Frostblood (Frostblood Saga #1) by Elly Blake

Book Summary:

The frost king will burn.

Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class her entire life. But when her mother is killed trying to protect her, and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to overthrow their bloodthirsty king, she agrees to come out of hiding, desperate to have her revenge.

Despite her unpredictable abilities, Ruby trains with the rebels and the infuriating—yet irresistible—Arcus, who seems to think of her as nothing more than a weapon. But before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to compete in the king’s tournaments that pit Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood champions. Now she has only one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who has taken everything from her—and from the icy young man she has come to love.

My Review:

The book starts off with Ruby in hiding with her mom. She is a fireblood and they where being hunted and killed by the frost king. When the village is invaded her mother left for dead and Ruby is left to suffer in prison for months. Frostblood breaks her her out with the help from Arcus. He wants to help Ruby train her powers and seek control over the fire she been hiding for years to help seek her revenge on the frost king. Wearing a mask all the time Arcus hides his own secrets from Ruby. Can she trust the monk and Arcus with her life or is she being use for something more evil? Left broken inside a prison does make someone hard to trust even with history and fireblood and frostblood hating each each other. But can they work together for once and take down a common enemy? Enter this fantasy world and watch as Ruby grows into this powerful force you don’t want to mess with. Happy Reading…

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Book Summary:

The #1″New York Times”bestseller and modern classic that’s been changing lives for a decade gets a gorgeous revamped cover and special additional content.
“You can’t stop the future.”
“You can’t rewind the past.”
“The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.
“
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.
Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.

My Review:

When Hannah takes her life you thought that was the end of her story, well your wrong. When Clay gets a package in the mail his life change forever. In those packages where tapes Hannah made to tell her story. Before she passed away she made a list of names involved in her death. She made everyone on her list gets a tape explaining her actions and what part they took. Clay was just shock his name belong on that list. He never been mean to Hannah before and try to be nice to her. So what does Hannah really think of Clay? In the end there was sign people missed and Hannah trying to reach out for help but everyone failed to notice before it’s was to late. So listen to the tapes for yourself and enter Hannah world to understand her for yourself. Maybe her tapes will help another person who is thinking of suicide. This book is very empowering and eye opening also. Takes you in the mind of Hannah and wish that someone would have set in and save her. In the end you can only learn by her tapes and hope to help another person like Hannah. Don’t miss netflix series to 13 Reason Why in March and Here is a clip to it. So Enjoy….

Freeks by Amanda Hocking

Book Summary:

In a world of magical visions and pyrokinesis, Mara just wants to have a normal life. But is that possible?

Mara has become used to the extraordinary. Roaming from place to place with Gideon Davorin’s Traveling Carnival, she longs for an ordinary life where no one has the ability to levitate or predict the future.

She gets her chance when the struggling sideshow sets up camp in the small town of Caudry and she meets a gorgeous local guy named Gabe. But before long, Mara realizes there’s a dark presence lurking in the town that’s threatening the lives of her friends. She has seven days to take control of a power she didn’t know she had in order to save everyone she cares about—and change the future forever.

My Review:

Mara always live the life on the road, taking care of her family who have gifts and put on a show each night. Everyone has a telant for the Carnival but Mara she never gotten any powers from her mom, she mostly help set up tents and gopher to everyone when the show starts. There new town Caudry seem small and Mara meet a guy name Gabe. Gabe has secrets of his own and start falling for Mara and little does her know she works for the Carnival at the time and leaving soon, Is there romance already over? Now something at night starts attacking each carnival folks. Between boy problems and dealing with the unknown, how will Mara be able to survive the rest of the week in Caudry? Enter the Carnival if you dare and find out what happens for yourself on this magical journey. So Happy Reading!

Ruined (Ruined #1) by Amy Tintera

Book Summary:

A revenge that will consume her. A love that will ruin her.

Emelina Flores has nothing. Her home in Ruina has been ravaged by war. She lacks the powers of her fellow Ruined. Worst of all, she witnessed her parents’ brutal murders and watched helplessly as her sister, Olivia, was kidnapped.

But because Em has nothing, she has nothing to lose. Driven by a blind desire for revenge, Em sets off on a dangerous journey to the enemy kingdom of Lera. Somewhere within Lera’s borders, Em hopes to find Olivia. But in order to find her, Em must infiltrate the royal family.

In a brilliant, elaborate plan of deception and murder, Em marries Prince Casimir, next in line to take Lera’s throne. If anyone in Lera discovers Em is not Casimir’s true betrothed, Em will be executed on the spot. But it’s the only way to salvage Em’s kingdom and what is left of her family.

Em is determined to succeed, but the closer she gets to the prince, the more she questions her mission. Em’s rage-filled heart begins to soften. But with her life—and her family—on the line, love could be Em’s deadliest mistake.

My Review:

In Ruined you are marks with powers, and being hunted down like dogs. In a middle of the war with Lera, Emelina princess of the Ruined lose everything her home and family. Now on a run with a plan for revenge and find her sister. The only problem Emelina was different born with no powers. She rely on her smarts to get even with the ones who took her family away. She pretends to be someone else and marry the prince of Lera and planning an attack against the royal family. Little did she know that the prince is not who he seems to be and is somewhat different then his family way of thinking. Will Emelina have the heart to kill the prince when the time comes? Or her revenge will end up hurting the one she falling for? Anything can happen in war and love. This book has action, love, and magic. If you want to know how it will all end for Emelina then pick up your copy of Ruined in the store. The ending will leave you wanting for more. So Happy Reading!

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Book Summary: 

Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile lands. But Denna has a secret. She possesses an Affinity for fire—a dangerous gift for the future queen of a kingdom where magic is forbidden.

 

My Review:

Mynaria is a place with no magic users allow, some hide in the city and been keeping peace for years. Dennaleia is force into marrying the prince despite the fact she hiding a big secret herself. She hope to have grown to love her prince in time. Making her stay a little uncomfortable is his sister Princess Amaranthine, who already dislikes the soon to be queen. Can theses two princess be able to get along long enough to keep the peace?

Princess Dennaleia:

Brought up being a proper princess, being kind and a book nerd herself. Never broken a rule in her life and do whatever her family tells her to do. For to marry an prince she does not love and hiding her magic at the same time. She tries to hard to please the prince sister Amaranthine, who off the bat does not like her as it is. Can Dennaleia mange to keep clam and not expose her biggest secret to anyone?

Princess Amaranthine:

None of her family really cares on what she does. Mostly grew up taking care of horses and seeking off at night over the castle walls. Enjoying as much freedom she can get. She not really into the whole dressing up like an princess or even try to act like one. Rather time her days with her horse Flicker and taking care of her kingdom from the outside the wall. She mostly annoyed to be force into training the new princess and messing up her new found freedom. Will she grow to like the new princess or will she be ship off to be marry soon?

With an assassin now on the loose and everyone fighting what to do the girls must learn to work together to get the answers on what they seek before a war happens? This is a magical books full of adventure, forbidden love and action. What happens to these princesses when they force to work together?  Is Dennaleia really safe from hiding her magic? Will that up to you guys on picking up this read and find out yourselves. So enjoy and Happy Reading!

The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron

Book Summary: 

What isn’t written, isn’t remembered. Even your crimes.

Nadia lives in the city of Canaan, where life is safe and structured, hemmed in by white stone walls and no memory of what came before. But every twelve years the city descends into the bloody chaos of the Forgetting, a day of no remorse, when each person’s memories – of parents, children, love, life, and self – are lost. Unless they have been written.

In Canaan, your book is your truth and your identity, and Nadia knows exactly who hasn’t written the truth. Because Nadia is the only person in Canaan who has never forgotten.

But when Nadia begins to use her memories to solve the mysteries of Canaan, she discovers truths about herself and Gray, the handsome glassblower, that will change her world forever. As the anarchy of the Forgetting approaches, Nadia and Gray must stop an unseen enemy that threatens both their city and their own existence – before the people can forget the truth. And before Gray can forget her.

My Review:

In Canaan every few years the forgetting happens, where everyone inside the wall loses their memories on who they once where. In order to remember who you are is to write it down in books before the forgetting. The books is your life lifeline without them you become one of the lost. For Nadia remembering is easy for her, as she has never forget. Each year pass everyone looses their memories while Nadia watch on. No understanding why she remembers everything but she does and keep it a secret for years. With her mom growing depress and her sister hating her and want her gone next forgetting, it’s up to Nadia to discover the hidden secrets before next forgetting. With the help of a boy she once knew. So many hidden secrets to find before it’s to late. Can the forgetting be stop in time and can the lost be cure? This thrilling book leaving you with so many twists in the turns you don’t see coming until the end. So if you looking for a quick read, adventure and maybe little romance then this book might be for your. So enter if you dare into the forgetting and Happy Reading!

 

The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen #1) by Roshani Chokshi

Book Summary:

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?

Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of death and destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire…

But Akaran has its own secrets—thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most…including herself.

My Review:

Maya has been an outcast by her family, they think she is cursed with death. The only thing that  gives her comfort is telling fairy tales stories to her sister before bedtime. On the night she is force to choose a husband, war breaks out and a stranger whisk her away to another kingdom where no one heard about. Thinking she is safe in the arms of her stranger Amar, she has become queen. She slowly learns the stories she told her sister over the years where true. Slowly she discover close doors she not allow to enter. What lies and secrets Amar been feeding her. Amar is curse not allow to say anything to her until the moon is right. Can Maya hold out long enough before she finds out the truth herself? Who is Amar this man of monster that whisk her away? In the end you must discovery the truth yourself when you pick the book. This book filled with love, death and sorrow. Takes you into the world of the unknown and guessing who to trust in the end. So Happy Reading!

RoseBlood by A.G. Howard

Book Summary:

In this modern day spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and a horrifying mistake she’s trying to hide. Hoping creative direction will help her, Rune’s mother sends her to a French arts conservatory for her senior year, located in an opera house rumored to have ties to The Phantom of the Opera.

At RoseBlood, Rune secretly befriends the masked Thorn—an elusive violinist who not only guides her musical transformation through dreams that seem more real than reality itself, but somehow knows who she is behind her own masks. As the two discover an otherworldly connection and a soul-deep romance blossoms, Thorn’s dark agenda comes to light and he’s forced to make a deadly choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or face the wrath of the phantom who has haunted the opera house for a century, and is the only father he’s ever known.

My Review:

Rune has been in love with the story and history of the phantom of the opera. Her love with singing and the fear of stage fright, have her mother send her off to Roseblood her last year of school. Little does her mother know that Rune is harbors a secret. Slowly Rune makes some friends and enemies at school. Little does she know she is being watch by a mask man. Her every moves and when she sleep, is it the phantom she so hope to find or someone else?  Rune has been seeking the phantom to help her come over her stage fright.  Is the phantom alive all this time or is it all in Rune head made up bed time story? Just known for one thing she is being closely watch and secrets are about to be discover with Rune singing voice and powers she been hiding. So enter the world of this retelling of the phantom of the opera and discovery the secrets inside the new opera house for yourself. This book is all about love, and the music to take your places. So dive in if you dare and Happy Reading!