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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Adult Review: Family Care by Jessica Callaver

A family of attorneys. Three rowdy kids. A chance to earn some extra money before leaving for college. A curious girl with a family eager to teach her a thing or two. What's the most that could happen? When 18-year-old Josie agreed to sacrfice her last high school spring break to babysit for the Sharps, she could have never foreseen the result. The Sharps are the new shiny successful family in town...with a hidden secret. Drawn into a cold and chaotic house, an even chillier marriage, and a family in dire need of her care, Josie soon realizes she's bitten off more than she can chew. Will she be willing to learn what this family has to teach?

My Thoughts|

*I received this ebook from the author requesting me as a reviewer.*

Review: Hopeless

Title| Hopeless
Authors| Colleen Hoover
Rating| ∞ Really Liked It!
Release Date| December 19, 2012

Synopsis|Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies…
That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past that she wishes could just stay buried.
Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he’s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn’t at all who he’s been claiming to be. When the secrets he’s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky’s life will change forever.

“The sky is always beautiful.Even when it's dark or rainy or cloudy,it's still beautiful to look at... It'll be there no matter what... and I know it'll always be beautiful.”

Submerged (Outbreak#1): Blog Tour/Giveaway!

Title| Submerged
Author| Nicole Sobon
Release Date| February 14, 2013
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Synopsis|

After a mysterious virus makes its way into the United States, the government demands that states seal themselves off from one another and do their best to protect their surviving residents. When the state of Florida is bordered off from the surrounding states, Taylen Fincher, a seventeen-year-old girl with a yearning for her former life finds herself wondering how much of what they’ve been told is true.

When Troum took control of the state, he told the residents that the other states had fallen to the virus and that he wouldn’t allow the same thing to happen to them. But Taylen doesn’t believe it. She insists that there is still life outside of the state, and she is going to do whatever it takes to prove it… but her actions will cost her more than she ever expected.

Troum kidnaps Taylen’s sister, Penelope, in hopes of coaxing her into behaving – into being a submissive resident, much like the others. But Taylen isn’t one to give in that easily.

Eager to rescue her sister, Taylen will set out on an adventure that’ll force her to open her heart to the unexpected and to uncover secrets that will change everything.

SUBMERGED is the first book in a YA dystopian duology

My Thoughts|

When you look at Submerged from a far the cover is beautiful and it really reminded me of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and I took a look at the synopsis and was even more intrigued!

Feature & Follow [4]- My Favorite Fictional Moms

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This weeks Question:

Q: Happy Mother's Day! Who is your favorite mom from fiction?

This is an extremely hard question because you rarely read about the parent in the book and if you do it's usually only once in the book and their non- existent later. But if I had to answer the question I would say Hazel's mom from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Even though she was very smothering she was an amazing mom who was there whenever Hazel needed her and put her daughter first above all things.

Happy Mother's Day Everyone!!

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Review: Unraveling (Unraveling #1)

Title| Unraveling (Unraveling #1)

Authors| Elizabeth Norris
Rating| ∞ It Was Good :)
Release Date| April 24, 2012

Synopsis|Sixteen-year-old Janelle Tenner is used to having a lot of responsibility. She balances working as a lifeguard in San Diego with an intense academic schedule. Janelle's mother is bipolar, and her dad is a workaholic FBI agent, which means Janelle also has to look out for her younger brother, Jared.
And that was before she died...and is brought back to life by Ben Michaels, a mysterious, alluring loner from her high school. When she discovers a strange clock that seems to be counting down to the earth's destruction, Janelle learns she has twenty-four days to figure out how to stop the clock and save the planet.