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Saturday, January 17, 2015

ARC Review: Paragon (Legacy Code #2) | Autumn Kalquist

Paragon (Legacy Code #2)
by Autumn Kalquist
Published November 30th 2014
by Diapason Publishing

Goodreads Summary:
Tadeo Raines knows what they say about him. It’s all lies.
But lies are better than the truth.

He broke the rules once and swore he’d never do it again. Now traitors plot against the fleet, and he's tasked with hunting them down and stopping them. Permanently.

Tadeo was born to command, born to lead the last remnants of humanity to a new Earth. He knows there’s a better world out there: Daylight at the end of humanity's long night. And he's willing to do whatever it takes to get the fleet there. Even if it means walking the line between loyalty and treason. And breaking the rules... Again.

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Thank you to Autumn for providing me with an eARC of this book for review.

After such a heart wrenching ending to Legacy Code (see my review here) I was eager to get to read Paragon.

I wanted to see where the story was going to go.

Would the secrets Era discovered be told to the whole fleet?

So many questions!

The story was told through 3 different point of views, Tadeo, Zephyr, and another character which I won't name because it would be a spoiler.

The opening of Paragon was hard to read. I wanted to hate Tadeo. He had the opportunity to save Era but he knew he would not be able to without sacrificing himself as well. So I understood and wanted to understand him. Throughout the entire book I had a love/hate relationship with him. He is completely loyal and that has to be admired. I guess...

Zephyr annoyed me at first when she came into the book. She was, of course, distraught after hearing about what happened with Era. I felt like she should have tried to do something more urgently. However, near the end of the book she did become badass, standing up for herself and her friend. I can't wait to see what happens with her in the next book and see what she does with the information Era left behind.

The 3rd POV through in an interesting perspective to see what that character was going through while everything was happening on the Paragon.

Full of questions, traitors galore, secrets & suspicions.

You can't even trust your own family in this world!

Can't wait for more Autumn! <3

Finished 1/3/2015

Saturday, October 25, 2014

New to the Shelf #3 {10.18-10.25}

Physical Books Purchased

Book Outlet

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Flirting In Italian by Lauren Henderson

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Used Bookstore

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Exquisite Captive(ARC) by Heather Demetrios

From Review

Sweet Damage by Rebecca James

E-ARCS From Edelweiss

Thursday, October 23, 2014

{ARC} Review: One Condition || Nova Raines

Blurb from Goodreads:

The Lust List - Take Your Pick

They're the world's sexiest bachelors. The men of ScandalLust mag's infamous Lust List are young, wealthy, and, oh, did we mention? HOT.

When scandal follows them everywhere, there’s no hiding from the cameras. They're irresistible, insatiable—and talented in all the right ways. Every woman wants them. But these playboys won't be easy to catch...

Hayley Wade’s rock star dad just partied himself into an early grave and left Hayley with a pile of dangerous debt. She plans to pay it off, but her drug-addled father wrote an impossible task into his will: to inherit his wealth, Hayley must steal back a family heirloom he lost to a gold digger.

Kaidan Stone grew up surrounded by the world’s biggest stars, but never wanted to be in the limelight. When he makes The Lust List, he becomes America’s newest celebrity obsession overnight.

After Kaidan saves Hayley from a run-in with the aggressive paparazzi, sparks fly, and she discovers the heirloom is in his California mansion. It’s the answer to all her problems…but she’ll have to betray Kaidan to get it.

Pre-Order Now for only $.99 cents !!

One Condition: The Lust List: Kaidan Stone #1

*An ARC was provided from the author in exchange for an honest review*

Hot, Steamy, and Sexy are the 3 words I would use to describe this book.

Kaidan Stone meets Hayley Wade as she is leaving her attorneys office after discussing her fathers will. Hayley just recently moved back to Los Angeles from New York, after her father passed away, and is bombarded with paparazzi. Kaidan appears and Hayley rescues her from the demanding paparazzi. Or so she thinks.

The attraction between them is quick and sexy.

They eventually find out who the other person really is and it becomes harder to stay away.

Hayley wants Kaidan...

Kaidan seems to want Hayley....

As the rumormill starts Hayley isn't sure if she wants to pursue anything with Kaidan or if she should finish what she needs to do and just get back to NYC.

The tension between them, the mystery surrounding who Kaidan really is, and much more will keep me coming back for more as this series plays out.

5 Coffee Cup Stars
Finished October 23, 2014

Saturday, October 18, 2014

ARC Review || Defect #2 || Autumn Kalquist

Defect: Part Two (Defect)

by Autumn Kalquist

Expected publication: November 1st 2014 by Diapason Publishing

e-ARC provided by the author for an honest review

Defect Novella Series Blurb:

I never asked them to make me this way.

The corporation that gave me superimmunity called me Protected. But then the truth came out, and I lost my freedom. I’m a genetic experiment gone wrong.

Damaged.

Broken.

Defective.

Now the Corporate Coalition hunts me and those like me, and I’ve stayed hidden off-grid for eight years.

But I can’t hide forever.

Something else is happening, something worse

than every mistake made before.

And if I have to fight to survive…

I’ll fight ‘til I die.

The Corporate Coalition will never take me alive.

Prequel to the bestselling Legacy Code series

I had not yet posted a review on here for Defect #1,

so I wrote one up and it's included below.

Review Defect #1:

Defect is a novella series set hundreds of years before Legacy Code. Defect #1 introduces us to Selena, her little brother Eli and her grandmother Nan. Selena's parents passed away and for the past 8 years she and her brother have been living with Nan. Outside of the city, hidden-- because she and her brother are Protecteds. If the Corporate Coalition knew they existed they would be taken/quarantined.

There is a pandemic starting. A sickness is being spread causing food shipments to be halted. People begin to panic and rush to collect food and supplies. A riot breaks out at the local grocery store. During the riot Selena and her brother met the mysterious Anders.

Trouble only increases when Selena comes in contact with some wanted criminals(she doesn't know they are wanted) who invade her home. Life changes in an instant. Everything Selena has done on a daily basis for the last 8 years is going to change. Fast.

For a short novella, Autumn introduces the characters perfectly. She has you pulling for Selena and her family from the very beginning. I look forward to seeing the characters develop and seeing how this pandemic continues.

Review Defect #2:

Defect #2 throws us right back in where #1 left off. The wanted criminals have invaded their home taking everything they have and destroying the crop they've had growing. The local cops happen upon their house and begin to question Nan about the whereabouts of Selena. Selena's world is turned upside down almost immediately. She has to fight even harder to continue to protect herself and her family. Things are getting more out of hand with this pandemic and the freak out that people are having.

The Corporate Coalition is starting to quarantine people. The food shipments are still stopped. The wanted criminals are still out there. Disease is spreading.

We learn more about who the mysterious Anders – who he is, and why he introduced himself to Selena to begin with.

Trouble seems to follow Selena everywhere she goes. Things get incredibly intense. I look forward to continuing the series !

5 Coffee Cup Stars for BOTH !
Finished #2 October 18th, 2014

New to the Shelf #2 {10.11-10.18}

I've decided to combine my physical bookshelf and virtual bookshelf updates.

This is my weekly update of the new books I've obtained physically and through e-ARC's.

Thanks to the multiple publishers, authors, edelweiss, and netgalley !

Physical Books Purchased

A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

eARC's Received

Expected publication: June 2nd 2015 by Simon Pulse

Expected publication: January 6th 2015 by Knopf

Expected publication: November 11th 2014 by Bloomsbury Spark

Expected publication: December 2nd 2014 by Sourcebooks Fire

Published July 1st 2014 by Forever Yours

Expected publication: November 4th 2014 by Aspen Mlt, Inc.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

New e-ARCS received 9.27-10.4

New eARC's Received

This is a my weekly list of the eARCs I have received to review.
Thanks to Edelweiss, Netgalley, & the numerous publishers for the copies.

Expected publication: March 3rd 2015 by Greenwillow Books

Expected publication: March 17th 2015 by Katherine Tegen Books

Expected publication: October 28th 2014 by Skyscape

Expected publication: April 14th 2015 by Balzer + Bray

Expected publication: December 23rd 2014 by HarperTeen

Expected publication: January 27th 2015 by Balzer + Bray

Expected publication: March 30th 2015 by Katherine Tegen Books

Most of these are in the middle/end of a series.... and I feel really bad that I didn't do more research to know that before requesting them. I haven't read the beginning of the series for any of them. Guess I've got a LOT of reading to do!