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FRIDAY STARS–Your Weekly Must Knows 10/31/14

Friday Stars

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★✩★Just Finished & Loved ★✩★

Hard Bitten: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel #4 by Chloe Neill – Chelsea is continuing to love this series and had to say – This world has captured me-stolen my heart and made it impossible to breathe without one of the installments firmly within my grasp.
(Chelsea’s Review)

Darkest Minds, The (The Darkest Minds Book 1) by Alexandra Bracken – The Darkest Minds was an emotional powerhouse that resonated deep within me. I was glued to this page turner and the story was a collection of darkness, laughter and the fact that maybe we can never out run our fate. I will never forget this story for as long as I live. (Jen’s review)

Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements Book 2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout – I just really love this series, and even more I love that it’s a trilogy. 5 books is too many, three will sum this all up perfectly….and I can’t wait to see who our part demon chooses.
(Chelsea’s Review)

★✩★Reading Next★✩★

Talon (The Talon Saga) by Julie Kagawa – In Julie Kagawa’s groundbreaking modern fantasy series, dragons walk among us in human form.  Can’t wait to start this one!

Made for You (The Best Mistake #2) by Lauren Layne – When the Wrong Guy is Oh-So-Right

★✩★New Releases in the Next Week★✩★

NOCTE (The Nocte Trilogy Book 1) by Courtney Cole – SAVE ME AND I’LL SAVE YOU….

★✩★Freebies★✩★

The Boys of Summer (The Summer Series #1) by C.J. Duggan – Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos.

 Finding Cinderella: A Novella by Colleen Hoover – A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and it will only be make-believe.

 Obsidian (A Lux Nove #1l) by Jennifer L. Armentrout – One of our favorite series!  Whether it’s the infuriating smug sexiness that is Daemon, or the strong-willed won’t take crap Katy, or the energetic loveable Dee or the annoying duo that is Ash and Andrew, we LOVED all of the characters in this book.
(Jen’s Review) (Chelsea’s Review)


★✩★Sales★✩★

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Eversea (Eversea #1) by Natasha Boyd – Something about this book just made me feel EVERYTHING and love every single bit (even the drama). Maybe it was the writing or maybe it was the characters but what ever it was I loved every minute of it.
(Harriet’s review)


The Darkest Night (Lords of the Underworld #1) by Gena Showalter –
All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she’ll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member—a man trapped in a hell of his own.
Neither can resist the instant hunger that calms their torments…and ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destruction—and a soul-shattering test of love….


The Darkest Minds: Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken – This is the second book in a gripping series that we love and highly recommend!

$1.99

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson – Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.
Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything remarkable, and can’t see how she ever will.


World After (Penryn & the End of Days #2) by Susan Ee – The second book in one of our favorite series is also on sale along with the first book below!

 Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee – One of our favorite series!  It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with Raffe, an injured enemy angel.  (Harriet’s review) (Chelsea’s Review)

Beautifully Damaged (Beautifully Damaged #1) by L.A. Fiore – Still damaged from her last disastrous relationship and warned off the bad boy by friends, Ember fights the smoldering heat that Trace sparks in her when he begins shadowing her like a dark angel.


$2.99

Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles #1) by Gena Showalter – Before I go any further I want to say to people that are thinking of reading this. Alice In Zombieland has NOTHING to do with Alice In Wonderland! There is a few similarities but only by names and chapter titles.. The heroine is named Alice although she prefers to be called Ali and chapters are titled like ‘off with her head.’ I know a few reviewers went into this thinking it would be a twist on AIW and so they was disappointed, I went into this knowing it was different and so for me it worked.
(Chelsea’s review) (Harriet’s review)

Shine Not Burn (Shine Not Burn #1) by Elle Casey – Holy hot cowboys, I love this book! I laughed A LOT, Mack is sooo sexy, Andie is a hysterical drunk, the chemistry between the two of them is HOT and the story reads as though you are watching a movie.
(Jen’s review)

Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross – Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas’s life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she’s living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals’ super-hot rookie pitcher.

Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) by Kendare Blake – Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.  So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead.  (Chelsea’s Review)

Marked (House of Night #1) by P.C. Cast – The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampyres have always existed.  Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire–that is, if she makes it through the Change.  Not all of those who are chosen do.  It’s tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling.  She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx.

FRIDAY STARS–Your Weekly Must Knows 10/24/14

Friday Stars



★✩★Giveaway★✩★
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★✩★Just Finished & Loved ★✩★
Avow (The Archers of Avalon Book 3) by Chelsea Fine – Jen fell head over heels for this series and said – From the very first page, this series enraptured me. I have found a heroine I respect, a book boyfriend that I can obsess over, and a storyline that left me enchanted. After finishing this series, I still can’t stop thinking about every moment that made my breath catch and then had me smiling.
(Jen’s Review)

The Raven Cycle #3: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater – This was one of Chelsea’s most anticipated books of the year!  She said – My final exclamation, true story, as the final page was withering away before me:  “Oh, my God. Oh no.”
(Chelsea’s Review)

 Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires #2) by Chloe Neill –  Chelsea is loving this series and had to say – Well, in book two, I found that not only did the intensity increase in the severity with which Merit and her vampire brethren were threatened, but also, her attraction to the head vampire, Ethan, became such a tangible thing I choked on it.
(Chelsea’s Review)
 Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, Book 3) by Chloe Neill – The sexual tension, the angst, the battles, the jealousy-boy oh boy was I in my element.
(Chelsea’s Review)


★✩★Reading Next★✩★
    
When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.


★✩★New Releases in the Next Week★✩★
      


★✩★Freebies★✩★

The Boys of Summer (The Summer Series #1) by C.J. Duggan – Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos.

 Finding Cinderella: A Novella by Colleen Hoover – A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and it will only be make-believe.

 Obsidian (A Lux Nove #1l) by Jennifer L. Armentrout – One of our favorite series!  Whether it’s the infuriating smug sexiness that is Daemon, or the strong-willed won’t take crap Katy, or the energetic loveable Dee or the annoying duo that is Ash and Andrew, we LOVED all of the characters in this book.
(Jen’s Review) (Chelsea’s Review)


★✩★Sales★✩★

$1.99
 Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee – One of our favorite series!  It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with Raffe, an injured enemy angel.  (Harriet’s review) (Chelsea’s Review)

Beautifully Damaged (Beautifully Damaged #1) by L.A. Fiore – Still damaged from her last disastrous relationship and warned off the bad boy by friends, Ember fights the smoldering heat that Trace sparks in her when he begins shadowing her like a dark angel.


$2.99
Shine Not Burn (Shine Not Burn #1) by Elle Casey – Holy hot cowboys, I love this book! I laughed A LOT, Mack is sooo sexy, Andie is a hysterical drunk, the chemistry between the two of them is HOT and the story reads as though you are watching a movie.
(Jen’s review)

Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross – Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas’s life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she’s living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals’ super-hot rookie pitcher.

Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) by Kendare Blake – Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.  So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead.  (Chelsea’s Review)

Marked (House of Night #1) by P.C. Cast – The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampyres have always existed.  Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire–that is, if she makes it through the Change.  Not all of those who are chosen do.  It’s tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling.  She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx.


★✩★Everything Else Exciting★✩★
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FRIDAY STARS–Freebies-Sales-Favs Just Read-What’s Next 10/17/14

Friday Stars

★✩★Just Finished & Loved ★✩★

Stolen Songbird: Malediction Trilogy Book One (The Malediction Trilogy) by Danielle L. Jensen – Okaaaaayyyy so…..a book about trolls? Really? In what way could this possibly be appealing? BUT – It was.  It was addicting, heartbreaking, hopeful, fun, action-packed, and sweet. I am obsessed with these characters and can’t wait to see how their story continues.
(Chelsea’s Review)

Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel by Chloe Neill – You know that feeling when something just clicks? When you start a new book or a new series and you’re really just along for the ride, not expecting much to come from it, and then all of a sudden a certain scene just smacks you upside the head and says to you, “Pay attention-you don’t want to miss this.” Well, that’s what happened with this book.
(Chelsea’s Review)

★✩★Reading Next★✩★

White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout – Layla is half demon, half gargoyle, with abilities no one else possesses.   And even though Zayne (whom she’s crushed on since forever) is a Warden, part of the race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe, Layla’s kiss will kill anything with a soul—including him.  Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know her secrets.


The Raven Cycle #3: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater by Maggie Stiefvater-Blue and the Raven Boys race to unravel the mysteries that surround their little town…and to save one of their own before it’s too late.

 


Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, Book 3): A Chicagoland Vampires Novel by Chloe Neill-Merit works with her newest alliances and embodies her role as Sentinel to fight the threats surrounding Cadogen House….and the white-hot attraction to her haughty boss.

★✩★New Releases in the Next Week★✩★

    

★✩★Freebies★✩★

The Boys of Summer (The Summer Series #1) by C.J. Duggan – Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos.

 Finding Cinderella: A Novella by Colleen Hoover – A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and it will only be make-believe.
 Obsidian (A Lux Nove #1l) by Jennifer L. Armentrout – One of our favorite series!  Whether it’s the infuriating smug sexiness that is Daemon, or the strong-willed won’t take crap Katy, or the energetic loveable Dee or the annoying duo that is Ash and Andrew, we LOVED all of the characters in this book.
(Jen’s Review) (Chelsea’s Review)

★✩★Sales★✩★

$0.99

Love the One You’re With (Sex, Love & Stiletto #2) by Lauren Layne – Grace 1.0 may have been instantly smitten with the gorgeous correspondent, but Grace 2.0 has sworn off relationships for six months, and she’s not falling for his outstanding bod and trophy-winning kisses . . . or is she?(Chelsea’s Review)

Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken – I’m not your typical girl. I’ve been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness…until Wes Michels offered to be my light.  I didn’t know that time wasn’t my ally — that every second that ticked past was one step closer to the end of something that was beginning to mean the end of myself.

$1.99

 Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee – One of our favorite series!  It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with Raffe, an injured enemy angel.  (Harriet’s review) (Chelsea’s Review)

Beautifully Damaged (Beautifully Damaged #1) by L.A. Fiore – Still damaged from her last disastrous relationship and warned off the bad boy by friends, Ember fights the smoldering heat that Trace sparks in her when he begins shadowing her like a dark angel.

$2.99

Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) by Kendare Blake – Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.  So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead.  (Chelsea’s Review)

Marked (House of Night #1) by P.C. Cast – The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampyres have always existed.  Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire–that is, if she makes it through the Change.  Not all of those who are chosen do.  It’s tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling.  She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx.

Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor – Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.  In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.  And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.  (Chelsea’s Review)

$4.99 (reg $7.79)

Slammed: A Novel by Colleen Hoover – Following the unexpected death of her father, eighteen-year-old Layken becomes the rock for both her mother and younger brother. She appears resilient and tenacious, but inside, she’s losing hope. Then she meets her new neighbor Will, a handsome twenty-one-year-old whose mere presence leaves her flustered and whose passion for poetry slams thrills her.

 ★✩★Everything Else Exciting★✩★

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AMAZON SALE – Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake

Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake is on sale for $2.99!

Chelsea has read both books in the series and had to say, “Adrenaline pumping, pulse pounding and a race to the finish ending, I was in my element.” & “An absolutely amazing and imaginative series, I was enthralled from page one.”

Purchase on Amazon

Synopsis:
Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.

So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay.

When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.

But she, for whatever reason, spares Cas’s life.

Reviews: (Chelsea’s Review)

Reading Order:
  

Anna Dressed In Blood (Anna #1): Purchase on Amazon (on sale) or iBooks

Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2): Purchase on Amazon or iBooks

 

FRIDAY STARS–Freebies-Sales-Favs Just Read-What’s Next 10/10/14

Friday Stars

★✩★Just Finished & Loved ★✩★

Be with Me: A Novel (Wait for You #2) by J. Lynn – This book is sweet, sensual and has just enough angst to drive you the right kind of crazy.  Jase was toe curling and smile inducing.  Tess’ inner thoughts were absolutely hilarious.
(Jen’s review) (Harriet’s review)

 Anew (The Archers of Avalon #1) by Chelsea Fine – We fell madly in love with this series and Tristan too! Three curses. Two brothers. One love triangle.   Sometimes love is meant to be. But sometimes…love is the death of you.
(Jen’s Review) (Chelsea’s Review)
Awry (The Archers of Avalon #2) by Chelsea Fine – Our favorite thing about this story, aside from Tristan and Scarlet’s uber hot and forbidden relationship, was the flashback aspect.  Our hearts melted and broke all over again.
(Chelsea’s Review)

★✩★Reading Next★✩★

Avow (The Archers of Avalon #3) by Chelsea Fine – The third and final installment of the series.  We are keeping our fingers crossed that there will be a happy ending for all!

Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires #2) by Chloe Neill – The story of a young heiress’s initiation into the dark society of the Chicagoland Vampires continues…
 Stolen Songbird: (The Malediction Trilogy #1) by Danielle L. Jensen – A witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins.  But a prophesy has been spoken of a union with the power to set the trolls free.

★✩★Freebies★✩★

The Boys of Summer (The Summer Series #1) by C.J. Duggan – Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos.

 Finding Cinderella: A Novella by Colleen Hoover – A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and it will only be make-believe.
 Obsidian (A Lux Nove #1l) by Jennifer L. Armentrout – One of our favorite series!  Whether it’s the infuriating smug sexiness that is Daemon, or the strong-willed won’t take crap Katy, or the energetic loveable Dee or the annoying duo that is Ash and Andrew, we LOVED all of the characters in this book.
(Jen’s Review) (Chelsea’s Review)

★✩★Sales★✩★

$0.99

Love the One You’re With (Sex, Love & Stiletto #2) by Lauren Layne – Grace 1.0 may have been instantly smitten with the gorgeous correspondent, but Grace 2.0 has sworn off relationships for six months, and she’s not falling for his outstanding bod and trophy-winning kisses . . . or is she?(Chelsea’s Review)

Deeper We Fall (Fall and Rise, Book #1) by Chelsea M. Cameron – Two years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again.

Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken – I’m not your typical girl. I’ve been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness…until Wes Michels offered to be my light.  I didn’t know that time wasn’t my ally — that every second that ticked past was one step closer to the end of something that was beginning to mean the end of myself.

$1.99

 Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee – One of our favorite series!  It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with Raffe, an injured enemy angel.  (Harriet’s review) (Chelsea’s Review)

Beautifully Damaged (Beautifully Damaged #1) by L.A. Fiore – Still damaged from her last disastrous relationship and warned off the bad boy by friends, Ember fights the smoldering heat that Trace sparks in her when he begins shadowing her like a dark angel.

$2.99

Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor – Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.  In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.  And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.  (Chelsea’s Review)

$4.79 (reg $7.79)

Slammed: A Novel by Colleen Hoover – Following the unexpected death of her father, eighteen-year-old Layken becomes the rock for both her mother and younger brother. She appears resilient and tenacious, but inside, she’s losing hope. Then she meets her new neighbor Will, a handsome twenty-one-year-old whose mere presence leaves her flustered and whose passion for poetry slams thrills her.

 ★✩★Everything Else Exciting★✩★

Five new books were released in the last week.  Our to-read list keeps growing and growing!

        

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