Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins ~Review~

So I come home one day to find this ARC

in my mailbox.  Being an adult and all you think I would have just done a little

but nope, I was full on...

Oh yes indeed, I went into full fangirl flip out mode.  I even have to apologize 

for a bit of bragging I did on Twitter because I was just so darn excited!!

Sweet Peril is amazing!  Like really really amazing friends. 

Anna, now semi-working for her father, has grown up and matured.  Her ill fated year with Kaiden still haunts her but she is coping.  Soon she gets wind of a new mission that changes her focus and sets things in motion for covert angel missions.

We get to hang out with all of our favorite angels from Sweet Evil and meet some new ones as Anna is dispatched around the world to find some allies with none other than Kopano!

SP is filled with Dukes, demon whisperers and steamy tension!  We also get a good share of laughter, thanks in part to the return of Blake, Son of the Duke of Envy. 

AND we get to more Kai!!!  

"You want to talk about that night? The night you almost got yourself killed? What do you want me to say, Anna?  Would  you like to hear how it was the worst bloody night of my life?"

THAT is all I can say here!  Sweet Peril will be released April 30th and I suggest you run out and grab it asap.  No really- I mean it, RUN!!

"Oh? It's April 30th??  Excuse me!"

**Review** Masters of the Veil by Daniel A. Cohen

Received an ARC from Spencer Hill Publishing
 978-1-937053-02-4 : Paperback
 Author Daniel A. Cohen

Life can't get much better for Sam Lock. Popular, good-looking, and with a future as a professional football player. every guy at Stanton High School wishes he were Sam. That is, until his championship football game, when Sam accidentally links with an ancient source of energy known as the Veil and reveals his potential to become a powerful sorcerer.Sam is whisked off to Atlas Crown, a community of sorcerers who utilize the Veil as a part of everyday life. Once there, he trains beside a mute boy who speaks through music, an eternal sage who's the eyes and ears of the Veil, and a beautiful girl who's pretty sure Sam's an idiot. As it becomes clear Sam's meant for power magic-the most feared and misunderstood form of sorcery-people beyond Atlas Crown learn of his dangerous potential. An exiled group of power sorcerers are eager to recruit Sam, believing that he is destined to help them achieve their long-held goal. If they succeed, they could bring about the downfall of not only Atlas Crown. but all humankind.

Find Daniel A. Cohen on the web:
Good Reads 

Review: 

This was a very interesting book. It was not what I expected, but still very good. There is magic and different kinds of it from what your used to.  I will have to say the reason it gets a 4x5 from me is the first half of the book is slow or it was for me. There was also a lot of information thrown at you, not all at once but spread out over the book. The world created is very well laid out and visual. 

Sam is a great character. He is a normal High School boy and a football star for his team. I loved how the story played out for him. It didn't change his basic nature either. He reacted very much like a teenage boy would I believe. That made him awesome to me!

All of the other characters you meet in Atlas Crown are well thought out and not just bland background props. This is a really great action packed magical adventure! 

OUaT ARC Book Tour - The Apothecary by : Maile Meloy

Welcome to My stop on the Tour hosted by: 

ARC-The Apothecary (Release Oct. 4th 2011)

by Maile Meloy

It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies - Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons. Discovering and testing potions they never believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary and prevent impending disaster.

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (October 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039925627X
• ISBN-13: 978-0399256271
• About the Author- From US Penguin Group
• Maile Meloy is the award-winning author of the short story collections Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It and Half in Love, and the novels Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter. This is her first novel for young readers.

My Review:

5x5

Let me start with...This is not my usual cup of tea. However, I love reading in general and this had a very interesting summary, So I am glad I got to be in on this tour!


The cover art is eye catching and very well goes with the story inside the book. This is a very good stand alone read. The Characters are all well developed and interesting in their own ways. You have a lovely and strong female lead and the male lead is a great match-up. All of the other characters are funny and quirky at times. 


The story itself is unique and entertaining although after starting it I really didn't think I was going to enjoy it at all... but as it went along and the story developed I was thoroughly surprised and got carried away on an adventure! 


If you like/want something thrilling, adventurous, suspenseful, and a tad bit of romance thrown in make sure and pick this great read up on OCT. 4th 2011!! 


Big Thank you again to Once Upon a Twilight for hosting the ARC book tour!