Through the Zombie Glass

Zombies stalk the night. Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls. Sadly, they've got mine...
Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong.
After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears. But the worst? A terrible darkness blooms inside her, urging her to do very wicked things.
She's never needed her team of zombie slayers more, but ultra bad-boy Cole Holland, the leader and her boyfriend, suddenly withdraws from her...from everyone. Now, with her best friend Kat at her side, Ali must kill the zombies, uncover Cole's secret and learn to fight the darkness.
But the clock is ticking...and if she fails at a single task, they're all doomed.


So now were into book 2, and let me tell you so much happens!! Ok first like the description says the zombie's have Alice's soul, well at least part of it. We call her Zombie Ali. So does she defeat Z.A. and how much does it cost her? Oh and something big happens between her and Cole. I won't give too much away but you go from cheering them on as they kill all the zombies, to OMG, to heartbreak and tears. A lot goes down in this book but there is so much left in the story you can't wait to continue the series to find out more. I am already halfway through the next series and will be posting my review in a couple days, but for now i will leave you with this.. Pay attention to the titles in each chapter you may get a sneak peek of what is gonna happen in the chapter ;) ! 

Alice in Zombieland

She won't rest until she's sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.

If anyone had told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that's all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.

Her father was right. The monsters are real.

To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn't careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies.

What a wonderful take on Alice in Wonderland! If you are obsessed with zombies, kicking ass and just all things awesome like that then this is the series for you! I read the entire book in a day! Yeah i know a tad crazy- but soon ill be working 12 hour shifts, and school for 6 hours on my days off so i gotta enjoy reading now! 

Ok Ok back to the book ! So what i loved about this book was each chapter had fun titles that we would find in Alice in wonderland. What separates this book from the typical remake of Alice is- their is no rabbit hole, no happily ever after, but there is a white rabbit if you count a cloud that forewarns you something horrible will be coming that night... A truly memorizing read from the very beginning to the very end- it is a series with i believe 4 books in total. I was able to get it from my local library so this isn't something you have to go and spend money on if you dont want too. I Know how Expensive Books can Get!! :) 

Any questions before starting leave a comment and i will answer right away.. hopefully without giving away too many spoilers ! :) 

Spelled (Storymakers Series)

Somewhere over the rainbow, all spell is about to break loose…

Fairy Tale Survival Rule No. 32: If you find yourself at the mercy of a wicked witch, sing a romantic ballad and wait for your Prince Charming to save the day.

Yeah, no thanks. Dorthea is completely princed out. Sure being the crown princess of Emerald has its perks—like Glenda Original ball gowns and Hans Christian Louboutin heels. But a forced marriage to the charming brooding prince Kato is so not what Dorthea had in mind for her enchanted future.

Talk about unhappily ever after.

Trying to fix her prince problem by wishing on a (cursed) star royally backfires, leaving the kingdom in chaos and her parents stuck in some place called “Kansas.” Now it’s up to Dorthea and her pixed off prince to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz and undo the curse…before it releases the wickedest witch of all and spells The End for the world of Story.


Another remake on a classic except this one is amazing ! We all know the story of Dorthea and the wizard of OZ. Except in this story Dorthea is the crown princess of Emerald City, and her parents are king and queen. They are trying to marry her off, except she doesn't want that and keeps turning away every suitor. One night during a party after meeting a very annoying suitor, she manages to finally get away from him, and ends up in the garden where she sees a young girl. The little girl tells her she has a gift for her, it looks like a poorly made child's gift, except the message that came with the gift will change everything... It's a wishing star, and you can only use it when your heart desires something the most. Sadly for Dorthea though she puts it in her dress pocket, and when her parents spring on her that she is to be married to someone they agreed to, she makes a horrible wish... That she never has to deal with her parents again. Suddenly light burst from the gift and when she opens her eyes again, the former ball room is now a war zone, and all different creatures are running around. Belle is now a beast, her former "Prince" is some fur ball animal trying to eat her slipper, and that little girl is walking up to the throne that moments before her parents sat at. Which they are now gone, nothing left except their crowns. That little girl suddenly transforms into the wicked Grey Queen. She only tells Dorthea that she is going to kill her, the queen is smarter than to give away her whole wicked plan. With the help of a friend Dorthea manages to escape for now... 

I loved this story because it shows a different side to every fairy tale we ever knew! The wizard of OZ, yeah he's evil! He is actually the Wizard of IS, which is simply putting he is a micmicman, and can transform himself into anything or anybody that is living. Kansas where we all thought Dorthea was from, is a unknown place that her parents ended up in. A truly fun read that you will not be able to put down. There are 3 books in the series and i cannot wait to read them all ! 

The Girl in the Glass Box

A witch. An apple. A mirror. That's all most people think of when they recall the story of Snow White. But the truth is rarely so simple . What if the Queen wasn't born evil and the princess wasn't always so pure of heart? Is it possible that these two women could have ended up in one another's place?The Girl in the Glass Box tells the story of Agrippine and Genevieve, two women who are not all that different, but who quickly learn that through a series of choices, encounters, and devastating losses that the course of their fates can change in an instant. Through the influences of the people they love and lose, both are redefined as their stories head for a different sort of happily-ever-after.

So this is a new version on Snow white.. We learn more about the evil Queen, where she came from and who she was before becoming the infamous evil queen we all love to hate. She wasn't born evil, rather a simple girl just trying to make her father happy. Her father though saw her as nothing more than a servant and value that he could sell off to expand his kingdom and increase his riches. He sold her off when she was just 18 to marry a king in a neighboring kingdom, he was hoping once she married and produced a son that their kingdom's would unite and expand. The book fast forward 10 years after her marriage so you dont get much back story from the wedding day to the present. 

10 years Later: The queen is now evil, she hates Snow, and her husband. The village people and her servants are terrified of her, since she will kill anyone for any reason. She is treating Snow the same way her father treated her. Her magic mirror, contains her mother who was killed by her father and his men for being a witch. So her mother is telling her Snow will be her downfall, and the book continues similar to the original Snow white fairy tale. Except Snow and her love interest Oliver, disappear after Oliver over hears the Queen saying she is going to kill snow white, for her beauty. Once they disappear they begin to race through the woods trying to escape the men now hunting them. Oliver sadly though is taken by the Queen's magical powers and is left unconscious but right before that he tells Snow to keep running no matter what. She tries to hide his body as best as possible but the men find him and drag him back to the Queen. She turns Oliver into a bird that she can control because he will lead her to Snow. Eventually Snow is rescued by five dwarfs, who find her near death after she drank some bad water, and nearly killed her. They help her to get healthy again, and they offer her refuge in their home, since they do not know she is the Queens' Step daughter. Over time Snow learns the basic household cleaning, cooking etc. But the Queen is still hunting her... 

Does she find her ? And if she does what happens? I loved the ending since it was a twist on the classic, but a good twist! Enjoy !! 

Butterfly Suicide

Butterfly suicide. 

The blood on the cafeteria floor has been washed away and the bullet holes plastered over, but those words carved deeply into the back of the worn auditorium chair will always be a reminder for the students of Rockingham High School of what happened there last May. For Stephen Valley, the brother of infamous school shooter Jude Valley, that day is one he will never be allowed to forget—especially since the small town blames him for the loss of the seven students killed in Jude’s rampage. Unfortunately, poverty has a firm grip on his mother’s finances, imprisoning him in the bigoted town with no options to leave.

Monica Monroe, a self proclaimed Theatre Nerd, hates being known only as the sister of Jude Valley’s murdered girlfriend, Simone. Even though she’s never believed Jude killed her sister over a lover’s quarrel, she does blames herself for not seeing what a monster he was. When she is partnered with Stephen for an acting scene in Theatre class, Monica views this as an opportunity to finally get some answers. Being paired with Stephen proves to be dangerous for her emotional well being and her heart. When he is beaten up for being on her street, Monica realizes his life after the actions of Jude has been as traumatic as her own.

Drawn together by tragedy, the two stumble across a shattering secret which threatens to ruin their blossoming romance and destroy their families.


This is a powerful book to read... Not only do you see the after effects of a school shooting, but you follow two victims who each have their own story come together. First is Stephen who is Jude (the school shooter) brother, and how he has to continue living after his brother sits in prison for his crimes. You see how the other students, and even the neighborhood treats him and his mother. They feel like they should have known he was going to do something, and been able to stop him. What we learn throughout the book that even before Jude went into school that day their have been trouble at home, he treated his brother Stephen badly, constantly hitting him, and abusing him in different ways. Even Jude's mother was verbally abused by Jude. They thought it was just his breakup with his girlfriend Simone, but when the truth finally comes out it is a whole lot worse. 
Monica is also a victim, her sister was killed that day in the school cafeteria. You learn how she is unable to even go into her sisters room because it's too hard, how she is handling her sisters death, and her love interest who just happens to be Stephen Valley. She can't take the sympathy from everyone at school anymore, her parents are dealing with their own issues so they aren't helping her. 
A truly powerful, heartfelt read for anyone who wants to open their eyes to the affects school shooting's or any other act of terrorism, because lets face it that is what it is. You will see that some things cant be stopped or changed no matter how much we think we know someone. They are always hiding something deeper, darker than we can imagine. 

Six Little Secrets

Six hidden pasts.

One deadly outcome.

Some secrets never stay hidden for long…

Six teenagers meet in Saturday detention: a brain, a beauty, a cheerleader, a rebel, a recluse and the new girl.

But someone is watching. Someone has made sure that they are all in the same room at the same time. Someone knows that each of them is hiding a terrible secret…

…and by the end of detention, everyone will know the truth.

Modern day Breakfast Club... Six students all in Saturday detention, and all have something to hide. You have the beauty queen, the nerd, the rebel, the kleptomaniac, the student who spends her Saturday's there to study, and the new girl. The teacher watching them has to step away for a moment, and while he's away a message comes over the intercom, "Were going to play a game, find the red slip with your name on it and complete the task... if you dont or tell anyone out of this room, you will face the consequences..." So they all think this is some joke until they find the first red slip with the nerd Teddy's name on it. His task his to find his favorite book, he only has 15 minutes. So they are like okay what is going on, they decide to play along... So teddy goes to find his favorite book and inside is ten $100 bills. He has to burn them... Time runs out and he doesn't do the task, suddenly he hears the alert on his phone, which BTW is locked away in the file cabinet. The alert he heard was set for either a withdrawal or deposit into his bank account. Did he lose everything just now by not burning that money? 

While he was inspecting the money to see if it was real he realized only nine of them were, the last one is red with another name on it... What will be the next task and how deadly do the games get?

I managed to finish this book in half a day, and found it fun to read. You didn't know what or who would be next and the task they had to do or else... The twist at the ending was fun when you finally find out who the voice was on the intercom, and also find out who was working with who. Finally when you finally find out everyone's secret you will be surprised to see the facade people put on... 

What are you hiding? And what could it cost you? 

Turtles all the way down

Sixteen year old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but theres a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy is eager to investigate. So together they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them Russell Picketts son Davis.
      Aza is trying. Trying  to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student,  and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the veer tightening spiral of her own thoughts.


I received this book from GMA the other day when John Green was there, i wasn't sure if i was going to enjoy this book since he has a young following. As i began to read though i found myself unable to stop reading.
While the back story intertwined with Aza's personal struggles, is finding the missing billionaire. Most of  the story is about Aza and the mental issues she is facing. I found this part to be the best, because it is something a lot of young adults, and adults are facing. Thoughts that are not your own, you can't control your mind, and your sucked into this ever tightening spiral of thoughts that take over and control your life. I know from personal experience someone who suffers from something similar, not to the extent Aza does in the book, but thoughts that never stop, a mind that cannot be controlled by our selves. Where as Aza not only feels that she is unable to control what is going on, but she feels as though she is not real, a fictional character being narrated by someone else. That her life does not matter, because everything that is going to happen to her has already been decided by someone else. The extremes she goes to will blow your mind and help you to better understand mental illness.
The title Turtles all the way down is a metaphor that i had to research because i wasn't sure until further into the book, but it pretty much means ""Turtles all the way down" is an expression of the infinite regress problem in cosmology posed by the "unmoved mover" paradox. The metaphor in the anecdote represents a popular notion of the model that Earth is actually flat and is supported on the back of a World Turtle, which itself is propped up by a column of turtles.^[1]Questioning what the final turtle might be standing on, the anecdote humorously concludes that it is "turtles all the way down". (taken from Wikipedia). 
I loved this metaphor because within itself it deals with the mental illness that Aza deals with, that she cannot find her self within her own body. She is just turtles all the way down. 

The Bar Code Tattoo

Individuality vs. Conformity

Identity vs. Access

Freedom vs. Control

The bar code tattoo. Everybody's getting it. It will make your life easier, they say. It will hook you in. It will become your identity.

But what if you say no? What if you don't want to become a code? For Kayla, this one choice changes everything. She becomes an outcast in her high school. Dangerous things happen to her family. There's no option but to run...for her life.

This book begins very quickly and captures you till the very end. 
I found that you are able to understand how this book goes, if you think about it how far off are we from the bar code tattoo that not only tracks everything you do, but tells you things about your DNA and medical records that you dont even know yet? 
This book shows how we evolved from SSN, Drivers License, Credit cards- to future 2020-2025 where the have e-cards, which stored all their money- paper money no longer existed. Cell phones became a thing of the past since everything became electronic. The bar code tattoo became something that anyone who turned 17 would get, at first it wasn't mandatory, but that soon changed. The government was over taken by a company called Global-1 who ran everything from the food you put on your table to your money and even your health. The bar code tattoo was just suppose to store your banking, and ID you except it stored much more than anyone realized. 

Follow Kayla along her journey to resist the bar code tattoo and the group she joins called the decoders, watch as people she trust turn their back on her, stab her in the back, and even traitors among them. This story will stay with you and you will be rushing to read the next 2 books in the series, I am currently waiting for the other 2 books from the library. But i will be posting again soon !

Alone

"When her mom inherits an old, crumbling mansion, Seda’s almost excited to spend the summer there. The grounds are beautiful and it’s fun to explore the sprawling house with its creepy rooms and secret passages. Except now her mom wants to renovate, rather than sell the estate—which means they're not going back to the city…or Seda's friends and school. 

As the days grow shorter, Seda is filled with dread. They’re about to be cut off from the outside world, and she’s not sure she can handle the solitude or the darkness it brings out in her.

Then a group of teens get stranded near the mansion during a blizzard. Seda has no choice but to offer them shelter, even though she knows danger lurks in the dilapidated mansion—and in herself. And as the snow continues to fall, what Seda fears most is about to become her reality…: (netgalley)

Scary, heart pounding, bloody, a crazy train that holds on until the very end... 

We follow Seda in this story since the story is told from her point of view. This creepy old house which she has deemed the "BUG HOUSE" out in the middle of nowhere, her aunt and uncle use to own it and run a murder mystery out of it. Seda just wants to go home to Boston, go back to a normal life, but that dream gets further and further away. 

She has 4 younger brother and sisters, who are each a set of twins. Seda was supposedly a twin too, but she absorbed her twin in the room, his name was suppose to be Sawyer. Except Seda can feel sawyer inside her, hear his voice. When she was younger her mother said it was just an imaginary friend, but as Seda grew older she knew Sawyer was real, and was the voice inside her. 

A huge snowstorm has just hit, and a group of teens have become stranded on their property. Seda knows she can't let them in the house, because then bad things will happen, so they spend the night out in the cold shed that is far enough away from the house. Except the next day when Seda goes out to get firewood, the young boy she likes is there and sure as shit, her mother comes out and sees the young man, now the group of kids are in the house and Seda is trying hard to stop anything from happening. 

Seda's mother decides they need to do something fun, since they missed Halloween, and it's Seda's birthday- so they are going to do a scavenger hunt- except it's going to be gory, and scary as hell... 

They are broken up into teams, and dressed in different costumes, everything begins all fun and games until a dark turns begins. The costumes each person picked, well it seems the game just turned real,and how ever they were dressed is how they die. 

In the BUG HOUSE, each room has a name and a plaque, of someone who stayed there and died, in the most gruesome way. Seda never thought anything of it until tonight when each person dies in the room, the same way the plaque describes... 

Suddenly everyone is dead, except Seda and Heath, the young boy she liked. Her mom, and brothers and sisters are all missing. Seda knows she can't leave without at least knowing if they are dead. So her and Heath begin looking, except suddenly Heath is hurt, and their is someone in the house.... Could Sawyer be real? While looking for bandages for Heath, Seda comes across a note in her mothers handwriting to her aunt. It says thank you for taking care of Sawyer, when he is behaving you can take him out of his restraints, I'm so sorry for doing this but he cannot be allowed to hurt anyone else.... 

So Sawyer is real?! And now he is loose in the house, and coming for Seda, because she was allowed to live and have a great life... 

This book has you on the edge of your seat, and the ending is a total twist, one you never see coming.. 

Girl without a Face

This story begins with a 17 year old girl named Destiny, who wakes from a car accident with amnesia, she had been driving late at night on a wet road, when all of a sudden she lost control of her car...
She wakes in the hospital with no memory of anything before now- a woman is sitting on the end of her bed, saying she's Mom, but Dez cant remember her, a few days in the hospital, and she is released. She is sent home with mom, but when she gets there nothing feels right, like a stranger in her own home.
Her mother is extremely over protective, she's homeschooled, and not allowed to leave the house or speak to any of the neighbors.
Dez wants her memories back, so while her mother is at work she breaks the rules and goes out. While walking down the road she comes across an alligator (they live extremely close to the everglades in Florida.) Scared frozen, she has to think quickly and makes a run for home, even though her body is still recovering from the car accident. A young man pulls up and says hi, but Dez is too scared and keeps running home.
A few days later she is determined not to stay locked away forever, and decides to go out again, except this time she's more careful, and once again the young man she saw the other day pulls over and says hi to her, since its late at night she cant really see him, and he offers her a ride home since she is now far away.
Over the next few weeks, Dez keeps breaking the rules and sneaking out late at night to meet up with Gabriel, the next door neighbor, she is determined to get her memories back, Gabriel had taken her picture and posted it online, people begin to comment, saying she looks familiar and horrible things such as good riddance.
Her mother is not only over protective but very abusive, Dez was having trouble doing the math homework, and when her mother screamed at her that she knows this and why is she not doing it correctly, dez fought back and her mother smacked her across her face, and ear which had damage from the accident.
Now fearful of her mother she is trying everything to keep her happy, until one night she is washing dishes and drops a glass that breaks, she knows her mother is going to hit her again, but this time she is ready and fights back. She manages to get away from her just in time to see her mother grab a meat tenderizer, and come after her. Dez locks her self away in her room, determined to stay away from her. While the mother is on the other side of the door now crying and begging for her forgiveness.

Since it is now a weekend, her mother is home and Dez is stuck inside all weekend doing things with her, like watching VHS, and knitting.

Things continue this way for a little while, until suddenly Dez remembers the passcode to the phone she has been hiding from her mother, she unlocks it and is amazed by the pictures of this girl, straight her, heavy makeup, it cant be her right? But then she thinks back to all the dreams she has been having since she's awoken, and things start to come back to her.

"Dez" has gotten her memories back, and things are way off in this picture, her mother is not who she says she is, Dez is not who she is told she is, and the craziness and heart pounding adventure begins.
I could not put this book down!

The Adjustment

Program #5

The Program has been shut down, the handlers are gone, no more pills to stop memories.. Sounds perfect right? But what happens to those that went to the program? Or those who only went partially through it...

We follow Tatum, and her boyfriend Weston as they go on this journey together.
Weston was taken through the program, and completed before they shut down. Now he just returned to their school- since everything run under the program even the school was shut down. Now everyone is back in public school together, except Weston doesn't remember the love of his life Tatum.
Tatum decides she is not going to give up on him and will do everything in her power to get him to remember her and their love, a new therapy is being rumored to work,, The Adjustment.

Tatum and Weston decide to try the Adjustment, when they go to meet the doctor, a Dr. Mckee and his assistant Marie, they feel the pros outweigh the cons, and begin the adjustment.

Tatum will donate her memories through a series of truth serum, and electrodes attached to her, then once the memory is captured it is configured and transferred to Weston. The two of them go through 3 our of 4 Adjustments before Weston starts telling Tatum things don't feel right, his head and heart are at war, emotions dont make sense with the memory...

Could Tatum be lying about the memories of them and the emotions that went with them, or was something else going on entirely?

Random people begin showing up throughout Weston and Tatum's life, people they never spoke to before, and ever since the first Adjustment Tatum is experiencing headaches and nose bleeds, memory crash backs... How can this be for someone who never went through the Program?

A sinister plot twist takes place that leaves you in awe.. There is one more book in the series and sadly won't be released until 2018!!! There are so many twist and turns throughout this series, each page leaves you wanting more!

The Epidemic

The Program #4

In a world before the Program, Quinn helps people close out their grief. She can mimic anyones actions, speech, smell, everything about that person. Someone close to you died young? Then call the grief department and they will send in a closer to help you say goodbye and get past that part of the grief process so you can begin to heal and move on with your life...

In this last book we were left with Quinn hunting down Arthur to find her identity, In this book Quinn continues her search and finds Arthur's daughter Virginia is in connection with this. Every person Virginia comes into contact with dies, why? Is she the reason the program began or did it begin even before that?

Quinn learns why she can't remember her mom, or anything about her life before she became Quinn. She was sent in to help Tom (her dad) close out Quinns life, but Tom and Marie had different plans, and instead of using this child to help close that gap they turned her into Quinn. Now she is on the run from the grief department because she violated her contract, and they are taking all closers and transitioning them into Handlers.

We follow Quinn and Deacon on their journey to find Virginia, and Arthur the reason all this is happening. Along the journey we find more about what happened to Quinn, how Arthur has used memory manipulation on her, and she is his patient zero. Now he thinks that memory manipulation worked great and begins experimenting on his daughter Virginia. Except his daughter is stronger than he thought and she's remembering things he made her forget. She feels empty, a shell without a soul. One night Quinn is acting as her "friend" they go to a high school party where Virginia goes off and talks to a friend, Micah. While Quinn is standing  by watching everyone she notices a young boy Roderick standing alone in the corner acting off. He's the host of the party yet he isn't enjoying one second of it, just the previous week his girlfriend was sent into the mental institution and they dont think she will be let out. Quinn watches in horror and unable to act quick enough as Roderick walks to the balcony and jumps. Quinn and Virginia race out of there, before Virginia leaves she tells Quinn to remind  her of tonight if she forgets.

Virginia forgets Quinn, forgets Roderick and soon Micah as well, sadly it seems every one that is friends with Virginia is dying. Why? Is it a virus or is she saying something to them. Meanwhile Arthur is setting his plans in motion to begin the Program, every one under 18 is mandated to attend and be cleansed. Arthur has no idea how badly he is messing his daughter up, he doesn't want to see that every time he is taking a little more of her away.

One night they are hiding out, waiting for Virginia after a meltdown at a Volleyball game, she screamed that she remembered everything and was taken away by her father. Quinn knows she can't leave Virginia behind- so they see her and take her away to talk. Arthur knows who took his daughter, and tells Marie (their advisor) if they dont return his daughter he will issue an Amber Alert.

Deacon has left the motel where they are hiding to get the truth from Marie, but it has been hours, and now Marie called and never mentioned Deacon being there, just that she needs her best closers to come over ASAP.
Quinn, Aaron, Reed, Shep and Tabitha are suppose to be there..Except only Quinn, Read, Aaron and Shep are there. Shep is quickly dismissed by a envelope full of money, we find out that he was comprimsed and is a handler. Tabitha "tabby" is missing, deacon is missing. Arthur? We dont know yet but think so. Quinn and Aaron listen to Marie when she tells them to hide, Arthur is coming and so is the Program. They leave and watch in horror as Reed has been different ever since dropping off Virginia.

Reed can't take what Virginia told him, how she knows what her father has been doing to her, how he's taking away her memories and making her into a new person. He will be doing this to everyone. Reed only has one person he ever cared for and it was his late Girlfriend Katy. (she passed sometime before the book.) He couldn't take not remembering her ever, so before Arthur came with the Program Reed takes his life in the bathroom of the motel while Quinn slams and screams at him from the other side of the door.
Quinn and Aaron are the only ones left, and they are going to do one dumbass plan, go straight to Arthur.

What will happen? Will they escape with Deacon or will the Program take them?

**Remember Tabby and Shep from the first book? This is where it all began for them..."

The Remedy

The Program # 3
"The Only Cure for a Broken Heart is the... Remedy."

"In a world before The Program…

Quinlan McKee is a closer. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill—she can “become” anyone.

Recommended by grief counselors, Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of fifteen and twenty. She’s not an exact copy, of course, but she wears their clothes and changes her hair, studies them through pictures and videos, and soon, Quinn can act like them, smell like them, and be them for all intents and purposes. But to do her job successfully, she can’t get attached.

Now seventeen, Quinn is deft at recreating herself, sometimes confusing her own past with those of the people she’s portrayed. When she’s given her longest assignment, playing the role of Catalina Barnes, Quinn begins to bond with the deceased girl’s boyfriend. But that’s only the beginning of the complications, especially when Quinn finds out the truth about Catalina’s death. And the epidemic it could start."

Your sucked into this book the moment you begin reading, imagine a world where we could be replaced. A world where someone like Quinn comes in and mimic's everything about us, just so our loved ones can say their good byes or how sorry they are for our death. How would you know who you or anymore? Or even what's real? 

We follow Quinn on this journey through every twist and turn, the last assignment she nearly loses herself, but she is brought back, just to question every thing again! The shocking end will have you running to the store for the next book in the series! 

The Treatment

The Program #2:
"The only cure for the Program is... THE TREATMENT..."

Sloane and James are on the run after barely surviving the Program, but they are not out of the woods yet! They are in more danger now than they were before. They are on the run and their has been an Amber alert sent out for them, news coverage is going crazy for their "Bonnie and Clyde" runaway story. They are trying to make it everyday just the two of them until one day they are in a rest stop and a white van blocks them in, panicking they are thinking its the program and the handlers have come to take them back, but instead they find friends of Realm, and are told to go with them. We find out these friends are the rebels against the program, but can you really trust these people? Or are there a few who are embedded handlers? We follow James and Sloane though out their journey with the rebels always staying on step ahead of the program, but the shocking end to this sequel will have you shocked! Who turns on who? And is there a way to stop the program from erasing everything?

Shocking and suspenseful! You will be on the edge of your seat with fear and gaping when the truth comes out!

The Program

Teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.

Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone, especially her parents or at school... If they think she's depressed for any reason shell be sent to the Program and be wiped clean. 
They call them the "returners" they dont remember anyone or anything from their past, they are new people, they dont even dress like themselves anymore... 

What is really going on in there? Sloane and her boyfriend James can't help but wonder as they have heard their friend Lacey who was taken to the Program 6 weeks ago is now back-- does she remember them? does she remember her boyfriend Miller? 

The 3 of them, Sloane, James, and Miller decide to go to the school where "the returners" have to attend, seeing as too much stimulus on their brains could cause total malfunction. They want to see if Lacey remembers them, sadly she does not... For Miller it becomes to much to take and ends his life....

Now Sloane and James have to not only carry on living like nothing is wrong, but have to hide the grief setting in from losing their friend. 
James can't take it and cant hide it anymore, the school notices, and his dad notices... They call the program and he's sent away. 
Now Sloane is left all alone-- she tries to carry on like nothing is wrong while inside she is dying.. She goes to the wellness center, which is a place for returners and non returners to "hang-out" in a safe place for them and everyone else. Except Sloane is there hoping to see James. One day he walks in and looks at her like she is a stranger.. To him she is nobody, they never had a past, and never loved her.
Sloane is unable to accept that and begins to fall apart, that night she screams at her parents and takes off- she is going to end her life but she can't go through with it... 

Fast forward: her mother calls the Program on her, sloane is sent to the Program, and she is wiped clean. The things that go on are unthinkable- you must voluntarily take the meds they give you or your forcefully injected- you talk about things you dont want to talk about- then after your given another med and stumble down the hallway to your bedroom. Where the handler that gives you the creeps is standing there with that creepy smile. Blackout... Wake up in your bed straped down, being told your a danger to yourself...Blackout... Wake up to the nurse telling you its time to eat. What happened to the creepy handler ? Did he rape you? 

I WONT GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH! But this is a must read for any suspense, sic-fi, young adult fan! A series and I'm currently reading the second book! Just as good!! 

Crowns of Croswald

"In Croswald, the only thing more powerful than dark magic is one secret...

For sixteen years Ivy Lovely has been hidden behind an enchanted boundary that separates the mundane from the magical. When Ivy crosses the border, her powers awaken. Curiosity leads her crashing through a series of adventures at the Halls of Ivy, a school where students learn to master their magical blood and the power of Croswald's mysterious gems. When Ivy s magic and her life is threatened by the Dark Queen, she scrambles to unearth her history and save Croswald before the truth is swept away forever." (Netgalley) 

From the moment you begin to the very end you will feel transported into another magical world. The author gives such detail that you picture your right there in the Halls of Ivy, seeing the Dark Queen, and even fighting along side Ivy Lovely. 

Throughout the book from the moment Ivy is taken to the Halls of Ivy strange things keep happening, why all of a sudden are these things happening? And how is it possible that Ivy can do things no first year student has ever been able to do. 

Follow Ivy along her path of becoming a maid, to learning she has magical powers, and maybe more... 

The twist and turns in this book will have you on the edge of your seat! The cliff hanger ending will leave you dying for more! This is a series and only book 1 is currently available but don't worry loves as soon as book 2 is out i will be getting my hands on it!! 

A favorite for anyone, of any age! If you love fantasy, sic-fi, romance, magic and all things mysterious then this will be your new summer read! 

Amber Sky

"You thought I did this out of the goodness of my heart?" He gave a short mirthless laugh. "Not a bit of it, this is going to be dangerous for me. What are you offering for my help?"

Beneath the Amber Sky, the nobility control the food, education, and the mysterious C.O.I.L.S of Copper and Brass. To Tay, struggling to keep her siblings alive, the ideas of rebellion and freedom are distant and unreachable. 

But when her father is arrested, she begs Darius James, the son of the Overseer, to save his life. Darius agrees, but his help costs her a favour, one he can call in at any time. 

Darius' favour will bring her to the Palace, and the perfect position to help the growing rebellion. But the court has games beyond anything she has seen before, and Darius' secrets will add to the danger.

Tay is now able to make a difference, to join the rebellion, find the C.O.I.L.S and discover the secrets of the Amber Sky. All she has to do is survive. (netgalley)

I found myself transported into another world, another time while reading this book. This story captures you and doesn't let go even when your on the last page!

You follow Tay along her journey, from being a poor girl trying to keep herself and her two siblings alive while her father has been sent to the mine to die. She is sent by his "friends" to a man named Darius who is higher in rank and power than anyone she has met before. He tells Tay that he will help but she must owe him something. When he calls that favor in she is transported into the world she only saw from servants eyes. 

Now playing royalty she has to encounter things she never knew existed, and face her fears as she comes across things only nightmares are made of! 

You will not be able to put this book down and will most likely end up reading it in a day! Enjoy it!! This is a series and sadly book two has not been released but i will be continuing with the series! 

Court of Wings and Ruin (Series)

This book is part of a series so i suggest if you havent read series 1 and 2 then do not read as it will contain spoilers!

This book is # 3 in the series and yes there will be more!

We begin with Rys and Feyre now free from Amarantha's rule enjoying their new mated life... All so seems to be going well...

Remember her two sisters were thrown into the cauldron- so we dont know how they are doing...

A war is beginning someone has taken control of the cauldron and is learning how to harness the power- enemies must come together to keep their world alive.
A powerful story one that will keep you up late turning page after page till you get to the very end!


This is not the ending thou- oh no Sarah J. Mass has another one in store for us in 2018-- if you are a fan of this series then you must read! Be prepared thou there are points that will have you tearing up because we get to know this characters so well, and come to love them.. maybe the ones you love don't survive this war....

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This book gives you it all! Sci-fi, romance, comedy, suspense and the best cliff hanger ending!! An advance e-book copy was given to me for an honest review- and i fell in love with this book! So it begins with this young girl named Julia and her friends (the lost kids) they call themselves. They have special abilities than make them differ from the outside world- they aren't even aware yet of some of the abilities they have. So we follow Julia throughout the book- how her life gets changed by every choice she makes. Her father is the leader of their community (which is also all supernatural people) they have to hide their talents from outsiders (normal people) because not only do they posse unnatural abilities such as speed, strength, beauty, some also have a talent to control people, things, and even minds. They feel as though they will not only be killed for these things if the real world knew everything about them, but that they would become government test rats. So understandably so, they hid and continue to move and hid every few years. We watch Julia who does nothing wrong- but is made an example out of by her father, sent to a regular school to show she can follow rules and blend in with every day people. During this time she learns to keep to herself until she meets John- who will change her life, she learns amazing new things about herself, about the outside world, and eventually about her "family." The ending is completely unexpected and WOW the cliff hanger it leaves you with. This is number 1 in a series that will be available in october... Until then loves- you must wait and hope you enjoy this as much as i did!!