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The Selection Stories: The Queen & The Favorite (The Selection 0.4, 2.6)  Author: Kiera Cass Publicaiton: September 1, 2015 By: Harper Audio  Amazon | Goodreads  Before America Singer's Selection began, a girl named Amberly came to the palace to compete for the hand of Prince Clarkson. And while America was torn between two loves, her friend Marlee knew exactly what she wanted . . . and paid the price. Return to the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series with these two captivating novellas, available in print for the first time. Also includes a Q&A with Kiera Cass, a sneak peek at The Heir, and more! Thank you Harper Audio for providing copies of these audiobooks in exchange for an honest review. Happily Ever After (The Selection 0.4, 0.5, 2.5, 2.6) Author: Kiera Cass Publication: October 13, 2015 By: Harper Audio Amazon | Goodreads Meet Prince Maxon before he fell in love with America, and a ...

Author: Kasie West Publication: May 5, 2015 By: Harper Teen  Amazon | B&N | Goodreads 4 STARS When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute guy waiting to pick up his sister, she enlists his help. The task is simple: be her fill-in boyfriend— two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. After that, she can win back the real Bradley. The problem is that days after prom, it's not the real Bradley she's thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn't even know. But tracking him down doesn't mean they're done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and his sister intends to see that he collects: his ex-girlfriend's graduation party — three hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. Just when G...

Series: Firebird #1 Publication: November 4, 2014 By: Harper Teen Amazon | B&N | Goodreads 3.5 Stars  Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray. Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him. Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West Expected Publication: May 5, 2015 By: Harper Teen    When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute guy waiting to pick up his sister, she enlists his help. The task is simple: be her fill-in boyfriend— two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. After that, she can win back the real Bradley. The problem is that days after prom, it's not the real Bradley she's thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn't even know. But tracking him down doesn't mean they're done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and ...

 * I received these audiobooks from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*    The Jewel (The Lone City #1)  Author: Amy Ewing Publication: September 2, 2014 By: HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio; Unabridged edition. Amazon | Goodreads The Jewel means wealth. The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Not just any kind of servitude. Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, has been trained as a surrogate for the royalty—because in the Jewel the only thing more important than opulence is offspring. Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath the Jewel's glittering facade: the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life. Violet must accept the ugly realities of her existence . . . and try to s...

Action, suspense, mystery and thrills, Anna Carey's, BLACKBIRD, has it all! Be sure to check out the BLACKBIRD blog tour , hosted by Mundie Moms. Each stop has a chance to win a signed copy of the book! About the Book Written by:  Anna Carey Published by:  Harper Teen Releasing on: September 16th, 2014 Add it to  Goodreads Get it From:  Amazon  |  B&N Read a Sample A girl wakes up on the train tracks, a subway car barreling down on her. With only minutes to react, she hunches down and the train speeds over her. She doesn’t remember her name, where she is, or how she got there. She has a tattoo on the inside of her right wrist of a blackbird inside a box, letters and numbers printed just below: FNV02198. There is only one thing she knows for sure: people are trying to kill her.  On the run for her life, she tries to untangle who she is and what happened to the girl she used to be. Nothing and no one are what they appea...

  Welcome to Jenuine Cupcakes, this is my stop on the FERAL Blog Tour! Click HERE to read my FERAL review . Hint: It's awesome! About the Book   The Lovely Bones meets Black Swan in this haunting psychological thriller with twists and turns that will make you question everything you think you know. It’s too late for you. You’re dead. Those words continue to haunt Claire Cain months after she barely survived a brutal beating in Chicago. So when her father is offered a job in another state, Claire is hopeful that getting out will offer her a way to start anew. But when she arrives in Peculiar, Missouri, Claire feels an overwhelming sense of danger, and her fears are confirmed when she discovers the body of a popular high school student in the icy woods behind the school, surrounded by the town’s feral cats. While everyone is quick to say it was an accident, Claire knows there’s more to it, and vows to learn the truth about what happened. But the closer ...

Author: Jessica Martinez Publication: October 7, 2014 By: Katherine Tegen  Amazon | Book Depository | Goodreads 5 Stars! Valentina Cruz no longer exists. One moment, she was wrapped in Emilio’s arms, melting into his kiss. The next, she was witnessing the unthinkable: a murder in cold blood, ordered by her father and carried out by her boyfriend. When Emilio pulled the trigger, Valentina disappeared. She made a split-second decision to shed her identity and flee her life of privilege, leaving the glittering parties and sultry nightlife of Miami far behind. She doesn’t know how to explain to herself what she saw. All she knows now is that nothing she believed about her family, her heart, or Emilio’s love, was real. She can change her name and deny her past, but Valentina can’t run from the truth. The lines between right and wrong, and trust and betrayal, will be blurred beyond recognition as she untangles the deceptions of the two men she once loved and races t...

Publication: August 26, 2014 By: Harper Teen 4 Stars Amazon | Goodreads | The Book Depository The Lovely Bones meets Black Swan in this haunting psychological thriller with twists and turns that will make you question everything you think you know. It’s too late for you. You’re dead. Those words continue to haunt Claire Cain months after she barely survived a brutal beating in Chicago. So when her father is offered a job in another state, Claire is hopeful that getting out will offer her a way to start anew. But when she arrives in Peculiar, Missouri, Claire feels an overwhelming sense of danger, and her fears are confirmed when she discovers the body of a popular high school student in the icy woods behind the school, surrounded by the town’s feral cats. While everyone is quick to say it was an accident, Claire knows there’s more to it, and vows to learn the truth about what happened. But the closer she gets to uncovering the mystery, the closer she also gets to r...

YOU GUYS!  I am SO EXCITED to share this cover with you. UNINVITED is one of my FAVORITE reads of 2014 and I am DYING to read UNLEASHED! So, here it is... Unleashed (Uninvited #2) by Sophie Jordan Expected Publication: February 24, 2015 By: Harper Teen What if the worst thing you ever did was unforgivable? Davy’s world fell apart after she tested positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome. She was expelled from her school, dumped by her boyfriend, abandoned by friends, and shipped off to a camp that turns HTS carriers into soldiers. Davy may have escaped, but the damage has already been done. The unthinkable has happened. Now, even worse than having everyone else see her as a monster is the knowledge that they may have been right about her all along. Because Davy has killed. On the run from government agents, Davy is rescued by Caden, the charismatic leader of an underground group of rebels. Despite Caden’s assurances that the Resistance is made ...

Author: Kasie West Publication: July 1, 2014 By: Harper Teen  Amazon | Goodreads  4 Stars She's a tomboy. He's the boy next door… Charlie Reynolds can outrun, outscore, and outwit every boy she knows. But when it comes to being a girl, Charlie doesn't know the first thing about anything. So when she starts working at a chichi boutique to pay off a speeding ticket, she finds herself in a strange new world. To cope with the stress of her new reality, Charlie takes to spending nights chatting with her neighbor Braden through the fence between their yards. As she grows to depend on their nightly Fence Chats, she realizes she's got a bigger problem than speeding tickets-she's falling for Braden. She knows what it means to go for the win, but if spilling her secret means losing him for good, the stakes just got too high. Fun, original, and endearing, On the Fence is a romantic comedy about finding yourself and finding love where you least expect.   I...

*I received a copy of this audiobook from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review*  THE ONE – unabridged   Written by Kiera Cass Performed by Amy Rubinate Unabridged – 9780062324153 – Ages 13 and Up – $21.99 Goodreads   The Selection changed the lives of thirty-five girls forever.  For the four girls who remain at the palace, the friendships they’ve formed, rivalries they’ve struggled with, and dangers they’ve faced have bound them to each other for the rest of their lives. Now, the time has come for one winner to be chosen. America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown—or to Prince Maxon’s heart. But as the competition approaches its end and the threats outside the palace walls grow more vicious, America realizes just how much she stands to lose—and how hard she’ll have to fight for the future she wants.   To read my review of The One, click HERE. To read my Audiobook review of The Selection S...

It's Friday again!   This week's Fast & Furious Friday features a few books from BEA 14. Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid  Publication: July 29, 2014 By: HarlequinTEEN 4 Stars! Amazon | Book Depository | Goodreads Five strangers. Countless adventures.One epic way to get lost. Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love. Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journe...