Bloodlines...

I actually like this more than Vampire Academy...

The first book in Richelle Mead's brand-new teen fiction series - set in the same world as Vampire Academy.

When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.

I had read the Vampire Academy series and had really liked them. In the fourth one, I think-don't quote me on this, we met Sydney Sage. An alchemist that was hired to help Rose and all that stuff. Then in the last one (again don't quote me) she helps Rose again. I loved reading about Sydney from Rose's point of view and then picking up this book and having her view point on everything that I already knew. This book also gave a deeper understanding to questions that I still had at the end of Vampire Academy. If you liked Vampire Academy then go get this from a friend, buy it, or get it from the library because you will not want to miss this.

Night Star (The Immortals #5)...

So before I totally freak out on how horrible this book is let me just say this... the cover is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Now that I have that out of the way let's get down to the good stuff.

After fighting for centuries to be together, Ever and Damen’s future hinges on one final showdown that will leave readers gasping for breath. Don’t miss this explosive new installment of the #1 bestselling series that’s enchanted millions across the world!

Haven still blames Ever for the death of her boyfriend Roman, no matter how hard Ever’s tried to convince her it was an accident. Now she’s determined to take Ever down…and destroy Damen and Jude along the way. Her first step is to tear Ever and Damen apart—and she has just the ammunition to do it.

Hidden in one of Ever’s past lives is a terrible secret about Damen—a secret that illuminates new facts about her relationship with Jude, but that’s so dark and brutal it might be enough to drive her and Damen apart once and for all. As Ever faces her greatest fears about the guy she wants to spend eternity with, she’s thrust into a deadly clash with Haven that could destroy them all.

Now it’ll take everything she’s got—and bring out powers she never knew she had—to face down her most formidable enemy. But in order to win, she must first ask herself: is her own survival worth dooming Haven to an eternity of darkness in the Shadowland? And will
learning the truth about Damen’s past hold the key to their future?

So to the right of here are the first four books in 'The Immortals' series. Now just to let you know that I did really like the first three... but then Roman happened and he gave Damen a potion so that he and Ever couldn't touch yadda, yadda, yadd. At first it was a good plot line to go on, but then it went on for the rest of the series (or at least I assume that it did because I didn't finish Nightstar and didn't start Everlasting) that Ever's destiny is to find the cure to this potion and she and Damen can finally be together! But trust me and all the other people that get tired of storylines incredibly quickly... this doesn't work. I think that Alyson Noel had a good idea, but she couldn't figure out how to solve this problem. I had to force myself through Dark Flame and then I wasn't sure if I would finish the series. Here's the verdict, I'm not.

Bleeding Violet...

Love can be a dangerous thing...

Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna's tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas in search of a new home.
But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. As she tries to make a place for herself, she discovers dark secrets that would terrify any normal soul. Good thing for Hanna, she's far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen and no one is safe.

So if you are following me on goodreads then you know that I didn't finish 'Bleeding Violet' by Dia Reeves. For me the story sounded good but then when I started it actually didn't click. I started it and I couldn't wait to find out what was wrong with this town and stuff like that. But then I found out and I just didn't care anymore. Yeah it had the appeal of seeing if Hanna and her mom ever bonded, if she and Wyatt's love would last. But even my most favorite things in books, the one thing that I look for in a book is a little romance, and then even that lost its appeal. The voice was kinda the same through the whole book, not starting a little slow, growing, and then a very satisfying climax/ending.

Carrier of the Mark...

So I know that I've been waiting for this book and now that its out... I don't have money to buy it. So I was on goodreads and I saw this in the margins where the ads for books and stuff is (DRUMROLE) its the first chapter of the book! CLICK HERE

I may be far behind with this post but this is news for me so here you go for all you people that care and haven't seen it yet!

Josephine Angelini...

So on goodreads.com I had commented on something that Josephine Angelini had posted about Dreamless (the second book in the Starcrossed series) and this is what it said...

'Starcrossed and Abandon (the two books that were really reviewed in the article) are two of my favorite modern retellings of Greek myths. Josephine you are one of my favorite authors for retellings, up there with Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted) and Alex Flinn (Beastly).'

Then I friend requested her and went on my way. Well today I get on and get on goodreads and this is one of my notifications...

McKenna wrote: "Starcrossed and Abandon (the two books that were really reviewed in the article) are two of my favorite modern retellings of Greek myths. Josephine you are one of my favorite authors for retellings..."

I'm so flattered! That's some mighty good company! <3

Just made my day!!!!

Starcrossed (Starcrossed #1)...

The L.A. Times takes the words right out of my mouth with their review. They also mention a book that is by Meg Cabot called Abandon, which is also one of my favorites. As far as comparing it to Twilight and Percy Jackson, I hadn't really drawn the connections until after reading that review. I can understand the Percy Jackson and Twilight references but its such an original story and retelling that you don't really see it.

How do you defy destiny?

Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history.

As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together—and trying to tear them apart.

I love her story and then so I'm ranking her up there with Alex Flinn and Gail Carson Levine.