IMM #7 March 11-17



In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. If you

are interested in doing your own IMM or just looking to hop around all the

different IMM's head on over there!!

This week was filled with awesome for me.  I entered A LOT of giveaways last
month and won more than I ever have.  It kind of blew me away actually!!
There are so many awesome things I received and I owe it to so many people that
rock and made sure I got my stuff as quickly as possible!! I can't thank you all enough
REALLY I couldn't if I tried!!

Received Illuminate from Michelle from The Passionate Book Worm
Barking Mad from Jamie Ridenhour
A Brush Of Darkness from Pocket After Dark

I received for Review

Thank you Razorbill Canada

I bought:

A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink
The Fire Wars & Fire Stones (Fire Wars 2) by Kailin Gow
Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri

Free Ebooks

It was an awesome week for ebooks I got:
Earth by-  Shauna Granger
Wide Awake Academy of the Fallen by- Daniele Lanzarotta
Ever Shade A Dark Faerie Tale by-  Alexia Purdy
Skeleton Lake by-  Angela Kulig
Dark Light Anthology- Various Authors
The Mayfair Moon by-  J.A. Redmerski

What's in your mailbox this week?

Feel free to leave a link to your IMM and

I will be sure to stop by :)

CONTEST FEATURE FRIDAY #2: Stuck in YA Books

This week I would like to make you all aware of an AMAZING blog: Stuck in YA Books.

This blog is run by  Amanda Pedulla and she truly is an amazing blogger and I just

love her blog.  Not only will you love all her reviews, cover reveals and other awesome posts

but right now she is running a contest for a BOX OF BOOKS!!!

March Madness Box Giveaway!!

So how awesome are you thinking this is now?! I should mention that now not only is it 1

box but 2!! There is not only ARC's but also finished copies in this box.  Some of the books

that are in the box are:
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

Don't know about you but those 3 titles alone are enough to make me happy dance!!  The

giveaway is US/CAN only and you can enter right up until March 31! Good Luck!!

You can Find Amanda and Stick in YA Books here:

Blog:  Stuck in YA Books

Twitter: @apedulla



Goodreads: Amanda's Profile

 

Review: Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr

The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.

Aislinn tends to the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar to strengthen his court against the coming war. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life.

Love, despair, and betrayal ignite the Faery Courts, and in the final conflict, some will win . . . and some will lose "everything."

REVIEW

  I have sat on this book for awhile.  Not because I didn't like it but more that I wasn't sure of

all of my feelings on this book.  I am so excited that the book ended the way I wanted it to

and being honest I am not sure how anyone could be unhappy with the end.  My problem

was in the start when I couldn't quite understand at all times what was going on or why.  This

was probably my own fault as I finished the other books almost a year ago! Regardless once I snapped out of my silly ways and got the swing of it honestly I didn't want to stop reading

this book and loved the way the story went.  Never quite predictable!!

  As always Aislynn was her wonderful and strong stubborn self and I continue to love her for that! I

could never call her boring.  She stands up for what she wants and holds her ground.  becoming

a queen has only made her stronger and more stubborn.  Her relationships remain complicated

but will be resolved(if that makes you feel better).

  Our leading men are also back!! Seth is torn between two worlds and Keenan is his usual indecisive self.  You can't help but want to shake them at times but love them at others.  At times I felt that Seth was not as strong willed and willing to fight for Aislynn as he used to but then he would show a little of the fight again.  Keenan had his ups and downs for me in this book and I found myself feeling a little more affection towards him.  It just seemed that you got to see things a little more from his side to start and everything became a little more clear.

I really will miss all the characters and the world that Melissa created.  Every time you opened one of these novels you fell in love with the people and lived where they were. I truly believe that in order to have a good book that you enjoy the characters must stand out and be well developed and this book was no exception to the series.  The emotions and battles that everyone has to go through will make you feel so many different things and have you wanting to be right there with whoever you may be reading about at that point and time.

  Please do not hesitate to read this book!! I do recommend that you read the series before this one so that you have a good enough understanding of who everyone is and what is going on.  That is the biggest thing about this book it will tie up all the loose ends that you have from the other novels and not have you worried about what happens next.  Of course we will all picture how things go for each character past the books but you wont have to stretch your imagination too far!!  Overall if you love fey and tales about them you will enjoy this book!!  The entire series for me is one that should not be over looked!

4/5

WoW: Of Poseidon

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating

This week I am waiting on OF POSEIDON by Anna Banks

Releases:  May 22, 2012

Hardcover, 324 pages

By:Feiwel & Friends

Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma’s gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom . . .

Told from both Emma and Galen’s points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.

I have heard so many wonderful things about this book and I kept on forgetting to mention

it on here!! I can't wait for this to come out and am glad that some people have already

received a copy so they can let me know how much it rocks!!

What are you waiting for this week?  Leave me a link to your WoW and

I will stop by!!



#YABookChat Author Feature: Danyelle Leafty

Introducing: Danyelle Leafty

Danyelle will be on #YABookChat this week chatting with us about her books and taking

questions from you as well!!  Her book series The Fairy Godmother Dilemma includes

so far the books: Catspell (#1), Firespell (#2) and Applespell (#3). 

For those of you that haven't had a chance to meet Danyelle yet DO NOT miss this

chat!! She is not only a wonderful author but a super sweet person as well and will also

be chatting about her way of paying it forward with Kindles for Kids. It is such

a wonderful project and I love the idea so much there is a post on my blog for it!!

Oh and I forgot to mention Danyelle has kindly offered up an ecopy of

each of her books for me to giveaway!!! So if you want to have a chance to win

a copy head on over to #YABookChat 9pm EST this Wednesday.

So we hope to see you there tomorrow night!!!

Also I have a review of Catspell as Danyelle was kind enough to provide me

with a copy.

Review: Catspell

Sixteen-year-old Breena never thought anything could be worse than being forced to leave

the faerie realm. Then she got stuck with a fairy godmother. But if she has to choose between

the two, she’d leave the Faerie Realm over getting bossed about by a faerie with a pointed

stick any day. Unfortunately, her attempt to evade her fairy godmother gives her growing

pains in the form of fur, whiskers, and a tail.

Turning into a cat is the least of her worries, though. The potion wasn’t meant to bring out

 her inner feline, it was meant to put her to sleep. Forever. If Breena wants to make it to her

Happily Ever After, she’ll have to accept that sometimes a fairy godmother really does come

in handy, after all.

Review

Before Breena was even born her own mother traded her for a basket of the Fairy Queen's

fruit and thus begins the story.  Never knowing her real parents or knowing

really where she fit into anything made her entire life lonely.  There was no one that

really seemed to love her and when she turns 16 the Queen contracts Nerissa to find

Breena her happily ever after.  It's never quite that simple is it?  Breena wants nothing

 to do with Nerissa or a happily ever after that she doesn't fully believeif out there waiting

for her but even if the road isn't smooth it is full of twists and turns that take us

 on a fun filled read.

From the get go this book was fun and kept you attention.  It is written from all different

 points of view and as each chapter changes and you read from someone new you fall in

love with the book a little more.  The best part about having all of the different points of

view is that you kind of get to know and understand everyone as you read,  There is one character

in particular that it helped me understand and without it I probably would have

disliked the character.

Nerissa is not really your typical fairy godmother.  When you think fairy godmother

you think  bubbly and all rainbow and butterflies.  Well that is not the case here. 

 Nerissa is nice and wantsto help but she has a particular attitude underneath that I just love!

  Her DIDs (Damsels in Distress) aren't always easy but she finds them predictable

until she gets contracted to Breena andis surprised in many ways.  Mostly in the fact that

Breena is so strong and isn't all about heading out and finding a Prince to take care of her.

  Instead she asks to be able to help others find what they  need and hopes that somewhere

 along the way that she may find someone that cares for her as she has always wanted. 

 This is not what Nerissa was prepared for but being a fairy godmother she

 has to work with that.

Through and through this novel will not disappoint.  There are so many reasons that you

 will keep on turning the pages.  I love all the different types of characters that all manage

to fit into this book and work.  I really enjoyed Natter and Blossom.  They were so original

 and when you find  out what/who they really are you will be surprised and so happy.

This book was really well written and has a little bit of everything for everyone.

4/5



IMM #6 March 4-10

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. If you

are interested in doing your own IMM or just looking to hop around all the

different IMM's head on over there!!

This was another mail filled week!! I was excited almost every day this week when

I opened my mail box!

Received that I won:

Was super excited to see my package from MaryAnn

at Chapter by Chapter. THANK YOU

Thank you to Cindy Thomas for this one:) Won in the Be My Valentine Hop

I am really sad for whatever reason these pics would not come out anything but

blurry!! However I must thank Kailin Gow and her publisher The Edge Books

for this one (looking forward to seeing the others!!).

I also got in the mail:

My girlfriend Tammy that just started a facebook page with me kept telling

me how great Bree Despain's series was so I caved and used gift cards :)

I got these from the Book Depository thanks again gift cards :)

I can't wait to read this one!!! Super excited about it and heard so many awesome

things about it!

What's in your mailbox this week?

Feel free to leave a link to your IMM and

I will be sure to stop by :)

Epic Giveaway Going on NOW!

Okay normally Saturday is my free day where I don't do any posts but today there needs to

be an exception!! i have been following Mary over at Sparkling Reviews for awhile now. 

Sheruns a great blog and runs the most epic giveaways you will ever see!  Well today she

is doing a FOLLOWER APPRECIATION GIVEAWAY!!!  I know you think what

makes this Epic?  Well here is just a sample of what she is offering up today:

$500 Best Buy Card

Custom Kitchenaid Mixer!

This is only 2 out of the MANY Apple prizes!!!

That is only a SAMPLE of what there is!! I really think if you want to see it all that you

 should head on over to Sparkling Reviews and not only enter to win some of these

 wonderful prizes but THANK MARY for being such a wonderful blog owner!!

GOOD LUCK ALL!!