Runes by Ednah Walters

Okay, people, this is my type of book. The epic, seductive, paranormal kind.

My review of the book:

Holy fuck. My mind is still spinning through those last moments in this book. Did that seriously just happen?

Runes by Ednah Walters was a dramaticly wonderful experience and I honestly felt everything Raine felt. I shared her emotions throughout each and every part. Torin literally just blew my mind. He was absolutely perfect. I have a lot of conflicted feelings when it came to Eirik, but all the other characters are great.

I'm really excited to get my paws on the next book! Runes was something I'm definitely in to. I mean, valkyries? Reapers? Norns? FREAKING AWESOME.


The cover? Looks nice. I mean, it could be better. Way better. But it's the story that matters. Sometimes...
Let's face it. Lot's of us like to judge books by their cover. I am totally one of those people. Except if the summary of the book sounds really good, screw the cover!

Runes has two covers, though. They're both the same book and everything, just different editions. I don't really mind either one. (Okay, maybe I prefer the second one with just the girl in it. Don't get me wrong, I love a cover with a hot guy. But that guy? Eh.)

So, check out the info/summary of Runes through Goodreads, a very fantastic website that I absolutely love, :http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17563021-runes

Now, I am a bit overexcited for the next book. I mean, the first book managed to get five stars from moi and reached my amazing books shelf. That's pretty worthy.

The second book:

Immortals by Ednah Walters: 

It's suppose to be come out on August 5th, 2013 and I have high expectations for it. Behold the cover: 

Yes, it's a nice cover. Could it have been better? Once again, yes. But who's complaining? We're here to enjoy the story. Not the cover. Though, it'd be rather nice to have a great story and a great cover. I guess I can settle for one. I mean, who would want a beautiful cover and a bad story? It's better the other way around.

Okay, enough of my blabbering. There's the info on the Runes series by Ednah Walters. I totally recommend it for any Paranormal Romance YA reader. 

Check out the info/summary of Immortals on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17947502-immortals

Rush (The Game #1) by Eve Silver

Holy fuck.
I've never read anything like Rush before and my mind has literally been blown. I don't know how anyone can come up with such an amazingly clever plot line. It's an honest understatement to say that I loved this book. I am more than in love with this book. Seriously.
It's been years since I've read a book like this that has my heart racing.
The cover is gorgeous and the story was even more gorgeous. Okay, that doesn't make sense. But you get it. I love this book more than words can describe.
The ending killed me. It really did. I'll never stop thinking about this book. Ever. Not until the next book comes out. Unfortunately, it comes out in 2014. Way to keep me waiting, Eve Silver. But I know, deep in my heart, the wait will be so fucking worth it.
I'm freaking out. So much. I love, love, love this book and I feel that I'll never find anything like it. Which it true because I know I'll never find any book that gets me this worked up.

Miki, Jackson, Tyrone, Luka, Richelle, Carly, and every other character? I'll never get enough of them and I'll never forget them.
My mind is coming up with all these theories and predictions of the next book and my head is spinning. 
Rush deserves so much more than five stars!

Check the info/summary out on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13571953-rush

Ember by Jessica Sorensen!!

Ember. What can I say? I'm left speechless. Ember was such a good book. It seriously reminded me of the Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber. Except, Ember had absolutely nothing to do with vampires. 

BTW, this book has two covers. I prefer the one with the guy on it, too. ;)

Our main characters, Ember, is this goth chick who can see people's deaths by touch. It isn't an easy life for her. And I can only imagine how horrific it could be. The only person that knows about Ember's little death thing is her best and only friend, Raven. Raven is like a cheerfully social version of Ember. Except Raven is bit on boy-crazy overdrive and appears slutty in my view. I didn't really like her.
Ember's life is basically a whole mess and I felt her frustrations with her.

When this book started out, with her in the cemetery, I knew I was hooked. She meets Cameron in the cemetery and I honestly fell in love with him. Like, head over heels in love. And all he did was purr "Come here." So, that's how boy crazy I went when I read about him. I was literally under his spell. 
It was a whole other story when I was introduced to Asher. I didn't like him at first. I was all like, "OMG, seriously? How goth cliché are we gonna make this?" I mean, I was sooo over reading about a goth falling in love with a fellow goth. It was totally okay for that to happen in Vampire Kisses though. 

Do not fret, though.Why? Because I totally fell in love with Asher not even like, a chapter after being introduced to him. He was absolutely breathtaking and undeniably sexy as hell. The romance between Ember and Asher made my insides all fluttery. Sounds weird, huh?
So, any who, we got a whole bunch of things involving death, angels, grim reapers, etc.
Personally, I found it lovely. I mean I'm so done with angels, fallen angels, guardian angels, etc. Okay, saying I'm done with those type of angel books may be a bit over exaggerating.
If the books good enough, I'll read it.

So, we got this whole blooming love thing with Asher and Ember, until Cameron comes along. Why do I have the highest suspicion that this is all turning into some love triangle? It may not fully show in Ember but it will in Cinder the second book in the Death Collectors. The cover of Cinder totally gives it away. Ember is in between Asher and Cameron on the cover. How hot is that? ;)


So, we got some major epic-ness going on and some sexy romance. I couldn't put down this book until I finished it. And I was not disappointed when I finished it. Okay, maybe I was, a little. But you'll all be disappointed when you read the ending yet majorly excited for the next book to come out. 

That basically sums up my feelings for this book in that jumbled up mess of a review. I'm just so tongue tied and anxious! I need the next book with a passion, right now
It's going to be an awful long wait for Cinder. ;)

Stray by Rachel Vincent

Stray by Rachel Vincent, ever heard of it? If not, ever heard of the popular series, Soul Screamers? If not, well I don't know what to say to you. 

Summary:

There are only eight breeding female werecats left and I'm one of them. I look like an All-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shapeshifter, and live in two worlds.

Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself.
Until the night a Stray attacked.

I'd been warned about Strays--werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female, and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.

This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back...for my own protection. Yeah, right. But I'm no meek kitty. I'll take on whatever--and whoever-- I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays-- 'cause I got claws, and I'm not afraid to use them...



So, yeah. Sounds pretty interesting right? I mean, it might sound a bit corny and whatnot with the 'I got claws and I'm not afraid to use them' part.  But if you ignore that, it actually sounds really interesting. Or maybe it was just me.
Anyway, just for clarification: 'tabbies' is what the main character, Faythe, calls the female werecats. She calls the male ones 'toms'. You know, like a tomcat.

I've had quite a few of Rachel Vincent's books on my to-read shelf, but Stray finally caught my attention.
Honestly? I was hooked from the beginning. Like, not even after reading the very first sentence, I was sucked into this amazing story. I've never read anything like Stray and it's always a relief to come across something new. Faythe was definitely my kind of girl. She was tough, brave, stubborn, and just outrageous. She was a strong heroine, and I admired her. Although, I don't really understand her past with Marc. It just didn't come clear to me.
I mean, at the beginning of the book, it seemed like Faythe and Marc hated each other without a doubt. But, surprise, surprise. Things change.

Other than having to force myself to read the last 40 or so pages, I actually liked Stray a lot. This is the first Rachel Vincent book I've ever read and I totally see myself reading more of her books.


Here's the whole series:




(The whole Shifter series in order form top left to top right and bottom left to bottom right.)

Faking It (Losing It #2) by Cora Carmack

I really liked Faking It more than I liked Losing It. I couldn't even bring myself to finish reading Losing It. But Faking It was sooo worth it!
The steamy romance was amazing and Max was definitely a cool main character. In Losing It, I didn't imagine Cade as this dark haired hot guy. I just imagined him as this loser who wasn't really attractive.
But things took a turn in Faking It. I totally fell for Cade!
I'm actually pretty excited for the next book, Finding It. I heard it's going to be Kelsey's story and I'm wondering what Cora Carmack has in store for us next in the Losing It series. ;)

                  

I honestly don't know why, but my review for this book remains short. I guess I must've liked it alot to do that. ;) BTW, the cover actually looks pretty. And Cade looks even prettier. The first book, Losing It, had a good cover with an even greater guy, too. ;)

Clarity by Kim Harrington.

Clarity was a definitely interesting book and I'm always up for a good murder mystery. Clare's love problems bothered me a bit, but it was a good read and I liked it. 
JUST KIDDING.
I was bothered by Clare. Were her only friends just guys? I mean, seriously? And it seemed as if all her guy friends flirted with her and were apparently in love with her. Like, what's up with that? I thought she was the town freak you stayed away from.
And after what the town's mayor's son did to her? What was his name? Justin? Hell, I can't even remember, but Justin sounds about right. Any who, so this guy cheated on her big time yet she has feelings for him and Gabriel, the smoking hot guy. Personally, I'm a sucker for Gabriel. Justin, though? He can kiss my ass.
So, Clare's got a huge love fiasco going on there.
I happened to like Tiffany, Clare's enemy and torturer. I mean, when you realize the truth behind the torturing, it makes sense. Kind of.
What I'm getting at, is that I liked Tiffany and I agree with her. What do I agree with her on? The fact that Clare has no friends.

Then there's Clary's brother. Perry. Let's start with what really bothers me here. Who the fucking hell names their kid, Perry?
Isn't that the name of the freaking platypus on Phineas & Ferb? Kill me now. What was Kim Harrington thinking when she came up with a character as bizarre as that? Supposedly, Perry was suppose to be a player and super good looking. I didn't see him like that. At all.Perry was just some normal boy who hooked up with girls every now and then.



*SPOILER* And he just so happened to have hooked up with the dead girl before she died. Lucky him, right? And you know what's so funny about that? It reminds me of Trueblood. (AKA, Sookie Stackhouse series) Sookie has a brother named Jason and at the beginning of the TV series, he keeps hooking up with the girls right before they die and he's immediately a suspect even though he knows he didn't kill them. So, that was a major deja vu moment. *SPOILER*

This book was kind of all over the place and I had to wait till we were, like, five pages away from the last page till I figured out who the freaking killer was. There was, like, no action. The romance was crappy, too. So, forget, like, the first two sentences I typed in this review and focus on the rest because I've come to a realization while writing this review about Clarity. The realization? I hated this book. Maybe hate is too harsh of a word. I despise? I dislike? Obviously, I just didn't like it. Do I see myself reading the next book in the future? Hell no.

Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Hunting Lila


Jeez, okay, umm...what can I say? Hunting Lila didn't really catch my attention. I saw the cover, checked out the summary and left it alone. But then my friend read it and she apparently liked it. Being the person that I am, I partially ignore her, and continued on with my life of books.

Then came May 23, 2013. I was soo bored. I had no idea what to read because I'd already read so much. Then my eyes drifted over to Hunting Lila which was hidden in my library.
I had no choice but to give it a try. Mostly because when I read the summary again, I read how she loves her brothers best friend and I'm a sucker for those type of stories.
Any who, I started it and I was honestly intrigued at first. Especially with the secrets. I don't know why, but when the main character keeps secrets, I love it. Heck, I love it when they spill their secrets too! But Lila was different. Lila would pretty much be your typical girl with no friends. Except she's not normal and she knows it.

The very first chapter pretty much gets to the point. She's mugged, does something drastic with her non-normal-ness, and flees to her brother without telling anyone. Then begins the part where I despise Lila. I hated how weak she appeared to me, and how girly and lovesick she was. There was one thing I love though: she kept running away. I mean, she never got far, but she ran. And things like that also spike my interest.

So, let me introduce you to THE GUY. Our hottie, and her brothers best friend, is named Alex. He is pure, butt-kicking sexiness. I liked Alex. A lot. But did it ever get to the point where I totally love him? No. I admired his protectiveness and possessiveness but no. Just no.
And instead of falling for Alex, I fell for Lila's brother!! Jack is Lila's brother and I fell in love with him. He was smart, sexy, and a fighter. He was also protective. Gosh, he was amazing.
So, I don't know if it's just me, but I can't say much for this book.
The ending was pathetically dramatic. And I don't believe I'll be moving on to the next book. If by some miracle, I do read the next book, it'll just be for Jack. ;)

I gave this book 3 stars! Check out my review on Goodreads if you please: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/622924493


Check out Hunting Lila on Goodreads as well: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10188580-hunting-lila