Book Haul #6

In My Mailbox & Letterbox Love

 

 IMM is something that was started on TheStorySiren so click on the link and check out her blog if you want to find out more about it and how to participate. Letterbox Love was started over at NarrativelySpeaking and is a more UK based version of IMM. This is basically a way for me to show what books I have received, borrowed or bought each week.

 

Also check out Friday Finds over on ShouldBeReading and Stacking the Shelves over at TyngaReviews, I am in love with all of these as I love finding other blogs to follow and books to read through these! So check them all out and see what you find, Stacking the Shelves has a lot of participants as well which is great.

 

 

 

 

This week I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't go book crazy; well I lied!

 

 

This week I bought:

 

Allegiant (Divergent #3)

by 

Veronica Roth

 

What if your whole world was a lie?
What if a single revelation – like a single choice – changed everything?
What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered – fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.
But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature – and of herself – while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

Got this on my kindle and stayed up till twelve waiting for it to arrive. Have not had it spoiled for me but have seen some less than positive reactions and now I am truly scared!!!




The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1)
by
Julie Kagawa

My vampire creator told me this:
'Sometime in you life, Allison Sekemoto, you will kill a human being. The question is not if it will happen, but when. Do you understand?'
I didn't then, not really. I do now.
In a future world, vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity. She must decide what - and who - are worth dying for. 

I picked this up because of the amazing cover, it looks and feels gorgeous. And the blurb actually sounds really interesting, hoping I can get to this soon.



This week I borrowed:

The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2)
by
Julie Kagawa

Click on the title for a description. I'm not providing one as I haven't read the first book, if I read the blurb I'll spoil it! 



Romeo & Juliet &Vampires
by
Claudia Gabel

The Capulets and the Montagues have some deep and essential differences. Blood differences. Of course, the Capulets can escape their vampire fate, and the Montagues can try not to kill their undead enemies, but ultimately their blood feud is unstoppable. 
So it's really quite a problem when Juliet, a vampire-to-be, and Romeo, the human who should be hunting her, fall desperately in love. What they don't realise is how deadly their love will turn out to be - or what it will mean for their afterlives...

Well you've got to love Romeo and Juliet. I have been given this by a young girl who comes to the Teenage Reading Group at work, and told I have to read it. I will have to get around to it before the next meeting or I'll feel bad.




Scarlet
by
Marissa Meyer

Click on the title to get a description - haven't read the first one and don't want any spoilers!

 

Tiger Lily

by

Jodi Lynn Anderson

This is a love story unlike any you've ever heard...

Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings... until she meets Peter Pan in the forbidding woods of Neverland. Immediately she falls under his spell - holding him like a secret in her heart.

Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Reckless and brave, he both scares and enthrals her. She will risk everything - her family, her future - to be with him. 

But Tiger Lily soon discovers that the most dangerous enemy can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.

This sounds like a really great read but also like a sad one. I know this book will probably make me love Tiger Lily and then rip my poor heart out by having Wendy come in and ruin everything. Don't make me hate Wendy!

Blood Family

by

Anne Fine

 

Locked away by his mother's monster of a boyfriend, Edward is seven years old before a neighbour spots his pale face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window. Rescue comes, but lasting damage has been done.

Years on, it's clear to Edward's adoptive family that something in his past haunts him still. Then Edward catches sight of a photograph that shocks him to the core.

Could there be yet another monster in his life who has been waiting to break out all along?

 

Sounds interesting, but one that will probably make me sad too. Why do I do this to myself? Why?

 

 

 

Hurt

by 

Tabitha Suzuma

 

At seventeen, Matheo Walsh is Britain's most promising diving champion. He is wealthy, popular - and there's Lola, the girlfriend of his dreams. 

But then there was that weekend. A weekend he cannot bring himself to remember. All he knows is that what happened then has changed him for ever. 

Matheo is faced with the most devastating choice of his life. Keep his secret, and put those closest to him in terrible danger. Or confess, and lose Lola completely. 

 

I loved, loved, loved Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma, I reviewed on the blog and it is one of my all time favourite reads. So when I saw she had a new book out I had to get it. Excited for this one. 

 

 

 

This week I received for review: 

 

  The Switch

by

Dawn Pendleton and Andrea Heltsley

Honor and Faith haven’t switched places since they were kids. When Honor begs her twin sister to go on a date with her boyfriend, Cameron, Faith reluctantly agrees. The problem is that she lets things go too far. Now Honor and Cameron have broken up and he won’t stop calling Faith, claiming he felt something more for her. The scary thing is, Faith felt it too. The problem, however, is the one rule that sisters and best friends abide by: don’t date their exes.
Honor has her own problems. Breaking it off with Cameron was the right thing to do, but now his best friend, Parker, won’t leave her alone. The more time they spend together, the more Honor starts to heal. Suddenly, Honor sees Parker as more than just a friend who cares – and she wants more.
Neither sister wants to complicate things further and cross those boundaries, but they can’t stop their emotions for the guys in their lives. Turns out, the switch is the one thing that has changed them forever.

Not sure about this one, but I thought I would give it a try!




On the blog last week:

I reviewed:

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Divergent by Veronica Roth

And also:

My Feature & Follow Friday.

Getting to know me.

My Monday musing.

My Top Ten Tuesday Post.

My WWW post. 

Also a big thank you to the following lovely people that followed me. 

Chrissi Reads

The Reading Diaries

Lost In Thought

Defiantly Deviant

Listful Booking

 

Thanks so much!

 

 

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