Thursday, December 25
Tuesday, December 23
Book Review: Brightest Kind of Darkness by PT Michelle
Title: Brightest Kind of Darkness (Brightest Kind of Darkness #1)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance, UF, & Mystery
Pages: ebook
First Published: June 27th, 2011
Where I Got It: My shelf (Amazon freebie)
"Nara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate…until she dreams a future she can’t ignore.
After Nara prevents a bombing at Blue Ridge High, her ability to see the future starts to fade, while people at school are suddenly being injured at an unusually high rate.
Grappling with her diminishing powers and the need to prevent another disaster, Nara meets Ethan Harris, a mysterious loner who seems to understand her better than anyone. Ethan and Nara forge an irresistible connection, but as their relationship heats up, so do her questions about his dark past. "
Such a weird book. Weird, but in a good way. It was an interesting storyline with interesting characters and bad guys. It does seem to take on a Final Destination type plot, but its different especially when you actually get to meet Fate and Death at a couple points in the book. Nara is a girl who can see the future, but only in her dreams; so yes, she dreams her whole next day the night before. After she reports a bomb being placed at the school and she runs into the new guy Ethan, her dreams begin to sleep away. OH SNAP!
Through a series of events, Nara and Ethan become close and Ethan reveals he has powers too! But his are scary and not at all what I expected. I will not say what, because it is a surprise and you will feel soooooooooooooooo bad for him. 0_0
Gah, I hate everyone in Nara's life for numerous of reasons. The dad is a jerk, because he abandoned the family, which turned the mom into being cold and distant from Nara (even though this event happened 10 years ago - sorry, get over it, your daughter needs you and your love). I loved Aunt Sage, but she angered me when she revealed a huge secret which she should have told Nara after Nara told her HER secret of seeing the future. Lainey was a horrible friend. Gran...well...she was just nuts and should have helped Nara with her powers more. Ethan coming along was honestly the best thing that happened to Nara. He actually cares and wants to help her with her power and protect her from Fate.
Fate...you are an ass! WHY FATE WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! *shakes fist*
The beginning was a little slow and I feared it was gunna turn into Twilight-y stuff, but the author made me happy and veered away from that ditch. It got way better half-way through when things turned dark. :3 YAYY for DARK!
In the end, this was an interesting and fun adventure. It would be cool to see the future, but honestly...there are huge negatives at play when you have this power. You don't want to mess with Fate, because Fate is vengeful. *shakes head* The beginning was worrisome and slow, but things did a mighty turn around and it made me happy. In the end, I shall stamp this with 3 stars.
Favorite Character(s): Nara, Ethan, and Samson
Not-so Favorite Character(s): Pretty much everyone else
Monday, December 22
Blodeuedd Reviews: Sweet Adventure & Sweet Magik
Oskar Klaus' job is killing him. Not even his favorite hobbies (extreme snowboarding and browsing old bookstores) are enough to snap him out of his funk. It's not easy living in the shadow of four successful older brothers and a father named Santa. Little does he know that a kiss on New Year's Eve is about to turn his life upside-down.
Kiana Grant's Manhattan life is a world away from her childhood in Oahu. She traded sunsets and surfing for a respectable career in library science, but Oskar Klaus is a temptation that's hard to resist. Before she knows it, she's in the midst of an outrageous adventure in the North Pole, dealing with mischievous elves, wicked demons, and a devastating attraction to Santa's youngest son.
There's just one problem...a bitter elf hell-bent on revenge threatens the future of everyone in the North Pole, even Santa himself...
My thoughts:
A sweet story set around New Year. If there only was snow outside then I'd totally be in the xmas zone ;) (edit: snow now, yay).
Oscar ...oh well he has green hair, tats, a Seuss hat and loves to snowboard. And super models drool after him.
Kiana hides herself behind ugly glasses and clothes. She does not want a bad boy who is after a super model, and she does have a hard time looking past his exterior. Cos in reality he is a really sweet guy!
Oscar is of course doing the chasing , and she will fall, and they will live happily ever after.
But before that, trouble is brewing in Glassdorf and I liked the other side shown. Just cos they are elves, does not mean they are all nice.
Sweet, fun, read it with some cookies beside you ;)
Kindle Edition, 304 pages
Published November 18th 2013 by Penny Watson
Klaus Brothers #2
Holiday fantasy Romance
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Blurb:Sven Klaus, Chief Toy Designer for Klaus Enterprises, will protect his family at any cost. He's prepared to battle the most threatening adversaries to do it--frost flowers, snowstorms, Yeti. And beautiful tenacious tabloid journalists.
Andi De Luca's reporting career is built on lies--about corrupt politicians, greedy Hollywood stars, and Bigfoot. Now she's determined to uncover the truth about Klaus Enterprises, and she always gets her story. Even if it means revealing her own secret desires to Santa's son.
After all the lies and deception are exposed, will Andi and Sven survive this North Pole adventure? Or will YETI MAKE THEM DEADY?
My thoughts:
I think I have said sweet about them all, but hey, sweet is in the title!!
A sweet novella set before xmas :) There is romance, and a tiny adventure.
But ok the book. Sven is a toy-maker, but he wants to make furniture instead. Andi is a pitbull who has sniffed out a story. Honestly, Sven was adorable and cute. Andi, eh, do you really go from they do not want an interview to they are for certain the mafia who employs kids. She sure has a wild imagination...but, here is the but. She needs to make money for her family. I get that. And she does see the light and fall in love.
The tiny adventure is when they take a trip... ;)
This was really their story, falling in love, the drama thing and then living happily ever after. Nice.
Oh oh, I really like how it started and ended with emails. So fun to read.
Kindle Edition, 204 pages
Published October 27th 2014 by Penny Watson
Klaus Brothers #3
For review
Friday, December 19
Book Blog Walkers #8
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