Wednesday, 6 October 2021

My Nights With You Blog Tour - Guest Post + Giveaway!

Hi everyone! I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the MY NIGHTS WITH YOU by Adalyn Caine Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About the Book:

Title: MY NIGHTS WITH YOU

Author: Adalyn Caine

Pub. Date: November 9, 2021

Publisher: ACBooks

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon

Read for FREE with a Kindle Unlimited Membership!

Fresh out of college and on the cusp of a promising career in New York City, Sela Monroe falls hard for Theo Walker when they meet in the park. He’s beautiful. He’s brilliant. He’s a go-getter. He’s everything she’s ever wanted. Sela would do anything for Theo. When he calls, she always answers. When he asks her to come over, she’s there in a matter of minutes. No time is ever too late. No request is ever too inconvenient.

There’s only one problem with Sela’s relationship with Theo: he doesn’t love her back. Though Sela’s best friend, Annie, has been pleading with her to move on from Theo for months, citing his manipulative behavior and the hold he seems to have over sensitive Sela, when it finally hits Sela that her feelings aren’t reciprocated, it’s too much.

After an emotional breakdown that leaves Sela in the hospital, she struggles to cope with her emotions. She has never felt more lost or hopeless or used. Only when she begins the healing process does she realize that genuine love does exist and that sometimes in places where you least expect it.

GUEST POST: Book Playlist!

I Hate That I Fell In Love With You - Bow Anderson 
Cuz I Love You - Lizzo 
Erase U - The Kid Laroi
Heartbreak Anthem - Galantis, David Guetta, Little Mix
Apologize - One Republic
Beautiful Pain - Eminem
River - Bishop Briggs
Let Me Go - NF
F*ck You, Goodbye - The Kid Laroi
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Outside - Staind
I May Hate Myself In The Morning - Lee Ann Womack
Gaslighter - The Chicks
Way Less Sad - AJ

 About Adalyn:

Writer. Thinker. Procrastinator. Getting ready to release my novel, My Nights With You. Working on some other projects while trying to stay sane.

Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon GC, International.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/1/2021

Rockstar Book Tours

Kickoff Post

Week Two:

10/4/2021

Two Chicks on Books

Interview

10/5/2021

jaimerockstarbooktours

IG Post

10/6/2021

The Reading Devil

Guest Post

10/7/2021

BookHounds

Interview

10/8/2021

Wottaread

Excerpt

Week Three:

10/11/2021

Rajiv's Reviews

Review

10/12/2021

@bookstagramofmine

Review

10/13/2021

Books a Plenty Book Reviews

Review

10/14/2021

The Momma Spot

Excerpt

10/15/2021

More Books Please blog

Review

Week Four:

10/18/2021

The Phantom Paragrapher

Review

10/19/2021

@curlygrannylovestoread

Review

10/20/2021

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Review

10/21/2021

Karen Dee's Book Reviews

Review

10/22/2021

OneMoreExclamation, tiktok kimbok65

Blog Review/TikTok Post

Week Five:

10/25/2021

Don't Judge, Read

Guest Post

10/26/2021

BookBriefs

Review

10/27/2021

I'm Shelfish

Excerpt

10/28/2021

two points of interest

Review

10/29/2021

@jypsylynn

Review






Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole Book Review

 

Title: Dead of Winter (The Arcana Chronicles #4)
Author: Kresley Cole
Publish Date: January 6th, 2015
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Source: I purchased my own copy

Can Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked.

Heartbreaking decisions

Evie was almost seduced by the life of comfort that Death offered her—until Jack was threatened by two of the most horrific Arcana, the Lovers. She will do anything to save him, even escape Death’s uncanny prison, full of beautiful objects, material comforts…and stolen glances from a former love.

Uncertain victory

Despite leaving a part of her heart behind with Death, Evie sets out into a perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland to meet up with her allies and launch an attack on the Lovers. Such formidable enemies require a battle plan, and the only way to kill them may mean Evie, Jack, and Death allying. Evie doesn’t know what will prove more impossible: surviving slavers, plague, Bagmen and other Arcana—or convincing Jack and Death to work together.

Two heroes returned

There’s a thin line between love and hate, and Evie just doesn’t know where she stands with either Jack or Death. Will this unlikely trio be able to defeat The Lovers without killing one another first...?


Penelope's Review

Oh boy... the love triangle HEATS UP here!! While we do get some more backstory into other Arcana such as the Lovers and The World, the romance takes front stage in this one. And I'm not mad about it. Now, I can firmly say that I am Team Jack - despite the last book and beginning of this book tugging my heart to Death. I was reminded of why Jack is the boy for me, and I hope that I stay loyal for the rest of the series lol! 

The three of them working together was super interesting - so much tension omg. So curious to see what happens here... other than that, this book was crazy with the twists and turns!! I get that people are annoyed with Evie and her indecisiveness and I will agree that the back and forth took up much of this book... but damn with choices like these I don't even blame her lol! 

She ends up making a decision but then BAM - cliffhanger ending. Like of EPIC proportions. This series keeps me on my damn toes that's for sure. Another addition to an awesome series, looking forward to the rest!

Rating: 5/5 Devils!







Monday, 4 October 2021

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 


It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

Hello hello! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I am spending this week getting ready for my vacation! It feels weird to be going away right now, but I hope it's fun and relaxing regardless! In other news... I'm considering starting a BookTube account... but I'm not sure if I have enough time to stay consistent. What I may try is pre-filming a few videos to see how easy/difficult it is with all the editing and such and go from there. I'm not sure yet though.... I have my Twitter and Instagram accounts as well as this blog to keep track of so adding a new platform may be overboard for my schedule. It also seems like it is much harder to get a bookish account off the ground these days - from what I remember in high school, engagement seemed so much higher! Ah well.. these are my thoughts lately lol! On to books!

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Saturday, 2 October 2021

Endless Knight by Kresley Cole Book Review

 

Title: Endless Knight (The Arcana Chronicles #2)
Author: Kresley Cole
Publish Date: October 1st, 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Source: I purchased my own copy

In this seductive follow-up to Poison Princess, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole takes us deeper into the dark world of the Arcana Chronicles.

Shocking secrets

Evie has fully come into her powers as the Tarot Empress, and Jack was there to see it all. She now knows that the teens who've been reincarnated as the Tarot are in the throes of an epic battle. It's kill or be killed, and the future of mankind hangs in the balance.

Unexpected allies

With threats lurking around every corner, Evie is forced to trust her newfound alliance. Together they must fight not only other Arcana, but also Bagmen zombies, post-apocalyptic storms, and cannibals.

Gut-wrenching treachery

When Evie meets Death, things get even more complicated. Though falling for Jack, she's drawn to the dangerous Endless Knight as well. Somehow the Empress and Death share a history, one that Evie can't remember--but Death can't forget...


Penelope's Review

So same message as the Poison Princess review - I've read this entire series so I will do my best to review based on ONLY this book but my feeling of the overall series may cause a bit of bias.. just want that to be clear, as I love these books!

Evie is back!! We left on quite the cliffhanger after Poison Princess - Jack has just witnessed Evie in full blown Empress mode and we're not sure how he feels about it all... though his reaction before the book ended did not bode well. 

This book starts right where the last one left off, and Jack and Evie seem to be getting so much closer! I absolutely love the relationship these two have - so sweet and sexy. I like that they both bring out a different side in the other.

But now we have Death in the picture. As the winner of the last couple of games, Death has been alive for a LONG time and he remembers his entire history with the game and Evie - the latter of which has been a complete disaster. Evie on the other hand, doesn't really remember much aside from her flashbacks. She is not the same person she was in past games, but Death doesn't know that. This book had me conflicted. While I absolutely ADORE Jackson, I'm starting to have a soft spot for Death as well... it's very rare that I read a love triangle book and don't immediately know which team I'm on so props to Kresley for tearing my heartstrings in two directions! 

This was an excellent addition to the series - I absolutely encourage all YA/paranormal/fantasy/dystopian lovers to give it a try!

Rating: 5/5 Devils!







Friday, 1 October 2021

Book Blogger Hop

 


This is hosted by Billy at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer! Hop over to their page to grab a button and join in the fun!

This Week's Question:

What book series make you crave chocolate? (submitted by Julie @ JadeSky)

Interesting question lol! I'm having a hard time thinking of anything off the top of my head... though I will say that I recently read two books by Jennifer Bardsley - Sweet Bliss and Good Catch - and they mention the Nuthatch Bakery multiple times; I have to say that I was craving baked goods in a bad way while reading these lol!!