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Title:   Divergent (Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books 501 Pages Genre: YA Synopsis:  In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one ...

Title:  His to Possess #5: Entangled by Opal Carew  &  His to Possess #6: Forever by Opal Carew Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin 42, 46 pages Genre: Romance Synopsis: #5  Torn between two sinfully sexy men who ignite her fiercest desires, Jessica has to make a choice. Should she choose Dane, the confident, commanding billionaire who’s awakened her desire to explore her submissive side? Or Storm, the heavily muscled, motorcycle-riding rocker from her past who she’s never gotten over? While her indecisive heart is waging a painful war, the men are about to make a seductive proposal that could change everything—and send Jessica to dizzying new heights of pleasure. #6  Both Dane and Storm send Jessica’s body up in flames, but only one man can have her for keeps. With both men fighting for her heart, Jessica has reached her breaking point. But beneath the confusion and chaos, there’s one man she truly belongs to, one man who will possess her fore...

Title:   Dead Beautiful (Dead Beautiful Novels) by Yvonne Woon Publisher: Disney Hyperion 465 pages Genre: YA paranormal romance I received a free e-copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:  On the morning of her sixteenth birthday, Rene Winters was still an ordinary girl. She spent her summers at the beach, had the perfect best friend, and had just started dating the cutest guy at school. No one she'd ever known had died. But all that changes when she finds her parents dead in the Redwood Forest, in what appears to be a strange double murder. After the funeral Rene's wealthy grandfather sends her to Gottfried Academy, a remote and mysterious boarding school in Maine, where she finds herself studying subjects like Philosophy, Latin, and the "Crude Sciences." It's there that she meets Dante Berlin, a handsome and elusive boy to whom she feels inexplicably drawn. As they grow closer, unexplai...

Title:   The Never List by Koethi Zan Publisher: Viking Adult 321 Pages Genre: Mystery Synopsis:  For years, best friends Sarah and Jennifer kept what they called the “Never List”: a list of actions to be avoided, for safety’s sake, at all costs. But one night, against their best instincts, they accept a cab ride with grave, everlasting consequences. For the next three years, they are held captive with two other girls in a dungeon-like cellar by a connoisseur of sadism. Ten years later, at thirty-one, Sarah is still struggling to resume a normal life, living as a virtual recluse under a new name, unable to come to grips with the fact that Jennifer didn’t make it out of that cellar. Now, her abductor is up for parole and Sarah can no longer ignore the twisted letters he sends from jail. Finally, Sarah decides to confront her phobias and the other survivors—who hold their own deep grudges against her. When she goes on a cross-country chase that takes her into the pe...

Title:   Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12) by Lee Child Publisher: Dell 560 pages Genre: Thriller/mystery Synopsis:  Two small towns in the middle of nowhere: Hope and Despair. Between them, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can’t find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four hostile locals, a vagrancy charge, and an order to move on. They’re picking on the wrong guy. Reacher is a hard man. No job, no address, no baggage. Nothing at all, except hardheaded curiosity. What are the secrets that Despair seems so desperate to hide? With just one ally—a mysterious woman cop from Hope—and many enemies, Reacher goes up against a whole town, hunting the rich man at its core, cracking open his terrifying agenda, asking the question: Who has the edge—a man with everything to gain, or a man with nothing to lose? Review: This is only my 2nd or 3rd Jack Reacher book.  I have to say he is a quirky character.  ...

Title:   Wanted: A Most Wanted Novel by J. Kenner Publisher: Bantam 352 Pages Genre: Romance I received this book from the publisher through netgalley.com  in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:  He is everything I crave, all I desperately want—and he is everything I can’t have. Evan Black embodies my every fantasy. He is brilliant, fierce, and devastatingly handsome. But he is also headstrong, dangerous, and burdened with secrets. My family warned me to stay away, that I could never handle Evan’s dark dealings or scarred past. Maybe I should have listened. Maybe I should have run. But our desire is undeniable, and some temptations you just can’t fight. And from the moment we touch—the passion between us consuming us both—I know that I will never be the same. Review: If this is only the first in a trilogy I say bring it on.  Hot sexy dangerous men and the story had a plot! It was actually a lot of plot. By the end of the book that I wasn't sur...

Titles:   His to Possess #2: The Morning After by Opal Carew ,  His to Possess #3: Perfect Storm by Opal Carew ,  His to Possess #4: True Lies by Opal Carew Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin 42, 36 & 44 pages Genre: Romance Synopsis: The erotic serial His to Possess, an intoxicating tale of a woman torn between a dominant billionaire and a tattooed, bad boy rock musician. Part 2: When Jessica and Dane shared a night of explosively hot, no-strings-attached sex, she never expected him to offer the one thing she needed most—a job at his business empire.  As she embraces her role as his assistant, it becomes impossible to keep things strictly professional. Her body burns for him, and his commanding presence awakens her darkest hungers. She’s never been dominated before, and now she can’t stop yearning to submit to him completely. But carrying on a secret affair with the head of a powerful business empire puts her at risk of losing her job…and her heart...

Title: Publisher:  St. Martin Press 320 pages Genre:  Supernatural Romance I received an advanced e-copy of this book from the publisher from netgalley.com in return for an honest review. Synopsis:  Ella Harrow is trying to carve out a normal life for herself. Well, as normal as an art geek with psychic abilities can hope for. As museum docent and gift-shop manager, Ella is able to keep her distance from people—and her powers in check—while surrounding herself with the artifacts she loves. But how on earth is she supposed to act normal when a thousand-year-old statue on the museum’s terrace suddenly comes to life? Not your ordinary gargoyle, Kees has been asleep for eons, waiting for a portent of evil to wake him from his slumber. Kees isn’t a vision; he’s a bat-winged guardian created to protect the world from the seven demons of the Dark. Somehow, Ella triggered his reawakening. Maybe the demons have been unleashed? Maybe his heart is finally ready to be chi...

I decided to join the new Blog Hop hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer . This weeks question asks: Are you a book blogger purist? Do you only have book related posts or do you review/post on anything/everything that catches your eye? My Answer: Yes, I guess I am.  I have 2 other blogs Ramblings on a Crazy Life , and a tumblr Love, Life & Reading . So I reserve this one for books. 

Title:   His to Possess #1: The Seduction by Opal Carew Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin 34 pages Genre: Romance Synopsis:   The first sizzling segment in the erotic serial His to Possess, an intoxicating tale of a woman torn between a dominant billionaire and a tattooed, bad boy rock musician. Jessica’s life was in ruins…until she met  him . Standing alone in the rain feeling lost in a new city, with no job and no prospects, she’s about to give up. Until Dane Rainier pulls up in his limo and offers her a ride. Dane commands a vast business empire, and he can have anything he wants—and he wants Jessica. For one night, at least. Now he’s about to strip her bare and awaken her yearning to submit completely to a dominant billionaire. But after the most intoxicating night of her life, will she ever be the same? Don't miss the other installments of His to Possess: The Morning After (Part 2), Perfect Storm (Part 3), True Lies (Part 4), Entangled (Part 5), and Fo...

Title:  Pretenders (book1) by Lisi Harrison Publisher: Poppy 304 pages Genre: YA I received an advanced e-copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:  Three girls, two guys, five secret journals. The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries... I am leaking these because I'm tired and I know you are too. The success bar is too high and pretending has become the only way to reach it. Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are shopped, reality TV is scripted, body parts get upgraded like software, and even professional athletes are cheating. The things we believe in aren't real. We are pretenders. Review: Written as journal entries, Pretenders tells the story of the five most popular students at Noble High. Each one has secrets that they don't want anyo...

In no particular order this is a list of the 10 books that I liked or stuck with me for some reason this year. Joyland by Stephen King Overcome: Burned, Blinded and Blessed by Carmen Blandin Tarleton The Twelve by Justin Cronin (sequels aren't always as good but this one held its own) Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult The Passage by Justin Cronin  Love, Water, Memory by Jennie Shortridge Doc by Mary Doria Russell A Perfect Romance by Layce Gardner What We Saw at Night by Jacqueline Mitchard The Season of Risk by Susan Hubbard