COVER REVEAL: Fall of Thrones and Thorns by Jennifer Ellision

Hey guys! Welcome to the stop on the cover reveal tour of Fall of Thrones and Thorns by Jennifer Ellision. I am so excited to share this cover with you guys. This is the third book in the Threats of Sky and Sea series. It is set to be published on September 27, 2016. 

Before I reveal the cover, here is what Fall of Thrones and Thorns is about:

War hurtles in, a typhoon over the sea.

After Bree’s life was torn apart, Nereidium had represented a haven to her. A place that—if she could save it—was beyond the King’s reach.

And, at last, she’s arrived upon its shores. But things in Nereidium are not what they should be.

The land is plagued by a rash of mysterious earthquakes, the likes of which it’s never known. The governors are distracted by old traditions, while Bree and her friends grapple with changing identities and the sense that the longer they wait to take action… the greater the danger from Egria grows.

Bree is tired of living under the shadow of King Langdon’s power. And she’s tired of waiting for him to be the first to act.

In this final chapter of the Threats of Sky and Sea series, it all comes down to Nereidium or Egria. To Bree or the King. It’s kill… or be killed.

And not everyone will escape the battle unscathed.

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Previous Books in This Series: 

AND NOW FOR THE BIG REVEAL

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AUTHOR BIO:

Jennifer Ellision spent a great deal of her childhood staying up past her bedtime with a book and a flashlight. When she couldn't find the stories she wanted to read, she started writing them. She loves words, has a soft spot for fanfiction, and is a master of the fangirl flail. She resides in South Florida with her family, where she lives in fear of temperatures below 60 Fahrenheit

Website / Goodreads / Twitter / Facebook

#TBRTakedown 4.0 Read-a-thon and TBR!

Hello guys. Today, I bring you another TBR for a Read-a-thon. Read-a-thon's are so great during the summer. They really help you want to read and I am going to try to get through a ton of books during this one. 

This read-a-thon is called TBRTakedown 4.0 and it is hosted by leaninglights over on youtube.  There are sprints and updates on twitter: @TBRTAKEDOWN  @leaninglights 

This read-a-thon goes from June 20-June 26 and there are a series of challenges that you can complete. 

Challenges: 

1. TBR over a year [longest]

2. Sequel

3. First book in a series

4. Out of your comfort zone [whatever that means for you]

5. Most Recent book haul

I decided to go by the challenges so here are all the books I want to complete. 

For the first challenge I went with Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I have had this book on my TBR for like three years and still haven't read it so now is the time. Considering the fifth book is coming out and I have three of the books and haven't read any. 

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.

Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her ... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead ... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

For the second challenge I went with The Rose Society by Marie Lu. This book has been on my TBR for a while now and I haven't read it yet. I loved the first book but I haven't found time to read this one yet. 

Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all.

Adelina Amouteru’s heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she flees Kenettra with her sister to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her.

But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good when her very existence depends on darkness?

For the third challenge I picked two books and I can either read both or just one. I picked Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter which I already started and it is really good. I also picked These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. I have wanted to read both of these for a while. 

She won't rest until she's sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.

If anyone had told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that's all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.

Her father was right. The monsters are real.

To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn't careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies.

These Broken Stars: 

Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive – alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a cynical war hero. Both journey across the eerie deserted terrain for help. Everything changes when they uncover the truth. 

The Starbound Trilogy: Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy

For the fourth challenge I picked, Delia's Shadow by Jamie Lee Moyer. This is out of my comfort zone because it is kind of a paranormal adult book and I don't read many adult books so any adult book is out of my comfort zone. 

A dark, romantic fantasy set against the backdrop of San Francisco devastated by the Great Quake...

It is the dawn of a new century in San Francisco and Delia Martin is a wealthy young woman whose life appears ideal. But a dark secret colors her life, for Delia’s most loyal companions are ghosts, as she has been gifted (or some would say cursed) with an ability to peer across to the other side.

Since the great quake rocked her city in 1906, Delia has been haunted by an avalanche of the dead clamoring for her help. Delia flees to the other side of the continent, hoping to gain some peace. After several years in New York, Delia believes she is free…until one determined specter appears and she realizes that she must return to the City by the Bay in order to put this tortured soul to rest.

It will not be easy, as the ghost is only one of the many victims of a serial killer who was never caught. A killer who after thirty years is killing again. 

And who is now aware of Delia’s existence.

For the fifth and last challenge I picked two books but will probably only get through one at most. I picked The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. I really want to read these so I put them on this. 

The Crown's Game:

Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the Tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.

And so he initiates the Crown’s Game, an ancient duel of magical skill—the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the Tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter—even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned with—beautiful, whip smart, imaginative—and he can’t stop thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai’s best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love... or be killed himself.

As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear... the Crown’s Game is not one to lose.

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Four minutes changes everything. Hadley Sullivan 17 misses her flight at JFK airport, is late to her father's second wedding in London with never-met stepmother. Hadley meets the perfect boy. Oliver is British, sits in her row. A long night on the plane passes in a blink, but the two lose track in arrival chaos. Can fate bring them together again?

Movie Review #2: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Finally, I am getting another movie review up. I am such a bad person in terms of promising reviews and then never giving them. Today, I just saw Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and it was a lot better than I had originally hoped for so I'm really happy about that. This is also mostly spoiler free.

Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Director: Burr Steers
Rating: PG-13
My Rating: 5 Crowns
Release Date: February 4, 2016

If you have not read Pride and Prejudice or seen one of the Pride and Prejudice movies, you might be a tad bit confused during this one.

This is basically the original Pride and Prejudice story but you add in zombies so everything changes.

PLOT

The plot was amazing. You got the normal Pride and Prejudice story but the girls are all kickass heroines, fighting zombies and saving people. In this world a woman is accomplished if they trained in Japanese martial arts and less so if she has trained in Chinese martial arts. Elizabeth Bennett of course trained in China. A woman has to have skills of cooking, reading, languages and of course fighting.

This story had zombies milling around and causing havoc but it was Pride and Prejudice down to the dialogue. The witty dialogue still played it's part and if it hadn't been there, I would have questioned this as a Pride and Prejudice adaptation. Lizzie and Darcy still have battles of wits and also actual battles.

Despite this movie being dark it still had a light, humorous tone to it. And the setting was well-developed and gave us a good backstory. I loved how they made the woman warriors as well and not just dainty ladies who sat at home while the men trained and fought. It was hilarious and awesome to see the Bennett sisters getting ready for the Ball by doing their hair and donning dresses as well as strapping knives and swords in because would it be a ball without a zombie invasion?

ACTORS/CHARACTERS

Lily James plays the beloved Elizabeth [Lizzy] Bennett. Lily James stole the show. She was beautiful, clever, determined and her warrior skills were amazing and too hot to handle. Let's be honest. Lily James was amazing as Lizzy and really played the role perfectly. I couldn't have asked for a better actress to play this iconic character.

Sam Riley plays the dashing and infuriating Mr. Darcy. Mr Darcy as so disagreeable [like he always is] but secretly really hot. He was also a great fighter just like Lizzy. While he's not as handsome as Mr. Bingley (Douglas Booth), he's still pretty handsome and the only Darcy so far that I have found handsome. He's also the only Darcy that I could actually stand tbh.

Matt Smith plays the hilarious Mr. Collins. Matt Smith was perfect in this role. He was hilarious and quirky and just fit perfectly. 

Douglas Booth plays the charming, kind and handsome Mr. Bingley. I've always liked Mr. Bingley a lot more than Mr. Darcy because Mr. Bingley always seemed to actually have a heart. Douglas Booth does an amazing job in his role and it was fantastic to see him portray Bingley.

FIGHTING

The Bennett sisters fight scenes were amazing and so well cordinated. I really enjoyed watching them go from ladies to positively badass. 

And the amount of times Darcy and Elizabeth save each other. #Goals 

ROMANCE

The chemistry between Darcy and Elizabeth was undeniable and I enjoyed seeing their relationship develop during the length of the movie. Plus it was interesting to see how their relationship changed with a zombie setting.  It was high-stakes romance where they are fighting for their life and their love. Oh and that scene where they fight each other...loved it!

CONTENT FOR OLDER VIEWERS ONLY?

This movie is rated PG-13 for a reason. I feel like it is better if you see this when you are 12 and over because you won't understand everything and the zombies could frighten younger kids but otherwise it is a great movie.

Slaying as they slay is a great tagline for this movie. I highly enjoyed it and highly recommend it!

Music Monday #18

I got this idea from the blog Trust in the Words. 

Unstoppable by Sia

There were so many songs I could have put on this post but I decided on this one. This is one of my current favorites.  I really love the message and the song itself. Feel free to give it a listen. 

What's in your headphones?

Happy reading everybody! <3

Blogger Summer Reading!!

Bekka over at Pretty Deadly Reviews and Whitley over at Reading With a Vengeance are hosting a blogger summer reading program in the month of July.  I decided to participate cause I need to get my reading done

This challenge is based on the types of summer reading programs that libraries host. You set all your own goals and they can be whatever you want – to read a certain amount of books per week, read a certain amount of pages per day, etc. You keep track of your progress and report back every Saturday as to whether or not you met your goals for that week. There are also going to be some cool prizes but they haven’t been announced yet! There’s also going to be a Twitter chat on June 30th to kick it off. If you want more information, check out Bekka and Whitley’s posts which I linked to above.

Goals

Read 2-3 Books a Week

Catch up on my library books 

 This isn't too hard for me to do as these are all things I want/need to do. I'm also going to be going to California in July so I'll have more time to read. 

If you’re participating in this, link me to your sign-up post below!

Weekly Recap: 6/13-6/19

I have decided to start doing a weekly post called weekly recap where I update you on my life, reading and watching. Plus any posts I have done or will do.

This week was my last school week. I ended on Thursday so I didn't do as much blogging as I thought I would. On Thursday I went to Barnes and Noble and decided to reward myself by buying some things.

On Friday I went to see the movie adaptation of Me Before You which was amazing. I loved it so so much. The actors chosen were amazing and it was horribly sad but beautiful! I plan on doing a lot more blogging next week. 

New Books

Purchased:

Library:

In Case You Missed It

Monday: Music Monday
Top Ten Tuesday was Most Anticipated Releases for Second Half of 2016
Top Ten Tuesday Last Week: I featured Once Upon a Time
Sunday's Review was Onyx by Jennifer L Armentrout

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Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout Review [Lux #2]

This is a spoiler free review but may contain spoilers from the first book, Obsidian.

Onyx [Lux #2]

Written by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction/Contemporary

Publisher: Entangled Teen

Release Date: August 14, 2012

Pages: 366

Source: Library

Places to Get this Book: Amazon Barnes and Noble Book Depository

Recommended Age: 13 and up!

Summary:

Being connected to Daemon Black sucks…

Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems.

Something worse than the Arum has come to town…

The Department of Defense are here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we're linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And there's this new boy in school who’s got a secret of his own. He knows what’s happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that's possible. Against all common sense, I'm falling for Daemon. Hard.

But then everything changes…

I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?

No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies…

Review:

The Lux series has quickly become one of my favorite series. I keep reaching for the next book and devouring it as if it was actually cake. [I wish!] The Lux series has all I want in a book: fantastic characters, science fiction/fantasy, and a swoony romance.  This book just blew me away. The plot twists and sizzling chemistry once again sold me completely. If you haven’t tried this series, then what are you waiting for? You need to jump on this train, now! And if you aren’t jumping on the train because of me, then do it because of Daemon freaking Black.

This book also does not suffer from second book slump. It is just as good as the first and perhaps even a tad bit better. I mean, we got more Daemon and Katy.

COVER

This is one of the book series where I would so redo the covers. The covers kind of scare me and depict Katy as a girl who can’t survive on her own or can’t really fight back. Katy is tough. A lot tougher than she seems. She’s saved Daemon’s life on countless occasions and will probably do it more often. Plus, the torture she went through in this book, proves she’s tougher than she is depicted.

WORLD-BUILDING

This is set on Earth as was the last one but we do get a lot more background of the world in which Daemon and his sister and friends came from. I really enjoy learning about their world which they don’t completely remember but we still get important details about people.

Then there are the characters.

KATY

I feel like I love Katy even more after reading this book. Katy is such a down-to-earth character. Katy really grows in this book. She is such a kick-ass heroine, determined to fight her own battles and not let Daemon treat her like a damsel in distress because she’s NOT! She’s also still book obsessed and seeing her writing her blog is an occurance that isn’t just seen once. Katy does have flaws but so does everyone. She is the type of person you would want for your best friend because she’s so loyal and kind.

DAEMON

Daemon Black… I mean seriously, every girl needs a Daemon Black. He’s so annoyingly infuriating and arrogant but swoony and romantic at the same time. Daemon has also changed and grown a lot in this book. I don’t know how it’s possible but I liked him a lot more in this one. I actually felt like we got to see the real Daemon. The one buried beneath all those infuriating and snarky comments. The one who actually has a soul. Who cares and is actually capable of affection. But of course, Daemon wouldn’t be Daemon without his snarkiness and arrogance. And yes, he is so capable of being jealous.

I can’t wait to see more of Daemon and see where Jennifer L. Armentrout takes this.

BLAKE

Blake...Where do I start? At first, I thought he would be a complete other love interest. You know the one who actually sweeps the girl off her feet and the other love interest has to fight for her back. That wasn’t really the case. Katy wasn’t too infatuated with him. Sure, he was cute and all but Daemon knew something was up and even though she said she didn’t believe him, she trusted him.

Blake kind of creeps me out and I’m sure he’ll be back causing all sorts of trouble in the next book.

DEE

Dee wasn’t in this book as much. At least not as much as the role of Katy’s best friend. She had a relationship with another Luxen during this book so that naturally took up a lot of her time which I wasn’t extremely happy with.

We also got to see a lot more of her mom and her mom’s life in this book which was an interesting change.

PLOT

I can't believe on most reviews, I forget to talk about the plot. Well the plot was fantastic and unique. It was full of twists and turns that shocked and surprised me. I mean that one with Will…. And Blake.  Phew! Never saw that one coming. This story was so well thought out and planned, down to the tinest detail.

ROMANCE

The romance was still developing in this book. The chemistry between Daemon and Katy is unmistakable.This series also just drips with sexual tension. Something different happens in this book though. Sure, they still argue twenty-four-seven but they are so obviously falling for each other. This book seriously brings out the feels, so get ready. Some of the moments are just so cute and hilarious or totally swoon-worthy.

WRITING

I really enjoy Jennifer L. Armentrout’s writing. These books have amazing writing and I easily fly through these books.

Final Thoughts:

As I said before, I loved this book. I really like the characters, romance and plot. This book is amazing and the series is also amazing. I highly highly recommend it. I have also officially boarded the Daemon train.

Quotes from the Book:

“That's the funny thing about trying to escape. You never really can. Maybe temporarily, but not completely.”

“I understood books. I did not understand boys—especially alien boys.”

“Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.”

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Crowns