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.

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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. 

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

Top Ten Tuesday-Top Ten Nalini Singh Novels.

                                  


                                                                                                   



Hey , Its time for the Top Ten Tuesday and this week we have taken Nalini Singh's top ten books. If you know her then you know that she is a very hard working writer and her list of books is quite long. Selecting the top ten novels from the entire volume of works were really hard (really really hard). But it was fun nevertheless. So, here I present to you, what I feel is , Nalini Singh's Top Ten Novels.

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10. Awaken To Pleasure


Marc was dangerous to her in the way that only a strong, sexy male could be to a woman. Even knowing that, she'd agreed to marry him.

Hope blossomed in Hira's heart. Perhaps she'd married a man with whom it might be worth building a life. Her mother had worried that he was scarred, but the lines on his face did nothing to lessen his raw                                masculine appeal.

 If anything, they gave him an even more dangerous male air, enticing the feminine core of her to thoughts that shocked her.

What did a man's face matter anyway? She had no use for handsome men.

But for a man with a heart? For such a man...she might risk everything.

                                                                       

9.Desert Warrior

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The fabled desert kingdom of Zulheina was Tariq's birthright, and he was a man who held tightly what belonged to him. And that meant he had to reclaim a very special woman--the woman who had broken his heart years before in New Zealand. And once he had lured her to this distant land, he meant to keep his new bride here forever....

But Jasmine Coleridge was not as easily tamed as he had imagined. Her beguiling blend of untouched innocence and dazzling sensuality threatened, once again, to bring the haughty sheikh to his knees--and made him wonder who was the true prisoner....

8.Archangel's Consort

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Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux and her lover, the lethally beautiful archangel Raphael, have returned home to New York only to face an uncompromising new evil… 

A vampire has attacked a girls’ school—the assault one of sheer, vicious madness—and it is only the first act. Rampant bloodlust takes vampire after vampire, threatening to make the streets run with blood. Then Raphael himself begins to show signs of an uncontrolled rage, as inexplicable storms darken the city skyline and the earth itself shudders. 

The omens are suddenly terrifyingly clear. 

An ancient and malevolent immortal is rising. The violent winds whisper her name: Caliane. She has returned to reclaim her son, Raphael. Only one thing stands in her way: Elena, the consort who must be destroyed…

7.Archangel's storm

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With wings of midnight and an affinity for shadows, Jason courts darkness. But now, with the Archangel Neha's consort lying murdered in the jewel-studded palace that was his prison and her rage threatening cataclysmic devastation, Jason steps into the light, knowing he must unearth the murderer before it is too late

Earning Neha's trust comes at a price--Jason must tie himself to her bloodline through the Princess Mahiya, a woman with secrets so dangerous, she trusts no one. Least of all an enemy spymaster.

With only their relentless hunt for a violent, intelligent killer to unite them, Jason and Mahiya embark on a quest that leads to a centuries-old nightmare... and to the dark storm of an unexpected passion that threatens to drench them both in blood.

6.Awaken To Pleasure

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"WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO MARRYING ME?"

The proposal was as unexpected as her feelings for the man whose dark good looks rivaled an even darker past. Painful experience screamed that Taylor Reid should run far and fast from Jackson Santorini. But keeping custody of her brother meant becoming her former boss's bride.

And giving Jackson a baby.

Despite his powerful size and presence, Jackson had been wounded...deeply...by a woman. Yet he'd protected her at a personal cost, if his restrained ardor in deference to her virginal apprehension was one indication. Suddenly, for Jackson's sake, Taylor wanted to replace pain with pleasure. Only, she'd never imagined what sensations--and secrets--she would awaken....

5.Mine To Possess

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A ghost returns from a leopard changeling’s past, making him question everything—even his base animal instincts…

Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack, he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed…and committed the most extreme act of violence, killing a man and losing his best friend, Talin, in the bloody aftermath. Everything good in him died the day he was told that she, too, was dead.

Talin McKade barely survived a childhood drenched in bloodshed and terror. Now a new nightmare is stalking her life—the street children she works to protect are disappearing and turning up dead. Determined to keep them safe, she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart and returns to ask the help of the strongest man she knows...

Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again, his hunger to possess her, a clawing need born of the leopard within. As they race to save the innocent, Clay and Talin must face the violent truths of their past…or lose everything that ever mattered.

4.Tangle Of Need

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Adria, wolf changeling and resilient soldier, has made a break with her past—to face a devastating new challenge: Riaz, a SnowDancer lieutenant already sworn to another. For Riaz, the primal attraction he feels for Adria is a staggering betrayal. For Adria, his lone-wolf appeal is beyond sexual. It consumes her. It terrifies her. It threatens to undermines everything she has built of her new life. But fighting their wild compulsion is a losing battle.

Their coming together is an inferno…and a melding of two wounded souls who promise each other no commitment, no ties, no bonds. Only pleasure. Too late, they realize that they have more to lose than they ever imagined. Drawn into a cataclysmic Psy war that may alter the fate of the world itself, they must make a decision that might just break them both.

3.Lord Of The Abyss

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Micah: The Dark Prince As the dark lord who condemns souls to damnation, Micah is nothing but a feared barbarian wrapped in impenetrable black armour. He has no idea he is the last heir of Elden, it's last hope

Only one woman knows - the daughter of his enemy. Liliana is nothing like her father, the Blood Sorcerer who'd cursed Micah. 

She sees past Micah's armour to the prince inside. A prince whose sinful touch she craves. But first she has to brave his dark, dangerous lair and help him remember.

 Because they only have till midnight to save Elden, or their whole world will be lost...

2. Archangel's kiss

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Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find that she has become an angel-and that her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, likes having her under his control.

 But almost immediately, Raphael must ready Elena for a flight to Beijing, to attend a ball thrown by the archangel Lijuan. Ancient and without conscience, Lijuan's power lies with the dead. And she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena..

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1.Heart Of Obsidian

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A dangerous, volatile rebel, hands stained bloodred.

A woman whose very existence has been erased.

A love story so dark, it may shatter the world itself.

A deadly price that must be paid.

The day of reckoning is here.
From “the alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist) comes the most highly anticipated novel of her career—one that blurs the line between madness and genius, between subjugation and liberation, between the living and the dead.

Nalini Singh :  I've been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There's no other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of old age on my keyboard.

I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel around Asia. I’m back in New Zealand now, but I’m always plotting new trips. If you’d like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel Diary page (updated every month).
So far, I've worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer's mill

Website : www.nalinisingh.com

Amazon Page : www.amazon.com/nalini singh

I had a lot of trouble choosing these last three books. I loved them so much. But Heart Of Obsidian stood out because I had never expected the hero to fall in love. I mean he was supposed to be the bad guy.Well, as far as twists goes, it was really big one.

Archangel's Kiss had me revisiting many of its scenes. It was so poignant. The Love between Raphael and Elena was really heart touching , with so many memorable scenes that will stay with you forever.

Lord Of Abyss gave me break from the 'stunningly beautiful' heroines and the hero although he is very alpha had an air of innocence around him.The book was not part of any of her series but part of a series where each other wrote a continuation of books carrying a central story forward. This book provided the finale.

I would like to give a special mention for Caressed by Ice and  Kiss Of Snow, Sienna And Hawke's story was beautiful (in Kiss of Snow) but the evolution of the secondary characters story threatened to overpower theirs (too many pages set aside for that) and frankly that was annoying.

But, Nalini Singh is a pretty fantastic author and if you are into Romance especially the 'otherworldly' ones then she is a author you should definitely check out.

Did I miss your favourite book. Tell me, lets have a vote and I will rewrite my list.

 You can put your suggestions in the comment box below.

                                                                                                   

Top Ten Tuesdays

This page is a compilation of all those wonderful top ten lists.

Top ten books by our favourite author.

Top ten characters kick-ass heroines.

Top ten Hottest protagonists.

.I make an addition to this amazing compilation every Thursday. So watch out this page( bookmark if you want to ) for those Swoon-worthy, tear-worthy sand sometimes hilarious lists.
Do you also want to see your top ten list get published here. Send it to me. You can use "reviewers contact me tab" or "Let's connect tab" given above

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If You want to make a suggestion, for e.g. Top ten most adorable pets in books..Do let me know in the comments.

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A.B

Get the Top 10- the Best among everything.Now.

Hey, so I thought of starting a new series this time. No, Its not a fantasy novel like my spirit hunter series. Rather it's a Top Ten series. Where You get to meet The Top Ten paranormal fantasy authors or Top ten book with awesome world building etc.You get it, right.

So, which top ten list do you want to see first. Waiting for your suggestions in the comments list below. Or if you wanna contact me directly, there is a let's Connect tab in the upper left side. Do check it out. Thanks.

P.s : Top Ten Tuesday is approaching...

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A.B

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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A.B

Review of A Gift of Charms ( Book 1 of Dragor Series) by Julia Suzuki

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Hey so I am back with another fantasy review.. and this time the spotlight is on the mysterious dragons.

The lucky book this time is  A gift Of Charms By Julia Suzuki. This middle grade fantasy is book one in the Land of Dragor fantasy series.

Julia Suzuki takes you on ajourney through the Land of Dragor, ruled by the just Kinga and occupied by the seven clans, each with a special talent and colour. Our little hero Yoshiko is of the red clan Nephan, The clan of the king. Mysterious sighns had marked his birth and even through the later years, his ability to change colour- a secret he strives to keep bottled-makes him different from the other younglings. But the land of Dragor is in grave danger. A danger so destructive that it is being kept a secret. But the time is running out...and Yoshiko might be the only one who will be able save them all.




I love how the author meshes in the relevant issues of bullying and inferiority complexes so gracefully and beautifully.And Yoshiko is a powerful character whom I  ended up admiring for his courage in the face of such adversity and severe choices.The character developement was also pretty great and the secondary characters ,though they don't have a definite role in the first book, are well sketched. I loved  Igorr , even Amlia and Elsy were pretty well developed

I have to admit at first I had difficulty imagining dragons cooking and writing. But, as the story progresses, we quickly become engrossed in the story and the world of Dragor becomes familiar. So that issue is quickly settled.

The Plot is pretty good, though I thought the ending was little convenient. The execution is also nearly flawless till the end and even then I had very few issues.

A major problem I had with the story was the mature way ten year old Yoshiko talks in.All of the elders as well as Yoshiko seemed to talk in the same way. The rest of the younglings seem to act their age and talk their age , all except yoshiko. This is a point the author has to take care in the coming books.

But all in whole the book was a very entertaining read.

So, would I read the next part............YES I definitely would.
And would I recommend it for a read.......YES I would and not just for the 7-14 age category but for adults as well.

Now its time for the ratings....

Rating : 4/5

Usually I reduce much more if the ending is convenient and the characters voice doesn't match his age . But, the story was too well written for that.

As a concluding note I would like to thank the Author Julia for providing me the free copy in return for an honest review.

P.s : Click on the above image to buy the book  

As a child Julia grew up listening to the magical sounds of fair rides and animals from a theme park next to her home in Staffordshire,England. A love of reading nature and outdoors fed her colourful imagination and inspired her to become an author.

She has won
                     British Arts Council award 2014
                      and Patron of Reading 2014

Julia has been featured in The Mirror, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Express, Womans Own,The Guardian and on blogs throughout the world.

Website : www.juliasuzuki.com
Twitter  : twitter.com/JuliaSuzuki_uk

Review of the Winter King by C.L Wilson

Ever since I read the blurb for The king I've been dying to read it. But I was in the middle of a series when I bought the book. I tried to resist, thinking that I will read it after I finish the series. But the lure proved to strong for me.I finally read it.  And the first thing that came to my mind was to read the rest of the books by C.L Wilson.

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I loved the winter king spanning over 500 pages was the love story of winter king and his summer bride. A story of betrayal, war and forbidden love. All the ingredients that made me love the book.

I also found the planning, character development and pace of the story near perfect .The characters are very much real and the heroine is endearing .

On the whole I found it a very satisfying read.

So my rating would be

Rating : 5/5

Yay I gave a book 5.

P.s : since I'm writing this from my mobile. There are several shortcomings for this review.

As soon I get a laptop ill add a picture , link to amazon and the summary .

And if you want I'll definitely write more about the book.