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Title: Lux: Consequences Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Series: Lux, #3-4 Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: June 3, 2014 Synopsis: Opal  After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different… And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing alien hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever. Origin  Daemon will do anything to get Katy back. After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling dow...

Title: Lux: Beginnings Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Series: Lux, #1-2 Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: June 3, 2014 Synopsis: Obsidian There's an alien next door. And with his looming height and eerie green eyes, he's hot...until he opens his mouth. He's infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, he lights me up with a big fat bulls-eye. Turns out he has a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal his abilities and the only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until my alien mojo fades. If I don’t kill him first, that is. Onyx  Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro alien connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems. I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searc...

Title: Stone Cold Touch Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Series: The Dark Elements, #2 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: October 28, 2014 Synopsis: Every touch has its price  Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could. But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla’s powers begin to evolve, and she’s offered a tantalizing taste of what has always been forbidden. Then, when she least expects it, Roth returns, bringing news that could change her world forever. She’s finally getting what she always wanted, but with hell literally ...

I was lucky enough to win tickets to the  Divergent red carpet screening in Atlanta  this past Monday (3/3)!! Yeah, you should have seen me when I got the email telling me I had won and that both Shailene Woodley and Theo James would be in attendance. I, of course, bought a special Dauntless outfit just for the occasion: Then me and my awesome cousin hopped in the car and drove the three hours it took to get to the Atlanta theatre. The sacred ticket that granted me entrance to one of the greatest events of my life. Here is where we checked in.                   The almighty pass that granted us access to the MOVIE!! This place was decked out in DIVERGENT awesomness! Before the movie started, the stars came out and greeted the fans! Here you can spot a wild Theo James in his natural habitat among hordes of screaming fangirls. Shailene Woodley in all her perfection: Another picture of Four Theo. Now, I know what all of you are t...

Title: White Hot Kiss Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Series: The Dark Elements, #1 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: February 25, 2014 Synopsis: One kiss could be the last. Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever.  Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul. But when Layla discovers she's the rea...

Title: The Holiday Survival Guide Author: Jane O'Reilly Publisher: Escape Publishing Publication Date: January 1, 2014 Synopsis: Witty, clever, and sharp. It's going to be the holiday from hell...and that's just how Erica wants it.  When tabloid journalist Erica Parker is forced to take a holiday, she's determined to make it the most miserable holiday she possibly can, but not even her impressive imaginative powers could have come up with sharing a tent with survival expert Nathan Wilde. Nathan was a married man with a successful TV show before Erica got to work on his life. Now the hottest man she’s ever met is single, furious, and he’s got her alone in the wilderness for three long days… Review: The Holiday Survival Guide was a quick, entertaining read with some sweet moments. I never fully liked Erica, but luckily Nathan had enough charm and likability for the both of them. I realize the story was short, but the insta-love aspect was a bit of a turn off and I...

Title: City of Heavenly Fire Author: Cassandra Clare Series: The Mortal Instruments, #6 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Publication Date: May 27, 2014 Synopsis: ΕRCHOMAI, SEBASTIAN HAD SAID. I am coming.  Darkness returns to the Shadowhunter world. As their society falls apart around them, Clary, Jace, Simon and their friends must band together to fight the greatest evil the Nephilim have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Nothing in the world can defeat him — must they journey to another world to find the chance? Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world changed in the sixth and last installment of the Mortal Instruments series! About the Author: Cassandra Clare was born overseas and spent her early years traveling around the world with her family and several trunks of fantasy books. Cassandra worked for several years as an entertainment journalist for the Hollywood Reporter before turning her attention to fiction. She is the author of City of Bones, the first bo...