#BookReview: The Afterlife of Holly Chase by @CynthiaHand

About the Book:

On Christmas Eve five years ago, Holly was visited by three ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her to mend her ways.

She didn't.

And then she died.

Now she's stuck working for the top-secret company Project Scrooge--as the latest Ghost of Christmas Past.

Every year, they save another miserly grouch. Every year, Holly stays frozen at seventeen while her family and friends go on living without her. So far, Holly's afterlife has been miserable.

But this year, everything is about to change. . . .

#BookReview: Love Between Enemies (Grad Night #2) by Molly E. Lee #LoveBetweenEnemies #NetGalley

About the Book:

Zoey Handler is ready to put an end to her decade-long rivalry with Gordon Meyers. They’ve traded top spot between valedictorian and salutatorian for years, but all that’s over now. Right? But after a crazy graduation speech prank gets out of hand, suddenly their rivalry turns into all-out war. Time to make peace with a little friendly payback.

Step one? Make him believe they’re now friends.

Step two? Show him the time of his life at an epic graduation party.

Step three? Don’t fall for his tricks.

Step four? Absolutely, positively, do not kiss him again.

So what if he’s cute? (Okay, hot.) So what if he’s charming? (Heaven help her, tempting.) So what if he apologizes? (That has to be fake.) She knows the real Gordon. And no matter how much her heart begs her to stop, there’s no turning back.

Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains one epic party, complete with every high-schoolers-gone-bad shenanigan, and two rivals who discover maybe they could be something much more…if only they’d stop fighting long enough to notice it.

#BookReview: Lions and Tigers and Boys by @Vivi_Tawny ‏#LionsAndTigersAndBoys #NetGalley

About the Book:

The last thing a girl as awkward as Dani Gale should be doing is trying to learn the high wire. Yet that’s exactly where Dani ends up—at OZ, the Oswald Zinzendorf School of Circus Arts. Trying to overcome her shyness is near impossible when her new partner—the hottest guy she’s ever laid eyes on, and whose touch seems to give her poise she thought impossible—also seems to be sabotaging her progress. 

The last thing Cai Coppersmith needs is a distraction, especially in the form of the new, cute shy girl. He needs to focus on trying not to shape-shift into a tiger on school grounds, and completing his mission to keep Dani from winning the school’s high-wire competition. In fact, the entire safety of OZ is relying on Dani not succeeding. But there’s something about the girl that draws him in. She has magic, he can feel it. So he’ll do what he can to protect her, even if it means pushing her away.

#BookSubscriptions: @Owlcrate November

This week we have the Nov. Owlcrate! This has got to be one of my favorite boxes from them this year! Check out OwlCrate!  It's a monthly YA subscription box with brand-new books and bookish swag. Click Here

This box was a solid A+! 

#BookReview: We All Fall Down by @NatDRichards #NetGalley

About the Book: Theo's always been impulsive. But telling Paige how he feels? He's obsessed over that decision. And it's time. Tonight. At the party on the riverbank, under the old walking bridge, site of so many tales of love and death.

Paige has had a crush on Theo since they first met, but she knows her feelings are one-sided. She's trying to move on, to flirt. A party at the river is just what she needs. Except a fight breaks out, and when Paige tries to intervene--Theo's fist lands in her face.

All Theo and Paige want to do is forget that fateful night. But strange events keep drawing them back to the bridge. Someone, something is determined to make them remember...and pay for what they each did.

#BookReview: When I Cast Your Shadow by @SarahPorterBook #NetGalley

About the Book: Dashiell Bohnacker was hell on his family while he was alive. But it’s even worse now that he’s dead…

Ruby. Haunted by her dead brother, unable to let him go, Ruby must figure out whether his nightly appearances in her dreams are the answer to her prayers—or a nightmare come true…

Everett. He’s always been jealous of his dashing older brother. Now Everett must do everything he can to save his twin sister Ruby from Dashiell’s clutches.

Dashiell. Charming, handsome, and manipulative, Dash has run afoul of some very powerful forces in the Land of the Dead. His only bargaining chips are Ruby and Everett. At stake is the very survival of the Bohnacker family, bodies and souls…

#BookReview: Zero Repeat Forever (The Nahx Invasions #1) by @GabrielleSaraP

About the Book: He has no voice, or name, only a rank, Eighth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the directives that hum in his mind.

Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall.

His job is to protect his Offside. Let her do the shooting.

Until a human kills her…

Sixteen year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying armored Nahx invade, annihilating entire cities, taking control of the Earth. Isolated in the wilderness, Raven and her friends have only a fragment of instruction from the human resistance.

Shelter in place.

Which seems like good advice at first. Stay put. Await rescue. Raven doesn’t like feeling helpless but what choice does she have?

Then a Nahx kills her boyfriend.

Thrown together in a violent, unfamiliar world, Eighth and Raven should feel only hate and fear. But when Raven is injured, and Eighth deserts his unit, their survival depends on trusting each other… 

#BookReview: Unearthed (Unearthed, #1) by @AmieKaufman @MeaganSpooner #Netgalley

Reviewed By: Lauren

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion 

Number of Pages: 384
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult 

Fiction Genre: Science Fiction

How I Acquired this book: Edelweiss

Time it took to read: 3H 44M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon

About the Book:
When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution the planet has been waiting for. The Undying's advanced technology has the potential to undo environmental damage and turn lives around, and Gaia, their former home planet, is a treasure trove waiting to be uncovered.

For Jules Addison and his fellow scholars, the discovery of an alien culture offers unprecedented opportunity for study... as long as scavengers like Amelia Radcliffe don't loot everything first. Mia and Jules' different reasons for smuggling themselves onto Gaia put them immediately at odds, but after escaping a dangerous confrontation with other scavvers, they form a fragile alliance.

In order to penetrate the Undying temple and reach the tech and information hidden within, the two must decode the ancient race's secrets and survive their traps. But the more they learn about the Undying, the more their presence in the temple seems to be part of a grand design that could spell the end of the human race...

#BookReview: You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by @rlynn_solomon

Reviewed By: Lauren

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Number of Pages: 384
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult 

Fiction Genre: Contemporary 

How I Acquired this book: Edelweiss+ 

Time it took to read: 4H 3M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon

About the Book:
Eighteen-year-old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature. Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist—and to convince her music teacher he wants her the way she wants him. Overachiever Tovah awaits her acceptance to Johns Hopkins, the first step on her path toward med school and a career as a surgeon. 

But one thing could wreck their carefully planned futures: a genetic test for Huntington’s, a rare degenerative disease that slowly steals control of the body and mind. It’s turned their Israeli mother into a near stranger and fractured the sisters’ own bond in ways they’ll never admit. While Tovah finds comfort in their Jewish religion, Adina rebels against its rules.

When the results come in, one twin tests negative for Huntington’s. The other tests positive.

These opposite outcomes push them farther apart as they wrestle with guilt, betrayal, and the unexpected thrill of first love. How can they repair their relationship, and is it even worth saving?

From debut author Rachel Lynn Solomon comes a luminous, heartbreaking tale of life, death, and the fragile bond between sisters.

#BookReview: The Hazel Wood by @mimi_albert ‏ #Netgalley

Reviewed By: Lauren

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Number of Pages: 368
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult 

Fiction Genre: Fairy Tales

How I Acquired this book: Netgalley 

Time it took to read: 4H 34M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon

About the Book:
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”

Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.

#Discussions with Crossroads: Going Paper FREEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Over the course of the last few weeks I have decided that its time to go full digital. So I will during 2018 be fully committing to this.  My carbon footprint will be going down a lot and I couldn't be happier.  

#BookReview: Everless (Untitled #1) by @Sara_Holland

Reviewed By: 336

Publisher: HarperTeen

Number of Pages:
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Fantasy 

How I Acquired this book: Edelweiss+

Time it took to read: 5H 43M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon

About the Book:
In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency—extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries.

No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings’ palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.

But going back to Everless brings more danger—and temptation—than Jules could have ever imagined. Soon she’s caught in a tangle of violent secrets and finds her heart torn between two people she thought she’d never see again. Her decisions have the power to change her fate—and the fate of time itself.

#BookReview: Dare Mighty Things (Untitled Duology #1) by @HKaczynski

Reviewed By: Lauren

Publisher: HarperTeen

Number of Pages: 377
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Science Fiction 

How I Acquired this book: Edelweiss+

Time it took to read: 4H 34M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon

About the Book:
THE RULES ARE SIMPLE: You must be gifted. You must be younger than twenty-five. You must be willing to accept the dangers that you will face if you win.

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Gupta’s entire life has been leading up to this—the opportunity to travel to space. But to secure a spot on this classified mission, she must first compete against the best and brightest people on the planet. People who are as determined as she to win a place on a journey to the farthest reaches of the universe. 

Cassie is ready for the toll that the competition will take; the rigorous mental and physical tests designed to push her to the brink of her endurance. But nothing could have prepared her for the bonds she would form with the very people she hopes to beat. Or that with each passing day it would be more and more difficult to ignore the feeling that the true objective of the mission is being kept from her.

As the days until the launch tick down and the stakes rise higher than ever before, only one thing is clear to Cassie: she’ll never back down . . . even if it costs her everything.

Harry Potter Moment of the Week : Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans #HPMoW #WWMotW

O lord!! Welcome to this weeks post for Harry Potter ~ Wizarding World! This week the question is:

 You open a pack of Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, 

What flavour are you hoping for?

I have to say I am SCARED!!! 

#BookTour: Cowboy Up (Coming Home, #3) by @harpersloan @Pocket_Books

Reviewed By: Jessica P. 

Publisher: Pocket Books

Number of Pages: 385
Recommended Age Group: Adult 

Fiction Genre: Romance 

How I Acquired this book: Publisher

Time it took to read: 5H 2M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon
About the Book:

New York Times bestselling author Harper Sloan returns with the third in her sultry, Western-set Coming Home series, in which the eldest Davis sibling Clay may have finally met his match—but will he be able to give up the solitary, quiet life he’s built in the name of love?

As the eldest of the Davis clan, Clayton has always tried to lead by example. Along with taking his job as head of the family business seriously, he is also determined to keep his brother and sister in line. Clay is known for being serious, silent, and stoic—completely in control of his life. And with the way he grew up, coupled with a disastrous end to the last relationship he was in, he’s just fine with his quiet, solitary life.

What he hadn’t counted on was Caroline Michaels. She’s the proverbial woman next door—the town next door, that is. Caroline hasn’t lived an easy life, but after escaping from an abusive relationship, she’s finally living for herself and no one else. The last thing the quirky, shy bookstore owner expected was a steamy one-night stand with Clay Davis.

When Caroline and Clay meet, the connection is instant, both falling into one heated night of passion before parting ways—both driven by their own reasons to deny what they clearly wish didn’t have to end. It isn’t until Caroline falls on hard times and Clay comes back into the picture that they realize just how impossible it will be to stay away from each other.

Will Clay be able to give up his rootless existence in favor of finally settling down? And, more important, will Caroline want him to? 

For Sale: #Books #Swag and more!

Each month I will bring you a post like this with everything I have to get rid of.  I hope you find some great items to buy! 

#WOW with @RantingOwl @CaitSangster

Welcome to this weeks Waiting on Wednesday! This week we are waiting for a book that we think is going to be in one of the Jan. book boxes we get. So fingers crossed! 

#BookReview: The Queen's Rising (Untitled Trilogy #1) by @_RebeccaRoss

Reviewed By: Lauren

Publisher: HarperTeen

Number of Pages: 464
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Fantasy 

How I Acquired this book: Edelweiss+

Time it took to read: 5H 34M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon

About the Book:
When her seventeenth summer solstice arrives, Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron.

Growing up in the southern Kingdom of Valenia at the renowned Magnalia House should have prepared her for such a life. While some are born with an innate talent for one of the five passions—art, music, dramatics, wit, and knowledge—Brienna struggled to find hers until she belatedly chose to study knowledge. However, despite all her preparations, Brienna’s greatest fear comes true—the solstice does not go according to plan and she is left without a patron.

Months later, her life takes an unexpected turn when a disgraced lord offers her patronage. Suspicious of his intent, and with no other choices, she accepts. But there is much more to his story, and Brienna soon discovers that he has sought her out for his own vengeful gain. For there is a dangerous plot being planned to overthrow the king of Maevana—the archrival kingdom of Valenia—and restore the rightful queen, and her magic, to the northern throne. And others are involved—some closer to Brienna than she realizes.

With war brewing between the two lands, Brienna must choose whose side she will remain loyal to—passion or blood. Because a queen is destined to rise and lead the battle to reclaim the crown. The ultimate decision Brienna must determine is: Who will be that queen?



This title will be released on February 6, 2018.

Join #TheBookAddicts Chat with author @ErikaElyLewis ~ Game of Shadows #BoTM

Its that time again!! Were into December and its time to see what book well be featuring this month!! This time around its a wonder Young Adult Fantasy by Erika Lewis! This is one that I read a while ago and cant wait to dive into again!! We hope that you will join us on Dec. 20th for the chat!  Join us now as we talk about books and more! Click here to join!  #TheBookAddicts

Chat will be held all day! There is a giveaway!!! 

#BookReview: Kiss My Boots (Coming Home, #2) by @harpersloan @Pocket_Books

 

Reviewed By: Jessica P. 

Publisher: Pocket Books

Number of Pages: 369
Recommended Age Group: Adult 

Fiction Genre: Romance 

How I Acquired this book: Publisher

Time it took to read: 4H 2M

Overall rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon
About the Book:

In this second of the sultry, Western-set Coming Home series from New York Times bestselling author Harper Sloan, Quinn Davis might finally have a shot at her own happily-ever-after—but will she let love in, or will she tell it to go ahead and kiss her boots?

Quinn Davis prefers to live her life quietly. She’s the stereotypical tomboy with two overprotective big brothers who have always been there to protect her, especially from devilishly handsome cowboys with silver tongues. That is, until Tate Montgomery comes riding into town. Their first meeting, however, is far from something out of a fairy tale and only further convinces Quinn that men aren’t worth her time.

The only place Tate Montgomery ever truly felt at home growing up was during the long, sweltering summer months he spent at his Gram and Paw’s farm in Pine Oak, Texas. Now, Tate has returned to his childhood sanctuary seeking a fresh start—but if he’s being entirely honest, he’s not just back for the wranglers and Stetsons. During those summers, Quinn was a friend-turned-young-love who Tate lost when life threw him a curveball and he cut all ties to his past; but all it takes is one glance at the raven-haired beauty he did his best to forget for him to realize just how much he’s been missing….