A Mark Unwilling

A Mark Unwilling (The Reckoning #1) by Candace Wondrak (2018)
-eARC Review-

a mark unwilling

YA/NA Fiction | Paranormal | Apocalypse
3.5 StarsBlurb:

“Lexa Blue thought she had her life figured out. She’d go to college, maybe get a job, and wait until the Demon whose Mark she bears comes to collect her soul. No real concrete plans since it wouldn’t matter in the end. What she did not expect was the end of the world.  Continue reading

The Eternity Cure

The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) by Julie Kagawa (2013)

the eternity cure

YA Fiction | Paranormal | Dystopia
4 StarsBlurb:

“In Allison Sekemoto’s world, there is one rule left: Blood calls to blood

She has done the unthinkable: died so that she might continue to live. Cast out of Eden and separated from the boy she dared to love, Allie will follow the call of blood to save her creator, Kanin, from the psychotic vampire Sarren. But when the trail leads to Allie’s birthplace in New Covington, what Allie finds there will change the world forever—and possibly end human and vampire existence.  Continue reading

Blood for Blood

Blood for Blood (Wolf by Wolf #2) by Ryan Graudin (2016)

blood for blood

YA Fiction | Historical (WWII) | Sci-Fi
4 StarsBlurb:

There would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An entire world of it.

For the resistance in the Third Reich, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly. Yael and her unlikely comrades dive into enemy territory to try to turn the tide against Hitler’s army, and there is no alternative but to see their mission through to the end, whatever the cost.  Continue reading

The Queen of Traitors

The Queen of Traitors (The Fallen World #2) by Laura Thalassa (2016)

the queen of traitors

NA Fiction | Romance | Dystopia | (TV-MA)
4.5 starsBlurb:

“They say I am a queen.
They say I married a monster. That I did so willingly.
They say he cannot die, that he does not age. That together, we rule a ravaged world.
They say I used to be one of them, but now I am a traitor.
They say many things, all which I cannot remember, but…

I fear what they say is true.  Continue reading

The Queen of All that Dies

The Queen of All that Dies (The Fallen World #1) by Laura Thalassa (2015)

the queen of all that dies

NA Fiction | Romance | Dystopia | (TV-MA)
4.5 starsBlurb:

“In the future, the world is at war.

For the last decade, King Lazuli of the Eastern Empire has systematically taken over the world. No one knows much about him other than a series of impossible facts: he cannot die, he has not aged since the conflict began, and he wants to rule the world.  Continue reading

The Immortal Rules

The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) by Julie Kagawa (2012)

the immortal rules

YA Fiction | Paranormal | Dystopia
5 starsBlurb:

To survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness…

Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them—the vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself dies and becomes one of the monsters.  Continue reading

The Cruel Prince

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black (2018)

cruel prince

YA Fiction | Fantasy
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.  Continue reading

The Queens of Innis Lear

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton (2018)
-eARC Review-

the queens of innis lear

Fiction | Fantasy | Shakespeare Retelling
3 Stars
Blurb:

A kingdom at risk, a crown divided, a family drenched in blood.

The erratic decisions of a prophecy-obsessed king have drained Innis Lear of its wild magic, leaving behind a trail of barren crops and despondent subjects. Enemy nations circle the once-bountiful isle, sensing its growing vulnerability, hungry to control the ideal port for all trade routes.  Continue reading

Player’s Game

Player’s Game by Desirae Clark (2018)
-NetGalley Review-

Player's Game

Teen Fiction | Contemporary | Romance
3 StarsBlurb:

“Samantha Valentine’s life turns upside down when she finds out her family is returning to her old town, Scottsdale. It took her a while to make the city her home, and now all of that is for naught, as she has to learn to settle in a quiet town again.  Continue reading

Ready Player One

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)

ready player one

YA Fiction | Sci-Fi | Dystopia
2.5 Stars
Blurb:

“It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.  Continue reading