FRIDAY STARS – Your Weekly Must Knows 10/23/15

Happy Friday!  Below you will find:
A giveaway!
What we just finished and loved!
What we are planning to read next (a buddy read is involved!).
Upcoming releases, in the next week, that we are extremely excited about!
And of course the latest sales and freebies, which we have either read or have on our to-read lists.
♥ Enjoy!

Giveaways

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Just Finished and Loved

The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) by Julie Kagawa5 Stars!  Eternity Cure was hauntingly dark and I found myself easily lost in this twisted world that had me terrified for what was to come.  The story continues!  In The Immortal Rules, to Survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness…  Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them—the vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself dies…and becomes one of the monsters.  Forced to flee her city, Allie must pass for human as she joins a ragged group of pilgrims seeking a legend—a place that might have a cure for the disease that killed off most of civilization and created the rabids, the bloodthirsty creatures who threaten human and vampire alike. And soon Allie will have to decide what—and who—is worth dying for…again.  Enter Julie Kagawa’s dark and twisted world as an unforgettable journey begins.  Jen’s Review

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Our Other Reviews:

4 Stars:
First & Then by Emma Mills → Chelsea’s Review

1.5 Stars:
The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong → Anna’s Review

 

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Reading Next

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins(BUDDY READ YAY – a new read for Jen, Harriet and our GR friend Jennifer, and a re-read for Chelsea, Anna & Laura!  The group chat has already begun, even though the reading won’t start till Sunday!  It entails talk of Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and how Ansel’s soul is soooo good lol-BUT we’re split 50/50 for the lovers and the mehs of the Ansel Fan Club 😉 ) In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

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The Forever Song (Blood of Eden #3) by Julie Kagawa – The story continues…. In The Immortal Rules – In a future world, vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity.  Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.  Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die…or become one of the monsters.  Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.  Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.  But it isn’t easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.

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Upcoming Releases

What We Left Behind by Robin Talley (Releases 10/27) – Toni and Gretchen are the couple everyone envied in high school. They’ve been together forever. They never fight. They’re deeply, hopelessly in love. When they separate for their first year at college—Toni to Harvard and Gretchen to NYU—they’re sure they’ll be fine. Where other long-distance relationships have fallen apart, theirs is bound to stay rock-solid.  The reality of being apart, though, is very different than they expected. Toni, who identifies as genderqueer, meets a group of transgender upperclassmen and immediately finds a sense of belonging that has always been missing, but Gretchen struggles to remember who she is outside their relationship.  While Toni worries that Gretchen won’t understand Toni’s new world, Gretchen begins to wonder where she fits in this puzzle. As distance and Toni’s shifting gender identity begin to wear on their relationship, the couple must decide—have they grown apart for good, or is love enough to keep them together?

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The Iron Warrior (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #3) by Julie Kagawa (Releases 10/27) – The story continues!  In The Lost PrinceDon’t look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them.  That is Ethan Chase’s unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs—including his reputation—begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he’d dare to fall for.  Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister’s world—the land of Faery. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten.

 

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Check out our list of upcoming releases that we can’t wait for Click Here

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Sales

$0.99


New Sale

5 Stars!
Jen’s Review
Chelsea’s Review

$1.99


New Sale

4 Stars!
Chelsea’s Review

5 Stars!
Chelsea’s Review
Anna’s Review

4.5 Stars!
Chelsea’s Review

$2.99


New Sale 4 Stars!
Chelsea’s Review

New Sale 4 Stars!
Chelsea’s Review

New Sale 4.5 Stars!
Chelsea’s Review

4.5 Stars!
Cheslea’s Review

5 Stars!
Anna’s Review
Jen’s Review
Chelsea’s Review

4.5 Stars!
Chelsea’s Review
 
New Sale   4.5 Stars!
Jen’s Review
Chelsea’s Review
$3.99+

 

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