My Weekly Book Haul

You can link your My Weekly Book Haul over at RJ does Books

Yes, I'm not calling this In My Mailbox anymore, because I've personally chosen to not support it. But don't worry I'll still visit you if you leave me a link, because I love to see what books everyone gets!

Date a Book prizes:
I'd Tell you I love you, but then I'd have to Kill you by Ally Carter
Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Don't Judge a Girl by her Cover by Ally Carter
Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter
A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton
Heaven By Christopher Marzi
Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
Enticed by Jessica Shirvington
Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington

Manga I Bought:
A Devil and her Love Song by Miyoshi Tomori
Nighschool Vol.3 by Svetlana Chmakova
Nightschool Vo.4 by Svetlana Chmakova

Books for Review from Simon & Schuster:
When you Were Mine by Rebecca Serle

Present:
A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
from Tammi (YABReviews) Thank you so much, it's signed and so pretty!!

Books I Pre-ordered:
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
Belles by Jen Calonita

NetGalley Books:
TimePiece by Myra McEntire
Glitch by Heather Anastasiu

Kindle Books/Novellas:
Untouched by Jus Accardo
The Assassin & The Pirate Lord by Sarah J. Maas
Eulogy's Secret by Grace Elliot
Tempting the Best Man by J.Lynn (my review)
Blood Warrior by H.D Garden
Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer

Review: Tempting the Best Man by J.Lynn

Title: Tempting the Best Man
Author: J. Lynn (aka Jennifer L. Armentrout)
Series: Standalone so far, but I'm hoping for more Gamble brothers!
Pages: 172
Format: Kindle
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Published: 23rd April 2012
Goodreads | Amazon

Madison Daniels has worshiped her brother's best friend since they were kids. Everyone thinks she and Chase Gamble would make the perfect couple, but there are two major flaws in their logic. 1) Chase has sworn off relationships of any kind, and 2) after blurring the line between friends and lovers for one night four years ago, they can't stop bickering.

Forced together for her brother's wedding getaway, Chase and Madison decide to call a truce for the happy couple. Except all bets are off when they're forced to shack up in a tacky 70’s honeymoon suite and survive a multitude of "accidents" as the family tries to prove their "spark" can be used than for more than fighting. That is, if they don't strangle each other first…

Jennifer L. Armentrout is amongst my favourite YA authors, so when I heard that she was going to be writing adult romances I couldn't wait! Just this morning I discovered that her first was released the other day and I rushed over to amazon and bought it for $2.99! What a bargain! (link above synopsis)

I planned to save it for a rainy day, especially since I've got uni work piled up to my ears, but as it popped open on my kindle I decided to sneak in the first paragraph, then the first page, then hell... I gobbled up the entire book in lightning speed and oh boy I don't regret it one bit!

I was even going to put aside writing this review until I got my work done... but I can't help it, my thoughts need to be put down now so I don't forget what I want to say to describe my awe for the amazing Jennifer.

I feel a bit like a stalker consuming everything and anything that Jennifer writes, but hey there are a lot of us out there (even more creepy sounding) and a lot of us adults who love YA can appreciate Jennifer delving into adult fiction... she writes one hell of a steamy scene!

Describing Chase Gamble in one word is difficult, but I'll just say YUM! He's like that last piece of a triple chocolate cake that everyone wants but there's only one lady who's lucky enough to snatch him up for keeps and that's Madison Daniels - who is one hell of a woman.

Watching these two interact and the point of view changing from one to the other definitely switched things up and was so entertaining! It was hilarious to downright yummy! I might have had to go stick my head in the freezer if I could have managed to pull myself away from the pages long enough.

Jennifer writes amazing character's and I didn't only just fall in love with the leading couple! I would love to learn more about the Gamble brothers and even Bridget, Maddie's work friend who managed to capture my interest for just the short time she was in the book.

"Wow. I need Popcorn for this," Bridget murmured.

I maybe secretly hope that Bridget may find a Gamble brother of her own! So I hope that many people fall in love with Madison and Chase's story and in turn with the Gamble brothers.. and of course for inspiration to strike Jennifer so that she grace's us with more stories featuring the sexy and a little bit damaged Gamble brothers! 

So, if you like adult books, especially romance then I highly recommend Tempting the Best Man, it's so much fun! and I personally suggest you take Bridget's advice and grab some popcorn... and maybe a glass of wine... because it's one hell of a steamy adventure!

Tempting the Best Man
By J.Lynn

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that fellow bloggers can't wait to get their hands on!

Title: The Evolution of Mara Dyer
Author: Michelle Hodkin
Release Date: October 23rd 2012
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

Two days after Mara walks into a police station in Miami at the close of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, she is committed for psychiatric treatment for what her parents believe is a mental breakdown. But what seems like a hallucination to everyone else is a chilling reality for Mara. Someone from her past has discovered her strange, disturbing secret and that someone wants her to pay. But she's about to discover that the price is more than she can bear.

Dark and thrilling, suspenseful and passionate, The Evolution of Mara Dyer will have readers breathlessly turning pages to find out what will become of Mara Dyer next.

Long time no see everyone! I still wont be around as much as I want, damn uni! But I want to try and get a post in here and there... even if they are just meme's!

I saw the new cover for The Evolution of Mara Dyer just yesterday and thought what better way to come back!! It's STUNNING!! and sounds AMAZING! I can't wait to get my hands on this!

You may have noticed my blog is now BLUE!! If not.. it's okay, I'll forgive you! Thanks to Britt over at Nice Girls Read Books for helping me out! (her blog is amazing, you should check it out - she also designs wordpress blogs, so you should check it out if you want a new design!)

Manga Mondays: Blue Exorcist Vol.1

Manga Mondays is an amazing meme hosted by:
Alison Can Read!

Title: Blue Exorcist
Artist: Kazue Kato
Type: Manga
Anime-Planet | Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon

Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth – the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won't be easy, especially when drawing his father’s sword releases the demonic power within him!

I'm a big fan of the Ao No Exorcist (AKA Blue Exorcist) anime that as soon as I finished watching it I wanted to read the manga to find out more about Rin and all his friends!

I rarely read Shounen (action) manga and tend to prefer the genre in anime, as it's much more fun to see the action... but I was so in love with the anime I decided to do it anyway and I wasn't disappointed!

I always find it weird when I start up a manga after watching the anime first - this applies to movies of books also, I rarely ever last trying to read something if I've seen the production first, but with Blue Exorcist it was still fun and I can't wait for more, it was strange to see that there was less cut out of the anime and well in parts it was more fleshed out.

It will definitely be intriguing to see what else they changed as I get more volumes.

Rin Okumura is the problem child (a bit of a delinquent), he is a twin and his younger brother is pretty much his pride - because he is very smart and going to become a doctor. Rin is such a sweetheart, he's acts all tough but is really soft and gooey on the inside and I'm always wanting to give him a big hug! He's the kind of guy that will always stop kids picking on a poor defenseless pigeon... even if he's outnumbered and on his way to an important interview. (this actually happens haha).

Rin starts seeing crazy things, and when a demon that's possessed a crazy kid attacks him he sprouts blue flames and finds out that he isn't exactly human, but the son of satan. His adoptive Father - who's a priest saves him, but as soon as he gives Rin the sword that is sealing away his demon powers all hell pretty much breaks loose.

Satan possesses his father, pretty much kills him, tries to kill Rin... Rin get's pissed off awakens his demon powers and sends Satan back to hell... for now at least.

After the funeral, the Headmaster of True Cross Academy (this big exorcist central) tells Rin he has to die and laughs his head off when Rin says that he wants to become an exorcist to kick Satan's ass... so he lets him.

Rin now has to go to school at the True Cross Academy in the day and Exorcist Cram School at night... where he gets a big surprise, his little brother is already an Exorcist... and his teacher!

A few other things happen, but I wont spoil anymore, we get introduced to and important character and I'm really looking forward to seeing how the others are portrayed in volume two!

I recommend this to everyone who enjoys action, a good story and a good laugh, Blue Exorcist is a great manga to try out! It has it's serious side as well if you didn't already gather!

Blue Exorcist
by
Kazue Kato

In My Mailbox #26

 In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren

This week is three weeks worth of books!

Bought:

Spellbound by Rachel Hawkins
(Dying to read this! So excited when it got here in the mail, but will have to put off most books because of uni)
Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink
Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout
(I think this will be the book that I'll be treating myself to actually reading on my birthday!)
Skip Beat volume 1-3 (review)
Blue Exorcist volume 1 (My Review shall be up tomorrow!)

NetGalley:
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar

My Birthday GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone, April is my birthday month! So I thought what better way to take my mind off turning another year older than to host a lovely book giveaway!

My actual birthday is one week from today exactly! so the 8th of April and Easter Sunday! So I get to eat lots of chocolate, hot cross buns and well I get a holiday too so YAY! It's also my brother's birthday, so if he ever see's this HAPPY BIRTHDAY loser face! <3

Okay, back to the giveaway.. it's INTERNATIONAL (to everywhere that bookdepo delivers!) and it's open all month, ends on the 29th so I can post the winners on the 30th! Their will be two lucky winners! the first will get a copy of Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout, book two is the Lux series! Winner number two will get Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - which is amazing (my review).

I'm also doing another giveaway which will have a separate rafflecopter form below the first that will end on my birthday, so you'll have a week to enter to win... For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund! Which like Onyx is one of my most anticipated books of the year!!

So.... May the odds be ever in your favour! (Yes, I said it... in a Hunger Games frenzy at the moment!)

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