Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown

Release Date: June 12, 2012
Publisher: Random House Children's Books, Delacorte BFYR
Received from: NetGalley
Rating: 4
Cover Thoughts: It just feels like it's missing something... maybe a merman with brilliant green eyes.
Review: While reading I had some random thoughts that I wrote down. So  I am using that as part of my review

Random #1: It just feels like it's missing something... maybe a merman with brilliant green eyes.

"Looking at you. Do you find that odious?"
"Odious? Who says that?"

Odious - extremely unpleasant; replusive

Random #2: Lily's mom is an interesting person. I have been around one person with the same disease (don't click disease if you don't want a spoiler), but she is so vibrant and it was weird to see another side

Random #3: The only part I truly disliked about the entire story was when she quoted the bible verses. I hate bible verses taken out of context and then you throw it into something that has not once before mentioned it. Very annoying

Random #4: Mermaids are an interesting idea and they are always wrapped up around evil. I really liked the idea of how these particular mermaids needed Humans positive energy to live and feel alive or else they would sunk into depression. I also find it interesting that merman would rather not kill, while mermaids are vindictive and out for revenge and don't care if it's the right person or not.

Random #5: This book is published by Random House Children's books. I do not feel that this story in anyway is a childrens book. Young Adult for sure but I wouldn't be handing it to any 13 year olds.

Random #6: I love her tattoo idea No Coward Soul is Mine (the poem by Emily Bronte) what a great idea. However the sport she gets it in, extremely childish... but then again she is only 16.

END: I really enjoyed the story but I don't think it's something I would read again, though I would definitely read another book by Anne Greenwood Brown.

Teaser Tuesday

She was wearing the most ridiculous skirt, an ankle-length patchwork of velvet and paisley squares. A small backpack hung from her arm. Her hair swung behind her in buoyant curls against a tight navy T-Shirt.



Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

Jessica #2
borrowed from a Book Lover (Co-Worker)

This series has been my favourite books of the year. #2 did not disappoint. At first though I was really frustrated with Jessica, she was whiny and weak. But when the change happened it made me really happy. The way it happened was so well written and felt natural.

Mindy was a surprise to, she was so annoying. I never really enjoyed her as a character. Until this book. She really came alive in this book for me. I enjoyed her train of thoughts, especially the haircutting scene.

I am putting the entire series on my must buy list, cause I will definitely be reading these ones over and over!

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

The Infernal Devices #2
borrowed from Book Lover (A Co-Worker)

I started this Friday night and finished it before two on Saturday. It's a five hundred page suck you in read. I am pretty glad I read most of this at home, because just randomly bursting into laughter while on the train causes people to give you very strange looks!

"Did he tell you of his goals?" Will interrupted. "Of the ultimate purpose of the club?"
"The destruction of all Shadowhunters," said Scott. "I rather thought though you knew that. It isn't a gardening club."

We met Werewolves in this book. I love werewolves! Oh and Magnus Bane, he is actually in the Mortal Instruments books, because he is a Warlock and they live forever! I liked getting background on Magnus. He is a very interesting fellow.
Jessamine was a surprise in this book. I really dislike her. I did not expect that type of ending with her. I knew she was a horribly spoiled girl but WOW.
Will secret is very interesting and I want to say I was disappointed with the ending of it. But I am not, all questions were answer just in a way I won't have gone but makes perfect sense in the character.

She couldn't have been named something awful, could she, like mildred. He couldn't imagine lying awake at night, staring up at the ceiling while invisible voices whispered "Mildred" in his ears.

Jem actually isn't as favoured in this book for me. Will won out. But I am happy with how Tessa handled things. And it that isn't cryptic I don't know what is! I am so sad that Clockwork Princess isn't coming out until 2013!
But here is another favourite quote!

Will looked at him in puzzlement. "is this a game? We just blurt out whatever word comes next to mind? In that case mines 'genuphobia.' It means an unreasonable fear of knees."
"What's the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?" inquired Jessamine.

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

The Infernal Devices #1
borrowed from Book Lover (A Co-Worker)

I totally have to reread the Mortal Instruments now! I had forgotten how good Clare's stories were/are. It's not your typical vampire story. You have vampires, BUT you also have angels, demons, warlocks, faeries, shapeshifters, and automatons!

I want to start with Charlotte!
This woman is amazing! At twenty-three she is running the London Clave Institution, a full household including four unruly teenagers and a husband. She is under massive pressure from the clave members and still manages to be a bad ass fighter (and strategist)! She has one line in the entire five hundred pages that could you say is a minor compliant but than apologizes for it within the same breath! I have no idea how she stays so strong or how she even became the way she is.
Henry is Charlotte's husband... what I wanted to write is "what I remember of him, he is a a well known and respected inventor. But he sure didn't start that way." But than I realized that I am getting the characters from The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices Mixed up. Clockwork Angel starts in London, April 1878. There's no way that those characters are still alive in the Mortal Instruments (another reason to reread them!). But back to Henry, he reminds me of when Mr. is FOCUSED!!
Jessamine, I assumed would be just like Isabelle Lightwood. But she totally wasn't she was so immature and it frustrated me she didn't want to fight. All she wanted was the thing I despise. But I would LOVE to go shopping with her!

My favourite characters
Will, Jem, and Tessa!
but I am not going to write about them, instead I will share my favourite lines from them!!

"I want to be back before dark," Will said. He was leaning nearly across Tessa's lap, and she could smell that faint boy-smell of leather and metal that seemed to cling to his hair and skin. "I have an assignation in Soho this evening with a certain attractive someone."
"Goodness," Tessa said to the back of his head. "if you keep seeing Six-Fingered Nigel like this, he'll expect you to declare your intentions."
Jem choked on his tea.

oh and I can't believe one if the characters offers to another at the end. what a dreadful thing to say to a lady. especially in the 1800s

Daughter of the Sea by Mira Zamin

I Am A Reader, Not A Writer, did a post December 30 called EBook Deals! Through that I found 

While I didn't exactly read the synopsis on Daughter of the Sea, I did not expect how this book turned out. I was reading along and suddenly it felt like the author decided she didn't like that story arc so she threw them in the ocean and they landed on Altantis. It felt totally out of place and I was frustrated about it that I had a hard time returning to the story. But I did

Boy am I glad I did, because in the end the story wrapped up way better than I could have imagined. I think this is one of my new favourites!!

Engaged against her will, Calista, a young Roman aristocrat, grapples with the annihilation of her world at the hands of her would-be husband. The violent aftermath uncovers a connection to the mythological land of Atlantis, shattering Calista’s conception of family, the gods—and herself.


Calista does not know why the sea sings in her veins—or why her parents have affianced her to the insidious Lord Avaritus. She watches, powerless, as he ruthlessly annihilates all she loves.

When Calista tries escape with the remnants of her family, a storm strikes their vessel and Calista is hurled overboard. She reemerges in Atlantis, summoned by the leaders of the undersea domain. The very fiber of her identity shudders after she learns that she is the daughter of Neptune—and not quite mortal.

Despite the manipulation of Atlantis’s leaders and the romantic temptations of a pair of smirking grey eyes, Calista must find a way to return to Portus Tarrus to rescue her family and seek revenge against the man who destroyed everything she held dear.

Beth Fantaskey

The Wedding of Antanasia Jessica Packwood and Lucius Valeriu Vladescu

GUSH!

The first book is my favorite book so far for 2012! So reading about their wedding, something you never get out books was SO WONDERFUL!! Like Cinderella you get the whirl wind but never see the actual wedding!

The best part is you can read it online for free with pictures of the beautiful castle (exactly like I pictures it), the dress (not the exact way I would have pictured it but beautiful none-the-less), and the rings! It’s a simple easy read that would probably take picture 20 minutes and the only thing it covers is the wedding!

La sigh.. find the first than read it!!! It’s so good!