Genre: Science Fiction

Review: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

Posted February 25, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 3 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Firefight by Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #2 Published by Gollancz on January 6, 2015 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 432 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Babylon Restored, formerly Manhattan, may give David answers. Ruled by the mysterious High Epic, Regalia, David is sure Babylon Restored will lead him to what he needs to find. And while entering another city oppressed by a High Epic despot is a gamble, David’s willing to risk it. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in David’s heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with another Epic—Firefight. And he’s willing to go on a quest darker, and more dangerous even, than the fight against Steelheart to find her, and to get his answers. Yay! David is back in Firefight, with his amazing metaphors and, actually I can’t think of anything else because the mere […]

Review: Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton

Posted February 16, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 6 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton Series: Seeker #1 on February 12, 2015 Genres: Children’s, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 448 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads The night Quin Kincaid takes her Oath, she will become what she has trained to be her entire life. She will become a Seeker. This is her legacy, and it is an honor. As a Seeker, Quin will fight beside her two closest companions, Shinobu and John, to protect the weak and the wronged. Together they will stand for light in a shadowy world. And she’ll be with the boy she loves–who’s also her best friend. But the night Quin takes her Oath, everything changes. Being a Seeker is not what she thought. Her family is not what she thought. Even the boy she loves is not who she thought. And now it’s too late to walk away. I couldn’t decide […]

Review: Love Hurts by Malorie Blackman

Posted February 4, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Love Hurts by Malorie Blackman, Patrick Ness, Lauren Myracle, Gayle Forman, Susie Day, Jenny Downham, Maureen Johnson, Laura Dockrill, David Levithan, Markus Zusak, Lauren Kate, Catherine Johnson, James Dawson, Philip Pullman, E. Lockhart, Non Pratt, Bali Rai, Melvin Burgess, Phil Earle, Andrew Smith, Matt Haig, Tabitha Suzuma, Marcus Sedgwick on January 29, 2015 Genres: Anthropology, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Pages: 560 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Have you ever fallen for someone the rest of the world thought you shouldn’t have? Malorie Blackman brings together the very best young adult authors writing today in a stunningly romantic collection of love against the odds. Featuring stories and extracts about modern star-crossed lovers, Love Hurts looks at every kind of relationship, from first kiss to final heartbreak. This is a collection for anyone who has ever loved and lost – and loved again… I have to […]

Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Posted January 28, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Golden Son by Pierce Brown Series: Red Rising #2 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on January 6, 2015 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 430 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within. A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but […]

Review: Empire by John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard

Posted January 2, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Empire by John Connolly, Jennifer Ridyard Series: The Chronicles of the Invaders #2 Published by Headline on January 1, 2015 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 441 Format: E-Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads AN EPIC TALE OF INTRIGUE, VIOLENCE AND LOVE, SET IN A TIME WHEN AN ELITE ALIEN RACE RULE SUPREME. FOR FANS OF RICK YANCEY AND PITTACUS LORE.The second in the epic Chronicles of the Invaders trilogy by bestselling author John Connolly, and Jennifer Ridyard. For fans of THE 5TH WAVE and I AM NUMBER FOUR. Syl Hellias: an Illyri, the first of her kind to be born on Earth. Paul Kerr: a human, dedicated to his people’s resistance of the alien invasion. Brought together by chance they formed the strongest of bonds. Now they are to be punished for that love. Exiled to the outermost reaches of the universe, Syl and Paul must […]

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