Super Sunday - Super Covers #4

It's Sunday, that means it's time to see which beautiful cover is going to be featured on the super cover section. The criterias are pretty simple, the cover must be Jaw- dropping, must indicate the theme of the book. Although sometimes the theme is pretty hard to find out. But most of all it must be the type of the cover that must prompt us to take a second glance. That must seduce us to buy the book . So, which cover did it for me this week.

It was the cover of bestselling Y.A dystopian romance "Shatter Me" by Tahereh Mafi.

Author : Tahereh Mafi

                  Genres :  Y.A Dystopian Thriller 

 Pages : 368              

      Publisher : HarperCollins

Buy from:  Amazon   

* The above one is an Amazon Affiliate Link

What is the book about : 

I have a curse.

I have a gift.

I'm a monster.
I'm more than human.

My touch is lethal.
My touch is power.

I am their weapon.
I will fight back.

No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time—and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.

In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a riveting dystopian world, a thrilling superhero story, and an unforgettable heroine.

(The Rest of the covers in the Trilogy are also Pretty amazing( Yeah I know I am always reviewing Trilogies. Although this is not a review.)

                 

That's it for this Sunday. Hope you have fun Monday.

Blaze : Chapter 1 : Part 2

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Review of Cursed by Jennifer.L.Armentrout

Jennifer is one among among my favourite authors.I loved her Obsidian series. When I heard she had written this standalone work 'Cursed' I don't think I even read the back cover before buying. I have trust in her abilities.

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Dying sucks--and high school senior Ember McWilliams knows firsthand. After a fatal car accident, her gifted little sister brought her back. Now anything Ember touches dies. And that, well, really blows. Ember operates on a no-touch policy with all living things--including boys. When Hayden Cromwell shows up, quoting Oscar Wilde and claiming her curse is a gift, she thinks he's a crazed cutie. But when he tells her he can help control it, she's more than interested. There's just one catch: Ember has to trust Hayden's adopted father, a man she's sure has sinister reasons for collecting children whose abilities even weird her out. However, she's willing to do anything to hold her sister's hand again. And hell, she'd also like to be able to kiss Hayden. Who wouldn't? But when Ember learns the accident that turned her into a freak may not've been an accident at all, she's not sure who to trust. Someone wanted her dead, and the closer she gets to the truth, the closer she is to losing not only her heart, but her life. For real this time

Cursed was a good book. But I expected more from her,justified because of how amazing her Obsididan and Covenenant series were. This book just didn't do it for me. The story revolved around the not-so-unique concept of 'touch of death'. Though she did put some uniqueness into it.

Ember is a very strong heroine and I adore her little sister. Whose character was very realistic. The antagonist could be guessed and his backstory though very good,lacked punch.His story didn't justify what he was doing.The author did a bad job on that. I was sad because I knew she could do better than this.
I didn't fall in love with the hero. He was a little confusing at times. I get the whole brooding image of the hero. I guess it is a matter of preference. I don't like that much brooding heroes.

The romance between the leads which were steamy at times lost pace at many instances. So, at the end when they were together I didn't feel that exultant.

Rating : 3/5

Overall, the book is a good read. But since I am huge fan of her and have read many of her better works. This didn't do it for me. Though if it's the first you have heard of her. You could read this. You'll enjoy it. Then you could move on to covenant and then the Luxen series (personaly. I liked the Luxen series better).

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout lives in West Virginia. When she's not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, working out, watching zombie movies, and pretending to write. She shares her home with her husband, his K-9 partner named Diesel, and her hyper Jack Russell, Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent her time writing short stories . . . therefore explaining her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes Adult and Young Adult Urban Fantasy and Romance.

 Her website : www.jenniferarmentrout.com

Her Amazon page : Books 

The Girl On Fire- New Urban Fantasy Series

I have started this new series for lovers of fantasy and romance, although i have to a fair warning, it's Y.A.
The Story is about a !7 year old girl Blaze who has the weirdest disease in the world. She sets fire to her room , even if there are no matches or lighters and especially on her birthdays. Rooted up from place to place, friendless and always singled out, she is determined to make it in her new place. But her world is turned upside down when she meets the chocolate eyed sword wielding boy.

As secrets unravel, mayhem ensues and trusts break. It seems blaze is the key to bloodied legacy and doomsday prophecy.

Can she reach upto everybody's expectation and be the hero or will she fall short.

To Find out read Blaze- The Girl on Fire.

                                              CHAPTER 1: PART 1

I knew I was dreaming.Its always the same dream but something was different this time.

The flames surrounding me were still burned blood red ,scaling the tall walls of the room.

Their source,the beacon of fire,tall as a human stood In front of me.I could vaguely feel some force trying to reach me from the other side of he beacon. Even though the beacon stood firm, its flames Intertwining to form a protective barrier in front of me,the dark tendrils of the other force wormed through the barrier.

The beacon had made me feel secure and comforted but the force felt evil and ancient,like  it wanted to suck my life force out of me.

It was trying to lure me ,to be a part of It. I might have succumbed to it but the beacons power kept me at bay.

I looked towards the beacon, something about it was familiar. I Inched towards it but suddenly fell down with a thump. I looked up . I had fallen from a bed. My body was small like a two year old.

Wait! This was a new phase. 

I should have already woken up by now. And why was I a child in my dream instead of a teenager.

 My thoughts were Interrupted by a loud cry.In a voice filled with agony and rage the BEACON cried and turned towards me or rather a human face turned towards me.

Oh god! The source of the flames isn't the beacon. It is a woman,her long hair flew in all directions ,producing brilliant crimson red flames.Flames like shoots of a red marsupial plant shot forth from her body. But It was her face that caught my attention. She looked like me.

Wait I was a child and a woman in the same dream.It made no sense. No wonder these things are called dreams.

The woman  looked at me like someone who knew death could take them any moment and the wanted to spend her last moments cherishing their precious treasures. No one had looked at me like that before. Her angelic face glistened with teardrops. I wanted to go and and wipe off the teardrops from the beautiful flame woman’s face. But suddenly someone snatched me from the ground.

I struggled against the big muscular arms. How dare he take me away from that woman.I could feel flames shooting from my body,tearing me apart, begging for freedom.I was seriously going to hurt someone.

I struggled against my kidnapper. Then I saw his face and time froze.

Phillip?

My dream got distorted and I woke up.What was Phillip doing in my dream and how did I produce flames . I knew it was dream but !.

The flames felt so real.I could still feel it .

Oh no! It is real.

My room was lit up by dancing flames. They scaled the walls ,covering the door and the window and formed a circle around my bed.I stood up on my bed and the flames grew taller, scared I sat down  and the flames grew short.

Weird.

I didn't have anything to put out he fire. Only one thing to do now.

“Mr.Smith. Help. My room Is on fire”, again, I said.

I buried my head in my hands. I cant believe it.  Am I the only one with this weird disease of sleepwalking and setting my room on fire, most importantly, why did it have to happen today of all days.

Suddenly the door burst open.


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Super Sunday-Super Covers #1

Hey, Time For Super Sunday. The series of posts were a book that catches eye due to it's stunning cover will be featured each week. You are welcome to recomend your favourite books that made them an instant buy due to their beautiful covers.


So, Lets see which book won the ticket to feature in this week's Super Sunday- Super Covers


It's A trilogy By Ally Condie.....Its Matched Trilogy.

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Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

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Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky--taken by Society to his certain death--only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons.  On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life . . . and the enthralling promise of rebellion. But even as Cassia sacrifices everything to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game.  On the edge of Society, nothing is as expected, and crosses and double crosses make Cassia's path more twisted than ever.

Click to Buy this Red Beauty

Conclusion to the New York Times Best selling Matched Trilogy!

Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter.

The wait is over.

One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most—family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into full-scale rebellion. With exquisite prose, the emotionally gripping conclusion to the international–best selling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky,and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.

I loved these covers, They accurately portray cassia's journey and I will shamelessly state that these covers played a huge role in persuading me to buy this series.

So, That it for this Sunday.Watch out this space for another super cover on next Sunday.

ooh and as an extra bonus I am adding some more pictures related to these. Hope You like it. 

And

 Don't Forget to tell me which book you want see featured here..

New Urban Fantasy Romance Series For Free

Hey everyone , I am thinking of starting a new urban fantasy romance series.I have currently titled it Spirit hunter: Hunt for the reaper Or alternatively reaper returns or return of the reaper. You are welcome to give your suggestions.
So now you might be thinking what is the story about.

In a world where humans and spirits coexist peacefully, there comes a spirits of vengeance, those who were murdered or those who were unjustly killed.
                                               
                                                 The ones with vengeance...

And to protect the humanity there rose a special group of people

                                                      The Spirit Hunters...........

Skyla Forrest is a 16 year old spirit hunter, one among its youngest and most promising recruits.Trouble brews when the legendary spirit of vengeance..The Reaper decides to pay her town a visit.
But work has nothing on the secrets she finds dragged into, of her hot neighbour and a vengeance-less ghost whose existence threatens the very foundation of her beliefs

When loyalties collide and love threatens to destroy her...the only one she will be able to turn to will be the one she had pledged to destroy.

Will she be able to hunt down this barbaric murderer or will the secrets of her new friends drown her.

Read to find out....

                  Spirit Hunter

                                              CHAPTER ONE : Part One                    

I held the gun close to my chest.

It gleamed in the pale moonlight sieving in through the holed curtains, illuminating me in its coolness, as I sat with my back against the sofa in the corner of the ancient hall. My position gave me a full view of the hall, while giving myself enough cover.

Where is fat king?i was getting impatient.

“Skyla, patience ALWAYS brings victory” I heard my dad’s voice in my head.

I wonder what my Mr. Perfect dad would have done if he had to work 16 hours straight to trace a bloody spirit, only to have him playing the waiting game with you. What’s more I got school tomorrow, well today, since its already three in the morning.

Guess being a sixteen year old(that means full time duty of a student plus being a single daughter is hard) and a spirit hunter  is not that easy. No wonder teenage hunters were quitting at such an alarming rate. The burden is nerve wracking.

But like my dad ,the grade A hunter David Forrest (not Bekham , though there are similarities) says “if you are here to become a hunter after watching some dumb movie with funny ghosts, then pack your bags this instant and get out. No one is going to make a movie for you , all you will be getting is a cheap coffin. But if you are willing to work hard to save people's lives without any care for your, them, welcome to the family”

I guess that about sums up what we hunters do the things we do.

My thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of rattling chains. My lips began twitching with excitement.

My grip hardens on my gun .With its bullet dipped in black rabbits blood, It was enough to take on the fat king.

The  rankling of chains repeated, from the middle of the room. He had not yet materialized. But the sound of his chains, proof of the days his land was looted, crown stolen, and he himself chained to the very chains I just heard jingling. His body eventually died, but his soul reborn again with a vengeance.

Vengeance defined spirits and nothing else. It would have been fine if they just killed whoever killed them. But no, some spirits just have to wipe out the entire humanity. Well that’s where we come in .

The spirit hunters.

 I concentrated my attention on the shapeless joining of white mist. The fat king as I rudely called him was reassembling into a more human but still ghost like shape.

First his arm appeared, the one I had burned using my blazinger. Slowing  the rest of his body appeared and at last his round fat face, which always twisted into a cruel smile before killing his victims,and which  was twisted into one right now.

He glared right at me.

His lips part, “you are a persistent one, my blue eyed hunter”. The last three words he says in an almost flirtatious voice.

I slowly get up, cautious. My legs unbended with a happy sigh.

He stroked his almost transparent, burnt arm(courtesy of me).

 In an instant, i took to blink, he turns from a flirting spirit into a one that is madly flying,eyes wild,TOWARDS ME.

Thats it for the first part.What do you think? I have tried to write it in present tense. But I am thinking of giving past tense a try. What do you think. Do let me know in the comment section.

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Review of Looking At The Moon by Kit Pearson

                        LOOKING AT THE MOON

                        AUTHOR:KIT PEARSON

                            GENRE:FICTION

THIS BOOK IS ONE THIRD OF THE TRILOGY BY KIT PEARSON.THE OTHER TWO PARTS ARE FORMED BY  THE SKY IS FALLING AND THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN .

  Click To Buy Looking At The Moon By Kit Pearson.

          THIS NOVEL TAKES US THROUGH THE LIVES OF TWO SIBLINGS NORAH AND GAVIN SEPARATED FROM HOME DUE TO THE WAR. THEY ARE SPENDING THEIR HOLIDAYS IN THE OGILVIES'S COTTAGE IN MUSKOSKA WITH MOST OF THEIR COUSINS, CLOSE AS WELL AS DISTANT ONES.ONE DAY SHE HEARS THAT A DISTANT COUSIN,  ANDREW OF THE OGILVIES FAMILY IS ARRIVING.AT FIRST SHE DOESNT MIND BUT NORAH WHO IS TURNING 13 FINDS THAT SHE IS IN LOVE WITH ANDREW . BUT ANDREW IS 19 AND ALL READY HE HAS A GIRL FRIEND. HE IS ALSO FACING A DILEMMA WHETHER HE SHOULD PART IN THE ONGOING WAR. THIS STORY DOES NOT CREATE A MENTAL STRESS FOR THE READERS IN TERMS OF VIOLENCE WHICH  IT LACKS.

YOU WONT FEEL LIKE ITS A STORY ,ITS MORE LIKE WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES.KIT PEARSON HAS WRITTEN WITH SO MUCH REALITY THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WITH NORAH AS WELL AS HER OTHER COUSINS AND AUNTS.WE CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE THROUGH HER WRITING THE BOND GALVIN HAS WITH HIS SISTERT

THIS BOOK IS A TEENAGERS PRESENT AND A ADULTS PAST.

RATING : 4/5.

 

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