Bloody Beautiful Cover - Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth posted the cover on her blog today with her thoughts on it!

Release Date for Insurgent:   May 2012

Publisher:  HarperCollins / Katherine Tegen Books

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Black Disaster Fairy's Take:

WOW!!  I got to say that I'm loving this cover!


The tree is beautiful and really represents the Amity faction well... Will there by more of dear Amity in this book?


Zakiya LadyWings's take:

I absolutely love this cover! The tree is gorgeous. The leaves falling off the bottom make me wish I was under the very tree.

I agree with BDF: Is Amity going to be the main faction of this installment?


What do you think?

A Peak of Tempest by Julie Cross

Tempest Synopsis From GoodReads:

This year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy... he's in college, has a girlfriend... and he can travel back through time.  But it's not like the movies - nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there's no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors - it's just harmless fun.


That is... until the day strangers burst in on Jackson, Holly is fatally shot.  In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps.  Now he's stuck in 2007 and can't get back to the future.


Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.


But it's not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these "Enemies of Time" will stop at nothing recruit this powerful young time-traveler.  Recruit... or kill him.


Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he's willing to go to save Holly... and possibly the entire world.

Click here for the four chapters!

I hope you enjoy the first four.

Stop back and let us know what you think of it.

Book Review No. 2 - Firelight

Firelight

By:  Sophie Jordan
Series:  Draki #1
Publisher:  HarperTeen - Sept. 2010
Pages:  323 Hardcover (Own)  
Rating:  5
Book Cover Rating:  5
Read:  Sept. 2011
Genre:  Fantasy Fiction, Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Dragons

Morbid Romantica Challenge 2011

By the Mad Scientist

First Line:  Gazing out at the quiet late, I know the risk is worth it. 

Black Disaster Fairy's Take:

Dragons?  Really Dragons?


WOW!  I can't smirk at the concept of dragons no longer.  Sophie Jordan had me deeply enthralled with the draki world she created.  Added bonus... The cover is beautiful!!  


Draki's are descendants of dragons, their secrets must be kept at any price.  They shapeshift into a human form, however, some of their talents are still available.  Jacinda is the first Fire Breather in centuries and she struggles to control her life.  As the soul fire breather her pride has made plans for her future for her.  A future of mating with Cassian, the next alpha, to create more little fire breathers.  Honestly, I think there is a spark between Jacinda and Cassian... Maybe I'm hoping for more in the next book.  *Fingers crossed*


Of course, this leads to the hot headed Jacinda to rebel.  Except she puts her life on the line and risks revealing the secret of the pride.    


She is takes a huge risk... one that changes her life quickly.  Jacinda's mother is pushed into drastic measures, whisking her and her twin Tamra to a town in the desert where they live among the humans.  Against her will she starts to lose her draki side, she will risk even more to keep this part of her alive. 


The chemistry between Jacinda and Will, a draki hunter, is flaming hot.  Smoldering!  LOL!  Will awakens her dying draki senses which is clearly dangerous if she cannot learn to control herself around him.  She has to keep her secret from him, at least for her family and draki everywhere.


Ah, a Forbidden Love!

A hunter in love with his prey. 

It is more then that.  Jacinda struggles to find where she fits in.  What her life is about and where she belongs?  A basic internal conflict of personal identity and purpose that young adults go through.

Sophie Jordan's world flowed wonderfully.  Her characters were diverse with many layers.  I enjoyed finding out about them throughout the book, ALL THE WAY TO THE END!!  Literally!  What an amazing way to end the book!!

Overall, Firelight has wonderful characters and a beautiful world for you to get lost in!  Jacinda will surprise you, the vivid description of the draki's will intrigue you, and a girl fight in the bathroom will draw you in while the uniqueness of the book will keep you reading.

After running for my life from hunters, a girl with too much lip gloss doesn't register on my fear radar.

BDF highly recommends this book!! It is defiantly for more then just the paranormal fan.  Dragons, hunters, and boys!  Oh, My Goodness!

*Recommend by Jen at In The Closet with a Bibliophile*

Friday Follow on 9/16/2011

Friday Follow!!

9/16/2011

This Week's Question is by Librarian Mouse:

What Imaginary book world would you like to make a reality?

Black Disaster Fairy Thinks:

 That is a hard question!!

• I would love to be in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter's series.  It is long and full of scrumptious buff men.

• I would also have to say the world that Sophie Jordan made for Firelight was amazing.  The details about the draki was just WOW!

• I'm not a huge fan... Couldn't make it through the Potter Series.  

*ducks from things being thrown at her*

But I do think the world around Potter would just be amazing to live in!  So many wonderful places to visit & new sights to see.

Book Review No. 1 - Once In A Full Moon

Once in A Full Moon
Full Moon #1

By:  Ellen Schreiber
Publisher:  Katherine Tegen Books - 2010 
Pages:  292 Hardcover (Own)  
Rating:  3
Book Cover Rating:  4
Read:  Sept. 2011
Genre:  Fantasy Fiction, Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Werewolves

Morbid Romantica Challenge 2011

By the Mad Scientist

First Line:  It began underneath the haunting flow of a full moon.

Black Disaster Fairy's Take:
Once in a Full Moon has not received the best of reviews throughout the blog-o-sphere and GoodReads.  Nonetheless, I decided to push the concern aside and give this book a shot.  It looked like a short read and I couldn't let this signed book sit on the shelf any longer. Too bad the shortness of the book affected the overall quality.


Our cookie cutter good girl is Celeste.  She is lives on the right side of the city, hangs out with the in crowd, and dates the quarterback of the school - Nash.  Celeste's best friends date Nash's friends naturally... it is an ideal sixsome.  Her bland life is launched into a whirl wind of confusion when the mysterious bad boy Brandon shows up at school.

Brandon and his bad rep launch the students into a rumor rage based on a old town legend.  Celeste might just find out how true the werewolf legend is. 


What I didn't like...


I found Celeste to dote on Brandon too much.  All of the obsessive inner monologue bored me and was obnoxious at the same time.  They didn't even know each other!  Her friends did not care for her happiness.  Fitting in and upholding the highest popularity status was more important. 


The werewolf mythology behind this particular lore just does not work for me even if it is original.  It is more cute then scary.  The werewolf is just... hairy.  He speaks like a person and is not destructive.


Once in a Full Moon is just predictable.  


What I did like...


Brandon!  He was very likable and made the book worth reading.  I wish there was more about information about him.  I was on edge whenever he let Celeste treat him badly (it was disappointing a bit actually).


Mr. Worthington.  He was a lovable old man who made his home at the local nursing home.  His manner was great, such a grandpa.


It was a very quick read :)


Overall, Once in a Full Moon is not a book I would recommend.  Ellen Schreiber does not grab my attention or make me enjoy the characters as much as one would hope.

However, this book might make a good Tween book.    

Monsters "R" Us

RAWR!!! Monsters are in session!

If you are a lover of Paranormal creatures, this is the place for you to be.


Of course, you will find a bit of this & that tossed in between.


We are females who read a lot...well, really we border on the line of Geekdom, still, it must be said that we just love having fun.


We hope that you will enjoy our take on the
world of great books.


Inky goodness will be had here. (demons, monsters, evil...oh my!)