Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Liebster Blog Award

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This I my very first time doing this Liebster Award and it looks like a good way to discover new blogs and be able to nominate awesome people and their blog's along the way. So bare with me if I make a few mistakes or sound like a boring person. I hope you enjoy this and will take part in it! {If you are new to my blog- Be sure to follow me and leave a comment and I will follow you back :D } I created my Liebster picture posted above (yes I know I spelt it wrong in the pic please forgive me- I'm to lazy to fix it:P ) but you can find Other Liebster photo's on Google.


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Review- "DARE YOU TO" by Katie McGarry

Dare You To

Author: Katie McGarry
Pages: Hardcover, 462
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release Date: May 28th 2013
Synposis from Goodreads:

Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth."
"No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again....
"I dare you..."


If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does....

Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock-with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him.

But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams-and his life-for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all....



About the Author

( from Goodreads)
KATIE MCGARRY was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
Katie would love to hear from her readers. Contact her via her website, katielmcgarry.com, follow her on Twitter @KatieMcGarry, or become a fan on Facebook and Goodreads..

Where to start on my thought about DARE YOU TO. Well let me say this first it was a great read. It kept me entranced and I fell in love right along side with Beth and Ryan.

I read the first book of this series call "Pushing The Limits." Which was an amazing read as well ( Love me some Noah! :D) Anyhow,DARE YOU TO is about one of the characters that appears in Pushing The Limits. That is Beth Risk who is good friends with Noah from Pushing The Limits.

Beth Risk has a hard life full of drug use, whoredom, Abused by her mother boyfriend, among other troubles she finds herself coming to live with her Uncle she thought left her to fend for herself.

Prior to living with her uncle she meet this dreamy blond haired stranger through a Dare. As He was Dare by his friends to get her number. She blew him off. Just her luck when she goes to live with her uncle that same dreamy boy, Ryan, has volunteer to help show her around. Little did each party know they end up using each other to get what they thought they wanted. As it goes through the story they slowly start to realize the other person isn't who they seem to be. Maybe just maybe they are a little more then what is seen on the outside. Once they start to love and trust each other something happens to test their love.

I really enjoy the way Katie McGarry writes her stories. DARE YOU TO (as well as Pushing the Limits) are told in two POV. It switch back and forth between Ryan and Beth. I enjoy this because we get to see what the guys is thinking. I for one read a lot of books with the main POV is in a girls perspective which I like because I can relate more to the character but I always like reading how the guys feel towards the main girl. It really helps me crush more on the guys! Speaking of crushes, I have yet another book crush :D Ryan is a dream boat. Baseball all-star, blond hair, dreamy brown eyes and a smile that can melt heart. What is not to love about that! He is kind of a jerk at first to Beth but once he opens up he shows that he is a kind and sensitive guy.I really enjoy the little switch up with virginity, with many stories I have read it's always the girls who are the virgins and not the guys. I guess guy get around more usually..lol..I enjoyed see that guys to can also be virgins and wait for a girl they love. I really love when characters (especially the guys) call it making love and not the F word. It's much more romantic and show the true nature of their love. I simply loved the ending ( endings, especially happy ones, are always my favorite part of books. I usually cheat and read the ending before I start a book :D ) One of my favorite quotes happens towards the end. All in all I really enjoyed DARE YOU TO.

I would recommend this book to teen and adults who like YA (romance, high school drama)I give DARE YOU TO 4.5 Stars!( I really liked Dare You To but I think I enjoyed Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry just a little more- I'm more of a Noah fan. Although Ryan is still dreamy in my book :D ) *A Must Read!*

Favorite Quote

~"Kiss me. Not just a peck. The real deal."
Ryan glances around at the bleachers full of hundreds of people "Excuse me?"
"I, Beth Risk, do double dog dare you to kiss me in front of all these people."~


I want to thank Netgalley for providing a ARC of "Dare You To"! I'm happy I have the chance to review it! I also want to thank Katie for writing such an Amazing book and keeping a good series going. Lastly as always I want to Thank anyone who read this! It means a lot that you would take the time to read my review!

XOXO Brenna

Friday, April 26, 2013

Feature & Follow #3

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Swoon Thurday- #2- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Waiting On Wednesday #2: Renegade Heart (Mystic City #2)by Theo Lawrence

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event,by http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com ( click picture above), that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is for me is:

Renegade Heart (Mystic City #2)by Theo Lawrence

Goodreads:
Expected publication: July 2013 ( I believe Goodreads has the wrong date- I was told by the author that the book will be out in July this year not April 2014)* I hope July is still the Expected Date!*

*Mystic City, the first book of this series was amazing! I really enjoy it. I would recommend Mystic city to read if you haven't read it yet.*

Synopsis from goodreads
A city in flames. A trust betrayed. A perfect love destroyed.

Has Aria lost Hunter, her one true love?

Ever since rebellion broke out in Mystic City, pitting the ruling elite against the magic-wielding mystics, Aria has barely seen her boyfriend. Not surprising, since Hunter is the leader of the mystic uprising, and he'll do whatever it takes to win freedom for his people—even if that means using Aria.

But Aria is no one's pawn. She believes she can bring the two warring sides together, save the city, and win back the Hunter she fell in love with.

Before she can play peacemaker, though, Aria will need to find the missing heart of a dead mystic. The heart gives untold powers to whoever possesses it, but finding it means seeking out a fierce enemy whose deepest desire is for Aria to be gone—forever.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Review: RUNES by Ednah Walters

Runes

Author: Ednah Walters
Publisher: Firetrail Publishing
Release Date: May 20th 2013

Synposis from Goodreads:

Seventeen-year-old Raine Cooper has enough on her plate dealing with her father’s disappearance, her mother’s erratic behavior and the possibility of her boyfriend relocating. The last thing she needs is Torin St. James—a mysterious new neighbor with a wicked smile and uncanny way of reading her.

Raine is drawn to Torin’s dark sexiness against her better judgment, until he saves her life with weird marks and she realizes he is different. But by healing her, Torin changes something inside Raine. Now she can’t stop thinking about him. Half the time, she’s not sure whether to fall into his arms or run.

Scared, she sets out to find out what Torin is. But the closer she gets to the truth the more she uncovers something sinister about Torin. What Torin is goes back to an ancient mythology and Raine is somehow part of it. Not only are she and her friends in danger, she must choose a side, but the wrong choice will cost Raine her life.


About the Author

( from Goodreads)
Ednah is the author of The Guardian Legacy series, a YA fantasy series about children of the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED, the prequel was released in September 2010 with rave reviews. BETRAYED, book one in the series was released by her new publisher Spencer Hill Press in June 2012 and HUNTED, the third installment, will be released April 2013. She’s working on the next book in the series, FORGOTTEN.
Ednah also writes New Adult paranormal romance. RUNES is the first book in her new series. She is presently working on book 2, IMMORTALS.
Under the pseudonym E. B. Walters, Ednah writes contemporary romance. SLOW BURN, the first contemporary romance with suspense, was released in April 2011. It is the first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Since then she has published four more books in this series. She's presently working on book six.
You can visit her online at www.ednahwalters.com or www.ebwalters.com,. She’s also on Facebook,twitter, ya-twitter, Google-plus, and RomanceBlog, YAblog.

Holy Runes! Where do I start? Well maybe I should start off with the best part of the book and those of you who have gotten a chance to read would all agree that the best part is Torin. Torin is Raine's very sexy new neighbor. He push all her buttons and she feel at time that she hates him but at the same time is drawn to him. She cant seem to stay away from him ( and I'm not complaining that she can't.) He seems to have all the answers but yet she is stubborn and wont seek the answers.

Runes is about Norse mythology instead the normal Greek mythology so many write about. The way Ednah wrote the characters and mythological story-line kept me wanting more, It was a page turner. I especially love any and all scenes with Torin. I love the cute nickname he gives Raine. I love how sexy he is on his motorcycle. I most definitely LOVE the way he treats Raine. He says the most sweetest things to her.

Throughout the story there were a few typo's and missing word in ARC book I have but it didn't ruin it for me( By the time Runes is out they probably will be fixed). No Siree! I enjoyed Runes front to back. I only wish now I could have Immortals ( which is the 2nd book- but there is no release date up yet.)

Anyways back to Torin...*cough* I mean to Runes. The story-line had a lot of friendship, loyalty,love, and even some evil dudes. Mix that all together and you have one AWESOME book! Runes story-line flow well together and didn't leave me confuse. The ending of this book is a cliff hanger and it is driving me nuts! I loved the ending but I also hated it.(hate in a good way..lol)By that I mean it was a really good ending but now i'm suffering having to wait for book two but it will be well worth the wait.

I would recommend this book to teen and adults who like YA (romance, mythological stories)I give this story 5 Stars( and if I knew how to post the cool little stars I would.)

A Few Favorite Quotes

"My Face is up here, freckles." ~ Torin

"You're welcome." he said. "Bite me." I hurried away, hating the sticky,wet blood on my skin. ~ Torin & Raine


I want to thank Netgalley for providing a ARC and letting me review Runes! I also want to thank Ednah for writing such a wonderful book and creating character's I enjoyed. Lastly Thank you to anyone who read this! It means a lot that you would take the time to read my review!

XOXO Brenna

Friday, April 19, 2013

Feature and Follow #2

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It's that time again! Feature and Follow! This is my 2nd one and I'm loving this fun way to meet other bloggers! If you want to join click the picture above and follow the rules! Now to Answer yet another tough question :P...

Q: If you could hang out with any author (living) who would it be and what would you want to do?

This really is a tough question. I have a few authors I would love to hang out with. But I think I'll list the most recent author I have read and one of my favorites! Jennifer L Armentrout I love her Lux and Covenant Series and excitedly waiting for a few of her books to come out! (like Obsession out in may!)
I would love to know how she came up with her sexy characters *cough* Daemon and Aiden mostly *cough* It would be fun to just to sit and chat one on one with her. Being able to do that with any well known published author would be an Amazing experience!

So how about you? who would you choose?!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Swoon Thursday- #1

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{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! I want to know & so do the chicks at YABound!}


My swoon worthy moment is from

Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

" I push past him. He grabbed my hand and swung me back toward him.
Then he pushed me against the wall and kissed me.
He ran his thumb along my jawline and down my throat, hips pinning me to the wall.
He kissed me slowly and with intensity,and once I got over the mind-numbing shock and realized what was actually happening, it was incredible.
I had never been kissed like that before.
We melted together.Every movement of mine was somehow perfectly mirrored by his.
My heart was pounding so hard I knew he must have been able to feel it, and I was sure my legs were giving way,but he held me up,pushed me harder against the wall."

Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters, #1)

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Wait On Wednesday: Goddess (starcrossed,#3) by Josephine Angelini

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This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is for me is:

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Goddess by Josephine Angelini

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Expected publication: May 28th 2013 by HarperTeen
After accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count. To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a wedge between the once-solid group of friends. As the gods use the Scions against one another, Lucas’s life hangs in the balance. Still unsure whether she loves him or Orion, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, for war is coming to her shores. In Josephine Angelini’s compelling conclusion to the masterfully woven Starcrossed trilogy, a goddess must rise above it all to change a destiny that’s been written in the stars. With worlds built just as fast as they crumble, love and war collide in an all-out battle that will leave no question unanswered and no heart untouched.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Book Review #1 - Jennifer L Armentrout

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Feature and Follow #1

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