ARC Review: Wicked Kiss

Title:  Wicked Kiss
Author: Michelle Rowen
Series: Nightwatchers #2
Release Date: Feb 26, 2013
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Format:  eARC
Source: Publisher via NetGalley


Summary:

MY KISS CAN KILL.

I used to be ordinary Samantha Day, but that's changed. Now, after one dark kiss from a dangerous boy, I can steal someone's soul...or their life. If I give in to the constant hunger inside me, I hurt anyone I kiss. If I don't...I hurt myself.

Bishop is the one whose kiss I crave most, but if I kiss him, I'll kill him. Then there's another boy, one I can't hurt. One whose kiss seems to miraculously quell my hunger. They're both part of a team of angels and demons that's joined forces in my city to fight a mysterious rising darkness, an evil that threatens everyone I know and love. I just wonder if I'll be able to help Bishop-or if I'm just another part of the darkness he's sworn to destroy....

NIGHTWATCHERS

When angels and demons must work together, something beyond evil is rising...


Review:

Wicked Kiss is the second installment in the mystical tale of the Nightwatcher series.  This is one series that you wont soon forget.  Wicked Kiss offers a variety of mystery, love and jealousy that will keep you guessing.  It is one of the best Fallen Angel series on the market.

Michelle Rowen makes her world of Fallen Angels and Demons come alive!  She writes her books with a beautiful and heartfelt imagination.  Its the kind of story that I want to read again and again.

Samantha has had a really hard time.  She still cares for Bishop but when she kisses him she hurts him.  However when she kisses his brother her hunger is sated.  This makes for an interesting beginning to a possible love triangle. 

Samantha learns more and more about what she is up against.  She takes a lot of turns while figuring out the truth about what is plaguing the city, but once discovered she knows that she has to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the ones she loves. 

Wicked Kiss is an emotional rollercoster that just keeps going.  I don't ever want this ride to stop.  While the end of this book cleans up nicely, I'm still hoping for an encore!! 

About the Author:

National bestselling author Michelle Rowen writes paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and young adult fantasy. She was the winner of the 2007 Holt Medallion for Best First Book and the 2009 Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award for Vampire Romance. Michelle also writes YA high fantasy as Morgan Rhodes.






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Review: Before I Wake

Soul Screamers #6

Paperback

339 pages          

June 26th 2012            

Harlequin Teen

Summary from Goodreads:

I died on a Thursday-killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul. The good news? He didn't get it. The bad news? Turns out not even death will get you out of high school... 

Covering up her own murder was one thing, but faking life is much harder than Kaylee Cavanaugh expected. After weeks spent "recovering," she's back in school, fighting to stay visible to the human world, struggling to fit in with her friends and planning time alone with her new reaper boyfriend. But to earn her keep in the human world, Kaylee must reclaim stolen souls, and when her first assignment brings her face-to-face with an old foe, she knows the game has changed. Her immortal status won't keep her safe. And this time Kaylee isn't just gambling with her own life....

Review:

Before I Wake was just AMAZING.  Kaylee has become this incredibly strong women and I am so proud of her.  She has a series of ups and downs through out this book and I loved it.  She feels everything whole hearted and that is what makes her so great.  

Then there is Tod!  Tod is sweet, strong and completely in love with Kaylee.  He has already offered up his life for hers and he would do it again and again.  He is the only thing keeping Kaylee connected to her humanity.   I swear I love Tod just as much as Kaylee does.  He is why she keeps moving forward.  I was so excited that they finally moved their relationship to the next level.   He offers her sanctuary in this book and I see them having a great future together.

The action was great.  I never expected the Hellions to figure out a way to cross over to the real world.  This changes all the rules.  People die this time and it takes its toll on everyone.  There are deals being made and truths being revealed.  All Hell is about to break loose. 

Before I Wake was an emotional roller coaster for me.  One minute I was wanting to smile and laugh the next I was grabbing the tissues.  Then there were several time that I was mad enough to go up against a Hellion myself.  I loved it!!

Before I Wake is the sixth book in the Soul Screamers series. There is only one book left until it is over. I have grown to love all the characters in this series and I hope they all get happy endings.  Who knows maybe we will get a spin off?

I cant wait for the next book With All My Soul

 All I can say is...

Watch Out All Hellions!!

 Kaylee is pissed off and about to kick some ass.

Guest Review: Pushing The Limits

I want it introduce Joanna Martin to you today! She has wrote a review on Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry. I hope you enjoy! Lets be sure to leave her some comment love!

Young Adult

ARC

384 pages

July 31st 2012

Harlequin Teen

Summary from Goodreads:


So wrong for each other...and yet so right.

No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible. Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.

Joanna's Review:

This book was above and beyond what I thought it was going to be.  Even though the book took place in a senior year high school setting it was relatable to even myself that has not been in high school for almost 10 years!

She kept you wanting to keep reading to find out what really happened to Echo.  There were also circumstances in the book that everyone has experienced in one way or another to make you feel even more connected to the characters.  She even wrote it to where you experienced life lessons such as “not judging a book by its cover” (no pun intendedJ).

I would recommend this book to anybody and can’t wait to read the story she is writing next about Beth called “Dare to you”.  I’m sure it will be just as thrilling and will draw me in as much as this one!

Pushing The Limits will be released on July 31, 2012.

You can preorder your copy at Amazon or Barnes and Noble