The Jewel (The Lone City #1)
by Amy Ewing
Publisher – Walker Books
Release Date – 9th September 2014
Buy – Amazon | Book DepositoryA shocking and compelling new YA series from debut author, Amy Ewing; The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Other Boleyn Girl in a world where beauty and brutality collide.
Violet Lasting is no longer a human being. Tomorrow she becomes Lot 197, auctioned to the highest royal bidder in the Jewel of the Lone City. Tomorrow she becomes the Surrogate of the House of the Lake, her sole purpose to produce a healthy heir for the Duchess. Imprisoned in the opulent cage of the palace, Violet learns the brutal ways of the Jewel, where the royal women compete to secure their bloodline and the surrogates are treated as disposable commodities.
Destined to carry the child of a woman she despises, Violet enters a living death of captivity – until she sets eyes on Ash Lockwood, the royal Companion. Compelled towards each other by a reckless, clandestine passion, Violet and Ash dance like puppets in a deadly game of court politics, until they become each other’s jeopardy – and salvation.
Month: August 2014
GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY – CASSIE MAE (Author of THE REAL THING)
A big THANK YOU! to this site for letting me invade for THE REAL THING tour 🙂 (squishy hugs) Hi. I’m Cassie. And I’m a social media addict. I’ve been posting to Facebook daily for about three years. Maybe longer. There was a month or two in 2012 when I did nothing but refresh my email 20 times or more a day. I call that “query pits.” It was a dark time. But I emerged from it thinking I’d gotten better. But then, in early 2013, I found a new pitfall. Goodreads. Why, Goodreads, why? Why do you tempt me […]
REVIEW – ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS by Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss #1)by Stephanie PerkinsPublisher – UsborneRelease Date – January 1st 2014Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Anna has everything figured out – she was about to start senior year with her best friend, she had a great weekend job, and her huge work crush looked as if it might finally be going somewhere… Until her dad decides to send her 4383 miles away to Paris. On her own. But despite not speaking a word of French, Anna finds herself making new friends, including Etienne, the smart, beautiful boy from the floor […]
REVIEW – RUIN AND RISING by Leigh Bardugo
Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3)by Leigh BardugoPublisher – IndigoRelease Date – June 19th 2014Buy – Amazon | Book Depository The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that […]
REVIEW – THE MANIFESTO ON HOW TO BE INTERESTING by Holly Bourne
The Manifesto on How to Be Interestingby Holly BournePublisher – UsborneRelease Date – 1st August 2014Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Apparently I’m boring. A nobody. But that’s all about to change. Because I am starting a project. Here. Now. For myself. And if you want to come along for the ride then you’re very welcome. Bree is a loser, a wannabe author who hides behind words. Most of the time she hates her life, her school, her never-there parents. So she writes. But when she’s told she needs to start living a life worth writing about, The Manifesto on […]
RELEASE DAY LAUNCH – OPPOSITION by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Today I’m very pleased to announce the release of Book 6 of the much anticipated, Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, OPPOSITION! I’m a HUGE fan like many others of Daemon and Katy, and how amazing that she is a book blogger. So I have an exclusive excerpt and giveaway for your eyes only! Without further ado, I hope you enjoy… Opposition (Lux #6)by Jennifer L. ArmentroutPublisher – EntangledTeenRelease Date – TODAYBuy – Amazon | Book Depository Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. She can’t believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind […]
AFTERNOON TEA WITH SARAH ALDERSON/MILA GRAY!
On Saturday, I was very excited to attend an Afternoon Tea with Sarah Alderson aka Mila Gray for the publication of her New Adult novel COME BACK TO ME. This is my very first event as a blogger and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I finally got to meet some lovely bloggers that I’ve talked to a lot. I felt like I wasn’t just a girl behind this blog as they got to see me. I also got my books signed, yay! So here is a little recap of my day! Jasprit, Donna and ME! A lovely drink and CBTM! At […]