Teaser Tuesday (#4)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.
Anyone can join in

1. Grab your current read.

2. Open to a random page

3. Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.

4. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

5. Share the Title and Author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

"She started kissing every inch of my body while I was deep in thought. Her hands were doing things that made me brain completely void of logical reason."

Tempest by Julie Cross, p205

What's your Teaser Tuesday?

Welcome Permanent Guest Reviewer: Lolita

Hey everyone,
So I have been swamped with review books and haven't had time to read a lot because of University and having to do my dissertation. Because of this I got a couple of guest reviewers, their reviews will be posted between now and the end of February.
But from now on we will have a permanent guest reviewer: Lolita.

When I get asked to review a book, I will be forwarding the email onto Lolita to see if she is interested in reviewing it

So please give a nice warm welcome to Lolita, a new addition to K-Books.

Leave her a nice comment as a welcome ;)

Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2)

Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2)
Kiersten White

Publication Date: January 5, 2012
Date Read: January 2, 2012
Source: Review Copy from Publisher
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336

From Goodreads:

A lot has changed in the six months since Evie escaped from the International Paranormal Containment Agency with her shape-shifter boyfriend, Lend. She finally has the blissfully normal life she’s always dreamed of, including: 
1) A real live high school 
2) A perfectly ordinary after-school job 
3) Her very own locker (and by the way, rusted metal is every bit as awesome as she imagined) 


But Evie’s not-so-normal past keeps creeping up on her...and things get pretty complicated when you factor in: 
1) A centuries-old, seriously decaying vampire stalker 
2) A crazy faerie ex-boyfriend who is the perpetual bearer of really bad news 
3) A major battle brewing between the faerie courts where the prize in question happens to be...Evie herself. 


So much for normal...

I honestly don't know what to write in this review. I have so many mixed feelings for this book, I really liked it yet it really annoyed me and had me irritated most of the way through.

Evie finally escaped the clutches of the IPCA and found the normal life she had always craved with her boyfriend. But then things start going wrong in the paranormal world and she is sucked back in to help. But she has unknown trouble brewing for herself, are those she considers her allies really her friends or her enemies?

Evie, Evie, Evie, what are you doing? I loved her in the first book. I thought she was such a sweet character and I loved her relationship developing with Lend. However in this book she just annoyed me all of the time. In Paranormalcy I loved how she confided in Lend about everything, what she was, even when she thought she was evil she was still honest with him. I don't quite understand why she went from confiding in them to lying to him about everything and keeping all these secrets. I hate that she kept so many secrets from him when she knows how he loves her and trusts her.
I loved Lend in this book. There wasn't quite enough of him in the book for me and I kept reading and reading hoping that Lend was going to show up soon. The same was with Reth. As much as I disliked him in the first book and was Team Lend I couldn't help but missing him throughout the book. He definitely makes the story more interesting.

I think the storyline was really good and that's what made me enjoy it more. The storyline was as addictive as the first and I couldn't put it down as I needed to find out what happened. I still love this series and the ending left me optimistic that the final book will be better. I love Kiersten's writing style, it's bleeping amazing and I love how fun and light-hearted it is.

All in all I think this book wasn't as good as the first in the series, Evie just irritated me too much and the main character is very important to me. I am looking forward to seeing how the series ends.

Cover Reveal: Toxic (Denezen #2)

Hey everyone,
So I am here to show you all the Cover and the Blurb for the second book in the Denezen series by the incredible Jus Accardo.
I loved the first book Touch and I seriously cannot wait for the second book.
If you missed it you can find my review for book 1 here: Touch Review

So here we are, the cover for book 2, Toxic

Isn't it pretty? This is such an awesome cover. It completely matches the cover of the first one, and I love who is portraying Dez on this cover. It's exactly how I pictured her. You have no idea how excited I am for this book. It is going to be so damn awesome.

Okay, okay so you wanna know what the book is about right?
Well wait no longer, here's the blurb:

When a Six saved Kale’s life the night of Sumrun, she warned there would be consequences. A trade-off. Something taken for the life they gained. But Dez never imagined she’d lose the one thing she’d give anything to keep… And as if it’s not enough Dez finds her immunity to Kale fading, the Six brought in to help Kale learn to control his killer touch starts drooling on him the moment they meet. Worse than that? Jade can touch Kale. But bimbo Barbie is the least of Dez's problems. 

After Dez and Kale got away at Sumrun, her father lost not only his most powerful weapon but an important piece of the Supremacy project. Forced by Denazen to remedy the situation, he poisons Dez and offers her a choice—surrender to Denazen for the cure…or die. Determined to find a solution that doesn’t involve being bagged and tagged—or losing someone she loves—Dez keeps the poison a secret.  But when a rash of Denazen attacks hit a little too close to home, Dez is convinced there’s a traitor among them. Jade. 

Sacrifices, broken promises, and secrets. Dez will have to lay it all on the line if there’s any hope of proving Jade’s guilt before they all end up Residents of Denazen. Or worse, dead...

So there you go, what do you think?
Do you love the cover?
Have you read the Touch?
Are you looking forward to this one?
Leave me a comment and let me know

Brightest Kind of Darkness

Brightest Kind of Darkness
PT Michelle

Publication Date: June 27, 2011
Date Read: December 31, 2011
Source: Review Copy from Author
Format: e-book

From Goodreads:
Nara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate…until she dreams a future she can’t ignore.

After Nara prevents a bombing at Blue Ridge High, her ability to see the future starts to fade, while people at school are suddenly being injured at an unusually high rate.

Grappling with her diminishing powers and the need to prevent another disaster, Nara meets Ethan Harris, a mysterious loner who seems to understand her better than anyone. Ethan and Nara forge an irresistible connection, but as their relationship heats up, so do her questions about his dark past.

*Some minor spoilers

I really liked this book and the originality of the story. This book is about a girl names Inara who every night dreams her next day, so she always knows what's going to happen. She seldomly changes anything and every day is like one big deja vu for her. Until one day she prevents a bomb explosion. After that day her dreams come and go. She tries to figure out why her dreams disappear, while she suddenly has to live without knowing what will happen. Further the story revolves around her falling in love with Ethan, struggling with her dreams, what they mean and if she must interfere or not.

The first half of the story was a bit slow. It couldn't profit a lot from a bit more world building. The characters all felt shallow and we didn't really get to know them. There are also lots of memories and dreams that play a role, but in the beginning it is written in such a way that sometimes I had difficulties knowing if something was a dream, memory or real life. Also many thins are happening, but they son't really add up. Later in the book many of these things finally add up and the writing style improved. In the second half there were some developments that made the book much more interesting. The second half of the book focusses more on Inara's dreams and her struggling with it. I really liked Inara's gift of seeing the future. And her struggling what to do with this knowledge and if she had to contact her dad, who left her and her mom when Inara was young.

Because I really liked the originality of the story and her dreams I decided to give this book 4 stars. The characers stayed pretty shallow throughout the book and I would've really liked to get to know them more. I did like the relationship between Inara and Ethan, they were so sweet together. Although I felt they kept a bit too many secrets from each other. Inara is the only person we get to know a bit. She cares strongly for her friends and decided to interferer more than once in the hopes of helping someone.

The ending was a bit rushed and too sudden, but as least it gave me hope that there will be another book. There are so many questions left unanswered, so I really hope there will be a second book.

Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1)

Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1)
Kierstan White

Publication Date: January 6, 2011
Date Read: December 31, 2011
Format: e-book

From Goodreads:
Vampires. Werewolves. Faeries. Shapeshifters.

Evie's always thought of herself as normal. Sure, her best friend is a mermaid, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormals' glamours, but still. Normal.

Only now paranormals are dying, and Evie's dreams are filled with haunting voices and mysterious prophecies. She soon realizes that there may be a link between her abilities and the sudden rash of deaths, and even worse, that she is at the centre of a dark prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.

Paranormalcy was the first book I bought on my kindle when I got it back in January 2011 and I only just read it. I know right? It's about time. Truth be told I only actually started it because I received book 2, Supernaturally for review from Harper Collins. Well now I have read it all I can say is what the hell was I waiting for? This book is really good. I really enjoyed it.

Evie works for the IPCA, the International Paranormal Control Agency. She is human who can see through paranormals glamours. But as things get more dangerous Evie is faced with a life-changing truth, is she really human or something more?

I really enjoyed this book. I thought the writing was a great change. It's very light hearted and fun instead of the usual dark and dramatic writing style you usually find with other Paranormal books.
I really loved how in this book there is a mix of lots of different paranormals, you have elementals, vampires, werewolves, shifters, fairies. The lot. It was great seeing them all interacting with each other.

I really like Evie, she's a great heroine, she's not as strong as other heroines in YA books but I loved her all the same.  I love Lend, I think he is possibly the sweetest character ever. Usually I always fall for the bad boys in books but not in this one. I don't think there was a scene with Lend where I was sat going AWWWWW at the book. It was such a cute book. I really don't like Reth. I don't know what it is and I know a lot of people love him but to me he was just uber creepy and he freaked me out a lot.

I'm really looking forward to reading Book 2 Supernaturally and seeing what happens. I really don't know why I waited so long to read this. It's so good. It's a nice fast, light read and with uber cool characters you can't go wrong. Now, on to Supernaturally.....

Top 2012 Books I Can't Wait For

Well the New Year is finally here. So first of all I want to say a huge...

This is one of the best New Years ever as when it hit midnight here in the UK K-Books had made it to 300 followers. Hurray! I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who follows this blog and Hi to all the new followers ::waving::

I love each and every one of you and K-Books would be nothing without you guys, you guys make all the hard work put into this blog worth it. So because I love you guys I am going to be organising a 300 Follower Giveaway and the details will be up within the next couple of days. I'm sure I have some signed bookmarks lying around somewhere so look out for that ;)

Now on to today's post. The Last one of my Top 10 of 2011 posts, considering you know it's not 2011 anymore. Anyway I want to share with you the Top 10 books being released this year that I am super excited about and seriously cannot wait for. Don't forget to leave me a comment and let me know if I missed any out. This list was possibly the hardest one I had to do as there are like a gazillion books coming out this year that I can't wait to get my hands on.

10. Insurgent (Divergent #2) by Veronica Roth!

I absolutely loved the first book in this series and I absolutely cannot wait to see what happens next. Divergent was one of my favourite books of 2011 and I hope Insurgent will be just as good.

Expected Publication: May 1, 2012

Insurgent Synopsis  

9. Blackout (Newsflesh #3) by Mira Grant!

Newsflesh Series was one of the best written series I read in 2011. It was amazing. It's my favourite zombie series without a doubt and I cannot wait to read Blackout and see how it all ends. It's a very heavy political kind of book but once you get past all the politics at the start of the first book you see an increidble story which has been heavily researched and thoughtout. This series is one of the most emotional I read in 2011 and I cannot wait to see how it ends with Blackout.

Expected Publication: June 7, 2012

Blackout Synopsis

8. Angel Fever (Angel Trilogy #3) by LA Weatherly!

Angel and Angel Fire were two of my favourite books of the year though I only included Angel Fire in my favourite books of 2011 as I thought it was even better than the first. This is without a doubt my favoruite angel series of all time. I love how different it is to other angel books and it's a very well thought out storyline and LA's writing style is phenomenal. I am so excited to read the last book in the trilogy and see how it all ends out.

Expected Publication: October 2012

No Cover or Synopsis has been revealed yet.

7. Black Dawn (Morganville Vampires #12) by Rachel Caine!

Morganville Vampires is one of my favourite series of all time and my favourite Vampire series of all time. It is the only series that has my attention captured after so many books. Usually in longer series I lose interest but MVV has me anxiously awaiting the next book. I cannot wait to read Black Dawn and Book 13 which is also due out in 2012.

Expected Publication: May 1, 2012

No synopsis available yet.

6. Fever (Chemical Garden #2) by Lauren DeStefano!

Wither was one of the first dystopian novels I read in 2011, coming just after The Hunger Games and I really loved it. I love this unique interesting world she has created and I love the characters as well, yes even Linden. I can't wait to see what happens next in this story and I already have Fever pre-ordered.

Expected Publication: February 21, 2012

Fever Synopsis

5. Untitled (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi!

Shatter Me was one of the book I read in December 2011 so it is still completely stuck in my mind. It's one of the best dystopian books I have read and I loved how it mixed dystopia and paranormal aspects, 2 of my favourite kinds of books. I cannot wait to read the second book and I think it's going to be just as phenomenal as the first.

Expected Publication: November 2012

No Cover or Synopsis Available

4. Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices #3) by Cassandra Clare!

Clockwork Prince was one of the best books I read in 2011 and it was the one that got the most reaction out of me. It had me hysterical, having a mental breakdown and competely heartbroken. It's fair to say I need Clockwork Princess, the last book in this series now! I cannot wait to see how it all ends and I just desperately need everything to work out for Will. I love this series 100% more than The Mortal Instruments.

Expected Publication: December, 2012

Clockwork Princess Synopsis

3. Cursed by Jennifer L Armentrout!

I think it's completely fair to say that I'm a little over-excited for any book by JLA coming out. She is my favourite author and I can't get enough of her books. Before I even heard about Half-Blood and Obsidian (my 2 favourite books of 2011) I had marked this to read. It sounds phenomenal. As far as I know it's a stand alone novel and I cannot wait to read it. I know it's going to be awesome and I'm going to love. Helooooo, have you seen who written it?

Expected Publication: September 18, 2012

Cursed Synopsis

2. Pure & Diety (Covenant #2 & 3) by Jennifer L Armentrout!

So this is where I cheat a little and add two books instead of one. But it doesn't really count because they are both in the same series ;)
Half-Blood was one of the best damn books ever! I loved it and devoured it in like a day. All I do is gush about JLA's books so I don't really think it's a surprise to anyone that the next two books are high on my Can't Wait to read books for this year! So excited.

Pure Expected Publication: April 3, 2012

Pure Synopsis

Diety Expected Publication: November 6, 2012

No Diety Synopsis yet

1. Onyx (Lux #2) by Jennifer L Armentrout!

YES! Another book by Jennifer. She's one busy lady this year as she has even more books coming out other than the ones I have mentioned. Why haven't I mentioned them. Well I would but we don't actually know anything about them yet. Otherwise YES they would be on this list. Obsidian was my Number 1 book of the year, yes is surpassed all others so if you haven't read it, well what the hell are you waiting for? It's phenomenal? Will I be re-reading it before Onyx! OF COURSE! I love it. I am completely head-over-heels in love with Daemon and I can't wait for more. Fingers crossed I'll be able to get an ARC like I did with Obsidian ;)

Expected Publication: May 2012 (just in time for my birthday ;) )

No synopsis yet, other than "No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies..." Excited yet?!?!?!?!

So there you have it! My Top 10 2012 Books I can't wait for! Oohh this is going to be the best book year ever with all these awesome books coming out. Yes I will be religiously pre-ordering JLA's books as soon as they are available for pre-order.

So is there any you think I should have included?
Let me know in a comment. And, Happy New Year again! Here's to an awesome book-filled year! CHEERS!