Review: As You Wish by Jackson Pearce

Release Date:  September 1, 2009
Age Group: Young Adult
Other Books by This Author: Sisters Red
IBSN: 9780061661525
Blurb:
Ever since Viola’s boyfriend broke up with her, she has spent her days silently wishing—to have someone love her again and, more importantly, to belong again—until one day she inadvertently summons a young genie out of his world and into her own. He will remain until she makes three wishes.
Jinn is anxious to return home, but Viola is terrified of wishing, afraid she will not wish for the right thing, the thing that will make her truly happy. As the two spend time together, the lines between master and servant begin to blur, and soon Jinn can’t deny that he’s falling for Viola. But it’s only after Viola makes her first wish that she realizes she’s in love with Jinn as well . . . and that if she wishes twice more, he will disappear from her life—and her world—forever.
Jackson Pearce spins a magical tale about star-crossed lovers, what it means to belong . . . and how important it is to be careful what you wish for.

My Thoughts:

This is an amazingly original story!  Viola is invisible. At least that’s what she thinks. Her long term boyfriend admitted that he is gay 7 months ago and since then Viola’s social life has been nonexistent.Her longing to feel whole again eventually turns into a very powerful wish.

As You Wish doesn’t waste any time getting to the interesting stuff. Viola’s life takes a very strange turn when Jinn shows up to grant her 3 wishes. Viola is a bit headstrong and making 3 wishes is a very tough thing for her. She doesn’t want to waste them. Those three wishes become almost impossible after a few days with Jinn.
Jinn does want to be on Earth. Every second spent here is aging him. But Viola won’t wish! She’s impossible and after a few days on Earth maybe…just maybe..he doesn’t want her to wish either.

After reading Sister Red I couldn’t get my hands on this book fast enough!  It was a very cute story with refreshing characters. Viola is stubborn and smart. I found her relationship with Lawrence to be a little strange but that might happen all the time…who knows! I loved Jinn! He was raw and honest and very different than most male love interests.

Overall, this book was a fun Summery read. You will have a hard time putting it down.

3.5 Stars

In My Mailbox!!

In My Mailbox was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie and created by Kristi at The Story Siren.

Review:
Everlasting by Angie Frazier  (review Here)
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
Wayfarer by R.J. Anderson(Around the World Tours)
Bought:

None this week! 

Can’t wait to see what you got in your mailbox….no wait I really don’t want to see this week….My BEA depression is sure to come back full force after today.

Books You Can’t Miss!!(3)

 I haven’t done one of these since….February! Wow! So I have a little more books in this edition than the other two. Books You Can’t Miss is really just a post where I highlight some of the books I have read recently and really loved. I give you a chance to read my review and other book bloggers reviews. Here are my choices for this time around!

Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan’s band playing a critical gig and Aura’s plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend’s life. She never thought it would be his last.
Logan’s sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He’s gone.
Well, sort of.
Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan’s violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost.
It doesn’t help that Aura’s new friend Zachary is so understanding—and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit.
As Aura’s relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura’s heart…and clues to the secret of the Shift.

My Review
La Femme Readers
Steph Su Reads
He Followed Me Home…..Can I Keep Him?



Audrey, Wait! – Robin Benway
While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.

My Review
Book Journal
The Crooked Shelf
Persnickety Snark

Rules of Attraction – Simone Elkeles
When Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for a year, he doesn’t want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him at a high school in Colorado . Carlos likes living his life on the edge and wants to carve his own path—just like Alex did. Then he meets Kiara Westford. She doesn’t talk much and is completely intimidated by Carlos’ wild ways. As they get to know one another, Carlos assumes Kiara thinks she’s too good for him, and refuses to admit that she might be getting to him. But he soon realizes that being himself is exactly what Kiara needs right now.

My Review
Lauren’s Crammed Bookshelf
The Story Siren
See Michelle Read

The Body Finder – Kimberly Derting
Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her “power” to sense dead bodies—or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world . . . and the imprints that attach to their killers.

Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find dead birds her cat had tired of playing with. But now that a serial killer has begun terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he’s claimed haunt her daily, she realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.

Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet on her quest to find the murderer—and Violet is unnerved to find herself hoping that Jay’s intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she’s falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer . . . and becoming his prey herself.

My Review
The Hiding Spot
Book Crazy
Escape Through the Pages

Willow – Julia Hoban
Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow’s parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy—one sensitive, soulful boy—discovers Willow’s secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the “safe” world Willow has created for herself upside down.
Told in an extraordinary fresh voice, Willow is an unforgettable novel about one girl’s struggle to cope with tragedy, and one boy’s refusal to give up on her. 

My Review
Candace’s Book Blog
YA Bliss
The Dreamer Reader

Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour – Morgan Matson
 Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew–just in time for Amy’s senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she’s always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy’s mother’s old friend. Amy hasn’t seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she’s surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she’s coming to terms with her father’s death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road–diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards–this is the story of one girl’s journey to find herself.

My Review
Katie’s Book Blog
Princess Bookie
Dreaming in Books

That’s all for this edition. I hope you added some books to your wish list and some new blogs to your feed. I find the reviews for these books through Goodreads. Most of the time I use the reviews of my GR friends so if you would like me to possibly link to your reviews in the future friend me!

Facts on Friday(15) Hiking Pictures

Last week was my anniversary so my wonderful hubby and I went out of town for a couple of nights. We went hiking and I thought I would share some of the pictures with you.

While we were hiking back we spotted this deer in the river. I guess she was eating moss of something because she was sticking her whole head under. Isn’t she pretty?!

This was a different deer. We were in the car when we saw this one.

That’s it for this week! We are going on a big hike on Sunday so I might have more pictures next week…..no, Twilight Takeover starts! So maybe not!

Review: Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

Release Date: May 18, 2010
Series: Vampire Academy #5
Age Group: Young Adult
Other Books by This Author: Georgina Kincaid series, Dark Swan series
IBSN: 9781595142504
Blurb:
Dimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. But she chose wrong…

After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri’s birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir’s—and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and the girls can’t wait for their real lives beyond the Academy’s iron gates to begin. But Rose’s heart still aches for Dimitri, and he’s out there, somewhere.

She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and she knows in her heart that he is hunting her. And if Rose won’t join him, he won’t rest until he’s silenced her…forever.


My Thoughts: 

I don’t think there is a lot of spoilers in here but proceed with caution if you have not read the series!

Best. One. Yet. I could just end my review there! But I won’t. I think I forgot how amazing this series is after Blood Promise. Not that Blood Promise wasn’t good it just wasn’t….this good! Spirit Bound picks up with Rose, Lissa and their friends graduating. Rose definitely has a lot on her plate, who she’s going to be assigned to guard, Adrian, staying in the good graces(HA!)of the queen, and there was one more thing…..what was it? Dimitri! Oh yeah! He’s a Strigoi and he’s going to kill Rose but Rose wants to do the impossible and turn him back. Can she?

Throughout this series Rose has definitely grown up. She is turning into a mature and some what responsible woman. She still lets her mouth get in the way of that at times but that’s just Rose. Don’t worry she still kicks some major ass! With a new grown up attitude. Lissa is definitely growing up too. She’s becoming more independent and less whiny.

If you have ever read any of my past thoughts on this series you know I’m not a Dimitri fan. I love Adrian! I actually loved Mason but that’s a story for another time. I was thrilled with the happenings in this edition because they involved a lot of Adrian and not a lot of Dimitri.

The ending of this book left me speechless. That seems to always happen with these books. Richelle Mead is a talent that stands out in the plethora of YA vampire books. Somehow she manages to write a story filled with action and violence but also brimming over with very real human emotions that we can all relate to. It’s a beautiful thing.

If you are reading this review and haven’t picked up Vampire Academy yet, what exactly are you waiting for? This is one of the best YA series out there right now. Read it!

5 Stars

I met Richelle Mead last year. Wanna See?

Waiting on Wednesday(46)

I have two this week!
July 16th Kate Hegarty Publishing
Mieradome, revolves around a young girl named Amavia, who believes she is a human girl, but slowly comes to find she is a faery in the world of Mieradome. Amavia’s mother, Anastasica, had taken her out of the faery realm and hidden her away here in our human realm, so that she may be protected from her parents’ past mistakes. But that was not enough, the forces that be found Amavia, and brought her back into the cosmos of the Grandmother Tree. There she meets other faeries, goblins, Telkar dragons, and Utopisols. Slowly who Amavia really was began to unravel to show the truth. The truth, that she just may be the evil they need to destroy. This is where the story begins. 
 December 7, 2010 Farrar, Straus and Giroux 
It is a story of love and grief, addiction and redemption, set in both NYC’s Upper West Side and in the red rock desert of Moab, Utah.

Seventeen-year-old Luke lives and works at the Moonflower Motel in Moab, having fled New York City where his father Frank drowns his sorrows after the death of Luke’s mother. Back in New York, eighteen-year-old Ava meets Frank at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. When these lost souls converge in Moab, what happens transforms them all.  


I came across Edges on The Hiding Spot on Monday and knew I had to use it as my WoW! Both of these sound great and I can’t wait to get my hands on them!

Book Inspired(4)

I have recently became more than a little addicted to Etsy. And by more than a little I mean…a lot…Anyway I also discovered that there are a lot of book inspired things on Etsy. Jewlery, coffee mugs, T-shirts you name it! So on my new feature I’m going to highlight some of the awesome bookish things you can get of Etsy! This week we are highlighting things inspired by the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead


Vampire Academy Wood and Ribbon Bookmark


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