Book Review: Facade by Nyrae Dawn

Title: Facade (Games, #2)
Author: Nyrae Dawn
Publisher: Forever Romance
Release date: July 2, 2013


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Can love save them?

After her father commits a crime that shatters her family, eighteen-year-old Delaney Cross is tired of pretending everything is alright. Packing up her car, she sets out to find the people her father hurt. Her search leads her to places she's never been--and into the arms of Adrian Westfall.

To the outside world, Adrian is a sexy, charming ladies man. But his playboy persona is just an act. Secretly his soul is tortured by a memory too painful to share. Only Delaney seems to see through his façade to the real man underneath. And for the first time in his life, Adrian feels he can begin to open up about his past.

Together, Adrian and Delaney share a passionate, carefree love they never expected to find. Yet both still harbor their own secrets. When the dark truth is finally revealed, will it bring them closer together, or tear them apart forever?

Teaser Tuesday (18): Crewel

This meme is brought to you weekly by MizB over at Should Be Reading!

Anyone can play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and the author, too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR List if they like your teaser!

My Teaser

"Girls—" my mother begins, but I'll never know what she was going to say.

There's a hammering at the door and the sound of many, many boots on our porch. I drop my fork and feel the blood rush out of my face and pool in my feet, weighting me to my chair.

"Adelice," my father breathes, but he doesn't ask, because he already knows.

"There isn't time, Benn!" my mother shrieks, her perfectly applied foundation cracking, but just as quickly she regains control and grabs Amie's arm.

A low hum fills the air and suddenly a voice booms through the room: "Adelice Lewys has been called to serve the Guild of Twelve. Blessings on the Spinsters and Arras!"

- ARC → Page 17 & 18, Crewel by Gennifer Albin

Omg, you guys don't understand how stoked I was about getting to read Crewel! I'm not too far in as you can tell but omgomgomgomg, it's amazeballs thus far! Every time I continue reading it, I get all tingling and super excited because I just know it's going to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (that's my new word to express my "aahhhh" feeling)!

It's such a crazy world! I can't wait to delve deeper into it!

So, what do you guys think of that teaser!? Are you guys as excited as me? I can't wait for all of you to read it as well! Eep!

Happy Tuesday and happy reading, everyone!

In My Mailbox (15) & Momo's Playlist (4): One Direction

IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren with some inspiration from Alea at Pop Culture Junkie where we post about books we have received during the week via mailbox, local library, or store bought, etc.

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Thanks to Lori Strongin, Harpreet, Erica, and Maggie!

• Ride the Moon by M. L. D. Curelas (Goodreads | Amazon)

• ARC: Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Isle of Night by Veronica Wolff (Goodreads | Amazon)

• ARC: The Opposite of Hallelujah by Anna Jarzab (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Two copies of Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Two Black City bookmarks by and from Elizabeth Richards (Goodreads | Amazon)

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I was so freakin' excited to see my ARC copy of Wings of the Wicked! I sent this baby out to various bloggers to read during October and it finally made its way back home! This copy is very special to me because....

all those awesome bloggers wrote mini reviews of Wings on the inside of the book and...yeah, it's a total collector's item now, haha! And CAM even signed it too, woot!

That's all the books for me this week! What did all you awesome bookworms receive in your mailboxes!? And how was Easter Sunday for all of yoooou?! :)

Wait, I couldn't just end my IMM there because there's one teeny tiny piece of squeal-ish, fangirling-ish stuff I must share with all of you and that is...

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ONE DIRECTION

If you guys wanna leave...after seeing what was in my mailbox, feel free to do so because this part of the post might get long and...my word vomit might choose to make its appearance.

For quite some time now, I've been seeing tweets here and there on my timeline about 1D and at first, I was clueless as to who or what 1D was so sometime last week, during my Spring Break, out of boredom, I decided to youtube them and check 'em out.

The very first song I listened to was One Thing, the acoustic version. Duuuuuuuuuuuuudes, it was insta-love, nooooo joke! I watched this video ↓

Right after the chorus kicked in, I was hooked so hard! Hours later, I was still stuck on youtube, scouring for more videos. And then days later, I was still doing the same thing. They're so cute and adorable and sexy and ahem, helloooooo - ACCENTS! Yes, pleeeease!
I'm so bummed that I found out about them like two months late because their whole freakin' tour is completely sold out! I checked their stops and they're going to be in Cali for like....five days and I could have totally made one of the stops. Waah, that for seriously sucks butt! BUT, I am SO on it when their next tour rolls around...which I'm hoping won't be too long after this tour ends!
On to more recent news, haha as if this wasn't recent enough. Anyway, last night was one of the best nights for us Directioners! 1D was on iCarly and Saturday Night Live (which I never watched until last night - all thanks to 1D)! I missed iCarly but SNL was freakin' epic! 1D came on and performed What Makes You Beautiful and One Thing and omgomgomg, you guys should have seen me! I was a mess...on the inside. If I freaked out, inside out, I probably would have ended up in the psych ward. ;)
GUUUYS, they're amazing! Well...if you're into that kind of stuff...and music. But if you're still here, reading my gush fest, then for me, at least, please check out their music! But first, here are some more pictures of all the guys and their beautiful-ness!







Told ya, they're pretty freakin' sexxxxxy! Deep sigh.... Now onto the three music videos that you guys should definitely check out!

WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL

ONE THING

GOTTA BE YOU
Their songs are super catchy and before you know it, you'll be singing along...whether you want to or not! They also have a few ballads that are just the sweetest but today is a beautiful and uplifting sort of day, so check those songs out and let me know what you guys think!

Alrighty, this post started out as an IMM then it sorta turned into a Momo's Playlist...so...I'm changing the title of this post. Lol, I promise it originally was In My Mailbox (15). Aah, okay let me know what has been happenin' with all of you lovelies! And if you guys have already heard of One Direction (cause I feel like I'm the last person on this milky way to have heard of them) just act like you know....this was your very first time and get excited with me! ;)

HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!

Book Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Title: Grave Mercy

Author: Robin LaFevers

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Release Date: April 3rd, 2012

Find Robin LaFevers Online: Twitter | Facebook | Website | Blog

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.

Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

My $0.02

There’s something about the medieval time period that completely captivates me—the swords, the battles, the castles and palaces, the knights in shining armor, the princesses, the corrupt officials, the love affairs, the betrayals—all of it just makes for one crazy endeavor that you won’t be able to shake…for a good while!  When I ran across Grave Mercy, I knew immediately that I had to—without a doubt—get my fingers on a copy that instant!  Right away I knew that it was just my cup of tea; something that I would genuinely enjoy, something that would keep me coming back for more.  And Grave Mercy did not disappoint me at all, not one bit!  I am so crazy in love with this book; it is definitely going on my Favorites Shelf!

How do you make a Grave Mercy?  Just add five cups of betrayal, three teaspoons of blood and gore, and two sprinkles of sweet romance and voila!  Grave Mercy was such an epic and heroic read!  You have your fearless and dauntless heroine, the valiant and oh-so-very noble knight and a whole lot of mischief and plotting going on!

Grave Mercy wasn’t necessarily slow for me because something was always going on that my attention was glued to the pages of the book!  It was paced just right and everything was a gradual build until the end, which I appreciated greatly.  That gradual build might be slow for some but I felt like it made the story that much better because you get to see how everything eventually came together and why and how certain events occurred.  This steady flow of the book also played a huge part in Ismae and Gavriel’s relationship.  Because she is a handmaiden of Death, all she knows is how to kill and nothing else.  But the more time that she spends in Gavriel’s presence, the more he begins to grow on her and she finds herself questioning what the little flutters in her stomach mean, the tingles in her fingertips, and the slight blush on her cheeks.  I love that she was so uncertain of her feelings and that she ran through every possible explanation as to why she was feeling the way she was.

Also, her time at court and with Gavriel makes her begin to question the convent and their credibility.  She doesn’t know if what Gavriel tells her is the truth or if he’s just trying to lead her deeper into his deception yet, all the events going on at court doesn’t really match up with the convent’s orders either.  Either way, I was on the edge of my seat, constantly wondering who was behind everything and most importantly, why.  There is so much to the story: all kinds of acts of betrayal, the crazy world of court politics, and the uncertainty of it all made me squirm and squee all over!  Grave Mercy also contains a great cast of supporting characters.  At first, I couldn’t really get them straight because I suck at pronouncing names.  For example, whenever I ran across the name D’Albret, I would just murmur Dealbret and continue on with my reading, so that kind of hindered my understanding of the characters and who was who, but the deeper you get into the story, they all become very clear.  Some of my favorites besides Ismae and Gavriel, of course, are the Duchess, Beast, de Lornay, Isabeau and oddly, Madame Hivern and Louyse.  They grew on me.  A lot.  I didn’t expect some of them to make the list…but well, there they are.

I think Gavriel Duval most certainly gets his own paragraph!  There is so much to this guy.  When you’re first introduced to him, he seems very hard and guarded, which makes sense after you find out who he is.  But there are moments, little moments, where you see just a glimpse of him and his extremely genuine concern for those he loves.  He’s so like…I don’t know, just the perfect knight in shining armor—one that I would very much like to marry.  Right now.  He’s chivalrous, honorable, kindhearted and it might seem like he’s not because of all the secrecy happening at court, but he really is.  And ahem, how hott (yes, he definitely requires the double T) is the name Gavriel. Duval?!  It just sounds so…knightly!  Sigh, anyway I’m madly in love with this dude; I want him.  That is all.

I would absolutely recommend this book to fans of King Arthur, Robin Hood, and/or Game of Thrones!  It was truly an epic and adventurous read that I just couldn't get enough of!  It had everything I wanted and a whole lot more!  It was like LaFevers took a little bit from each of those listed above (some of my favorite movies) and created this masterpiece that I am for seriously crazy about!  Grave Mercy definitely has a little bit of everything:  suspense, mystery, blood and gore, history, horses, swords, and of course, the love story.  If you’re into that stuff, Grave Mercy would positively be the book for you!

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Links to purchase Grave Mercy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository

Teaser Tuesday (17): Grave Mercy

This meme is brought to you weekly by MizB over at Should Be Reading!

Anyone can play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and the author, too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR List if they like your teaser!

This past weekend, I started reading Grave Mercy and....omg, it's freakin' amazeballs! Like way awesome! I've mentioned it before and I will again, I absolutely love stories that take place during the time period of knights in shining armor, prince and princesses, wizards and sorcerers, bows and arrows, swords, and horses, and...basically medieval times and this book scored big time for me! It's so epic I can't even put into words how much I love it and I'm barely a hundred pages in - barely! So, based off that, I know that once I finish it, I will feel as if I've lost a friend. Seriously. <333

With that said, I couldn't just do one teaser because as I was reading, there were so many lines/paragraphs that stood out to me and I just wanted so badly to share them with all of you, lol! So, without further adieu *pause* (I had to google which way was the correct way to word that phrase and....read this post: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ado-versus-adieu.aspx || BWAHA, I feel so dumb now!) Now, without further ado! LOL, I'm cracking up at myself SO bad!

My 1st Teaser

Dizzy at the speed with which my world has been turned upside down, I stall, trying to think of one last argument I could make. I have joined the convent to withdraw from the world of men, not to be thrust upon the mercy of one.

- ARC → Page 87, Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

My 2nd Teaser

As he rows, his chest strains against the fine velvet of his doublet. The muscles in his arms bunch, then stretch, with every pull on the oar, and I cannot help but think that even with all the training the convent has given me, he could easily best me in a hand-to-hand fight.

Not liking the direction of those thoughts, I cast my gaze out to sea, certain I have been consigned to a special section of hell.

- ARC → Page 98, Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

My 3rd Teaser

I begin to dismount and immediately Duval is at my side, helping me. He reaches up and puts his hands on my waist. I bite back a gasp of surprise as the warmth from his hands seeps through his gloves and my gown to my skin, driving away some small portion of the chill Death has brought. He lifts me from the saddle and as soon as my feet touch the ground, I pull away from him. I am all business, as if he has not just touched me more intimately than I have ever been touched in my life, and I head toward the grave.

- ARC → Page 104, Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

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More, more, more, please?!

I absolutely cannot wait to get school outta the way so that I can read more into this baby! It's seriously amazing! And the author's going to be about an hour or two away from me next Wednesday! Aah, I'm dying to go - SO bad! At this moment, I'm desperate, willing to do anything to attend and...I think, I'll be there. Not for sure, just yet, but maybe.

Anyway, back to the book! GUUYS, how sexy is the name Gavriel Duval?! That name definitely tops the sexy names list! I could just walk around saying Gavvvv.riiiiiiiii.elllll over and over again and I'll be super giddy as efff! I've barely been introduced to him for 3-5 chapters but already, I lurrrve him; totally my knight in shining armor. <333

So, what do you guys think?! Which teaser teased you guys the most?! ;) And if you guys have a TT, link me below and I'll check it out when I get home from school, lololol - school, gets in the way of everything!

Pdots → Did you guys notice that in the 1st and 3rd teaser, they both contain a word from the title of the book?! Omg, bet you guys didn't catch that! GRAVE. MERCY. Omgomgomgomgomgomg!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

In My Mailbox (14)

IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren with some inspiration from Alea at Pop Culture Junkie where we post about books we have received during the week via mailbox, local library, or store bought, etc.

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• Angelfire/Wings of the Wicked swag

• A Touch Morbid bookmarks

• A Grave Mercy bookmark

• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Goodreads | Amazon)

• A Pure bookmark

• An Angelina's Secret bookmark

• Elemental by Emily White (Goodreads | Amazon)

• An Elemental tattoo

• A Masters of the Veil bookmark

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Ha, I have a story to tell you guys about the books I got this week but first, to the swag!

A ginormous thank you to the fabulous Courtney Allison Moulton for sending me that huge load of amazing swag! If you guys don't know it by now, I'm like...the ultimate fan of the Angelfire series so when I got my sister-in-law to read Angelfire, she kept asking me how Will looked like, how Ellie looked like, etc. and when I went to look for my Angelfire bookmarks to give her a set, I was down to only a few...left for myself. And then...those awesome bookmarks showed up at my doorstep...well, my mailbox - same thing! I loooove them so much! <333

I didn't receive the two books until earlier today. I knew that the mail person came around 12-3 in the afternoon but I...just didn't go outside to check, lololol! I don't know...today has been such a weird day for me. Yesterday, when I got home from school, I knocked the eff out until 8pm, woke up for thirty minutes, then I crashed until 8am, this morning. I couldn't sleep anymore so I got up and watched Robin Hood; I told myself that after I finished the movie, I'll start on my homework. Gag - homework. That was such a slow and arduous process, nearly killed me. In between answering homework problems, I was tweeting and then a friend of mine asked if I had received Grave Mercy; that triggered me to go outside and check the mailbox. When I got to the mailbox, there were two awesome packages waiting in there for me! My reaction:

I totally should have checked sooner but I wasn't really expecting anything...well, I was expecting Grave Mercy but I didn't think it was going to show up until early next week. Anyway, I'm super duper excited to start that one; actually, I'm going to start it as soon as I finish up this post and this interview I have to do!

An enormous thank you to Shellie from Creative Reads for sending me her ARC copy of Grave Mercy! She knew that I have been wanting to read this one since the beginning of time and I seriously cannot thank her enough! She absolutely rocks the hardest! <333

Another big thank you to the amazing crew over at Spencer Hill Press for sending me an ARC of Elemental! I cannot wait to dive into this one! It's definitely up at the top of the pile! Also, the swag - eeep! When I saw the Pure bookmark in there, I realized that it was my very first one...which was sorta weird! I mean, I would have bugged the heck out of JenniferLA for sending me some Pure swag...but I...hmm, it never occurred to me! Anywho, I absolutely luuuurve it!

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So, what was in all of your guys' mailbox this week?! Anything superbly awesome?! Leave yo links and I'll be by! Happy reading!

And dudes, Games of Thrones is almost back! WOOT WOOT!

Teaser Tuesday (16)

This meme is brought to you weekly by MizB over at Should Be Reading!

Anyone can play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and the author, too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR List if they like your teaser!

My 1st Teaser

I glance down at the girl again and anxiously bite my lip, drawing blood. Big mistake. The Darkling boy's head snaps up, his nostrils flaring, and the air around us sparks with static. His gaze is like a thrilling darkness sliding over my body, cold like winter's frost, leaving a trail of goose pimples where his eyes have touched me.

The Sight.

- ARC → Page 8, Black City by Elizabeth Richards

I started this one two nights ago and by page two, I was hooked! I kept wondering what was going to happen next and I was just...a whole lot of shocked, lol! I didn't get very far but this quote is the first time that Natalie and Ash meet and...omgomgomgomgomg!

And that quote - pure beauty! I loooooove the line that I italicized! Just reading through that gave me shivers! Woot, it was damn sexxxxy, lol!

If school wasn't in the freakin' way, I would flip and flip and flip through this in a quickness! I'm dying to know what happens next!

So, what do you guys think?! Well, if you guys have a Teaser Tuesday, link me below and I'll come check out what you guys have to tease me with, bwahahah!

Happy Tuesday my lovely BOB-ers!  HAHAHAHA, Books over Boys-ers. That is so weird...but whatever, it works!

In My Mailbox (13)

IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren with some inspiration from Alea at Pop Culture Junkie where we post about books we have received during the week via mailbox, local library, or store bought, etc.

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• A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Incarnate by Jodi Meadows (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Hallowed by Cynthia Hand (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Fracture by Megan Miranda (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Everneath by Brodi Ashton (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Timeless by Alexandra Monir (Goodreads | Amazon)

• The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Black City by Elizabeth Richards (Goodreads | Amazon)

• The Waiting Sky by Lara Zielin (Goodreads | Amazon)

• The Right & the Real by Joelle Anthony (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Cold Fury by T. M. Goeglein (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton (Goodreads | Amazon)

• The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads | Amazon)

• Masters of the Veil by Daniel A. Cohen (Goodreads | Amazon)

A close up of the ARCS from Putnam

• Angelfire/Wings of the Wicked bookmarks

• Ten bookmarks

• A manuscript that I'm beta reading for the awesome Cait from Writer's Wanderings

• A CD of Alexandra Monir's book playlist for Timeless

Now, the copies of Angelfire, Wings of the Wicked, Incarnate, Everneath, Unearthly and Hallowed have already been featured in previous IMMs but I got them back yesterday from Katie over at Mundie Moms after she did me a huge favor by taking them to a Pitch Dark Days tour stop to get them signed for me!

Reapers, did ya see that? I'm her favorite! ;)

The three books below are also signed copies that I won in giveaways!

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Overall, it has been a pretty epic mail box week. I received my Dark Days Book and the Putnam ARCs just yesterday but the other books arrived earlier in the week or the previous week.  I am beyond excited to get to all of these awesome books!

A ginormous thank you to Putnam, Katie B., Cait, Amy from the YA Sisterhood, HarperCollins, Alexandra, Daniel, and Angela from Reading Angel!

Whew, it took me a decade and a day to get those photos formatted correctly! Anyway, it would be an understatement to say that I am excited to read all of these pretties; I've got enough to keep me occupied for a while! Eep! So, my awesome lovely bookworms, what did all of you receive this week? Leave your links or a comment below and I will surely check out your load!

Happy Sunday everyone! Omgomgomgomg, Sunday! Aah, the Walking Dead finale is tonight! WOOT WOOT!

Teaser Tuesday (13)

This meme is brought to you weekly by MizB over at Should Be Reading!

Anyone can play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and the author, too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR List if they like your teaser!

My Teaser

She draws me closer and it's everything I can do not to sweep her into my arms and love her properly. Finally, she pulls away. I close my eyes and we stand with our foreheads pressed together. Neither of us move for a long minute, but, finally, I hear her start to breathe again.

- ARC → Page 113, Last Rite by Lisa Desrochers

BWAHA, it's very obvious as to why I chose this one! ;) Man oh man, I cannot believe this series has already come to its end. I'm like going through withdrawals right now; trying to take my very precious time reading it but I can't help myself! I have about 100+ pages left. Sad face. I'm almost done! How am I going to live without no more Luc Cain?! WAAAAH.

I love this series so much and my heart's having a hard time dealing with the fact that it's over....boo. Well, if you have a TT this week, you what to do! Leave candy, drinks, chips, gum, skittles, Teaser Tuesday links, starbursts, snicker bars, and all that good stuff in the comment section below and I'll love you for evah! ;)

Book Review: Wings of the Wicked

Title: Wings of the Wicked

Author: Courtney Allison Moulton

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Release Date: February 1st, 2012

Find Courtney Allison Moulton Online: Blog | Website | Twitter | Tumblr | Youtube | Facebook

Life as the Preliator is harder than Ellie ever imagined.
Balancing real life with the responsibility of being Heaven’s warrior is a challenge for Ellie. Her relationship with Will has become all business, though they both long for each other. And now that the secret of who she really is has come out, so have Hell’s strongest reapers. Grown bold and more vicious, the demonic threaten her in the light of day and stalk her in the night.

She’s been warned.
Cadan, a demonic reaper, comes to her with information about Bastian’s new plan to destroy Ellie’s soul and use an ancient relic to wake all the souls of the damned and unleash them upon humanity. As she fights to stay ahead of Bastian’s schemes , the revelations about those closest to her awaken a dark power within Ellie that threatens to destroy everything—including herself.

She’ll be betrayed.
Treachery comes even from those whom she loves, and Ellie is broken by the deaths of those who stood beside her in this Heavenly war. Still, she must find a way to save the world, herself, and her love for Will. If she fails, there will be hell to pay. 

My $0.02

OHMYGOSH!  AAAHHHH!  When I finished Wings of the Wicked I was on that book high forever.  I cannot believe Courtney Allison Moulton ended the book with such a cliffhanger!  I need to know what happens next, like yesterday!

This book is one of the best things that I have ever read.  Wings of the Wicked picks up right where Angelfire leaves off and you just know you won’t be able to put it down.  Right when I opened the book, I felt this buzz within my fingertips and I just knew that I was going to be reading something magical.  By the time I got to page two, I read every paragraph, every sentence, and every word—twice.  Like they say, there’s nothing like when you read a book for the very first time so I knew that I had to take my precious time with it but it was so hard—I couldn’t stop turning the pages once I got started!  I just knew without a doubt, that I would absolutely enjoy Wings and indubitably, it did not disappoint.

It was so nice to return to Ellie and Will and their world of reaper fighting.  I was so excited; it’s really hard to explain my excitement and my giddiness—to put it into words is definitely a hard thing to do.  To open up their world again and embark on their journey surely made me happy.  Gosh, the wonders of a book.  The escape is what it’s all about; to be able to fully immerse yourself into the pages of a book is really something incredible.

I have to say, the fear that Moulton conveys in Wings is extremely real and so very raw.  In Wings, new characters are introduced, creatures scarier than Ragnuk appear, the stakes are higher, Ellie’s feelings for Will intensify—greatly…just everything is kicked up ten notches, plus one!  So with that, I was so scared for Ellie and I honestly did not know if they were going to be victorious in whatever was heading their way.

In Wings, the cast of characters expands, like a lot, and you find a liking to every single one of their stories.  Moulton, if she wanted to, could seriously do a spin-off series for every single character; characters such as Cadan, Nathaniel, Lauren, Ava, Marcus, Bastian, Merodach and Kaleno…okay, kidding maybe not those last two.  But each character had so much to them and even though you’re focusing strictly on Ellie and Will, to the sidelines of your brain, you find yourself asking the Five W (who, what, when, where and why) Questions about each character.  Well, I certainly did, at least.  Also in Wings, there were so many freakin’ jaw-dropping O. M. Gs. I didn’t see more than half of them coming.  I was shocked countless times; I just couldn’t believe what was being revealed and even afterwards, I would stop reading and think to myself, “Did that…did that seriously just go down?! Did he just say that?!”  Yeah, I was mind. blown.

Oh goodness!  Now, this is what I really wanted to talk about.  Will and Ellie, Wellie.  I have the softest spot for Will in my heart.  I don’t care how many of you say that he isn’t real.  Towards the end of Angelfire, I see where their relationship stands and where it could potentially go and not go.  In Wings, everything between the two of them is the same yet different in that it’s so intense and it’s just so sad and man, more forbidden than ever.  Ellie’s voice was so powerful when she described her heart breaking, piece by piece; I swear my heart was shattering into a billion little shards of glass as well!  Will has the whole broody, gloomy, moody, morose thing down to the core; the whole I-can’t-be-with-you-but-I-really-want-too was tearing my heart into shreds!  There were scenes that were just so sweet, yet the emotions swirling within the pages were so melancholy, my heart had a hard time dealing with it.  I wanted to cry but there was a part of me, deep inside, that was cheering nonstop and so the tears were there but I was so happy and those two emotions colliding together left me breathless.

Now I most certainly did not forget the notorious Cadan.  In Angelfire, we don’t see much of him…just enough to the point where we know that he’s the guy that Will does not want you to be around, lol.  In Wings, everything you know about him changes.  He’s not who you thought he was and he’s just got so much to him.  He’s the broken, bad boy that just wants to be loved.  You know what, Cadan come here, straight into my arms, I’ll love you long time.  He shows a different side of himself to Ellie and as it turns out, he’s not the one who you need to pull out your stabbing weapons at.  I definitely felt bad for the guy and Moulton better give him a happy ending in Angelfire #3. ;)

And all this heart-wrenching stuff wasn’t the only thing happening in Wings.  Reaper killings, hunting sessions, school, Ellie’s BFF, Kate and all her urgent issues, high school parties, prom…you know, life as a regular teenage girl was happening around this crazy mess of a life that was all Ellie’s.

Man, I swear, throughout all of Wings, Courtney Allison Moulton grabbed my emotions by the BALLLLLLS!  LOL and she did not let go, even after the book had long been finished.  If you haven’t read Angelfire, you are seriously missing out on something amazing and if you have, you absolutely cannot miss out on Wings of the Wicked.  If you do, you will be the most deprived bookworm, ever. ;)

Like they say, if there’s a book you want to read and it hasn’t been written yet, write it yourself.  Well, guess what?  Luckily for me, Courtney Allison Moulton wrote the book that I have always wanted to read.  Seriously.  Wings of the Wicked has everything that I want in a book and then some: the kick-ass heroine, who at times is vulnerable, sweet, and sad, the perfect hero to match the heroine in all ways possible, the action was done just right, the supporting characters of Wings were amazing and oh-so-entertaining, the storyline was complex, dangerous, sweet, bitter, sad, happy, comical, and overall, Wings was just extremely un-put-down-able.

Disclaimer: Courtney Allison Moulton had stated several times that Wings of the Wicked is her baby so if you so much as give it the wrong look when you walk past it in the stores, I will pull out my butt-chopping swords on you quicker than you can say rootbeer floats! ;) Don’t mess with me and this book.  Feelings…along with other stuff, will get damaged. 

Links to pre-order Wings of the Wicked: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository

Teaser Tuesday (12)

This meme is brought to you weekly by MizB over at Should Be Reading!

Anyone can play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and the author, too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR List if they like your teaser!

My Teaser

Aiden's lips parted as his gaze drifted over me in a way that made the glass tremble between my fingers. When his eyes made their slow journey back to mine, all the air fled my lungs. The silver burned so fiercely, so hot, that a warm blush swept over my skin. My hand fell to the side, the barely touched glass of champagne forgotten as it hung from my fingertips.

- ARC → Page 242, Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I am crazy in love with this scene and just reading it made me lose my breath! Like daaaaaaaaaaamn, Aiden! ;) There's more to this description...like two more paragraphs but you know, I figured this was enough of a tease, haha!

Anyway, I absolutely cannot wait for all of you to get your hands on a copy of Pure! Happy Tuesday and always, happy reading!

P dot S dot → if you have a Teaser Tuesday, link it in the comments and I'll be sure to check it out!

A fun little tidbit for all of you. Right after I read that scene, I tweeted:

That describes this scene straight to the core, lol. Enjoy!