Skeletor Reviews! Bitter Sweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Title: Bitter Sweet Love

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Published: Harlequin Teen


I am always on the look out for a interesting new premise that will steer away from the typical vampire, wereanimal, and zombie genre that is currently taking over YA and adult fiction alike. So imagine my surprise when I stumbled across Jennifer Armentrout's new series The Dark Elements and finding out that the world and main characters were all about Gargoyle mythology. So naturally I downloaded the free novella to my kindle to give this new world a try.
Jasmine has all but given up on ever seeing Dez again, ever since he up and left three years ago when her father announced that they were to be mated. With so few female wardens, aka gargoyles, a unmated female like Jas was a assist to the dwindling numbers. When Dez reenters Jas's world, she doesn't know what to think or feel, especially when Dez declares his intent to honor her fathers request and become her mate. Jas has seven days to make her decision and Daz is going to to everything in his power to make her see his feeling are genuine and he never meant to leave and hurt her.


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Thoughts: Bitter Sweet Love is a prequel novella, but unlike most prequels it gives you a view of the world not from the main characters of the new series but of minor characters to give you a taste of what the world will be like. I love the world building, seeing gargoyles modernized and fighting to save the world from demons is awesome. My only dislike would be that the story is really heavy in the romance and not enough on the world building, but I think that is primarily because this is the novella prequel. I hope the first book ( which is next on my TBR ) is not as heavy handed with the romance and has more of the wardens and the world in which they encompass. Overall I am really looking forward to this series and reading about something so intriguingly different.

Til Death by Kate Evangelista BOOK REVIEW!!!!

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Title: Til Death

Author: Kate Evangelista

Published: Entangled Publishing


He couldn't follow orders, this one time when he was trusted to protect someone and he failed... he failed her.
Dillan failed a mission so as punishment he was demoted from Illumenari Arbiter to almost human. He is also been forced to move to Wyoming to live with his uncle Rainer who Dillan detests. The Illumenari council couldn't just punish him nooo that would be to easy, instead they take most of his powers from ,make him move in with Rainer and worst of all....he must attend high school with other humans. Though his future looks bleak at the moment things in this small town in Wyoming aren't what they seem to be.
Selena has had a rough life since her parents died. On top of all of that she also has "visions". The visions come as dreams and they always come true.  No one knows about the visions except her grandparents and her two best friends Penny and Kyle and they keep her secret or so she thought. So far things have been some what normal besides the visions and Selena's first day of junior year doesn't seem any different aside from the fact that she is newly single and trying to avoid her ex-boyfriend. Junior year of high school is about to get a lot more exciting when a handsome new guy walks through the doors leaving the hallways of the school a buzz with gossip. Dillan quickly rises in popularity due to the fact that his parents are two of the most famous National Geographic scientist and he is also related to the hot history teacher Rainer Sloan.
Imagine Selena's surprise when Dillan walked into her history class. She was even more surprised when he took the seat next to her. Things start to get even more odd when Selena and Dillan introduce themselves only to be statically shocked by the simple gesture.  Dillan's eyes widen as he begins to wonder what Selena is because no human can sent that much energy through a simple touch. Now Dillan can't get Selena Fallon out of his head and a now he gets a tugging sensation whenever Selena isn't around almost like a rope ties him to her and the shocks on contact continue. Soon Selena's normal life begins to unravel around her when dogs begin to vanish. Then corpses begin to rise from the ground to go after Selena. It takes everything Dillan has to keep the girl he can't get out of his head safe without spilling all his secrets.


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Thoughts: I liked the love story in this book and the characters. I also loved the mythological creatures that were added to the story. I would recommend this book for people who love YA complete with love story, action, and mythological creatures.  My dislikes for this book which explains the rating is that I felt there wasn't enough information about the Illumenari to the point where I have no clue what they are. I know they aren't human but are they angels,mythological beings or what? I also thought that the book was a bit slower than I would have liked it to be which left me wondering what was going on until about halfway through. I still liked the book though and I will read the next one!

Quote: " Accept the supernaturals were a part of the world. Accept that there were things they couldn't explain. Embrace the unknown."

Songs That Remind Me Of The Story:    When you read the book you will know why I picked Taylor :)

     

Skeletor Reviews Darkside Sun by Jocelyn Adams BOOK REVIEW!!!

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Title: Darkside Sun

Author: Jocelyn Adams

Published: Entangled Embrace


I want to thank Dorky Girl for letting me review this book for her, and secondly to the publisher for sending this book for review. When I was asked if I wanted to read this book for review I had no idea what the book was about, but since I needed a book to read at work in between slow times I was like what the heck lets give it a shot. I have to say the basic idea of the story was intriguing but the over all actual execution fell flat for me.
Addison has been different all her life, the walls around her melt away and she thinks she is completely insane because of it. All she ever wanted was to graduate college live a normal life, graduate college and make her father proud. All that changes when her ridiculously over hot young professor givers her a "bible" and forces her to read it. Addison life is thrust into a world she never knew existed. Addison is thrust into the world of the machine where soldiers armed with special powers fight wraiths (souls) from entering human hosts and starting the end of the world. Addison is unique, even to the most powerful of the soldiers, Addison can not only feel the wraiths presence, she can see them too. Addison has to come to terms with her role in the Machine and she has to learn to deal with her feelings for her professor who is not only part of the machine, but is also extremely off limits.


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Thoughts: I enjoyed having something to read to fill the time and Darkside Sun was an easy breezy light read, but it was just to mediocre for me. The story idea behind the book was intriguing ,but I just felt that the author missed the mark. It was a little to literal in the religious overtones and the "romantic" part of the story was half assed and just plan cheese ball, and the supernatural part of the story that was the most appealing to me was more of a place holder idea so the twilight like romance could take place. It is completely unrealistic to think that as a person you would be helpless to these "urges" come over you and no matter how badly you were treated by a person your emotions would only get stronger because of "bond" that you couldn't fight. I just felt this book was a throw away, it never developed and ended on such a predictable cliff hanger that the over all feel was just eh. I found myself looking forward to the book ending because I never connected with the story and the characters and just wanted the book to end.

Would - Be Witch by Kimberly Frost BOOK REVIEW!!!

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Title: Would-Be Witch

Author: Kimberly Frost

Published: Berkley Sensation Paranormal Romance



Tammy Jo's family is full of witches, even the family ghost Edie was a witch before she was killed back in the 20's. All Tammy Jo is good at is baking, she can't even do a simple potion without things going wrong. Tammy Jo will need all the magical help she can get since her life seems to hand her lemons.
In the first day of fallowing her she loses her job at the local bakery and gets in a car accident with the one woman who caused all her problems by getting her fired. Tammy Jo knows it's only a matter of time before the whole town of Duvall knows about her horrible day but she hopes to put that behind her by attending a costume part that is being thrown by her best friend.
So off to the party Tammy Jo goes complete with a skimpy costume ( which was switched by Edie) and the old locket that contains Edie's soul. Everything seems to be going well at the party until the neighborhood hottie Bryn Lyons shows up. Not only is Bryn super hot and rich but he is also a very powerful wizard. Bryn also comes with a warning which was passed down Tammy Jo's family. With no details to on Tammy Jo knows she must stay aaway from anyone named Lyons she just doesn't know why. The warning is soon ignored as Tammy Jo's life becomes entangled with Bryn's when a group of robbers crash the party stealing everyone's valuables including Tammy Jo's locket containing Edie which unleashes a chain of events that could cause the deaths of many people in the small town. There is also a sense of urgency about getting the locket back before Edie's soul gets torn and pulled into darkness. With Bryns help Tammy Jo begins her search for the missing Edie locket all the while her powers beginning to slowly come to light.

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Thoughts: I loved this book and thought it was a very nice beginning to the series. I also loved the fact that there wasn't sex on every single page like most other paranormal romance novels. This book is filled with witches,wizards,werewolves,vampires,a zombie, and a very funny family ghost. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a nice paranormal romance book that isn't just filled with sex scenes.

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The Bullet List by Nikki Roman BOOK REVIEW!!!

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Title: The Bullet List

Author: Nikki Roman

Published: Self Published



What would you do if every time you stepped foot into your school you were tormented even beaten within an inch or your life and there is nothing you can do about it? To make it worse you aren't even safe at home from frequent beatings. That is just a small glimpse into the horrible life of Bailey Skyes.
Bailey doesn't know when her school tormentor Miemah started to hate her she only knows that she can't go a day without some form of verbal or physical abuse. Maybe they are jealous because she is skinny and has boys chasing her, or maybe it goes a bit deeper. Bailey tries to seek help from the teachers and office staff but is blamed for bullying Miemah and quickly dismissed. To top if all off Bailey's teachers blow her off as a loser with a bad attitude. When they school day becomes to much Bailey escapes to a janitor's closet that has a cot in it where she sleeps away the day. Sleep seems to be the only thing that brings any relaxation to Bailey but even that is tormented when she has nightmares about the night her father killed a man while she watched. He had to kill Jack you see because he had a knife and threatened Bailey and her father. He did it for his daughter and her protection when Jack attacked them. That was about the time when Bailey's life changed. With her father in prison for murder Bailey can see her mom slowly slipping into depression which her mother then tries to self medicate with booze and drugs. Her mother at times becomes so drunk and drugged that she can't even remember beating Bailey to a pulp until the next day when she sees the evidence.
After years of abuse at home and at school Bailey finds it hard to forgive her mother even if she stops drinking and doing drugs. The only joy Bailey has in her life is when she is with her friend Clad. Bailey's relationship with Clad begins to take a turn when Clad begins to get strong feelings for her but she can't get past the fact that she only views him as a brother type. Even though Bailey finds Clad to be a great comfort and she can't imagine life without him she doesn't want it to be anything more than a really good friendship leaving Clad in the friend zone. Mean while the constant beatings continue and Bailey sees no way to escape the abuse unless the wrong doers are dead, and Bailey knows exactly how to do it. Shoot them, shoot them all and watch the pain go away seems like the only option, kill them before they kill her. In a fit of rage Bailey seals the deal by making a bullet list and with her mother's gun in hand she will walk into the school and kill them all as they walk from their classes....or does she?

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Thoughts: When I first started reading this book I didn't think I was going to like it because it just didn't sound like something I would read. After a few chapters though I found myself hooked on the story and really wanted to find out what happens next. My only problem with this book was that I didn't really like the main character and there were some errors in the writing that I looked past because even the best of us make typing mistakes. All in all though I was very happy with how the story ended and for a first book Nikki did a great job!



Quotes: " for every splinter of lost hope, there is a sea full of dreams, and for every dreary day there is a sun to light the sky and chase away the despair."

" Sometimes I would rather believe in my own lies than believe in all your truth, because I don't think I could stand the idea of you not loving me the same way I love you."


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Mary Jane by Judith O'Brien BOOK REVIEW!!!

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Title: Mary Jane

Author: Judith O'Brien

Published: Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.


We know almost everything there is to know about Spiderman but we hardly know anything about the woman he loves... This book is about Mary Jane and is told from her point of view. Mary Jane or MJ as she is known by her friends is a very complex character and in the prologue alone you get a good taste of the family drama that makes MJ the woman she grows up to be.

The book starts off when MJ was nine and lets you take a look at her mother and father before they split up. Though MJ was only 9 she was well aware of the fighting and her father's drinking. In fact MJ is quite good at faking happiness when she is in public or at school so no one knows about her home life. MJ lost herself in her dance classes and school work. she doesn't even mind when she gets paired up with Peter Parker for her science fair project. MJ likes Peter and even though he isn't popular and at the time was only known for being a nerd MJ has always found she had a closer bond with Peter than she did with her other friends. MJ and Peter end up making a robot for their project and it probably would have won the science fair if MJ's dad wouldn't have shown up drunk and broke their display and project. That was the moment when everyone including Peter got to witness what MJ's home life is like.
Fast fording to now. MJ's parents have split up. Her mother loses the house in the split and MJ loses her nice dance school and private school. MJ has to transfer to a public school after her and her mother move into a tiny apartment and begin a new life in poverty. The only thing good about the new public school is the fact that she knows Peter also goes to the same public school. You see Peter's Uncle Ben and Aunt May moved into Peter's parent's house after their death to take care of Peter. Because of that Peter was put in Public school long ago and has pretty much accepted it and is taking it a lot better than MJ. The two ended up finding each other and even they even get paired up to work on another project for science class. To get some ideas for the science projects the teacher decides to take the class on a field trip to Oz corp. The class doesn't stay long thought because Peter ends up getting bit by a rare breed of spider that was being tested at the lab.
It seems like just a normal spider bite so no one thinks anything of it until the next few days when Peter seems to be different and strange things surrounding Peter begin to happen. There is also a vigilante super hero by the name of Spiderman running around town fighting crime. MJ even gets lucky enough to be rescued by him and now she can't get the fact that he looks like someone she knows out of her head.

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Thoughts: I loved every bit of this book! It was very well written and could be read quickly and gives you a closer look at one of Marvel's most popular female character.

Happy Birthday 2 Me With A Twisted Ankle!

I am now 27! To celebrate my birthday I thought I would give myself a gift...something that wouldn't be forgotten for a while...like a twisted ankle. That's right I being the clutsy self tried to walk on a foot that had fallen to sleep from me sitting on it. About three steps into the walk my foot decided he hated me and I rolled my ankle which then made a loud popping noise making me fall to the floor while doing my best Peter Griffin impression from Family Guy.
 One of my cats had the joy of witnessing the whole thing and probably laughing to himself before coming over to put his paw on my knee.
Aside from falling on my ass my birthday was good I had a small cake and we went to see the 2nd part of The Hobbit which ending up being a lot better than the first installment. We also had frozen pizza for dinner which was yummy! I got lots of birthday wishes on Facebook from friends and  I still enjoyed my day sprained ankle and all ( I bet I will be hobbling around even worse later on today because it has already started to swell).

What has been going on so recently is something that only people that are close to me would know but I thought I would share it with you guys today. It came to my attention recently that Sheldon's friends decided to make a D&D group and starting every Tuesday the group would get together and play. Well Sheldon made me think that I was welcome to the group because the more people there are the funner the game right? Well I have always had a feeling that his friends don't like hanging out with me as much as Sheldon claimed but I figured it was just me being negative and I should give it a chance because I actually did want to play D&D. So on the Tuesday that was going to be the start of the group I spent all day making a Druid character and even made some dice bags out of yarn ( I have a bit of crochet skills). I also had been looking into getting my own dice and put a notebook together for Sheldon and my character complete with sheet protectors so they wouldn't get messed up. It was almost time for us to leave to go to the group when Sheldon texted the head of the group to let him know that "We" would be on our way. The head texted back "who is we?" and Sheldon said "Callie and I". That is when the head texted back "I don't mean to be rude or anything but I wanted it to just be the guys". Even though I tried to hold it together I just crumpled as my negative feelings came true. I had been holding together so well through the holidays even with the drama with my father but when Sheldon got that text message it ruined everything and caused all my depression over the crap that had happened hit me all at once. I have been more depressed lately as a result of the D&D bullshit and I am pretty sure the weather is also a bit of a reason since I can't really go outside and walk because it is WAY to cold for that. I can see myself slowly becoming a very sad and lonely hermit person and I hope Sheldon comes through with making our own D&D group that anyone can join because I need it.
To keep from being bored I have taken up cleaning and rearranging things. I got tired of not having space on my book shelves and Sheldon also needed room for his books so I went on a bookshelf rampage and moved things around and now books are neatly place in spots instead of just stacked everywhere like they were before. I didn't stop there either I also cleaned out two drawers in the file cabinet that we have and I also cleaned the desk really good so now the clutter is knocked down majorly! I give the desk a week at the most before it is all dusty and messy again, the dust,dishes,and laundry is a never ending battle.

Below are some pictures of the bookshelves and other places in which books are placed.

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