January Wrap Up and February TBR
Louise Wilkes
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Warning: Spoilers! (duh.)
Can you say dismal? The readers block demon has struck again but thankfully all is right in the reading world right now. This February I have already started and finished Frozen by Melissa De La Cruz and Michael Johnston. Naturally this is in my February TBR but first, on with the wrap up.
In January the only book I read was Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater. My review is up and maybe I should have edited and drafted it, but it's not my style. Check out my review and lets see what we have to expect this month.
As I mentioned this month I have started and finished Frozen by Melissa De La Cruz and Michael Johnston.
Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature - freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows.
At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. Like many, she's heard of a mythical land simply called "the Blue." They say it's a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. More importantly, it's a place where Nat won't be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light.
But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson there. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But can true love survive the lies?
Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all. This is a remarkable first book in a spellbinding new series about the dawn of a new kind of magic.
I can't fully explain why I picked this book up, part of me was attracted to the name (because who didn't love Disney's Frozen?!) and another part thought the cover was just so beautiful and I had to have it on my shelf. Having already read it I won't tell you I'm excited about reading it but I am so pumped to the write the review. I haven't been this enthralled with a book for a while. It truly fixed my New Year Reader's Block.
Next I will be reading the books I was supposed to read in January. The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon will make an appearance as will The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith. If I get all of that done I will finally get down to finishing series I've been putting off. I love closure by my god I hate when series end, the mourning takes a lot of time *tear*.
I will be finishing off the Darkest Minds Trilogy by Alexandra Bracken. In the Afterlight is the final book and have been putting it off terribly, but no more. I will find out what happens with Ruby and I will accept it with dignity and grace - once I've stopped the uncontrollable weeping.
Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds.
They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained. But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the "rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids.
Meanwhile, reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having tampered with his memories of her. She turns to Cole, his older brother, to provide the intense training she knows she will need to take down Gray and the government. But Cole has demons of his own, and one fatal mistake may be the spark that sets the world on fire.
Well that is this month, hopefully we will hold the readers block at bay, find a reading balance and maybe even have a few surprises and hauls along the way.
Happy Reading.
Can you say dismal? The readers block demon has struck again but thankfully all is right in the reading world right now. This February I have already started and finished Frozen by Melissa De La Cruz and Michael Johnston. Naturally this is in my February TBR but first, on with the wrap up.
In January the only book I read was Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater. My review is up and maybe I should have edited and drafted it, but it's not my style. Check out my review and lets see what we have to expect this month.
Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature - freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows.
At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. Like many, she's heard of a mythical land simply called "the Blue." They say it's a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. More importantly, it's a place where Nat won't be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light.
But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson there. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But can true love survive the lies?
Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all. This is a remarkable first book in a spellbinding new series about the dawn of a new kind of magic.
I can't fully explain why I picked this book up, part of me was attracted to the name (because who didn't love Disney's Frozen?!) and another part thought the cover was just so beautiful and I had to have it on my shelf. Having already read it I won't tell you I'm excited about reading it but I am so pumped to the write the review. I haven't been this enthralled with a book for a while. It truly fixed my New Year Reader's Block.
Next I will be reading the books I was supposed to read in January. The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon will make an appearance as will The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith. If I get all of that done I will finally get down to finishing series I've been putting off. I love closure by my god I hate when series end, the mourning takes a lot of time *tear*.
I will be finishing off the Darkest Minds Trilogy by Alexandra Bracken. In the Afterlight is the final book and have been putting it off terribly, but no more. I will find out what happens with Ruby and I will accept it with dignity and grace - once I've stopped the uncontrollable weeping. Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds.
They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained. But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the "rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids.
Meanwhile, reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having tampered with his memories of her. She turns to Cole, his older brother, to provide the intense training she knows she will need to take down Gray and the government. But Cole has demons of his own, and one fatal mistake may be the spark that sets the world on fire.
Well that is this month, hopefully we will hold the readers block at bay, find a reading balance and maybe even have a few surprises and hauls along the way.
Happy Reading.
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