April 02, 2012

Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter (YA)

Step into author C.C. Hunter's spectacular Shadow Falls series with Taken at Dusk, and enter into the camp for teens with supernatural powers.  Here friendship thrives, love takes you by surprise, and our hearts possess the greatest magic of all.
 
Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she’s meant to be with—and the truth about what her emerging powers mean.  But she’s about to discover that some secrets can change your life forever…and not always for the better.
 
Just when she and Lucas are finally getting close, she learns that his pack has forbidden them from being together.  Was it a mistake to pick him over Derek? And it’s not just romance troubling Kylie. An amnesia-stricken ghost is haunting her, delivering the frightful warning, someone lives and someone dies. As Kylie races to unravel the mystery and protect those she loves, she finally unlocks the truth about her supernatural identity, which is far different—and more astonishing—than she ever imagined.
Review::
Wonderful book for readers that like having all kinds of paranormal. A book that will pull you in and not let you go till the end, which will leave you wanting more! 5/5 stars
~Tif

Find on Goodreads -> Taken at Dusk
Release Date: April 10, 2012 

Tif's IMM

These past few days I have gotten a few things that I'm really excited about. See the Walmart happy face!

I want to start with what I got today from Gina Rosati, author of Auracle. She sent me a bunch of SWAG bags to give out on our Paranormal Reads Facebook page. So make sure you stop by every once in a while to see if a giveaway is going on.


Make sure you stop by Gina Rosati's Facebook page, Goodreads, and her blog.

The next thing I got....
Everyone knows that us PR ladies LOVE us some BDB. There is nothing like a hot && hunky male Vampire in black leather. But for those of you who don't know what BDB is, LOOK IT UP!! You won't regret it. At. All. The series is called The Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward. Found on Facebook, Goodreads, and her website. It is an adult series I would like to add so if your a bit on the younger side this series probably isn't for you. But without further ado Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward.


I haven't gotten to this book yet. I'm reading her books in order, including her Fallen Angel Series. So I have three books before I get to Tohr's story but either way I can't wait. (*Enter Cheesy Grin here :D*)
This is what the packaging looked like on the book. Yes, it was inspected by George (Wrath's seeing eye dog) lol. I love it all though.

 The last thing that I got was from a good friend and fellow blogger Jean BookNerd. If you haven't checked out her blog before, please DO IT!! She has amazing authors and giveaways going on ALL of the time.


Now let me explain what your looking at. The first two bookmarks to the left are made my the very artistic James Vallesteros. You've probably heard of both Jean && James but if you haven't, Jean is an avid reader and her husband James draws the main character or characters on a bookmark for Jean's BNC (BookNerd Choice). The next one is a bookmark for Divine Ashes by Daniele Lanz Arotta. I haven't checked this book out but knowing Jean, she's saying I need to lol.
The things that are left...
If you know me you know that I am the Biggest Tiger's Curse lover. I'm not OMG!!! Stalking Colleen Houck but I really love The Tiger Saga. So, when I opened this package and started fan-girl screaming && making my family look at me like I lost my mind that's why. If you haven't checked out The Tigers Saga, I can't stress this enough, DO IT ASAP! It's a great love story with action and it takes to literally to a different world and across the ocean to India. Goodreads, Facebook.
The last two are Fracture by Megan Miranda. When this book came out I couldn't promo this book enough. As a stand alone book I thought this book was amazing. It's a short read but leaves a lasting impression. Goodreads, Facebook.


Check out Jean's pages -> City of Fallen AngelsTiger's Curse Series, and her blog. 
Check out Jame's pages -> JamesVallesteros and his blog.

That's all for this IMM. And today on PR's Facebook page, we want to know...Whats in YOUR mailbox?


~Tif

April 01, 2012

Pam's IMM

Heyyy guys!
I got some really awesome books IMM. I thought I would share what I got with everyone :)

Now to tell you about each of the books.
  
~City of Fallen Angels~

The Mortal War is over, and Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most important of all—Clary can finally call Jace her boyfriend.

But nothing comes without a price.

Someone is murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her. His mother just found out he’s a vampire and now he’s homeless. Everywhere he turns, someone wants him on their side—along with the power of the curse wrecking his life. And they’re willing to do anything to get what they want. At the same time he’s dating two beautiful, dangerous girls—neither of whom knows about the other.

When Jace begins to pull away from Clary without explaining why, she is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: She herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.

Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. The stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.
Find on Goodreads.

~Clockwork Angel~

Magic is dangerous--but love is more dangerous still.

When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.

Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will,into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by--and torn between--two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
 Find on Goodreads.

Library loans 
Trying to get caught up in this series. So far it has been an ok series.

~Narcissus in Chains~
Hamilton's vampire-hunting Anita Blake faces a plethora of foes in her tenth outing. Just returned to St. Louis after six months away, Anita is still no closer to choosing between her lovers--Jean-Claude, a vampire, and Richard, a werewolf. But she has to rely on both for help after two of the wereleopards that she has been watching are abducted at a seedy club called Narcissus in Chains. Anita and her boyfriends rescue the wereleopards from the sinister people holding them, but Anita is wounded in the fight and put at risk of becoming a wereleopard herself. Richard angrily captures the wereleopard he believes is responsible and threatens to execute him. Anita must now rescue that wereleopard from Richard and the werewolves he leads, even as she mourns the apparent end of her relationship with him. Then she realizes that those who kidnapped the first two wereleopards are targeting other lycanthropes. Maybe she will be next. With plenty of steamy sex and graphic violence, this is engaging reading for vampire cultists.
Find on Goodreads.

~Cerulean Sins~
Vampire hunter Anita Blake learns what it's like to be at the new end of a centuries-old bloodline-and just how far she'll let herself get pushed around.
Find on Goodreads.

Library loans
I love Anita Blake's world of hot men and lots of action.

~Lord of Misrule~
In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn't the only threat.

Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural.
Find on Goodreads.

~Carpe Corpus~
In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace-until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He's kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants-the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power?
Find on Goodreads.

~Fade Out~
Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessionsto the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again...

Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eve's castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subject is the vampires themselves, is a whole lot bigger-and way more dangerous-than anyone suspected.
Find on Goodreads.

Library loans
After devouring the first four books in two days I can't wait to jump back in this world.

~Desire Untamed~

They are called Feral Warriors--an elite band of immortals who can change shape at will. Sworn to rid the world of evil, consumed by sorcery and seduction, their wild natures are primed for release . . .

Kara MacAllister's quiet small-town lifeis transformed forever the night a powerful stranger rips her from her home, claiming she is the chosen one--the key to his survival.

Spiriting her away into the rain-soaked night, Lyon reveals a truth Kara can barely credit. She's immortal, and the only one who can save his race. And deep within her, he arouses a fierce, primal hunger beyond anything she's ever imagined.

But only when their lives are threatened by an ancient evil will Kara and Lyon realize they have found a love they would risk their immortal souls to claim . . . and a powerful desire that could never, ever be tamed.
Find on Goodreads.

Library loan
This series sounds very interesting so I decided it was time to start it.

~Never Bite a Boy on the First Date~
I've got a few issues. I'm a vampire now. One of my classmates was found dead, with telltale fang marks. I didn't do it! (really!) Nobody believes me, so ... I'm going to have to find the real killer. I've already got three suspects. (three very cute suspects.) One more problem: I am seriously falling for one of them ... but what if he's the killer?
Find on Goodreads.

Won off FB. This book sounds really cute and like a fun read.



There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look onher sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. But most of all, Annah would liketo forget the morning Elias left her for the Recruiters. Annah's world stopped that day, and she's been waitingfor Eliastocome home ever since. Somehow, without him, her life doesn't feel much differentthan the dead that roam the wasted city around her. Until she meets Catcher, and everything feels alive again. But Catcher has his own secrets. Dark, terrifying truths that link him to a past Annah has longed to forget, and to a future too deadly to consider. And now it's up to Annah: can she continue to live in a world covered in the blood of the living? Or is death the only escape from the Return's destruction?
Find on Goodreads.

Ebook loan from the library.
The third book in what is one of my favorite Zombie series. If you haven't read this series you should.


Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey—ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her.

Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backboneof iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.
Find on Goodreads.

Ebook loan from library
I enjoyed the first book in this series and can not wait to see what the next one brings.


That's all for this go round guys. Maybe you found a book you would like to read in the books that I got.

Happy Reading!
~Pam 

March 27, 2012

Tif's IMM

Hey y'all!!

Soooo I have to share with y'all what I got in the post today and yesterday. Two very awesome books I might add. (And its only Tuesday). Anywho, I'm excited about these books and cant wait to dive in and read them.

One of them being:

Step into author C.C. Hunter's spectacular Shadow Falls series with Taken at Dusk, and enter into the camp for teens with supernatural powers.  Here friendship thrives, love takes you by surprise, and our hearts possess the greatest magic of all.

Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she’s meant to be with—and the truth about what her emerging powers mean.  But she’s about to discover that some secrets can change your life forever…and not always for the better.

Just when she and Lucas are finally getting close, she learns that his pack has forbidden them from being together.  Was it a mistake to pick him over Derek? And it’s not just romance troubling Kylie. An amnesia-stricken ghost is haunting her, delivering the frightful warning, someone lives and someone dies. As Kylie races to unravel the mystery and protect those she loves, she finally unlocks the truth about her supernatural identity, which is far different—and more astonishing—than she ever imagined.


This Taken at Dusk releases April 10, 2012 and if you haven't read the first two and the novella, you HAVE to! The Shadow Falls Series by C.C Hunter are amazing books. They have all paranormal beings and the guys, well they are yummy!

I want to thank St. Martin's Press for this copy to review.

Now the other book that I got...

I didn't even know that I was getting this ARC, so it was a total surprise when it showed up in the post this morning. But nonetheless I'm very excited I got it.


Here it is:
The first book in a magnificent new series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead by #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël.

Lately strange things have been happening to Daire Santos. Animals follow her, crows mock her, and glowing people appear out of nowhere. Worried that Daire is having a nervous breakdown, her mother packs her off to stay in the dusty plains of Enchantment, New Mexico with a grandmother she’s never met.

There she crosses paths with Dace, a gorgeous guy with unearthly blue eyes who she’s encountered before...but only in her dreams. And she’ll get to know her grandmother—a woman who recognizes Daire’s bizarre episodes for what they are. A call to her true destiny as a Soul Seeker, one who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead. Her grandmother immediately begins teaching her to harness her powers—but it’s an art that must be mastered quickly. Because Dace’s brother is an evil shape-shifter who’s out to steal her powers. Now Daire must embrace her fate as a Soul Seeker and find out if Dace is one guy she’s meant to be with...or if he’s allied with the enemy she’s destined to destroy.



Fated is due to release May 22, 2012. This is my first book by Alyson Noel, yeah I know where have I been and why haven't I read her books before. There are sooooo many books to read that Ive been catching up on different books but her others are on my tbr list.

I have to say thank you again to St. Martin's Press for this ARC.

And that would be all for me right now! Maybe Ill be posting another IMM soon :)

Happy Reading!
~Tif   

March 20, 2012

Teaser Tuesday!

Hey yall!!

So today is Teaser Tuesday on Paranormal Reads, but I wanted to put some teasers on here of what we are reading at the moment. Sabrina just finished reading Much Ado About Russian by Kerry Rockwood White, Pam is reading Feast of Fools (The Morganville Vampires #4) by Rachel Caine, and Im reading Airel by Aaron Patterson & Chris White. So without further ado our teasers.....


 Teaser 1:
I am an expert in the field of dating vampires. All right, I'm a self-proclaimed expert, but really, it's not like you can look in the Yellow Pages for this kind of thing.

You will come with me. No, I will not. Have you been dipping into the cat nip?

―Much Ado About Russian by Kerry Rockwood White

Goodreads 








Teaser 1:
 “Crap, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I'm thinking we have about fifteen vampires and no blood," Claire said. "Is that it?"

"No, I was thinking we're out of chips. Of course that's what I was thinking.”
 ― Rachel Caine, Feast of Fools

Teaser 2:
  “You have not been sticking your dirty fingers in my sauce,’’ Eve said, and pointed her wooden spoon at him. He quickly took the finger out of his mouth. ‘‘First off, they’re not dirty. I licked them first.”
― Rachel Caine, Feast of Fools
Goodreads 


Teaser 1:
 “She stood and looked at James as if he was on clearance at Vanity, which was her favorite store at the moment.”
― Aaron Patterson, Airel

Goodreads













Those are our teasers for today! Hope you enjoy and check them out on Goodreads. And if your around today, head over to the Facebook page -> Paranormal Reads. Leave us your teaser from the book your reading or writing. We would love to see what you have :)

~Tif

March 19, 2012

3 Days, 12 Hours, 30Mins

Its the week of The Hunger Games!!!!
Im getting to excited about the midnight release of The Hunger Games!! If you have been on the PR Facebook page, you know that Ive been going a bit crazy on all things Hunger Games. Im just really excited about the movie and I hope its as Epic as the book. And if you haven't read it yet, you still have time. 3 1/2 Days to be precise. Get it read before the movie! You wont be disappointed in it.

If you dont know what Im talking about though you can hit the youtube channel -> The Hunger Games
And if you need to buy movie tickets, in the right corner you can look up theaters -> Movie Times 
Happy Reading Yall!
~Tif

March 18, 2012

Dreamless by Josephine Angelini (YA)

As the only Scion that can enter Hades at will, Helen descends to the Underworld in search of a way to overcome the Furies and end the cycle of revenge that has cursed the Scions. But she’s running out of time. Each descent weakens her both in mind and spirit. A mysterious stranger might be her only salvation, but the price may be her love for Lucas Delos.

As an unforgettable love triangle emerges, Josephine Angelini’s compelling saga becomes ever more intricate and spellbinding. The eagerly awaited sequel to the internationally bestselling Starcrossed, Dreamless delivers with a huge emotional impact that will leave readers satisfied—and longing for more.

Review::
Josie takes you on an above && Under wold adventure with Helen to find the Furies and to go up against the Gods. A wonderful sequel to go along beside Starcrossed. 4/5 stars
~Tif

For the full review go -> Goodreads
Release Date: May 29, 2012

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