of which I have added to my ever growing TBR pile.

And of course there are the questions themselves. Each week I look forward to learning what the question is and then reading all the different responses.


 Thanks Alison and Rachel for creating this Hop!!!
 

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So what's your FF?

To play along visit Parajunkee & Alison Can Read
 

Follow them, follow their Featured Blogs and then visit as many blogs as you can, posting your answers.
 

And don't forget to leave your link in the comments section below!

Swoon Thursday # Before The Moon Rises

 

The fabulous girls over at YA Bound created this super HOT meme.
 

Here's how it works. From the book you're currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.
 

Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag#YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog!

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My Swoon for this week comes from a short novel I found while browsing the Apple iTunes Bookstore.


 

Before The Moon Rises

by

Catherine Bybee

The Blurb:

 

After a twelve-hour shift in a busy emergency room, Janet O’Brien is beat. Her last patient arrives unconscious and naked. She’s lead to believe he’s a psyche patient off his meds. However, once he awakens, Janet is charmed by his million-dollar smile and agrees to give him a ride home.


Werewolf, Max Ritter notices the sassy nurse when he wakes after a night under the full moon. Unfortunately, his archrival is drawn to Janet as well. In order to keep her out of harm's way, he opts to keep her close. When the chemistry between them sparks, Max discovers a completely new reason to keep Janet safe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Swoon:

She turned around and peeled the sunglasses off her face. Her smirk told him she knew he wasn't talking about the view.

With her eyes glued to his, Max moved closer and stepped into her personal space. Janet's gaze moved to his lips, she sucked in a small breath.

Max placed one hand to each side of her, boxing her in. Brave, she didn't move away. His breath mingled with hers, he spoke against her lips in a whisper, "Your mouth is so full, so moist. It screams to be kissed."

Her tongue darted out. Her teeth caught it before it disappeared inside. The thought of her catching something else in those teeth made his blood boil. She lifted her chin in invitation. Max wasn't about to ask twice.

He lowered his lips to hers. She tasted sweet with a hint of spice. Her lips were pliable, a gentle nudge, and they opened for his tongue to explore. He kept his hands on the rail and pushed his body against hers. Static electricity surged through him, more than that, his body heated, shuddered. Her scent filled his mind and erased all rational thought.

 

 

 

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Okay, so what do you think?

If you liked my Swoon, please leave a comment below!

 

Teaser Tuesday # 39 - Walking Disaster

 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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This week's Tease comes from

Walking Disaster

by

Jamie McGuire

First - The Blurb:

 

 

Finally, the highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster.

Can you love someone too much?

Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.

In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees.

Every story has two sides. In Beautiful Disaster, Abby had her say. Now it’s time to see the story through Travis’s eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second - The Tease:

 

Abby leaned in again, and this time I let her come close enough to touch her lips to mine. She looked up at me, serious and resolute. "Don't make me beg," she whispered against my mouth.

 

No matter how noble I'd intended to be, those words coming from her mouth destroyed me. I grabbed the back of her head and sealed my lips against hers.

 

 

 

Third - My Thoughts:

 

After reading Beautiful Disaster and loving it, I just had to read Walking Disaster and get inside Travis's head. Seeing the story from his perspective was awesome and helped me understand him better. He is a broken soul, but not beyond saving.

 

Seeing Abby from his side was also interesting. She's the first woman aside from his mother that he has ever loved. Experiencing romantic love for the first time, he certainly runs through some very intense emotions as he tries to win Abby's heart.

 

Knowing how the story ends, made it a little easier to read through those intense emotions.

 

 

My Rating: 5 out of 5

 

 

 

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If you liked my tease, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or if you don't have a blog, then please leave your ‘teasers’ in the comment section below!