Review ~ Every Last Breath (The Dark Elements #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis: Some loves will last ’til your dying breath Every choice has consequences—but seventeen-year-old Layla faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be hers. Hardest of all,...

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Review ~ Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis: Every touch has its price Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her...

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Review ~ White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis: One kiss could be the last. Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked...

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Review ~ Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

Synopsis: On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road. Why? Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give...

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Review ~ The Rose Society (The Young Elites #2) by Marie Lu

Synopsis: 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...

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Recommendation ~ How Magnus Chase Can Give You the After-Percy-Jackson Fix You Need

For Riordan fans, the title of the book is a spoiler. Magnus Chase. Chase. As in Annabeth Chase. Yes, the Annabeth from the Percy Jackson series. For those who haven't read any of Riordan's work before and Magnus Chase is your first, you have 10 books to wade through about Annabeth and the rest...

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Bookish Diary ~ Who Still Remembers Goosebumps?

As a kid, I was pretty lucky to attend a school that had a great library. Here in the Philippines, that is already a big deal, especially in public schools. Our school Esteban Abada Elementary School had a foreign benefactor who would often donate books to our library. I grew up reading about...

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Bookish Diary ~ October Book Haul

Once upon a time, there was a girl torn between two books. . . . . .but eventually said, "Screw it, I'll buy them both." And she lived happily ever after. Meh. Actually, she didn't. Live happily ever after, I mean. Come on, we all know two books are not quite the source of happily ever after....

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Review ~ Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes #1) by Sara Raasch

Synopsis: A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making. Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and...

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