Teaser Tuesday: Love this teaser!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser is from the awesomeness that is Touch by Jus Accardo(click on image to see blurb and review)

"What was that?"

I blushed."A kiss."

"That's what a kiss feels like?"

"Well, technically. There are a lot of different types of -"

"Show me."

"Show you what?"

"Show me some of the other kinds."

"You're asking me to kiss you?"

He nodded,his hands curled around the edge of the bed."Is that not right?"

"I-" I didn't know how to respond.Imagine that.Me.Speechless.Glaciers were probably popping up all over hell.

~ Pg.41,E-ARC

I admit that it's a little long but I couldn't resist!

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Don't forget to check out my character interview with Kale from Touch TODAY!!!

Blog Tour: Geek Girl

 Geek Girl

by Cindy C. Bennett

 Blurb:

"Think I could turn that boy bad?" 

My two best friends--my only two friends, really--follow my gaze and laugh. 

"Trevor Hoffman?" Beth scoffs. "No way, Jen." 

"I bet I could," I say, shrugging. 

"Why him?" Beth asks. "Why not any of the other nerds sitting there with him?" 

"Because," I say slowly, "he isn't your typical run-of-the-mill geek. Trevor Hoffman is different. He would be a little more difficult to take down--more of a challenge, you know?" 

Jen's teenage life of rebelling and sneaking out is growing stale. In an effort to combat her boredom, Jen makes a bet to turn Trevor, a nice geek, into a "bad boy." Unexpectedly, she is pulled into Trevor's world of sci-fi movies, charity work, and even--ugh!--bowling. Jen discovers that hanging out with Trevor isn't so bad after all. 
But when Trevor finds out about the wager, all bets are off.

Links:Amazon,BN,Bookdepository,Flipkart,Goodreads

Source: ARC via Netgalley(Thank you Cedar Fort!!)

My Thoughts: If you're looking for a fun,light and a cute read this book is perfect for you!

Geek girl is a little predictable but the protagonist's sarcasm makes up for the not-so-new-story.I liked Jen.She's been through a lot and I could sympathize with her.I loved it when she was jealous around Trevor!


I really liked Trevor too! For some reason nice guys leave a good impression on me and I can swoon over them easily! I loved the fact that he was such a polite,honest and patient guy.I really hope there's a guy like Trevor around in the real world.I really won't mind if he's a geek too!


Now the positive's .....The special focus on family ,the fact that  this book is not part of a series(YAY!) and the cute moments between Trevor and Jennifer!

I think the only major drawback of this book is the fact that it's fairly predictable and you know how it's going to end before you even finish it.

Overall,even though there were parts when I was a little frustrated with where the story was going,the cute characters really helped me to enjoy this book! Read this one for the characters!


My Rating:                                                              3.5/5

Fun,Light Read

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Review: Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber

Darker Still (Magic Most Foul #1)

by Leanna Renee Hieber

 Blurb:

The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

New York City, 1882. Seventeen-year-old Natalie Stewart's latest obsession is a painting of the handsome British Lord Denbury. Something in his striking blue eyes calls to her. As his incredibly life-like gaze seems to follow her, Natalie gets the uneasy feeling that details of the painting keep changing...

Jonathan Denbury's soul is trapped in the gilded painting by dark magic while his possessed body commits unspeakable crimes in the city slums. He must lure Natalie into the painting, for only together can they reverse the curse and free his damaged soul.

Source: ARC from Netgalley(Thank you  Sourcebooks !)

Links: Amazon,Bookdepository,BN,Flipkart

My Thoughts: I was really looking forward to reading this one.I've always found  Dorian Gray  interesting and I have to say that by the time I finished reading this one I was VERY eager to read  The picture of Dorian Gray(I'm pretty sure it's available for free as it's a classic)


EDIT: it's available for free! YIPPEE!!!

I absolutely loved the letter that was in  the beginning of the novel!

Here it is

Copyright 2011 Leanna Renee Hieber

New York County, Municipal Jurisdiction

Manhattan, July 31, 1880

New York City Police Record: Case File 1306

To whoever should have the misfortune to review this closed—but still unresolved—case, I extend my condolences. I tell you truly that all persons involved have been insufferably odd.

All we know directly of Miss Natalie Stewart, disappeared at age seventeen, is what you will read here in what was left behind as an absurd testimonial.

Herein you shall find pertinent newspaper articles enclosed by Miss Stewart regarding Lord Denbury and his infamous portrait. There are also letters from involved parties.

I am left to conclude that everyone involved is a certifiable lunatic. Should you wish to indulge yourself and read a young lady’s foolish reveries on such highly improbable events, so be it. Should you believe any of it, I hope you have no business with the New York Police Department now or in the future.

Regards,

Sergeant James Patt

(Source:http://www.leannareneehieber.com/darker-still-magic-most-foul/)

This book started off pretty well.I really liked Natalie Stewart,she was just my kinda girl.She was sarcastic and her thoughts made me laugh! I say her thoughts because Natalie is mute.She can't speak and I have to say I really found the fact that the main character had some disability very refreshing! I liked getting a peek into the world of a person who can't speak.


I also liked Mrs.Northe ,she was the mother figure in this book.I loved the fact that there was a supportive adult who actually had a clue what was going on in  the world of the teenager.

It was a little irritating that Natalie became so obsessed with Denbury (a.k.a the guy in the picture) when she knew absolutely NOTHING   about him but I guess I can't blame her if this is the same guy who led quite a few girls to their doom in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Even though the story was pretty interesting and I really liked the main character, I couldn't get completely engrossed in the book.I could put the book down at any moment and had to at times force myself to pick it up.I think it might have something to do with the fact that I thought the male character wasn't well developed in this book.I hardly got to know anything about his personality.
BUT....
If I would have read A picture of Dorian Gray before I had picked up this book maybe I wouldn't have needed to know anything about the main character.

Overall,I would read this one for the lovely female character and the interesting story.

My Rating:                                                       2.5-3/5

Loved the female protagonist

Couldn't decide whether to give this 2.5 or 3 so I've given it a range.

Waiting on Wednesday: OMG WANT NOW Edition

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine to highlight upcoming releases we're anxiously awaiting! This week I am waiting on....

These awesome titles ALL of which I WANT TO READ NOW!

Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1)

by Michele Vail

 Blurb:

The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird... 

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper—and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. 

Within days, she’s shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. Who seems to hate her guts. 

Rath will be watching closely to be sure she completes her first assignment-reaping Rick, the boy who should have died. The boy she still wants to be with. 

To make matters worse, students at the academy start turning up catatonic, and accusations fly—against Molly. The only way out of this mess? To go through hell. Literally.

Expected publication: February 28th 2012 by Harlequin Teen

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Look at that cover! Look at that blurb!Aren't you dying to read it already???

Struck

by Jennifer Bosworth 

Blurb:

Mia Price is a lightning addict. She’s survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her. 

Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities, populated by millions of homeless. Downtown is a wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the attendees drawn to the destruction by a magnetic force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power in the wake of the disaster, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing prophecies. They know she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the worse storm that is yet to come. 

Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but he’s hiding a more sinister truth. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must unleash the full horror of her strength to save them all.

Expected publication: May 8th 2012 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR

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This book had me at lightening addict!

Blood Born (Blood Prophecy #1)

by Jamie Manning

Blurb:

Waking up in a coffin hungry for blood is only the beginning for sixteen-year-old Ava Blue. When Chance Caldon, the hottie who dug her up, tells her that she’s half vampire, Ava’s world really turns upside down. 

Half vamp? Ava can’t believe it...she doesn't even know what that means! Not until Aldric, a thousand-year-old vampire, shows up and tells her it’s true--and that he’s the one who turned her. Then Ava truly begins to believe what she is. Now, she has to deal with a sudden and powerful bloodlust, the desire to see Aldric dead, and her growing crush for Chance. Ava knows she's a monster now, she can feel it; and her life is over. 

But redemption isn’t lost. Aldric is giving her a chance to regain her humanity. The price? Kill a hundred vampires, or remain a bloodsucker forever. 

So Ava sets out to get her life back. But killing vampires begins a battle that could destroy everything she is working toward. In the end, Ava's decisions will forever change her life and the lives of those she loves.

Expected publication: April 24th 2012 by Pendrell Publishing

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I haven't given up on Vampires yet! Plus,this one sounds DIFFERENT!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON?

Teaser Tuesday + Hunger Games Trailer

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser is from the awesomeness that is Touch by Jus Accardo(click on image to see blurb and review)

"You're asking me if-"  I stood on my tiptoes and looked around him.  Uma Thurman glared at me from the cover,wearing her iconic yellow motorcycle suit."- Uma Thurman is a relative?" Maybe he wasn't loony.Maybe he had been at the party.I'd missed the Jell-O shots but obviously he hadn't.

-Pg.13.E-ARC

Also I decided to add the ultimate teaser.......

THOUGHTS  PEOPLE?

The Vincent Boys Review + Giveaway

The Vincent Boys

by Abbi Glines 

 Blurb:

Being the good girl isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Ashton Gray has grown weary of playing the part to please her parents, and to be worthy of the town’s prince charming, Sawyer Vincent. Maybe That’s why she’s found herself spending time with Sawyer’s cousin, Beau, while he’s away for the summer camping with his family. Beau is nothing like her perfect boyfriend. He’s the sexiest guy she’s ever seen, dangerous in ways she’s only day dreamed about, and the one guy she should stay away from. 
Beau never envied Sawyer his loving parents, his big nice home, or his position as quarterback. He loves him like a brother. Which is why he's tried everything in his power to keep his distance from Sawyer’s girlfriend. Even if he has loved her since the age of five, Ashton is Sawyer’s girl, so therefore she’s off limits. But when Sawyer leaves for the summer, Ashton, the one girl Beau would move Heaven and Earth for, decides she wants to get into trouble. Stabbing the one person who’s always accepted him and stood by him in the back, is the cost of finally holding Ashton Gray in his arms. Is she worth losing his cousin over?.... Hell Yeah.

Cover: It's ok.

Source: ARC from Author 

Links:Amazon,BN

Note: Not recommended for Younger Readers due to some  scenes.

My thoughts:

This book is definitely better than Breathe,so if you loved Breathe you'll REALLY like this book!

I can probably list a thousand things that were wrong with this book like....

the line "I'm sorry,baby"(It sounds so fake)

Sometimes the girl can be a little naive and irritating

Sawyer

.......but the fact of the matter is that when I started reading this book I couldn't put it down! I was going through a book  DNF(did not finish) phase and this lovely book ended that phase!

I LOVED BEAU! I have a MAJOR crush on this guy! He was so awesome and Hot off course!This guy is totally worth all that trouble Ash .If I was in her shoes I would totally have a hard time not falling for this guy too!

I also loved reading about all the childhood adventures of Beau,Ash and Sawyer.They really helped me to  understand and appreciate the depth of their relationship!

Although the book was a little predictable .. There was a MAJOR thing that just caught me by surprise and I just  loved the drama that the  twist added !

Another character I really liked was Honey (Beau's mom) there were times when I hated her but there were also times when I wanted to scream "you're awesome honey!"

I am willing to read this book again and again and again and FRANKLY I really don't care about the shortcomings of this book because once I start reading it ,I get sucked into this world and have to force myself to leave it.

My Rating: 4 STARS

guilty pleasure!

GIVEAWAY

You can win a Kindle version of this book . The Kindle ebook will be gifted via Amazon.com. The giveaway ends by Nov. 20 midnight.ALL you need to do is leave a thoughtful comment on this post.Please leave an email address(or any other information like twitter handle etc.) so that I can contact you!
The winner will have 48 hours to reply to a confirmation email.

There's also a grand prize! There will be a Grand Prize of a $20 Gift Card to B&N,a Kindle copy of the book, and a signed tote bag. To enter, participants will need to comment at each tour stop.