#Booktube: #Shadowhunterstv

  Its getting ever closer to the return of Shadowhunters. And we so can't wait.  We still have high hopes for this show! 

#BookReview: The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

  Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the end, we either run or we die.

After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran fast and far away.

Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one she may not be strong enough to run from again.

As it weaves between Lane's first Roanoke summer and her return, The Roanoke Girls shocks and tantalizes, twisting its way through revelation after mesmerizing revelation, exploring the secrets families keep and the fierce and terrible love that both binds them together and rips them apart. 

This week is @victoriaaveyard

Each week until I run out of things to do. Will be themed.  I hope that you guys enjoy these!! This week belongs to all things Victoria Aveyard!  So yup ill be reading the entire currently published Red Queen series.  

My Week In Review #5

This week has been one from HELL!! I hope you guys have had a better week than we have had.  Ive read a few books this week and I am still going strong.  I hope you enjoy this weeks review.  Sorry for this post not being up to par with covers etc.  I am just pretty much fried this week. 

Shows: #ShadowhuntersTV

  Well if you havent heard Shadowhunters is back this June instead of July AND its been picked up for a 3rd season!  I still have to say that I keep seeing new shows that they are doing and I have to ask myself WHY?!  Why does the show Shadowhunters always look like crap when it has this amazing following. And these new series with NO following look amazing! I just dont get it.  Are they dooping us fans to loving this show just to see how terrible they can make it.  Just to see how much money they can save?  I dont get it.  You would think they would pour more money into this show and make it like it should be made.   I would love to see the following with Shadowhunters.  1. Better graphics. Some of them are pretty good but most are just 

2. Better acting. Again some of its good but for the most part it could be better.  We always seem to get a really good episode that makes you feel etc.  

Then you get a few crappy ones that just make you wonder WHY AM I STILL WATCHING THIS???

If you could choose something new or improved for this show what would you want?

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#BookReview: The Chalk Artist by Allegra Goodman

  Tension arises in the love affair of a young artist for whom nothing is permanent and his girlfriend, a teacher who believes that things are meant to last by the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist.

This is a compelling love story between two very different young people: Collin, a disarming chalk artist who thinks nothing of erasing his dazzling work, and Nina, an idealistic teacher who struggles every day to make a lasting impact on her students. Wanting Collin to realize his full talent, Nina warily introduces him to her powerful father, who owns the most cutting edge virtual reality game company in the world. Add to this a brilliant but unstable pupil of Nina’s who is gaming obsessed, and you have contemporary life caught in the crosshairs by one of our most charming and socially astute literary voices.

#BookReview: The Battlemage (Summoner #3) by @TaranMatharu1 @Netgalley @FierceReads

  One boy's ability to summon demons will change the fate of an empire ... The epic conclusion to the fantasy trilogy described as 'Harry Potter meets Lord of the Rings meets Pokemon'.

After the thrilling cliffhanger at the end of book two, we rejoin Fletcher and his friends in the ether, where they must undertake a mortally dangerous quest, all the while avoiding capture by enemies and facing foes more terrifying than anything they have yet encountered.

But this is nothing compared to what truly lies ahead for Fletcher, as his nemesis, albino orc Khan, is on a mission to destroy Hominum and everything and everyone that Fletcher loves.

Epic battles, dramatic revelations and breathtaking drama await in the third and final book in the New York Times bestselling Summoner series.

#BookReview: Unplugged by @donna_freitas

  Humanity is split into the App World and the Real World—an extravagant virtual world for the wealthy and a dying physical world for the poor. Years ago, Skylar Cruz’s family sent her to the App World for a chance at a better life.

Now Skye is a nobody, a virtual sixteen-year-old girl without any glamorous effects or expensive downloads to make her stand out in the App World. Yet none of that matters to Skye. All she wants is a chance to unplug and see her mother and sister again.

But when the borders between worlds suddenly close, Skye loses that chance. Desperate to reach her family, Skye risks everything to get back to the physical world. Once she arrives, however, she discovers a much larger, darker reality than the one she remembers.

#BookReview: Birthrights by @jkylemcneal

  To escape the burden of his family's past, Whym accepts an apprenticeship with a master his parents fear and revile. He soon finds himself entangled in a web of treachery and on a perilous journey to locate a creature of myth and magic-a journey that will transform Whym and shape the future of the realm.

Meanwhile, Quint, the son of a powerful religious leader, abandons his faith to join the fight against a corrupt council. As the adviser to a remote tribe, he must find in himself the wisdom and fortitude to save the people from the invading army-and their own leaders.

Civil war looms, defeated foes plot revenge, and an ancient deity schemes to destroy them all. While navigating the shifting sands of truth, the two young men must distill what they believe, and decide on whose side they will stand in the coming conflict.

#AuthorInterview: with @JanelleGabay author of First Born

Janelle currently lives in sunny Florida with her husband, children, and dogs. She is an active member of Tampa Writers Alliance and supporter of the Florida Writers Association. She has currently published two books in the First Born Books trilogy of the Guardians of Dare Chronicles. She writes young adult. First Born and First Awakened are young adult fantasy fiction with sprinkles of science fiction, romance, thriller, and walking dead. The journey begins when Tarian discovers he is the first immortal to be born in over five hundred years. With Audrey's help, they discover the treacherous immortal who murdered Tarian's father and threatens to destroy the mortal race, if he can get his hands on Tarian's DNA. A few Death Serum needles, Wakers, cursed Malditos, Chinese Preta, and a Bruja Blanca later, and you've got quite an immortal tale unlike any other. 

#BookReview: Snared (Elemental Assassin, #16) by @Jennifer_Estep

  If you don’t know Gin “the Spider” Blanco, you don’t know dangerous female heroines.

Irony 101—The Spider herself snared in someone else’s web…

Another week, another few clues trickling in about the Circle, the mysterious group that supposedly runs the city’s underworld. Gathering intel on my hidden enemies is a painstaking process, but a more immediate mystery has popped up on my radar: a missing girl.

My search for the girl begins on the mean streets of Ashland, but with all the killers and crooks in this city, I’m not holding out much hope that she’s still alive.

A series of clues leads me down an increasingly dark, dangerous path, and I realize that the missing girl is really just the first thread in this web of evil. As an assassin, I’m used to facing down the worst of the worst, but nothing prepares me for this new, terrifying enemy—one who strikes from the shadows and is determined to make me the next victim. 

#Fangirl with @NotRashKnee

  Welcome to Fangirl Friday! This book has already come out but I just love this series too much not to just fangirl over it all the time!
An ancient mystery. An unlikely union. For one young princess in a state of peril, a dangerous wish could be the only answer…

She is the princess of Bharata—captured by her kingdom’s enemies, a prisoner of war. Now that she faces a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose. But should she trust Vikram, the notoriously cunning prince of a neighboring land? He promises her freedom in exchange for her battle prowess. Together they can team up and win the Tournament of Wishes, a competition held in a mythical city where the Lord of Wealth promises a wish to the victor. It seems like a foolproof plan—until Gauri and Vikram arrive at the tournament and find that danger takes on new shapes: poisonous courtesans, mischievous story birds, a feast of fears, and twisted fairy revels. New trials will test their devotion, strength, and wits. But what Gauri and Vikram will soon discover is that there’s nothing more dangerous than what they most desire.