Nick's Book Blog Backup

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Defy (Defy #1) Author : Sara B. Larson Publication Date : January 7th 2014 Publisher : Scholastic Press Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble A lush and gorgeously written debut, packed with action, intrigue, and a thrilling love triangle. Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king's army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince's guard. But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks into the palace in the dead of night, even Alex, who is virtually unbeatable, can't prevent him from abducting her, her fellow guard and friend Rylan, and Prince Damian, taking them through the treacherous wilds of the jungle and deep into enemy territory. The longer Alex is held captive with both Rylan and the prince, the more she realizes that she is not the only one who has been keeping dangerous secrets. And suddenly, after her own secret is revealed, Alex finds ...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Fireblood (Fireblood #1) Author : Trisha Wolfe Publication Date : December 10th 2013 Publisher : Spencer Hill Press Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble To save a kingdom, Zara must choose between a prince who could be the answer and a rising rebellion that threatens to take control. When Zara Dane is chosen to marry Prince Sebastian Hart, son of the man who ordered her father’s capture, Zara knows she must fight to save everything she loves from ruin. Being betrothed to the prince means a life trapped behind the towering stone walls of the Camelot-forged realm. Under the watchful eye of the prince's first knight, Sir Devlan Capra, changing her future becomes difficult. When an unlikely rebel reveals the truth about the deadly secrets that fuel King Hart’s twisted world, Zara’s path to rescue her father becomes clouded by deception. The Rebels clear her path by forcing Zara’s hand with an ultimatum: sway Prince Sebastian to join t...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Ink is Thicker Than Water Author : Amy Spalding Publication Date : December 3rd 2013 Publisher : Entangled Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble For Kellie Brooks, family has always been a tough word to define. Combine her hippie mom and tattooist stepdad, her adopted overachieving sister, her younger half brother, and her tough-love dad, and average Kellie’s the one stuck in the middle, overlooked and impermanent. When Kellie’s sister finally meets her birth mother and her best friend starts hanging with a cooler crowd, the feeling only grows stronger. But then she reconnects with Oliver, the sweet and sensitive college guy she had a near hookup with last year. Oliver is intense and attractive, and she’s sure he’s totally out of her league. But as she discovers that maybe intensity isn’t always a good thing, it’s yet another relationship she feels is spiraling out of her control. It’ll take a new role on the school newspaper ...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Revelations (The Elysium Chronicles #2) Author : J.A Souders Publication Date : November 5th 2013 Publisher : Tor Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Six weeks after her arrival on the Surface, Evelyn Winters is no closer to unlocking the memories lost in her subconscious than she was when she first came. Isolated in a strange new society, Evie has only Gavin Hunter to remind her of who she once was. But even with a clean slate, it’s easy to see that Evie doesn’t fit in on the Surface. And as her differences make her feel more and more alone, she can’t help but yearn for that place she doesn’t remember: the isolated city hidden in the depths of the ocean. Elysium. Home. But she can’t exactly tell Gavin what she’s feeling. Not when he’s the one who helped her escape Elysium in the first place, and has the scars to prove it. Though the doctors say otherwise, Gavin believes that Evie just needs time. And if her memories don’t c...

The Addicted for Now Blog Tour was organized by YA Bound Book Tours . Hi guys! I'm so excited for the Addicted for Now blog tour today. I only recently started this series and so far, I'm in LOVE! It's such a great a NA series, one that I would strongly recommend to each and everyone of you, even if you are not a fan of the genre, because it's highly educative. Anyways, as part of the tour, I've reviewed both books, Addicted to You and Addicted for Now in a single review and I also have a giveaway. Be sure to check out the other tour stops here . Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Addicted for Now (Addicted #2) Author : Becca & Krista Ritchie Publication Date : November 30th 2013 Publisher : Self-Published Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble He's addicted to booze. She's addicted to sex...staying sober is only half the battle. No. More. Sex. Those are the three words Lily Calloway fears the most. But Loren Hale is determined to be with Lily without...

  The Racing Savannah Blog Tour was organized by Giselle @  Xpresso Tours. Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the Racing Savannah Blog Tour. As part of my tour stop, I will be sharing with you lovely readers my review and an interview with the author. You can also scroll down for a chance to win a grand prize!   Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Racing Savannah (Hundred Oaks #4) Author : Miranda Kenneally Publication Date : December 3rd 2013 Publisher : Sourcebooks Fire Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble They’re from two different worlds. He lives in the estate house, and she spends most of her time in the stables helping her father train horses. In fact, Savannah has always been much more comfortable around horses than boys. Especially boys like Jack Goodwin—cocky, popular and completely out of her league. She knows the rules: no mixing between the staff and the Goodwin family. But Jack has no such boundaries. With her dream of becoming a horse jockey...

The Promise of Amazing Blog Tour is hosted by The Fantastic Flying Book Club .   Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for The Promise of Amazing. As part of the tour stop, I'll be sharing my review and a giveaway with you all. Enjoy! Be sure to stop by the other tour stops right here . Summary (from Goodreads) Title : The Promise of Amazing Author : Robin Constantine Publication Date : December 31st 2013 Publisher : Harper Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Wren Caswell is average. Ranked in the middle of her class at Sacred Heart, she’s not popular, but not a social misfit. Wren is the quiet, “good” girl who's always done what she's supposed to—only now in her junior year, this passive strategy is backfiring. She wants to change, but doesn’t know how. Grayson Barrett was the king of St. Gabe’s. Star of the lacrosse team, top of his class, on a fast track to a brilliant future—until he was expelled for being a “term paper pimp.” Now Gray is in a downward spi...

  The Shadows of Asphodel Blog Tour was organized by Candace's Book Blog .  Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for Shadows of Asphodel by Karen Kincy. As part of my tour stop, I'm excited to be sharing with you guys a review and a giveaway. I hope you guys enjoy it and don't forget to check out the other tour stops here . Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Shadows of Asphodel (Shadows of Asphodel #1) Author : Karen Kincy Publication Date : September 13th 2013 Publisher : Self-Published Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble 1913. In her work as a mercenary for Austria-Hungary, Ardis has killed many men without hesitation. One more man shouldn’t matter, even if he manages to be a charming bastard while he stands dying in the snow. But when he raises the dead to fight for him, she realizes she must save his life. If a necromancer like Wendel dies, he will return as a monster—or so the rumors say. Ardis decides to play it safe and rescues him. What she doesn’t expect i...

Hi guys! I've been thinking about this for the past few days and I've decided to take a blogging hiatus. To be honest, blogging isn't as fun as it used to be for some reason for me. Writing reviews seems like a chore to me and I'm honestly just exhausted with it all. I reckon this is just a phase I'm going through but I need the time in order to ignite back that passion I had for blogging. Juggling college, work, blogging and other chores has been physically and emotionally draining for me and I think the time off will help me rejuvenate in a way. This doesn't mean I'm quitting blogging entirely. I will come back to blogging once I'm able to get back into it. In the meantime, I will be reading, spending time with my family who's visiting me for winter break and taking some me-time during the holidays. I've signed up for a couple of blog tours in December, which I will post because I've already read the books and I made a commitment so I will ...

Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Definitely, Maybe in Love Author ; Ophelia London Publication Date : October 28th 2013 Publisher : Entangled Embrace Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Spring Honeycutt wants two things: to ace her sustainable living thesis and to save the environment. Both seem hopelessly unobtainable until her college professor suggests that with a new angle, her paper could be published. Spring swears she’ll do whatever it takes to ensure that happens. “Whatever it takes,” however, means forming a partnership with the very hot, very privileged, very conceited Henry Knightly. Henry is Spring's only hope at publication, but he's also the über-rich son of a land developer and cash-strapped Spring’s polar opposite. Too bad she can't help being attracted to the way he pushes her buttons, both politically and physically. As they work on her thesis, Spring finds there's more to Henry than his old money and argyle sweaters…but can she drop the...

 The Crash Into You Blog Tour was organized by YA Bound Book Tours . Hi guys! Welcome to my tour stop for the Crash Into You Blog Tour. For my tour stop, I'll be sharing with you a review of the book and you can also enter to win a giveaway below. Also, be sure to check out the other tour stops here and don't forget to buy the book today! Summary (from Goodreads) Title : Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3) Author : Katie McGarry Publication Date : November 26th 2013 Publisher : Harlequin Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble The girl with straight As, designer clothes and the perfect life-that's who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private-school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy parents and overbearing brothers...and she's just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker-a guy she has no business even talking to. But when the foster kid wi...