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Title: Vanish (Firelight #2) Author: Sophie Jordan Publication Date: September 6th, 2011 Published By: HarperTeen Hardcover, 304 Pages Source: ARC received from the Publisher for an honest review Summary: "To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone. Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them b...

Title : Possess Author : Gretchen McNeil Publication Date : August 23rd, 2011 Published By : Balzer & Bray Hardcover, 384 Pages Source: ARC received for blog tour for an honest review Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her mom, by the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Unfortunately for Bridget, it turns out the voices are demons – and Bridget has the rare ability to banish them back to whatever hell they came from. Terrified to tell people about her new power, Bridget confides in a local priest who enlists her help in increasingly dangerous cases of demonic possession. But just as she is starting to come to terms with her new power, Bridget receives a startling message from one of the demons. Now Bridget must unlock the secret to the demons' plan before someone close to her winds up dead – or worse, the human vessel of a demon king." Review: **** 1/2 = 4.5 Sta...

Love Story by Jennifer Echols Publication Date: July 19th, 2011 Published By: MTV Books Paperback, 243 Pages Source: Review copy received from author for an honest review Summary: "For Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to fulfill her ambitions--it's her ticket away from the tragic memories that shadow her family's racehorse farm in Kentucky. But when she refuses to major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives Erin's college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome stable boy, Hunter Allen. Now Erin has to win an internship and work late nights at a coffee shop to make her own dreams a reality. She should despise Hunter . . . so why does he sneak into her thoughts as the hero of her latest writing assignment? Then, on the day she's sharing that assignment with her class, Hunter walks in. He's joining her class. And after he re...

For my stop on the blog tour for Gretchen McNeil's debut, Possess, I got to interview the main character, Bridget. Interviewing a character from a book is much different than interivewing an author, but I asked some questions will hopefully give you all the opportunity to get to know Bridget's character better! *** Getting to know: Bridget Describe yourself using the letters of your name (example b for beautiful etc..)? Ballsty Resourceful Independent Disinterested Guarded Edgy Torn Who was the last person you sent a text message to and what does it say? I texted my best friend Hector. He sent me a photo of this barista he’s crushing on, and asked my opinion. I told him it looked suspiciously like our friend Brad. You are stuck on a deserted island, and have three of your personal possessions with you. What are they and what is their importance? My charm bracelet. I never take it off. My dad gave it to me for my first communion. It’s one of the few ...

Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep Publication Date: July 26th, 2011 Published By: Kensington Publishing Corporation Paperback, 350 Pages Source: Received from publishing company for honest review for blog tour Summary: "My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy — a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest. But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other bad, bad things. Freaky stuff like this goes on all the time at Mythos, but I'm determined to find out who killed Jasmine and why—especially since I should have been the one who died. . ." Review: ****...

I'm thrilled to welcome author Jon Skovron to my blog today. His novel Misfit was just released August 1st from Amulet Books. You can check out my review here . For this stop on the blog tour, I got to send some different topics to Jon and he picked ten for each. Check out Jon's Tens Lists below! *** Top ten places you would like to sneak into: -The Vatican -The Globe Theater in Straford-on-Avon -Marvel Studios -Neil Gaiman's house (wait, would that be creepy?) -Back stage at a 9:30 Club Show (preferably someone cool like tUnE-yArDs or Wye Oak, but the experience itself would be interesting, regardless of the band) -Google Headquarters -The new Apple headquarters -The pyramids -A space station -An alternate reality Top ten songs from your teenage years: -Wave of Mutilation by The Pixies -Creep by Radiohead -Been Caught Stealing by Jane's Addiction -Pictures of You by The Cure -Just Like Honey by The Jesus and Mary Chain -Freak Scene by Dinosaur Jr. -Cannonball ...