CIty of Fallen Angels by: Cassandra Clare

Publication Date: April 2011

Synopsis:

The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.

But nothing comes without a price.

Someone is murdering Shadowhunters, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. Clary's best friend, Simon, can't help her. His mother just found out that he's a vampire and now he's homeless. Everywhere he turns, someone wants him on their side—along with the power of the curse that's wrecking his life. And they're willing to do anything to get what they want. Not to mention that he's dating two beautiful, dangerous girls—neither of whom knows about the other one.

When Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.

Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. The stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.

My thoughts: 

I'm so happy to have finally gotten a chance to read this long awaited book.

I'm thrilled that Jace and Clary are together although I wonder what it will take for Jace to learn that Clary will love him no matter what and he needs to trust her with his secrets....That what causes all the chaos.

I have to say that I'm disappointed in Simon. He always seems to be in a lot of trouble and this book isn't any different. Most vampires could figure a way out of trouble, he digs himself deeper.

Poor Jace, has had enough drama circled around him to last three lifetimes. I want so much for all of his family drama to be over, his parents are dead and  the only thing he really needs is Clary so lets let the drama be on someone else for a change.....I wish Sebastian was truly dead and they need to get his body and take it to an incinerator, to be sure he is truly dead and watch the thing burn.

Alex and Magnus....what a lovely pair, Alex needs to realize that love isn't always easy and peaceful but it is beautiful. 

We do have a new Werewolf, but I'll let you figure out who....LOL!

My rating: 5 stars

The Haunted by: Jessica Verday

Publication Date: August 2010

Synopsis: An impossible truth. An impossible love.

After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all.

But Abbey can never get over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and to the famous legend that binds their fates--a legend whose dark truths they are only beginning to guess....

My thoughts: I was really excited to see how Abigail was after the first book. I mean her best friend was dead, 2 elderly friends she made were ghost and her new boyfriend was a ghost as well.

Turns out she went to her aunts for some mental help? And to get away from all the chaos that seemed to be everywhere in the first book.

When arriving back hoe she finds CAspian right where she left him, living in the cemetery....eewww! And she's still in love with him. They decide to give their love a chance and hang out more!

She think Ben was the "D" , his first name begins with a D, but he tells her it wasn't him that he had feelings for her but that they never dated. Even though he wanted to.

Abbey starts working for her uncle where she meets Vincent D. Who is the "D" she is looking for and he admits to killing her but it was a mistake. He was actually looking for Abbey. So Kristin's death was not meant to be.

After traveling with CAspian and Ben, to Caspian's hometown(where she was suppose to be looking at a college) they realize that Caspian and Abbey are a complete pair. But in order for them to be together Abbey must die!!!

I'm hoping for more to come soon. Only to tell me she won't die but there is a way to bring him back from the dead. And for vincent to die for the part he played in Kristin's death.

My rating: 3 Stars

Another couple of Awards

Thanks you  to the 2 ladies who gave me these awards!

Rules:

1. Link it back to the person who gave it!

2. Tell 7 things about yourself

3. Award others.

4. Contact the recently awarded bloggers to let them know!

7 Things About Me

1. I have had readers block one time in my life 

2. It was last month....ugh

3. I think the zoo is one of the best places on earth.

4. My favorite cartoon character is Tinkerbell

5. I will claim more as my favorite too.....sometimes I can't control it.

6. I love to watch disney movies it makes me dream wonderful things.

7. I don't like to be bossed around, and if friends do it I rebel.

Winners: 

Book Addictions by Christina

Books Complete Me

CAn't find a Bookmark

Confessions of a Readaholic

I eat Books For Breakfast

Letters Written inside out

My Love Affair with books

Paranormal Book Junkie

Reader Recommended

Reading Teen

Sandra the Nook WOrm

The Coffee Bar

The Garden of Books

The Naughty Book Kitties

The thoughts  of a Book Junky

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Publication Date: July 2010

Synopsis: In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack.  And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.

At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget.

My thoughts: I found this book to be gut wrenching...literally.

AS the book begins we have a new wolf to deal with...or should I say for Isabel to deal with, and she does a fabulous job...I must say, most would freak. His Name is Cole and he is a rockstar who is running away from his past.

WE are still dealing with missing wolves, new wolves and dead wolves....eeeeewww.

SAm is having a hard time dealing with not only being human permanently but also missing Beck, his father figure.

Cole and Isabel have this comedic romance thing going on, which Ms. Maggie could have another great romance to write about there, if she wanted. I do hope there is more of them in the next book.

Grace id sick, I mean really sick. The wolf that she was meant to be is killing her, because she never was one. 

Her parents end up catching her and SAm in the Sack one night after having a bad dream and screaming the house down...uh oh. Then she gets ground from him for like life or something and then he gets really pissed off and decides to run away to be with him.

 Which works of course until she starts getting really sick and needs a hospital. 

Where the guys figure out what she needs and do it...but that leaves Sam alone!

I can't wait to read the next book.....I need to know what will become of these lovestruck kids......

My rating: 5 stars

Ghost Huntress by Marley Gibson

Publication Date: November 2010

Synopsis: The first in a trilogy. Get out your tape recorders, crystals, and extra batteries—you’re about to go where our world meets the spirit world.

Psychic Kids, Paranormal State, Haunting Evidence—these and countless other television shows are making believers out of millions of people: Ghosts exist, and they’re living right beside us. For centuries, individuals have been trying to prove the existence of ghosts. But without hard evidence, it’s been difficult to make the case. But now as science and technology have progressed, ghost hunters have been able to use scientific means, along with more traditional psychic tools, to make their case. Photographs, video recordings, and sound recordings are all producing some amazing results.
In this new series, Ghost Huntress, meet Kendall Moorehead, a seemingly typical teen. When her family moves from Chicago to the small historical town of Radisson, Georgia, her psychic abilities awaken. She’s hearing, feeling, and seeing things that seem unbelievable at first, but with the help of the town psychic, Kendall is able to come to terms with her newly emerging gift. So, together with her new BFF, Celia, Kendall forms a ghost hunting team. They’ve got all the latest technology. They’ve got Kendall for their psychic. Now they’re going to clean up Radisson of its less savory spirits.
The story is fiction. The science is real. Welcome to a new reality.

My thoughts: This story is about Ghost Hunting...something new to most people, but not me. I've been a fan of the show for years (check out the syfy channel). And this author even checked with them before she wrote her story. Awesome!

Kendall moves from a big town to a little town...she has trouble sleeping and like most teenagers is afraid of not finding any friends. Not a problem from her.

Not only does she find friends but she learns that she is a sensitive which means she can feel when a paranormal spirit is near by. She and her new friends put together a ghost huntress team...made up of four girls and go hunting. 

The spirit they hunt this time is that of a land owner who wants his land to go to his slave. only his slave is dead, but they do find the person it should go to and with his help they are going to honor the landowner....the girls get him to move on to his final resting place.....saving the day or night as most would say and help Kendall's dad keep working in his office without getting hurt again.

Kendall finds love in her friends brother...after a falling out everyone gets back on board with things and it all works out in the end....I can't wait until I read the next installment

My rating: 3 stars

Beastly by: Alex Finn

Publication Date: February 2011

Synopsis: A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.

My thoughts: I started reading this book 2 weeks ago...I've felt like I was stuck in a rut....Manly due to the fact I really wanted to read this book, but just couldn't get into it. I did read until the end tho and I'm disappointed. To a book that has a lot of publicity because of a movie, it's a major let down.

I thought they would be more...? of what I don't know! But something...love, adventure, anything would have been more appealing.

Instead the beast is hairy unlike the cover and the girl is abused by her father, and sold to the beast to clear himself from trouble...such a loser. She has no friends or true family, even her sisters have run out on her. The only thing this girl has going for her is the fact that she is smart and can count on a great future, if and only if, she can let go of her dad.

Kyle is another story, rich kid who has the looks and no smarts. Whose father spent little to no time with him and he has fake friends and no other family. I don't know who to feel more sorry for really. These characters have nothing until Kyle turns into Adrian...his beast name. He takes in the girl and woos her. Giving her everything he knows she has never had.

After months of living together the girl decides to go home to her father, where she can help this sick man...only to realize her father is still a loser, and Adrian is the answer to her every prayer...

So, Adrian saves her from another evil man, they confess their love for one another, and Adrain returns to Kyle....They live happily ever after!!!!

I have to say that I hope the movie is better than the book!!!!

My rating: 3 stars

Mockingjay by suzanne Collins

Publication Date: August 2010

Synopsis: The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Who do they think should pay for the unrest?

Katniss Everdeen.

The final book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins will have hearts racing, pages turning, and everyone talking about one of the biggest and most talked-about books and authors in recent publishing history!!!!

My thoughts: When I first started this book I did so knowing I hadn't read this second one...which I will read soon...I promise:) ANd I have to say this book being filled with so much drama and action.....WOW!

True I didn't like that I skipped the second book, but I couldn't wait to start the series. SO I moved along anyway.

It was amazing to see how far Kat has come from the girl I met in Hunger Games. She's no longer that little girl fighting to save her sister...she's a woman saving a nation.

How is she handling all of this? The way I hope I would handle all of this.

Her friends are being tortured and killed by the CApital and all she can do is fight with what has been given to her...and lets face it she has been given more as the book goes on....

Peeta has been tortured and they have rescued him, but he doesn't have fond memories of Kat...he's been poisoned to think she evil and he has to regain all of his memories of her . And all the while they are trying to kill Snow.

Sure they kill Snow but they lose Kat's sister......and in the end....Kat ends up with Peeta, I wanted Gale, but it's Peeta and they have 2 children......

My rating: 4 Stars