ARC review: Always Kiss Me Goodnight by Megan Gaudino

3.5 stars! ***

Author: Megan Gaudino

Title: Always Kiss Me Goodnight
 

Sophia Destino is supposed to die.

All seventeen-year-old Sophia wants is to coast through her junior year. But with her parents obsessed with her Olympic-swimming-hopeful brother, a psychic best friend with a penchant for reading tarot cards, and prophetic dreams that predict her death—that won’t be easy. As her nightmares begin to come true, Sophia finds herself dodging death and longing for the time when getting over her ex-boyfriend was her biggest problem. Until she meets Leo Knight. The mysterious stranger seems determined to keep her alive—and steal her heart. But Leo has a secret that is about to change everything and Sophia is about to learn that sometimes…your number is up.

ARC review: The Descartes Legacy by Nina Croft

1.5 stars! *

Author: Nina Croft

Title: The Descartes Legacy
 

Lucas Grafton has spent the last ten years hunting the Conclave, a secret organization who took everything from him: his wife, his child, his very identity. Now he has a lead--an imminent terrorist attack on London--code-named Descartes.

Born with a genetic illness, Jenna Young has always known she was different. But the unexpected death of her father catapults her into a world of murder and terrorism she never expected. In order to stay alive, she must solve a twenty-five year old mystery--and her only ally a hard bitter man in search or retribution, her only clue the Descartes Highlands, an area on the near side of the moon.

Luke's need for revenge collides with Jenna's hunt for the past, and together they must stand against the Conclave. All the while uncovering the truth behind Jenna's illness, a truth that will make Jenna question her very humanity.

ARC review: The Lost Soul of Lord Badewyn (The Order of the MUSE, #3) by Mia Marlowe

4 stars! ****

Author: Mia Marlowe

Title: The Lost Soul of Lord Badewyn (The Order of the MUSE, #3)
 

He vowed to never fall in love...

Meg Anthony was never raised a lady. Instead, she grew up amongst grifters who used her unique “finding” ability for their own selfish purposes. Recently, she's been taken under the wing of the Duke of Camden and the Order of M.U.S.E., learning not only the fine art of becoming a lady, but how to use her extraordinary talent to help others.

But Meg's gift is a beacon to unsavory characters who would possess her.

Charged with her protection, Lord Badewyn knows—too well—that his wild, Welsh castle is no safe haven for this lovely, all-too-desirable creature. Part human, part fallen angel, he is one of the Nephilim. He is a recluse sworn never to love. As the dangers to Meg grow more threatening, he cannot help but find himself tempted beyond all reason...and tested to see if he has both a heart and a soul.

Review: The Crown of Embers (Fire and Thorns, #2) by Rae Carson

3.5 stars! ****

Author: Rae Carson

Title: The Crown of Embers (Fire and Thorns, #2)
 

She does not know what awaits her at the enemy's gate.

Elisa is a hero.

She led her people to victory over a terrifying, sorcerous army. Her place as the country's ruler should be secure. But it isn't.

Her enemies come at her like ghosts in a dream, from foreign realms and even from within her own court. And her destiny as the chosen one has not yet been fulfilled.

To conquer the power she bears, once and for all, Elisa must follow a trial of long-forgotten—and forbidden—clues, from the deep, hidden catacombs of her own city to the treacherous seas. With her go a one-eyed spy, a traitor, and the man whom—despite everything—she is falling in love with.

If she's lucky, she will return from this journey. But there will be a cost.

Review: The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) by Rae Carson

3.5 stars! ***

Author: Rae Carson

Title: The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)
 

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.
Elisa is the chosen one.

But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can't see how she ever will.

Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.

And he's not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies seething with dark magic are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people's savior. And he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.

Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young.

Most of the chosen do.

ARC review: A Sky Unbroken (Earth & Sky, #3) by Megan Crewe

2 stars! **

Author: Megan Crewe

Title: A Sky Unbroken (Earth & Sky, #3)
 

The rebels have been disbanded, their plans ruined. Betrayed by those she trusted most, Skylar finds herself herded, along with a small group of Earthlings, into a living museum—a human zoo—on the Kemyates’ space station, subject to her captors’ every whim. Any move Skylar makes could result in the extinction of her people—but giving in means losing any hope of freedom.

Meanwhile, Win returns home and evades punishment by pretending to be loyal to Kemya. But he can’t bear knowing that Skylar is imprisoned or watch his fellow Kemyates swallow the Council’s lies about Earth. He must bring the truth to the Kemyate public and see the Earthlings freed—even if it means openly challenging his world’s rulers.

In this final book of the action-packed Earth & Sky trilogy, neither Skylar nor Win knows they are about to uncover an even deeper conspiracy—one that could push the future they’re fighting for completely out of reach.

ARC review: The Clouded Sky (Earth & Sky, #2) by Megan Crewe

2 stars! **

Author: Megan Crewe

Title: The Clouded Sky (Earth & Sky, #2)

When seventeen-year-old Skylar escapes the time-bending Enforcers who secretly control Earth, her troubles have just begun. She and her friend Win take refuge on Win’s home space station with his fellow rebels, but the fate of Skylar’s planet still spins out of her control.

To avoid detection, Skylar poses as the Earthling “pet” of Win’s rival, an arrogant boy named Jule. Homesick and faced with a cool reception from the other rebels, she throws herself into the group’s mission: assembling a weapon to disable Earth’s restrictive time field. Gradually, Skylar’s skill for detail gains respect—even from Jule, who is more vulnerable than he lets on.

Yet challenges spring from every side. Not only must Sky navigate the muddy waters of romance, but suspicions of betrayal grow among the rebels as their work narrowly misses sabotage.

In the latest in Megan Crewe’s Earth & Sky series, can Skylar expose the traitor before time runs out and Earth is destroyed?

Review: Earth & Sky (Earth & Sky, #1) by Megan Crewe

2 stars! **

Author: Megan Crewe

Title: Earth & Sky (Earth & Sky, #1)

Seventeen-year-old Skylar has been haunted for as long as she can remember by fleeting yet powerful sensations that something is horribly wrong. But despite the panic attacks tormenting her, nothing ever happens, and Sky’s beginning to think she’s crazy. Then she meets a mysterious, otherworldly boy named Win and discovers the shocking truth her premonitions have tapped into: our world no longer belongs to us. For thousands of years, Earth has been at the mercy of alien scientists who care nothing for its inhabitants and are using us as the unwitting subjects of their time-manipulating experiments. Win belongs to a rebel faction seeking to put a stop to it, and he needs Skylar’s help--but with each shift in the past, the very fabric of reality is unraveling, and soon there may be no Earth left to save. 

ARC review: Shattered Blue (The Light Trilogy, #1) by Lauren Bird Horowitz

3.5 stars! ****

Author: Lauren Bird Horowitz

Title: Shattered Blue (The Light Trilogy, #1)

For Noa and Callum, being together is dangerous, even deadly. From the start, sixteen-year-old Noa senses that the mysterious transfer student to her Monterey boarding school is different. Callum unnerves and intrigues her, and even as she struggles through family tragedy, she’s irresistibly drawn to him. Soon they are bound by his deepest secret: Callum is Fae, banished from another world after a loss hauntingly similar to her own.

But in Noa’s world, Callum needs a special human energy, Light, to survive; his body steals it through touch—or a kiss. And Callum’s not the only Fae on the hunt. When Callum is taken, Noa must decide: Will she sacrifice everything to save him? Even if it means learning their love may not be what she thought?

Review: Nightwalker by Jacquelyn Frank

3 stars! ***

Author: Jacquelyn Frank

Title: Nightwalker (The World of Nightwalkers, #5)



I made a tactical error. I actucally belived it when the describtion said it could be read as a stand-alone. Well, in theory it really could be taken as a stand-alone but lots of things didn't make sense and for someone who doesn't know a single information about this universe it's confusing as hell. Way too many names and different breeds. 

While they were a LOT of points of view the whole book was focused mostly on Kamen and Vieve.

Kamen somehow brought the imp god Apep back into the world and Apep is pure evil. Kamen spent a year trying to find a way to send him back where he came from. By almost accident he found a clue - he has to unite all twelfe breeds/nations.

While doing so he meets Vieve. A wratith half-breed ridiculed by others. Kamen finds out that's not like the other wraith. She's got feeling, blushes and loves gardening.

She travels with him and those to are good to each other. He makes her stand up for herself and she brings out his softer side.
 

When it's time for the big final battle they are prepared. They've got the spells ready, the battle plan is solid. Altough it's not going according to what they had planned, the battle ends with victory. It was unsatisfying and so predictable.

Kamen and Vieve knows each other for three freaking days and they already love each other and can't be without the other one. Really? Three days. It takes me longer to decide which shoes I want to buy!

Maybe if I read the other books in the series I would have enjoyed this one more. But I didn't and probably won't.




*ARC courtesy of publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*  

Review: An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

4 stars! ****

Author: Julie Kagawa

Title: An Iron Fey Valentine



A cute, short story. It's a Valentine's day and Meghan and Ash go to the mortal world on a romantic (a classical teenager's date - dinner and movie) date.
While it's short it shows us and reasures us, that they got their HEA and everything is all right in paradise and that Ash is still as cool (and as much hot as an ice-prince can get) as ever.