Sunday, March 25, 2012

In My Mailbox #10

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Hey guys, it was a great week at the library this week AND it was an amazing week for my mailbox!





Born Wicked
By: Jessica Spotswood
In stores now
Borrowed from the library
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave. 

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word... especially after she finds her mother’s diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family’s destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra. 

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren’t safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other. 




Undercurrent
By: Tricia Rayburn
In stores now
Borrowed from the library
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
The sirens are back, but Vanessa may be the biggest threat of all. . . .
 
Nothing has been normal since Vanessa Sands learned that her sister was murdered by sirens—femme fatales of the watery depths—and that everything she believed about her family was a lie.

Her boyfriend Simon’s been the only person Vanessa feels she can really trust. But now there are some secrets she can’t tell even him. And when Vanessa finds herself in the sights of Parker, Hawthorne Prep’s resident charmer, she needs someone to confide in more than ever. Doubting her relationship with Simon, unsure of Parker’s intentions—and of her own—and terrified by what she’s learned about herself, Vanessa has never felt so alone.

But personal problems must be put aside, because the Winter Harbor sirens are back for revenge. Now, Vanessa must face her past and accept that she is just like her enemies—every bit as alluring, every bit as dangerous.
 
The eagerly anticipated second novel of the Siren trilogy, Undercurrent is a seductive paranormal romance that will leave you breathless.  



My Soul To Take 
By: Rachel Vincent
In stores now
Borrowed from the library
Synopsis from goodreads.com:She doesn't see dead people. She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally. 

Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next. 



My Soul To Save
By: Rachel Vincent
In stores now
Borrowed from the library
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
When Kaylee Cavanaugh screams, someone dies. 

So when teen pop star Eden croaks onstage and Kaylee doesn’t wail, she knows something is dead wrong. She can’t cry for someone who has no soul. 

The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad’s ironclad curfew and putting her too-hot-to-be-real boyfriend’s loyalty to the test. But starry-eyed teens are trading their souls: a flickering lifetime of fame and fortune in exchange for eternity in the Netherworld—a consequence they can’t possibly understand. 

Kaylee can’t let that happen, even if trying to save their souls means putting her own at risk... 



My Soul To Keep
By: Rachel Vincent
In stores now
Borrowed from the library
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
Kaylee has one addiction: her very hot, very popular boyfriend, Nash. A banshee like Kaylee, Nash understands her like no one else. Nothing can come between them.Until something does.Demon breath. No, not the toothpaste-challenged kind. The Netherworld kind. The kind that really can kill you. Somehow the super-addictive substance has made its way to the human world. But how? Kaylee and Nash have to cut off the source and protect their friends—one of whom is already hooked.And so is someone else… 



If I Die
By: Rachel Vincent
In stores now
Borrowed from library
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
The entire school's talking about the gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck. Everyone except Kaylee Cavanaugh. After all, Kaylee's no ordinary high-school junior. She's a banshee—she screams when someone dies. 

But the next scream might be for Kaylee. 

Yeah—it's a shock to her, too. So to distract herself, Kaylee's going to save every girl in school. Because that hot new teacher is really an incubus who feeds on the desire of unsuspecting students. The only girls immune to his lure are Kaylee and Sabine, her boyfriend's needy ex-girlfriend. Now the unlikely allies have to get rid of Mr. Beck…before he discovers they aren't quite human, either. 

But Kaylee's borrowed lifeline is nearing its end. And those who care about her will do anything to save her life. 

Anything. 



Dark Frost
By: Jennifer Estep
Release Date: 05/29/12
A big thanks to Kensington Publishing for sending me this ARC!
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
I’ve seen so many freaky things since I started attending Mythos Academy last fall. I know I’m supposed to be a fearless warrior, but most of the time, I feel like I’m just waiting for the next Bad, Bad Thing to happen. Like someone trying to kill me—again. 

Everyone at Mythos Academy knows me as Gwen Frost, the Gypsy girl who uses her psychometry magic to find lost objects—and who just may be dating Logan Quinn, the hottest guy in school. But I’m also the girl the Reapers of Chaos want dead in the worst way. The Reapers are the baddest of the bad, the people who murdered my mom. So why do they have it in for me? 

It turns out my mom hid a powerful artifact called the Helheim Dagger before she died. Now, the Reapers will do anything to get it back. They think I know where the dagger is hidden, but this is one thing I can’t use my magic to find. All I do know is that the Reapers are coming for me—and I’m in for the fight of my life. 




Underworld
By: Meg Cabot
Release Date: 05/08/12
A big thank you to Scholastic for sending me this title!
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back. 

Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead. 

Not this time. 

But she is being held against her will in the dim, twilit world between heaven and hell, where the spirits of the deceased wait before embarking upon their final journey. 

Her captor, John Hayden, claims it’s for her own safety. Because not all the departed are dear. Some are so unhappy with where they ended up after leaving the Underworld, they’ve come back as Furies, intent on vengeance…on the one who sent them there and on the one whom he loves. 

But while Pierce might be safe from the Furies in the Underworld, far worse dangers could be lurking for her there…and they might have more to do with its ruler than with his enemies. 

And unless Pierce is careful, this time there’ll be no escape. 



Die For Me
By: Amy Plum
Currently in stores
Traded a book from my self for this one. I already have the Kindle version, but I loved it so much that I want to add it to my bookshelf as well! 
Synopsis from goodreads.com:
In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity. 

When Kate Mercier's parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life--and memories--behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent. 

Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate's guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he's a revenant--an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again. 

12 comments:

  1. I've heard great things about Die for Me! I need to pick it up sometime soon. And Born Wicked! I hope you'll enjoy it, I really want to read it too!

    Great haul. :)

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  2. A lot of Rachel Vincent's there, I still haven't read hers yet.
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  3. Great books! I've been wanting to read the Soul Screamers books for a while ... wish I had picked them up when they were cheap at WalMart, but now they're not there anymore (instead, I had bought the Hunger Games books, so it's all okay). And yay for Born Wicked! That one looks really good.

    Happy reading! :)

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  4. Born Wicked and Die For Me are both really good! I can't wait for Undeworld and I just downloaded Dark Frost on my Kindle! :)

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    -Lexi, the Literature Lion

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  5. Love the covers for the Vincent books, I have to check those out! Heard of all of these, but haven't read any of them yet.
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  6. Great IMM this week! I'm such a cover girl, and I'm loving the covers of Born Wicked and Die For Me. Happy Reading!

    Thanks for stopping by! :)

    Lisa @ Lost in Literature
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  7. Undercurrent looks so good!! And I really want to read Born Wicked. I hope you enjoy all you got :)

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  8. Great set! Love Die For Me. I should read Undercurrent. I liked the first book in the series.
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  9. I want to read Born wicked1 I love the cover for it. Great IMM this week!

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  10. Wow some great books this week!! I really want to read Born Wicked. I keep meaning to pick it up but haven't yet.

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  11. Hi there, just popping in... Nice!

    I'm really looking forward to reading Born Wicked. Enjoy your reading!

    I'm also your newest follower!

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