Sunkissed - Review & Giveaway

	Title Sunkissed Author Carys Jones Genre Paranormal, Urban Fantasy Publisher  Kellan Publishing Publishing Date August 25, 2013 How I Got This Book The Author Paperback 276 Stand alone or Series Stand Alone    My Average 35 pg/day    Reading Difficulty X (on a scale of 1-5 5 = dictionary vernacular)
Dawn Has Risen

Dawn Summers is dying. It’s 1853 and as the seventeen year old continues to fade away she has visions of the father she never knew, urging her to fight for her life.

In the small village of Fandova the only medical care is in the form of the mysterious Dr. Moralus who has a known penchant for bloodletting. Thomas, Dawn's fiancé, is warned against inviting his intervention, but feels he has no choice, he pleads with the doctor to save Dawn’s life…whatever it takes.

Whatever it ‘takes’ has some consequences neither of them expected. Now, it’s a hunt to the death, with both Dawn and Thomas determined to win.
   
This novel was a mash-up of Twilight, Dracula and the Blade movies.

The vampires have similar traits to the Twilight wimps, but are as cold and vicious as Dracula, and form societies who live within large cities run with the help of Familiars under the noses of the humans like Blade.

"You just keep your chin up and push through. Paint on your smile, push your tits forward ad you'll get by, I promise."

Woohoo!:
This novel reminds me of Dracula. Yes, the whole vampire thing is part of it, but I think the build up to the realization from the characters of what Dr. Moralus is might really be what reminds me of the classic. For sure, it isn't written in letter format. As the reader work's their way to the half-way point, the novel takes on a more 21st century approach.

Dawn felt like a well rounded character. She was a nice mixture of vampire and human. Sweet with a twinge of darkness. Maybe she could have used a few more vampiric outbursts or yearnings. Something that made her a little colder.

I liked how the book ended, I was pleasantly surprised at times and felt that it had one of those fairy tale endings. That being said, there were still some loose ends that didn't get tied up.

Meeh:
Not that this affected my review in any way, I was annoyed that the book I got did not have a single page number. I like to keep track of my progress on Goodreads and I was not about to count the pages to do so.

The back and forth "yes," "no," from Dawn and Thomas becomes tiresome not far into the novel. I feel like I keep re-reading the same dialogue over and over again at times.

I feel like the first half of the book could have been summed up into one small chapter and we begin the actual journey around the kidnapping. That really seams to be where the plot lies. Risk everything to save the man you love, or abandon your heart and flee to protect all of those who are like you.

Is there supposed to be a sequel? There were many loose strings that did not get tied up in the end. I would understand if this is supposed to be the first in a series...

Rating: C

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Carys Jones

Carys Jones was born in Shropshire, England. She displayed a passion for writing from a  young age, spending her time creating short stories and poems. Carys later went on to study Creative Writing at University level. Her first book, Not All Stars Sparkle, was released in October 2010 and was a finalist for The People's Book Prize 2013.

Her second novel, Sunkissed, was released in Autumn 2013.

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Dancing with the Devil - Review

	Title Dancing with the Devil Author Keri Arthur Genre Urban Fantasy Publisher  Dell Publishing Date July 30, 2013 How I Got This Book NetGalley Paperback 368 pages Stand alone or Series Nikki & Michael #1    My Average 10 pg/day    Reading Difficulty 2 (on a scale of 1-5 5 = dictionary vernacular)
Dancing with my Heart!

Private Investigator Nikki James grew up on the tough streets of Lyndhurst and believes there's nothing left to surprise her. All that changes the night she follows teenager Monica Trevgard into the shadows-and becomes a pawn caught in a war between two very different men. One fills her mind with his madness, the other pushes his way into her life-and her heart. Nikki knows how dangerous love can be, but if she wants to survive, she must place her trust in a man who could easily destroy her.

Michael Kelly has come to Lyndhurst determined to end the war between himself and another brother of the night. For 300 years he has existed in life's shadows, gradually learning to control the life from death cravings of a vampire. Nikki not only breaches his formidable barriers with her psychic abilities, but makes Michael believe he may finally have found a woman strong enough to walk by his side and ease the loneliness in his heart. But will his love be enough to protect her from a madman hell-bent on revenge? Or will it drive her into his enemy's deadly trap?

Only together can they overcome the evil threatening to destroy them both. But the secrets they keep from each other might prove to be the greatest threat of all.
 
Full of blood-thirsty action, steamy romance and an ending that will leave you screaming for more.


Woohoo!:

Fantastic pace. Oh my God, the pace! Though there were a few hiccups in the beginning, once you get past the first 25% the book takes on a snowball effect. I couldn't put it down. 

Nikki is a strong character who doesn't know what she wants, all she knows is that she's been burned in the past and doesn't want to repeat that life. It's nice to get a female lead once in a while who kicks ass weather or not her beau is near by to catch her. Someone who doesn't care about her own well-being as long as her loved ones are safe.

The antagonist is terrifying and has the upper hand the majority of the novel. There's something about a villain who can fade into the shadows and make other people do their will that makes them immensely more terrifying. Even though you know you're safe from them under the noon-day sun, they can still send things after you. You're never truly safe.

An ending that leaves you thirsty for more. Deep down, I knew it would end the way it did. I was actually wondering at about 80% how Arthur was going to be able to keep the story line alive for another novel. She figured it out, and it was so perfect, too. She found a way to end the novel with the reader clamoring out the door to purchase the next installment just by using the yo-yo effect which was already strung throughout the novel. Do I love him? Do I loath him? I can't live with her, I can't live without her...


Meeh:
At times, it felt like the protagonist had too much power. They were too perfect. Sometimes, it sounded like Nikki's powers went far beyond the ability to move things with her mind.

In the middle of the book, there is too much "telling" We are stuck in the minds of the two main characters. No action. Nothing that makes us see, smell, taste what's going on.

Lastly, the romance seemed to blossom out of nothing, and in an instant. Sure I read some sexual tension blossoming between the two characters in the beginning, but there seemed to be a solid wall we hit all of a sudden. I suppose that's how romance works in novels though. There isn't enough time to really get it out there properly.

Rating: A

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I’m a born and bred Melbourne (Australia) gal, and grew up sharing my life with dragons, elves, vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters and the occasional talking horse. Which worried my family to no end. Of course, now that I’m actually make a living sharing my life with the above mentioned creatures, they no longer contemplate calling the men with the little white coat. When not at my keyboard, I can be found at the gym, sitting front of the TV, or taking my two dogs for a walk.

Keri Arthur, author of the New York Times bestselling Riley Jenson Guardian series, has now written more than twenty-eight novels. She’s received several nominations in the Best Contemporary Paranormal category of the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards and has won RT’s Career Achievement Award for urban fantasy. She lives with her daughter in Melbourne, Australia.

Strange Angels - Review & Giveaway

	Title Strange Angels Author Lili St. Crow Genre YA Paranormal Urban Fantasy Publisher  razorbill Publishing Date May 14, 2009 How I Got This Book Half-Price Books Paperback 293pg Stand alone or Series Strange Angels #1    My Average 29 pg/day    Reading Difficulty 4.5 Also, this book is probably PG-13 (on a scale of 1-5 5 = dictionary vernacular)
Bad-Ass-In-Training

In Strange Angels, Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called “the touch.” (Comes in handy when you’re traveling from town to town with your dad, hunting ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional zombie.) Then her dad turns up dead—but still walking—and Dru knows she’s next. Even worse, she’s got two guys hungry for her affections, and they’re not about to let the fiercely independent Dru go it alone. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever—or whoever— is hunting her?



I saw a list on Goodreads, the best books no one's heard of, and I happened to have this book on my shelf. So not only was it on my TBR Pile, but people have said it's a diamond in the ruff. Of coarse I had to read it next. I'm glad I did. This book reminded me of my favorite series, the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. Dru is a teenage Kate Daniels. If you've read any of the series, you'd know that Kate is a bad-ass chick who doesn't take shit or direction from anyone, except Curan on a rare occasion. Dru is pretty much like that, only younger and less experienced... so she takes some direction from a rare hand-full of people.

This novel is probably the most realistic YA novel when it comes to language based on the situation. When shit goes down, cuss words spew from your mouth, especially if you are a high school kid, raised by a military father. Cuss happens.


Woohoo!:
I love the attitude, and the language. Yes, there were a few more cuss words than usual in this novel, but it is completely realistic to the situation. You wouldn't say "oh pudding sticks" when a zombie breaks into your house headed straight for your brain with hunger spiked in it's eyes and drool dripping onto your carpet. Words you didn't even know you knew would spew from your lips like vomit.

Character development of the main character moves backwards. What!? Yeah, I can't say I've read a book before where the main character starts out as a bad-ass (or so you, and she/he think) then becomes less knowledgeable, less bad-ass as an overwhelming amount of information and people 20 times stronger than her/him show up. This is such a different idea. Usually characters seem to grow, not shrink.

Goth Asian. Need I say more? We live in a diverse world, there should be diverse characters. how much more diverse can you get with an Asian goth sidekick?

The ending was pretty cool. I never would have guessed how Chris expected to extract Dru from the city. I was surprised. To top it off, it does a fantastic job of leading you into the next book. Forcing your hand at the bookstore. "BUY ME! DO IT!"
"Why yes, strange hypnotic voice in my head, I think I will buy BETRAYALS. Thanks for suggesting it."

       [[side note: why does this font, that I love so much, like to put my quotation marks backwards??]]

Intriguing story line and world development. All of the things that go bump in the night are represented here. It's sort of like the evil version of Monsters Inc, the version where Sully doesn't want to cuddle, he want's to rip your face off and eat it with a nice sprinkling of caviar.

Meeh:
St. Crow is a poet with her descriptions and similes, but at times, I felt like it was too much. The unique descriptions slowed down the pace of the novel just slightly. Sometimes, you just want the author to say "the car wouldn't start" instead of "the rusted behemoth choked on the content in it's tank. Tongues of smoke licked the air before dying in the blistering frozen atmosphere." Too much.

5 pages before the end of the book, I say Meeh. Why you ask? Because the way St. Crow handled the villain was confusing and there wasn't any closure. You didn't really see what happened to him. There was an onslaught of bodies, then you are ripped out of the scene, only to sort of find out what happened second hand. Not dead. (sorry if this spoils the book, though I don't think it will). There should be some sort of closure in a book, even though it's the first in a sequel, close some loos ends for Gods sake. Kill off the villain, develop larger threats. Maybe the villain is actually working under someone? You kill him off, now you have a bigger threat to deal with, but at least you ended one loose end. 


Rating:A

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Lili Saintcrow was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as an Air Force brat, and fell in love with writing when she was ten years old. Lili lives in Vancouver, WA with her children, a houseful of cats, and assorted other strays.

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Legend - Review

	Title Legend Author Marie Lu Genre YA Fantasy, Dystopia, Urban Fantasy Publisher  Putnam Juvenile Publishing Date November 29, 2011 How I Got This Book Bookstore Paperback 305 Stand alone or Series Legend #1    My Average 44 pg/day    Reading Difficulty 2.5 (on a scale of 1-5 5 = dictionary vernacular)
Plagued With Unexpected Surprises

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June’s brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family’s survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias’s death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.




Legend is full of gritty, in-your-face plot twists coupled by amazing visual details, and Marie Lu is a master of twisting emotion into action.



Woohoo!:
First off, I'm a sucker for a good opening sentence, paragraph, page... and this book didn't hold back.

 “My mother thinks I'm dead."  

Why? What did you do? Did someone try to kill you? A million questions pop up with just this first sentence immediately dragging me into the story to see why his mother thinks he's dead. 

I was a bit nervous about the POV change, but the way the publisher handled it was perfect. When you are in Day's mind, the font is a sort of yellowish-brown and more of an Arial font. When you are in June's head, the font is your standard black and Times New Roman (or something similar). It was very easy to tell the difference, and if for some reason, you can't ascertain the difference in font, the character's name is in big letters at the top of the chapter. 

In my rating scale, I have a special place for the effectiveness of the villain. When the villain is the government or a large body of people influencing the mass majority, it always scores high. How do you defeat something that has multiple heads? Sure, you can take out the leader, but another one will just sprout in it's place. This makes the novel exciting. You feel hopeless for the main character.



Meeh:
Sometimes I hate trilogy's... Half of the conflict and questions were never answered in this novel. You have to follow through with the second and third novel. I was even a little surprised there was a resolution with Day in the end. The way the pace was moving and the amount of pages I had left,  I half expected his situation to be left up in the air for the next novel.

Love is a touchy things in novels. Some people blindly accept that character A falls madly in love at first sight with character B. I need something more. Why? What do they do? Sure, character A thinks character B is beautiful, but there has to be something more than physical attraction. This novel isn't much different. Maybe there could have been a spark when Day saved June, damsel in distress... though June is fare from a damsel in distress. I was glad June had some inner struggle about her feelings though. Day really didn't have much struggle with his though.

The pace of this novel, as mentioned above was a bit sloe at times. Not so slow as to derail my interest in the novel, but slow enough for me to decide, 'I'm going to mark my place and clean the house'." When I'm reading, there shouldn't be anything else on my mind. I should feel like I did when I read the 7th book in the Harry Potter series. "Must devourer every syllable, NOW!"


Rating:A

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I write young adult novels, and have a special love for dystopian books. Ironically, I was born in 1984. I like food, fighter jets, afternoon tea, happy people, electronics, the interwebz, cupcakes, pianos, bright colors, rain, Christmas lights, sketches, animation, dogs, farmers' markets, video games, and of course, books. I suck at working out. I also get lost very easily, but am a halfway decent driver. At least, I like to think so. :)

 I left Beijing for the States in 1989 and went off to college at the University of Southern California. California weather sweet-talked me into sticking around, so I'm currently in Pasadena with my boyfriend, two Pembroke Welsh Corgis, and a chihuahua mix. In my past life, I was an art director in the video game industry, but now I write full-time.

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The Nightmare Affair - Review & Giveaway

	Title The Nightmare Affair Author Mindee Arnett Genre Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Publisher  Tor Teen Publishing Date March 5th, 2013 How I Got This Book NetGally Hardback 367 pages Stand alone or Series The Arkwell Academy #1    My Average 10 pages/day    Reading Difficulty 2 (on a scale of 1-5 5 = dictionary vernacular)
Dreams Aren't Always What They Seem

Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare.

Literally.

Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it does. Eli is dreaming of a murder.

Then Eli’s dream comes true.

Now Dusty has to follow the clues—both within Eli’s dreams and out of them—to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.



Woohoo!:
This book had an excellent opening chapter. You are instantly drawn into the book with the first sentence.

 "Breaking and entering wasn't as easy as it looked in the movies." 

This sentence not only draws you into the book, but also foreshadows what's to come later in the novel, and it only highlights the fast, exciting pace of this novel.

What a great idea for a novel. It had the feel of an older Harry Potter audience for supernaturals that are not only witches/wizards but demons, and mythological creatures like Sirens. It's fun to read about all of the different magic types and how they interact in a "normal" high school setting. I love the idea that the super-human powers of the main character is to feed off of dreams, and to predict the future in one specific person's dream.

The cover art, though not as flashy as most YA novels out there, is eye catching and mysterious. It definitely gives off a YA detective feel.

The dialogue is entertaining and realistic. I really like the chemistry Arnett has created between Dusty and Eli, and I can't get enough of their interactions.

Lastly, there are some amazing plot twists and back-stab's. Some shocking things happen. 


Meeh:
There was very little that I didn't like in this novel. The only thing I really had a hard time with were the amount of characters you had to keep track of. It was to the point that it took me several pages to realize who the killer was, even though his/her name was mentioned as soon as he/she revealed themselves. Maybe the author could have set that up a little better. Spent more time interacting with that character in the earlier parts of the book.

Some of the POV word choices are a little off from the character's personality. For some reason, I feel like this kick-ass, don't-give-a-shit personality would not use the word tummy. It really bothered me.

Rating: A

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Mindee Arnett
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Mindee Arnett lives on a horse farm in Ohio with her husband, two kids, a couple of dogs, and an inappropriate number of cats. She’s addicted to jumping horses and telling tales of magic, the macabre, and outer space. She has far more dreams than nightmares.

Horseback riding is my therapy. I’ve ridden all my life, and am now preparing for my first 3-Day Event.

I have a BA and MA in English Literature from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
I believe in ghosts, aliens, angels, demons, God…and the Winchester Brothers.

Whedonite and Whovian.

I once was in training to be an amatuer boxer until I broke my nose sparring. Twice. Yeouch.
My license plate holder reads: Leaf on the Wind, Wash is my Co-Pilot (and if you know what this means, you and I can definitely be friends.)

Apparently, I’m the world’s most comfortable animal sofa.
In high school, I sometimes did Civil War Reenacting, which might make me the biggest geek ever. But, come on, hoop skirts, ballroom dancing? What’s not to love about that?

Shadows - Review

	Title Shadows Author Ilsa Bick Genre YA fantasy, horror, dystopian Publisher EgmontUSA Publishing Date September 25, 2012 How I Got This Book Bought it Hardback 528 pages Stand alone or Series Ashes Trilogy #2    My Average 8 pages/day    Reading Difficulty 3 (on a scale of 1-5 5 = dictionary vernacular)
Oh Crap! Strategic Zombies.

The Apocalypse does not end. The Changed will grow in numbers. The Spared may not survive.

Even before the EMPs brought down the world, Alex was on the run from the demons of her past and the monster living in her head. After the world was gone, she believed Rule could be a sanctuary for her and those she’d come to love.
But she was wrong.

Now Alex is in the fight of her life against the adults, who would use her, the survivors, who don’t trust her, and the Changed, who would eat her alive.

Welcome to Shadows, the second book in the haunting apocalyptic Ashes Trilogy: where no one is safe and humans may be the worst of the monsters.

“Now she knew why Wolf had used snow to scrub blood from the flap of her skin. He was looking for a good tattoo. The Changed were wearing... people.”

I try not to review too many sequels because I know if it were me, I wouldn't really care what you think about the second book, because I haven't read the first book. That being said, I do review sequels when I am in love with book 1. This series is no different. Ilsa Bick knocks zombie books out just in time for the next YA wave - Zombies.

See Ashes (book 1) review here.


Quick review:
I was thrown for a loop at the beginning of this book. I am positive the first book only followed Alex. Book 2 follows several characters. It actually reminded me of many of the Dean Koontz books where he circles around a handful of characters who finally meet up in the end. It felt a little unrealistic that all of the characters find each other in the middle of a tech blackout. They all gravitate to each other for a final blow out... I just couldn't wrap my brain around that, especially since one of the characters started the novel in a different state.

Also, there is less gore in book two than one. I really loved the gore in the first book and hoped for the same or more.

There are a lot of characters in this novel - some old, some new. For the number of characters, I really didn't have too hard of a time figuring out who was who. The only part of the character that slipped past me was the age. Some of the older characters act and talk like the younger "normal" people.

Lastly, I hated this book cover. Well, hate is a strong word. I really didn't like the direction the publisher went with this cover. The first book's cover is amazing. Creepy & intriguing all at the same time. I don't know, maybe it's because my copy is an ebook... but the blue text with a shadowy figure reads amateur to me, and this book is anything but amateur. And what's with the headstones in the background? Where in the book do any of the characters visit a grave? If your reading this EgmontUSA, please reevaluate your cover art.

This cover doesn't seem to be the prominent cover, but I like it better than the above one. Still not as good as Book 1's cover.

Rating: B+

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A Shimmer of Angels - Review & Giveaway

	Title A Shimmer of Angels    Author Lisa M. Basso    Genre YA Fantasy    Publisher Month9books    Publication Date January 29th, 2013    How I Got This Book Netgalley    Hardback 321    Stand alone or series Angel Sight #1      My Average 15 pg/day      Reading Difficulty 2 (on a scale of 1-5 5 = dictionary vernacular)
A winged fight for the Schizophrenic

Sixteen-year-old Rayna sees angels, and has the medication and weekly therapy sessions to prove it. Now, in remission, Rayna starts fresh at a new school, lands a new job, and desperately tries for normalcy. She ignores signs that she may be slipping into the world she has tried so hard to climb out of. But these days, it’s more than just hallucinations that keep Rayna up at night. Students are dying, and she may be the only one who can stop it. Can she keep her job, her sanity, and her friends from dying at the hands of angels she can't admit to seeing?


Woohoo!:
Holy catchphrase Batman, that cover! As I have said in the past, I am a cover snob. If it's pretty, sparkle, wow's me, I will pick it up and read the blurb. This book was no exception.

I love sarcastic humor, and there is certainly an abundance of it in this novel. I found myself highlighting and sharing several quotes.

My heartstrings were constantly tugged while reading this novel. It's a fresh breath of air to actually feel something for a character, and the secondary characters.My heart broke several times while reading this novel though I didn't cry (I rarely do) I wanted to punch Ray's family in the face. I also wanted to pluck Cam's feathers... because I imagine punching him in the face wouldn't do anything.

Lastly, the villain was superior in this novel. It's always exciting when the villain is someone/something you can't see. It's lurking in the shadows or scratching on the inside of your skull. An unstoppable force that this ordinary, or at least schizophrenic, girl is supposed to help stop.


Meeh:
I will agree with some of the reviews out there saying that there are some unrealistic scenes. It's fantasy, so we expect to see strange things. What people are talking about is the written design of the SS Crazy. We don't treat mental patients the way Basso portrays it. Maybe if we stepped back a few decades or if the main character was in the looney been because of attempted suicide, or the possibility of it anyway. For me, that screwy tidbit didn't falter the flow of the book. I really didn't stop to think about it until after I read the book.

I'm also not sure about the ending. First off, it was just a little too long. It could have ended five pages earlier. There was a little too much close-up for my taste. I like for my novels to end with a surprise. Something to drag me back into the next novel (ie freaking Robert Jordon's Wheel of Time series. Just when I think I'm going to give up on the series, he ends a book with a twist and I'm sucked back in.) Also, the plausibility of Ray's new home is a little sketchy to me. I won't go into details, for fear of spoiling the novel.

Though I haven't read an enormous amount of angel novels, the few I have remind me of this novel. It's not an uncommon idea, and maybe that's why Basso is agent-less at this time. Not because of her writing skills, but because all the agents already have a novel they're pushing that's like this one.

I guess everyone is into the idea of falling in love with an angel, though I don't see the point if they're supposed to be hard and cold. That's why I'm team Kade, screw Cam. Kade can choose to love. It was actually hinted that he did, and that's why he fell. A little strange that he loved Ray's mother, but I can get past that.



All in all, I loved reading this novel. The blossoming romance made my heart skitter. I can't wait to see what happens next now that Ray has pissed off some pretty high up there people, or down low people... and her new sparkly edition also intrigues me. I have so many questions about them.

Rating: A

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Lisa M. Basso

She was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She is a lover of books, video games, animals, and baking (not baking with animals though). As a child she would crawl into worlds of her own creation and get lost for hours. Her love for YA fiction started with a simple school reading assignment: S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. When not reading or writing she can usually be found at home with The Best Boyfriend that Ever Lived ™ and her two darling (and sometimes evil) cats, Kitties A and B. A SHIMMER OF ANGELS is her first novel.She is currently agent-less, for all of you agents out there.

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