Official Book Trailer: Taken by Erin Bowman

Check out the trailer to Taken by Erin Bowman. I'm really curious about this one the blurb definitely has caught my interest so can't wait for it to come out. 

About the book: There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends…and he’s gone.

They call it the Heist.

Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one can cross and survive.

Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken–or risk everything on the hope of the other side?

Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

• Pub. Date: August 07, 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's
• Pages: 416
• Series: Throne of Glass #1

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.

Her opponents are men—thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the kings council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.

Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined. 

First Line: After a year of slavery in the Salt Mines of Endovier, Celaena Sardothien was accustomed to being escorted everywhere in shackles and at sword-point.


Review: I can't begin to tell you how much this book blew my mind away. I was catapulted into a whole new world full of magic, evil, assassins, a corrupt king, thieves, warriors, a glass castle and characters who were made to perfection.

Celaena is the worlds most notorious assassin and has been slaving away in the salt mines for a year which already is something to be impressed by seeing how no one lasts in the mines for more then a few months before death comes their way. She is asked by Prince Dorian to compete in a ruthless competition in which the prize will be freedom, that is after she serves as the kings champion for a few years first. The same king who she hates with a passion.

The characters were all very believable. Celaena is the ideal heroine, the girl was lethal and lived up to her title of being the most feared assassin. But what made her so likable was the fact that she was very much a girly girl in her own way as well. She loved to dress up in beautiful gowns, had a side that was very sympathetic to the ones she grew to care about, and we even saw her at her most vulnerable and learned that she is so deeply scarred that there were moments I just wanted to reach out and give her a hug.

Prince Dorian and Chaol the Captain of the Guard were both so very swoon worthy and I loved that both of them brought out two different sides of Celaena's personality. Both guys were truly fascinating characters and I'm curious to see what happens as the series progresses between them and Celaena. It's obvious they both have feelings for her one being a little more bold about it then the other but I can't wait to see who she ends up with. I have no favorites as of right now I would be happy with whomever she ends up with. Which also bring me to the fact that while the romance was there it was not the main focus of the book so yay for that.

The world building was impressive I had a vivid picture of everything that was going on in my mind the entire time. And the writing was so lush and intoxicating. Yes I know I am totally gushing over this book but I can't help it, it's hard not to when something is just that good and Throne of Glass is just that. Do not wait, go pre-order this book now!

                       

Book Trailer: Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock

Check out the official book trailer for Hemlock.

"Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered.

Since then, Mac’s life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac’s hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy’s killer: A white werewolf.

Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control.

Wanting desperately to put an end to her nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy’s murder herself. She discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy’s boyfriend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her life at risk.

Kathleen Peacock’s thrilling novel is the first in the Hemlock trilogy, a spellbinding urban fantasy series filled with provocative questions about prejudice, trust, lies, and love."

Book Trailers: Until I Die / The Enchantress / Black Heart Blue

Check out some of the newly released book trailers this past week.

Until I Die by Amy Plum

There is also an extended version of the trailer HERE

Kate and Vincent have overcome the odds and at last they are together in Paris, the city of lights and love.

As their romance deepens there’s one question they can’t ignore: How are they supposed to be together if Vincent can’t resist sacrificing himself to save others? Although Vincent promises that he’ll do whatever it takes to lead a normal life with Kate, will that mean letting innocent people die? When a new and surprising enemy reveals itself, Kate realizes that even more may be at stake—and that Vincent’s immortality is in jeopardy.

In Die for Me, Amy Plum created a captivating paranormal mythology with immortal revenants and a lush Paris setting. Until I Die is poised to thrill readers with more heart-pounding suspense, spellbinding romance, and a cliff-hanger ending that will leave them desperate for the third and final novel in the series.




The Enchantress by Michael Scott

The sixth and final book in the New York Times bestselling series The Secrets of the Nicholas Flamel—The Enchantress



















Black Heart Blue by Louisa Reid

Hephzibah: You've no idea what it's like having a freak for a sister.

Rebecca: Born first, prettier, Hephzi's always been the popular one.

The Father: When he was busy with his bottle we were usually safe. Usually.

The Mother: Her specialist subject was misery and lessons of painful silence ...

Hepzibah and Rebecca are twins. One beautiful, one disfigured. Trapped with their loveless parents, they dream of a normal life. But when one twin tragically dies, the other must find a way to escape. Because if she doesn't, she'll end up like her sister.

Book Trailers: The Selection / Immortal City / Of Poseidon

Check out the newly released trailer of The Selection by Kiera Cass along with Immortal City by Scott Speer and Of Poseidon by Anna Banks.

The Selection by Kiera Cass

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For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in the palace and compete for the heart of the gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself- and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined

Immortal City by Scott Speer
Jackson Godspeed is the hottest young Angel in a city filled with them.

He's days away from becoming a full Guardian, and people around the world are already competing for the chance to be watched over by him. Everyone's obsessed with the Angels and the lucky people they protect - everyone except for Madison Montgomery.

Maddy's the one girl in Angel City who doesn't breathlessly follow the Angels on TV and gossip blogs. When she meets Jackson, she doesn't recognize him. But Jackson is instantly captivated by her, and against all odds the two fall in love.

Maddy is swiftly caught up in Jackson's scene, a world of glamour, paparazzi - and murder. A serial killer is on the loose, leaving dead Angels' wings for the police to find on the Walk of Fame. Even the Guardians are powerless to protect themselves in the face of this threat & and this time it's up to Maddy to save Jackson.


Of Poseidon by Anna Banks


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.

Book Trailer: Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

Book #3 in the Hush Hush Series

Release date:

Tomorrow!!!

October 4, 2011

Amazon

Barnes and Noble 

Official Book Trailer of The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

Check out the trailer for the 4th book in the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa

Teaser Trailer for Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

I can't wait for Clockwork Prince to come out! Also if you haven't read Clockwork Angel GO GO GO Read it Now!!!

Book Trailer The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

I'm really excited for this book check out the trailer:

Official Trailer of The Taker by Alma Katsu

From Bad to Cursed Book Trailer

This is the second in the series of Bad Girls Don't Die series. In case you missed the trailer here it is. I really need to go and buy it, I loved the first book so pretty interested to see where Katie Alender took the second book.




Released : June 14, 2011"Alexis is the last girl you'd expect to sell her soul for beauty and popularity. After all, she already has everything she needs--an adorable boyfriend, the perfect best friend, and a family that finally seems to be healing after her sister Kasey's unfortunate possession by an evil spirit.

But then Kasey tells Alexis about the mysterious new club she has joined, and the oath she has taken to someone named Aralt. Worried that Kasey's gotten in over her head again, Alexis and her best friend Megan decide to investigate by joining the Sunshine Club, too. At first, their connection with Aralt seems harmless. Alexis tries a new -- normal-- look, and finds herself reveling in her elegance and success.

Still, despite the Sunshine Club's outward perfection, the group is crumbling from within, and soon Alexis finds herself battling her own personal demons. She can hardly even remember why she joined in the first place. Surely it wasn't to destroy Aralt...why would she hurt someone who has given her so much, and asked for so little in return?"

Book Trailer: Descended by Blood (Vampire Born #1) by Angeline Kace

Synopsis:Brooke Keller is a high school junior who has never spent much time living in one place. She is finally in a town long enough to almost snag the boy of her dreams, until her life is threatened after killing a fanged man in his attempt to kidnap her. Brooke begins a dangerous journey in an effort to find out who is after her and how to stop them. In a world with powerful and prejudiced vampires, Brooke must tap into the side of her that she never knew existed at the risk of losing her life in order to save it.

Book Trailer: Solstice by P.J. Hoover

Synopsis: Where Mythology and Dystopia meet...

Piper’s world is dying. Global warming kills every living thing on Earth, and each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles which threaten to destroy humanity. Amid this Global Heating Crisis, Piper lives with her mother who suffocates her more than the chaotic climate. When her mother is called away to meet the father Piper has been running from her entire life, Piper seizes an opportunity for freedom.

But when Piper discovers a world of mythology she never knew existed, she realizes her world is not the only one in crisis. While Gods battle for control of the Underworld, Piper's life spirals into turmoil, and she struggles to find answers to secrets kept from her since birth. And though she’s drawn to her classmate Shayne, he may be more than he claims. Piper has to choose whom she can trust and how she can save the people she loves even if it means the end of everything she’s ever known.

Trailer for Passion By Lauren Kate (Australia)

I'm actually excited for the release of Passion coming up even though the cover of the book is not as impressive.
I came across I believe the Australian Trailer for the book and thought I would share it.

Book Trailer: Insight by Diana Greenwood

http://www.dianagreenwood.com/
Release Date April 12,2011 (Not sure why the trailer says May 2011..but it is out today)

Some secrets won't let you go. Elvira Witsil lives about as far away from civilization as you can get, in a remote corner of Wisconsin where nothing much ever happens. In a house crowded with her mother, her cantankerous grandmother, and her little sister, Jessie, Elvira feels forgotten and alone. Their house also contains numerous secrets, and Elvira's family holds their secrets closely. Secrets about the father that Jessie never knew, and that Elvira can't forget. Secrets about that day five years ago. And the one secret that Elvira can't quite understand: that Jessie sees things no one else can see. These secrets will lead Elvira and her family on a journey far away from home---on a journey toward redemption and healing---if she can just bring herself to believe.

Book Trailer: The Gathering by Kelly Armstrong and Shimmer by Alyson Noel

The Gathering by Kelly Armstrong
Release Date April 12,2011

Strange things are happening in Maya's tiny Vancouver Island town. First, her friend Serena, the captain of the swim team, drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. Then, one year later, mountain lions are spotted rather frequently around Maya's home—and her reactions to them are somewhat . . . unexpected. Her best friend, Daniel, has also been experiencing unexplainable premonitions about certain people and situations.

It doesn't help that the new bad boy in town, Rafe, has a dangerous secret, and he's interested in one special part of Maya's anatomy—her paw-print birthmark.

Shimmer by Alyson Noel ( Book 2 in the series)

Release Date March 15,2011

Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. When Riley comes across a vicious black dog, against Bodhi’s advice, she decides to cross him over. While following the dog, she runs into a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebecca’s sweet appearance, Riley soon learns she’s not at all what she seems. As the daughter of a former plantation owner, she is furious about being murdered during a slave revolt in 1733. Mired in her own anger, Rebecca is lashing out by keeping the ghosts who died along with her trapped in their worst memories. Can Riley help Rebecca forgive and forget without losing herself to her own nightmarish memories?

Book Trailer: Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer

Release Date:April 5,2011
Publisher: Harper Teen

Sixteen-year-old Tansy Piper moves with her grandfather and her mother, a horror writer, to the setting of her mother's next book--a secluded house outside of a tiny, desolate West Texas town. Lonely and upset over the move, Tansy escapes into her photography and the dark, seductive poems she finds hidden in the cellar, both of which lure her into the mind and world of a mysterious, troubled young man who died sixty years earlier.

Book Trailer The Vampire Stalker by Allison van Diepen

I am so excited for this book to come out. I really thought I was done with the whole vampire phase I was going through until I heard about this The Vampire Stalker.
It's release date is June 1,2011







Synopsis -What if the characters in a vampire novel left their world--and came into yours?

Amy is in love with someone who doesn't exist: Alexander Banks, the dashing hero in a popular series of vampire novels. Then one night, Amy meets a boy who bears an eerie resemblance to Alexander. In fact, he IS Alexander, who has escaped from the pages of the book and is in hot pursuit of a wicked vampire named Vigo. Together, Amy and Alexander set out to track Vigo and learn how and why Alexander crossed over. But when she and Alexander begin to fall for each other, Amy wonders if she even wants him to ever return to the realm of fiction.




Thoughts-It sounds like it will be a pretty interesting read, There has been plenty of times I have  wished that one of my favorite characters would come alive in real life...Currently I'm in love with Illium  from Nalini Singhs Guild Hunter Series..lol I love my hubby but a girl can dream.

Waiting on Wednesday:Possess by Gretchen Mcneil + Book Trailer

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A weekly event that puts a spotlight on a book we are eagerly waiting to be released.

Possess by Gretchen McNeil

Publish Date:August 23,2011

Hardcover:384pages

Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her overprotective mom, by the hunky son of the police officer who got her father killed, and by the eerie voices which she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Turns out the voices are demons--the Biblical kind, not the Buffy kind--and Bridget possesses the rare ability to banish them.

San Francisco's senior exorcist and his newly assigned partner from the Vatican enlist Bridget's help with increasingly bizarre and dangerous cases of demonic possession. But when one of Bridget's oldest friends turns up dead in a ritualistic sacrifice that mirrors her father's murder, Bridget realizes she can't trust anyone. An interview with her father's murderer reveals a link between Bridget and the Emim: a race of part-demons intent on raising their forefathers to the earth in human form. Now Bridget must unlock the secret to the Emim's plan before someone else close to her winds up dead, or worse--the human vessel for a Demon King.

This cover is so amazing. I love it. It's so haunting and beautiful. I will not lie the cover is what attracted me to the book and of course the synopsis sounds very interesting as well. I can't wait to get my hands on this book.

What books are you waiting for???

Book Trailer-Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely Series #5) by Melissa Marr

Are you a reader of the Wicked Series by Melissa Marr? If so you don't want to miss this, the final conclusion to the series is out in bookstores today! I love the cover to this one it is very beautiful almost enchanting.

If you have never read the Wicked Series than start off with book one

Wicked Lovely