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Title: From Blood and Ash Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 622 (e-book) Genre: Fantasy Release Date: March 31, 2020 Publisher: Blue Box Press Buy: AmazonUS | Kobo | iBooks| *Received a free copy for honest review from the author* Summary: A Maiden… Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers. A Duty… The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with d...

Title: Sky in the Deep Author: Adrienne Young Pages: 352 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Wednesday Books/Raincoast Books Release Date: April 24, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo  *Received ARC for review from publisher for honest review* My Rating: 5/5 Summary ( Goodreads ) OND ELDR . BREATHE FIRE. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago. Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family. She is given n...

Title: Fallen Heir (The Royals #4) Author: Erin Watt Pages: 300 (e-book) Genre: New Adult/Romance/YA Release Date: August 28, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | *Received for review from author* Summary ( Goodreads ) These Royals will ruin you. Easton Royal has it all: looks, money, intelligence. His goal in life is to have as much fun as possible. He never thinks about the consequences because he doesn’t have to. Until Hartley Wright appears, shaking up his easy life. She’s the one girl who’s said no, despite being attracted to him. Easton can’t figure her out and that makes her all the more irresistible. Hartley doesn’t want him. She says he needs to grow up. She might be right. Rivals. Rules. Regrets. For the first time in Easton’s life, wearing a Royal crown isn’t enough. He’s about to learn that the higher you start, the harder you fall. Review:  I have been definitely ruined by these Royals!! Erin Watt has done it again and sucked me into the world of these amazin...

Title: The Names They Gave Us Author: Emery Lord Pages: 384 Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance Publisher: Bloomsbury/Raincoast Books Release Date: May 16, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *ARC was provided by Raincoast Books for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) When it all falls apart, who can you believe in? Everything is going right for Lucy Hansson, until her mom’s cancer reappears. Just like that, Lucy breaks with all the constants in her life: her do-good boyfriend, her steady faith, even her longtime summer church camp job. Instead, Lucy lands at a camp for kids who have been through tough times. As a counselor, Lucy is in over her head and longs to be with her parents across the lake. But that’s before she gets to know her coworkers, who are as loving and unafraid as she so desperately wants to be. It’s not just new friends that Lucy discovers at camp—more than one old secret is revealed along the way. In fact, maybe there’s much more to her...

Title: A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) Author: Sabaa Tahir Pages: 452 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Razorbill, Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: August 30, 2016 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Read in 2016* Summary: ( Goodreads ) Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom. But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking ...

Title: Turbulence Author: Whitney G. Pages: 412 Format: e-book Genre: Romance (+18) Release Date: August 30, 2016 Buy: Amazon|Kobo| Summary ( Goodreads ) Fuck me recklessly Kiss me harder. Take me again and again…  He and I met under a cloud of clichés: Boy meets girl. Boy charms girl. Boy fucks girl. Our story was supposed to end right after the orgasms, right after we went our separate ways. But then we saw each other again… And neither of us could walk away. Our rules were simple. Our passion was scandalous. Our hearts were supposed to be safe… But when you find something so all-consuming—something so intoxicating and inescapable, you’ll risk everything you’ve ever had, even if you’re destined to crash and burn. This is us. This is our messed up love. This is  turbulence. Review:  I devoured Turbulence so fast that I wish that the story never ended!! Told from both Jake and Gillian and their very turbulent romance. Jake is very swoon-worthy and su...

Title: Bossman Author: Vi Keeland Pages: 326 (kindle) Genre: Romance Self-published Release Date: July 16, 2016 Buy: Amazon| Kobo | Chapters Indigo Summary ( Goodreads ) From  New York Times  Bestseller, Vi Keeland, comes a sexy new standalone  novel. The first time I met Chase Parker, I didn't exactly make a good impression.  I was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant, leaving a message for my best friend to save me from my awful date.  He overheard and told me I was a bitch, then proceeded to offer me some dating advice.  So I told him to mind his own damn business―his own tall, gorgeous, full-of-himself damn business―and went back to my miserable date. When he walked by my table, he smirked, and I watched his arrogant, sexy ass walk back to his date.  I couldn't help but sneak hidden glances at the condescending jerk on the other side of the room. Of course, he caught me on more than one occasion, and winked. When the gorge...

Title: Swear on This Life Author: Renee Carlino Pages : 320 Genre: Romance Publisher: Atria Books/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: August 9, 2016 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review from publisher* Summary ( Goodreads ) When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer. Yet from the very first page, Emiline is entranced by the story of Emerson and Jackson, two childhood best friends who fall in love and dream of a better life beyond the long dirt road that winds through their impoverished town in rural Ohio. That’s because the novel is patterned on Emiline’s own dark and desperate childhood, which means that “J. Colby” must be Jase: the best friend and first lo...

Title: Me Before You Author: Jojo Moyes Pages: 369 Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Canada/Viking Release Date: December 31, 2016 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time. Review: I wish I've read this book earlier because this book made me feel happy and ...

Title: Before We Were Strangers Author: Renee Carlino Pages: 320 Genre: Romance/New Adult Publisher: Atria Books/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: August 18, 2015 Buy: AmazonCA | Chapters Indigo | Kobo  *received an ARC for review purposes from Atria Books* Summary ( Goodreads ) To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you wer...

Title: The Boy Most Likely To Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Pages:  416  Genre:  Contemporary Publisher:  Dial Books/Penguin Canada Release Date:  August 18, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | B&N | Kobo *Recieved for review by Dial Books/Penguin Teen* Summary  ( Goodreads ) A surprising, utterly romantic companion to  My Life Next Door —great for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han  Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To find the liquor cabinet blindfolded, need a liver transplant, and drive his car into a house Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To . . . well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters. For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the “smart” choice is always the right one. When the...

Title: To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1) Author: Jenny Han Pages: 288 Genre: YA Publisher: Simon Schuster for Young Readers/Simon PulseCA Release Date: April 15, 2014 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N Read: May 3-4, 2014 Summary: ( Goodreads ) To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all. Review: Jenny Han never seizes to amaze me with her fantastic writing, romance scenes an...

Title:  A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) Author: Sarah J. Maas Pages: 432 Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's/RazorbillCA Release Date: May 5, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N Summary ( Goodreads ) A thrilling, seductive new series from  New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending  Beauty and the Beast  with faerie lore. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient...

Title: Opposition (Lux #5) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 500 Genre: YA/Sci-Fi Publisher: Entangled Teen Release Date: August 5, 2014 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N | Book Depo Summary: ( Goodreads ) Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all. Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal. They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind. War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will nev...

Title: Defy (Defy #1) Author: Sara B. Larson Pages: 336 Genre: YA/Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Press Release Date: January 7, 2014 Rating: 5/5 Received for Review by Publisher and Work Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | Summary: ( Goodreads ) A lush and gorgeously written debut, packed with action, intrigue, and a thrilling love triangle. Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king's army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince's guard. But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks into the palace in the dead of night, even Alex, who is virtually unbeatable, can't prevent him from abducting her, her fellow guard and friend Rylan, and Prince Damian, taking them through the treacherous wilds of the jungle and deep into enemy territory. The longer Alex is held captive with both Rylan and the prince, the more she realizes that she is not the only one who has been keeping da...