Cover of the Week!

Alright this week my favorite cover is Entwined by Heather Dixon!  Besides the cover, I also love the main character's name- Azalea.  Don't get a lot of those!



Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.
The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.
Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.
The Keeper likes to keep things.
Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.

Mortal Instruments Movie

Woooo Mortal Instruments move update!!  The beloved Clary will be played by Lily Collins!  She has acted in The Blind Side, Priest, and soon to be released Abduction (with Taylor Lautner!).  And Jace will be played by... (DUN DUN DUN) Jamie Campbell Bower! Now, I don't know this particular actor but I'm really hoping he's good because I love Jace and don't want to see his part ruined!  Jamie has acted in Sweeney Todd, New Moon, Breaking Dawn, and freaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2!! (Ok, I did not know that last one and I must admit, I am impressed.  Harry Potter is my absolute favorite!  Apparently, he plays the part of Gellert Grindelwald- which kinda makes me wonder how old he is... K just checked, 23 I think?  Anyway, this role impresses me!) But again, I really hope Lily and Jamie can pull off the role of these characters because I do not want this book/movie to be ruined like another popular YA book *cough* Twilight *cough.*  The movie is set to be released sometime in 2012!  Dang that's gonna be a big year!

              

Divergent by Veronica Roth

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 she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

My Review:

O.M.G.
Woo what a ride! I nearly forgot how it felt to be obsessed with a book so much that I would carry it around with me literally everywhere I went. I love dystopians books more than anything, so this book was spot on for me. There was exciting adventure, a strong heroine, a sexy love interest, and an original dystopian plot. The main character Tris falls for Four about halfway-ish through the book and I couldn't stop yelling at her in my head, "KISS HIM ALREADY YOU FOOL!" Haha! I really liked the whole faction idea, and having to choose which one you wanted be in FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. And then, it wasn't even guarenteed you got in! You could be left "factionless!" Yikes! And OMG I was seriously so shocked at one of the deaths I didn't know what to do! I kept expecting the character to pop up later on in the books and be like "Haha! You thought a bullet could kill ME?!" But sadly, no. Anyway, I absolutely loved loved loved this book! I can't wait for book numero 2!!!!!!

5/5 Stars

Cover of the Week!

This week's awesome cover is Possession by Elana Johnson! It's so simple, yet... creepy.  And that catchphrase: control or be controlled.  Sure makes for an intriguing story!



Vi knows the Rule: Girls don't walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn...and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi's future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed the rest of the population, but Vi is determined to think for herself.

But the Thinkers are unusually persuasive, and they're set on convincing Vi to become one of them...starting by brainwashing Zenn. Vi can't leave Zenn in the Thinkers' hands, but she's wary of joining the rebellion, especially since that means teaming up with Jag. Jag is egotistical, charismatic, and dangerous--everything Zenn's not. Vi can't quite trust Jag and can't quite resist him, but she also can't give up on Zenn.

This is a game of control or be controlled. And Vi has no choice but to play.

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.
My Review:

I love a good fairy book, and that's exactly what this was. I think fairy books are among the most interesting and varying of all the "monster" types of books. All the fairy books give fairies different origins and powers. This book went right along with that. This was a fresh, intersting take on them. The main character is Laurel, who is slowly finding out who she truly is. She makes friends with a beautiful fairy named Tamani. Okay, let me just say I loved Tamani. Honestly, I don't know why Laurel won't just tell David to leave her alone. I mean, come on! Tamani is a fairy! And he's gorgeous! I suppose I'll have to read the next book to make sure she doesn't get too enthralled with David. But anyway, good book. Fun twist on fairies. Refreshing. Exciting. Read it.

4/5 Stars

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

What if you knew exactly when you would die?

Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out.

When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home.

But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant Rhine is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limited time she has left.

My Review:
Wither (Chemical Garden #1)

Want an awesome dystopian read? Then this book is for you.
Wither is takes place in a beautiful mansion in a crazed world. All females die at the age of 20, and males at the age of 25. This is the work of the disease, with no known cure. Rhine is 16 years old when she is kidnapped and forced to marry a man named Linden. While living in his house, her and her sister wives realize just how dangerous, in fact deadly, the world has come to be.
I LOOOVED this book! And the cover!! I have been waiting for this book for sooo long and I was ecstatic to read it! And let me tell you, I was not dissappointed. The three main sister wives are so incredibly REAL. While reading this book, I felt like I was watching a movie. Everything is so picturesque. Of course, this book has a dark side. There are creepy "villians," blood and death galore. But it's so exciting! This book will have you turning pages at a fantastic rate! I can' wait until the next in the series comes out!

5/5 Stars

Cover of the Week!

This week's cover of the week award goes to Luminous by Dawn Metcalf!  This cover is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!  Not to mention the interesting story line!



As reality slips and time stands still, Consuela finds herself thrust into the world of the Flow. Removed from all she loves into this shifting world overlapping our own, Consuela quickly discovers she has the power to step out of her earthly skin and cloak herself in new ones-skins made from the world around her, crafted from water, fire, air. She is joined by other teens with extraordinary abilities, bound together to safeguard a world they can affect, but where they no longer belong.
When murder threatens to undo the Flow, the Watcher charges Consuela and elusive, attractive V to stop the killer. But the psychopath who threatens her new world may also hold the only key to Consuela's way home.