April Releases!!

My new releases post every month has become one of my favourite posts to put together. Not only do I love spotlighting the books I am excited for - I also inevitably wind up discovering other books to get excited for when I am checking for release dates. I hope you find new books to get excited about or if there are any books I haven't mentioned that are releasing in April please let me know! I love finding new books to add to my wishlist!

4th:

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett: This sounds super cute and perfect for summer so I may not read this until then but I am still really excited for it!

Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray: I actually already have an e-arc of this from Netgalley and I definitely want to read it soon. Claudia Gray's books have been good ones for me in the past and this sounds like a great read!

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence: Again, I have an arc via Netgalley - I've actually never read anything by Mark Lawrence before but I've heard good things and fantasy with assassin nuns is just 100% my thing.

11th:

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli: Probably my most anticipated book for the whole month. No definitely my most anticipated. How am I supposed to WAIT??? Simon vs is one of my all time favourite books so I am eagerly awaiting this one!

Duels & Deception by Cindy Anstey: Loved Love Lies and Spies last year and I am always a fan of historical romance so this is sure to be a fun and enjoyable romance!

Fireworks by Katie Cotugno: I've only read one Katie Cotugno book before but I was a huge fan of it and this sounds like another great summer read!

Alex & Eliza by Melissa De La Cruz: This is one of those books I am simultaneously excited for and terrified of! I love Hamilton (although living in Devon I've never actually seen it just listened to the soundtrack a hundred times) so there is always that fear that this wont live up to how much I loved the musical?

Literally by Lucy Keating: A book about a book within a book was how this was described to me. And we all love books about books right? 

Given to the Sea by Mindy McGinnis: I have loved every Mindy McGinnis book I've ever read (especially The Female of the Species which I just adore) so whilst the plot of this doesn't appeal to me as much as her previous books I am confident I will enjoy it because I love her writing so much!

18th:

Missing by Kelley Armstrong: Kelley Armstrong is pretty much an auto-buy author for me. I don't even need to know what her books are about half the time. I just want them. This is another YA thriller from her I believe and after I loved The Masked Truth (highly recommend btw) I know I have to read this as well!

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Friday Reads 24th March 2017

Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice and Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader. The idea is to share a sentence or so from the first page and the 56th page of the book you are currently reading!

Book Beginning:

"Towards the end of the seventies - that colourful, hectic decade of garish clothes, corrupt politics, personal excess and trivial music- three girls were sent to the Paris Opera."

Friday 56:

"She picked up an apple from la Presidente's basket, flicked out her nails and rolled the fruit in her hand, letting the peel slither away from the flesh in an unbroken ribbon, then crushed it to juice with a sudden, powerful squeeze."

I am really confused about how I feel about this book so far. The prose can be very dense in places but at the same time the action scenes are very fast paced so the overall pace keeps getting changed up which is a bit jarring. But if you've ever wondered what Charlies Angels would have been like 200 years earlier then this is probably a good book for you. I am really enjoying the characters and the badassery - I really think that as a TV show this would be incredible and I would be glued to the screen but its slightly harder to get into as a book. I am enjoying it though and excited to continue. 
(Also - Irene Adler is my favourite so far and I need more of her please?)

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Clare Reviews: Blood Tide by Claire McGowan

Title: Blood Tide
Author: Claire McGowan
Series: Paula Maguire #5
Format: Paperback
Source: Received from the publisher for an honest review
Pages: 352
Rating: 4.5/5
Blurb: Called in to investigate the disappearance of a young couple during a violent storm, Paula Maguire, forensic psychologist, has mixed feelings about going back to Bone Island. Her last family holiday as a child was spent on its beautiful, remote beaches and returning brings back haunting memories of her long-lost mother.
It soon becomes clear that outsiders aren't welcome on the island, and with no choice but to investigate the local community, Paula soon suspects foul play, realising that the islanders are hiding secrets from her, and each other.
With another storm fast approaching, Paula is faced with a choice. Leave alive or risk being trapped with a killer on an inescapable island, as the blood tide rushes in...

Blood Tide is the fifth book in the Paula Maguire series. I haven't yet read the first four books in the series but I didn't find this to be a major obstacle in my enjoyment of this book. I did find it took me a little while to sort out Paula's friend and family dynamic but once I had I found myself intrigued about the previous books in the series and excited for this book. 

The story itself is following a few different threads. The first of which is a missing couple on a remote island. This aspect was easily my favourite and I was so enthralled by the mystery. We get glimpses into the minds of one of the missing people (Fiona) in little snippets throughout the book telling her story before she went missing and these added so much tension and intrigue to the experience of reading. I found myself coming up with ever more wild (and frankly unlikely) solutions to the mystery and my mind was whirring even when I wasn't reading - I was desperate to find out how this all came together! Plus islanders who don't trust outsider/being trapped on an island during a storm are two of my favourite plot devices so that was already a win! 

At the same time we are also following Paula's personal problems - a missing mother and a fiance in jail for a crime he (maybe) didn't do. These were the parts that, though intriguing, would likely have been more so to me if I had read the first four books in the series and they're why I do recommend reading the series in order. We get some bits of her mother's story through the eyes of someone who knew her before she went missing and it paints an intriguing picture of her mother and the life she led. When it comes to her fiance (or ex-fiance?) I felt the emotional punch of it even without the background. 

That was another one of the things I most loved about this book - my emotional connection to the characters. So often when reading thrillers or crime I find myself detaching from the characters and focusing on the action. Here we had both. Paula felt so, so real to me and I was thoroughly absorbed in her life but I also felt for the side characters. Even characters we only spent a short time with managed to leave an impact on me.

I will definitely be going back and reading the first four books in this series. Because I need more of Paula and more of Claire McGowan's writing. This book appealed to me a lot and it definitely followed through on the promise of its blurb - there was so much tension throughout and I do highly recommend this book. If you've already read the previous books in the series you probably don't need me to tell you that you will love it - but if you haven't I do recommend picking this series up (and maybe be smarter than me and start at the beginning).

About the Author:

Claire McGowan grew up in a small village in Northern Ireland and now lives in London, where she runs an MA in creative writing at City University. BLOOD TIDE is Claire's sixth crime novel, and the fifth in the highly-acclaimed Paula Maguire series. She also writes women's fiction as Eva Woods.

 You can find out more about Claire on her Website or follow her on Twitter

And don't forget to check out the other stops on the tour! 

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Blog Tour: Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen

I am excited to be taking part in the blog tour for Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen which is released today! We are joined on the blog by Mary Torjussen who talks about her Top 5 Twists in Crime Fiction!

1) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s novels were my first introduction to adult books and I read them avidly, trying desperately to work out who the culprit was and why they’d committed the crime. Through reading her novels I learned about plot devices that crime writers use, such as red herrings, and this made me realise that the novel didn’t just happen, but was planned in meticulous detail. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was the first time I’d encountered an unreliable narrator and I remember the shock I felt as I realised the author’s deception. I re-read it immediately to work out how she’d managed to fool me and from then on I read crime novels in a much more analytical way.

2) Sister by Rosamund Lipton

In Sister we read about Beatrice and her search for her missing sister, Tess. Its theme is sisterhood – or love – and the lengths to which we’ll go to find and protect the ones we love, but it contains another theme, one which I love most in a novel, which is how much we can ever know someone, despite our close relationship to them. The novel is suspenseful throughout and the twist is so huge that I went straight back to the beginning and started again. I have four sisters and recognised instantly the intensity of feeling that Beatrice would have, yet as we all live in different cities with our own families, I realised after reading this novel that there’s the distinct possibility that I only see the aspects of them that they want to reveal.

3) Tell No One by Harlan Coben

Tell No One has one of the best twists I’ve read. It occurs right at the start, so I hope I’m not giving too much away, but when David Beck, widowed for several years, receives an email telling him to view a website at a specific time, he clicks on the link to see CCTV footage which shows his wife, in real time, walking across a road, looking up at the camera and saying, “I’m sorry.” Though this scene is early in the novel, by the time I read it my pulse was already racing. Published in 2001, it was both the first novel I’d read by Coben and the first I’d read where technology was used both to reveal and to heighten pace and pressure. This had a huge influence on me in the way I write.

4) We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Right from the start of We Need to Talk About Kevin, we know that Eva is married to Franklin, and that their son, Kevin, murdered pupils at his own school. The book is epistolary, with each letter being written by Eva to her husband. Though at the start I wondered why Shriver had chosen such a device, I became engrossed so quickly that I forgot to consider this again until the end, when her reasons became horrifyingly clear. Shriver is brutally honest about Eva and Kevin’s relationship and it’s incredibly hard to read at times, but what was obvious to me was that she knew him. She understood him. And what happened then became inevitable, in a perfect example of characters determining plot.

5) The Widow by Fiona Barton

This novel has everything: secrets, lies, betrayals, unreliable narrators and a twist that blew me away. In The Widow, like all the best crime novels, nothing is quite what it seems. This terrific story, full of dark, claustrophobic oppression, considers what it’s like to live with someone who’s committed a terrible crime. I can’t be the only reader who wondered how on earth this theme had never been dealt with before, nor the only writer who kicked herself for not thinking of it first. Fiona Barton keeps us guessing right to the very end, but more than that, has written a novel which stayed with me for long after it was finished. 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

No one ever disappears completely...

You leave for work one morning.

Another day in your normal life.

Until you come home to discover that your boyfriend has gone.

His belongings have disappeared.

He hasn't been at work for weeks.

It's as if he never existed.

But that's not possible, is it?

And there is worse still to come.

Because just as you are searching for him

someone is also watching you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Mary Torjussen has an MA in Creative Writing from Liverpool John Moores University. She worked for several years as a teacher and lives outside of Liverpool, where Gone Without a Trace is set.

Author links:

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Don't forget to check out the other stops on the blog tour as well to find out more about Gone Without a Trace! 

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Wednesday Catch-Up 22nd March 2017

Every Wednesday we are linking up with WWW Wednesday. WWW Wednesday is hosted at Taking on a World of Words and asks 3 questions: What are you currently reading?, What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you'll read next? You can click any of the images to go to the Goodreads page for that book!

Currently Reading:

I have just started two new books. The first of which is Angels of Music which I got for my birthday and am excited for. It's about the Phantom of the Opera (a character I always want more from) and a bunch of other fictional characters including Irene Adler (again - need more of her). I am also starting Autumn Thorns as I have the second book (Shadow Silence) for review and would like to read this one first. 

Recently Finished:

The first books I read this week were actually novellas - Silent Night, Twelfth Night and Bonfire Night which are the last stories in the Lady Julia series. I really enjoyed these and thought they were a good resolution to the series (much as I would love for there to be more books)! I then read Empress of a Thousand Skies which I enjoyed but wasn't blown away by. I really liked the world and the characters but for some reason I just didn't fall in love with it. I definitely want to re-read it at some point. Next up was Blood Tide which I am reviewing as part of the blog tour next Friday - I loved this book. I fell in love with the characters so easily and the mystery was super engaging to me. I definitely want more of this series. The Valiant was another kind of disappointing one. I've loved everyone of Livingston's other books so I fully expected to love this. And I think I overhyped it (which is totally my own fault) because whilst I really enjoyed it and loved the characters I just didn't get fully immersed in the story. Will definitely check out the sequel though. Starfall was lovely, a little darker than I remember the first book being but it was so great to see all of the characters again. I don't know if there will be any more books in the series but I hope so (although the ending was very complete). New York, Actually was nice and light and exactly what I needed at the time I read it. It's probably my least favourite Sarah Morgan book so far but that still leaves it being incredible and I think a lot of that was just not having that prior attachment to the characters. The next book is Fliss's story I believe and since I love her character I have high hopes! Next to last I read Can't Buy Forever which I found to be disappointing. The writing style just didn't work for me and I found myself being confused and eventually just struggling to finish. I did mostly like the characters though. And finally - oh my god - Done Dirt Cheap was freaking incredible. I had very few expectations going in and it totally blew me away. I loved the characters and the writing and the plot - I just need more!

Planning to Read Next:

Next I am planning to read The Alchemists of Loom which is just one of the most beautiful hardcovers I have ever seen and seems like an amazing story as well. I've genuinely made myself so excited for this book. And then there is Devil in Spring which I am so, so excited for. Lisa Kleypas is one of my favourite historical romance authors and this series is going so well so far. And then finally is A List of Cages which I'll admit I'm a little nervous about. Vera @ Regal Critiques highly recommended it to me (and you can read her review here) so I'm confident I'll love it - I'm just worried I'll cry. 

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Top Ten Books I Read in One Sitting

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted at The Broke & The Bookish. You can find a list of past and future topics here.

1) The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson

This one is actually super surprising to me because my ARC copy of this is 585 pages but I was just so absorbed in this book! I just love it.

2) Silence For the Dead by Simone St. James

Anything by Simone St. James really. Her books are relatively short and very engrossing and you always just want to read one more chapter! 

3) Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan

I read this through in one sitting and then prompty reread it as well. Without break. So yeah - very much a one-sitting kind of book! But then most Sarah Morgan books are!

4) Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

I was intrigued but also super nervous about the format of this book and kinda convinced it would take me a while to read. But nope. Wound up staying up all night to finish it. Totally worth it!

5) Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Ann also wanted to read this immediately so I kinda pushed myself to read this in one sitting. It's probably the only one on the list where I really planned for one sitting (with snacks and everything ready). 

6) Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

I always seem to read graphic novels in one sitting (I say always but I've read like three in my whole life). This was my first ever graphic novel and I love it.

7) Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

I cannot even wait for the movie - and Becky's next book which is going to be released so soon!! 

8) Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Honestly one of my all time favourite books. After reading this I just kept shoving it at people. But yeah - one sitting. Which is not surprising because its so action packed and fun and the characters are incredible!

9) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Our Dad got this on the day of release and I had to read it in one sitting so my brother could immediately read it after me on the same day.

10) Madam, Will You Talk by Mary Stewart

This is the really impressive one (no seriously be impressed). I bought a collection of Mary Stewart books (which is a lot) and then read all of them in one day. I did take breaks for meals and stuff but still. One day. Still can't quite understand how I managed that.

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Goodreads Book Tag

I'm not sure who created this tag (do please let me know) but it seemed an interesting one to do!

1) What was the last book you marked as "read"?
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston. It didn't quite live up to my expectations but I did still enjoy it.

2) What are you currently reading?
I am just starting Starfall by Melissa Landers which is the sequel/companion to Starflight.

3) What was the last book you marked as TBR?
This is Devin Jones by Kristen Conrad which I just downloaded on my kindle it sounds really great and the reviews are good!

4) What book do you plan to read next?
I got New York, Actually by Sarah Morgan out of my TBR jar and am really looking forward to it! 

5) Do you use the star rating system?
Yes because I love categorising things. Helps me to organise my thoughts. Although I do think star ratings are very restrictive and my 4 star rating for one book isn't always the same as a 4 star rating for a different book - which is confusing.

6) Are you doing a 2017 reading challenge?
Yep. Aiming for 200 books and I am currently on track for that! 

7) Do you have a wishlist?
Definitely. I'm currently on a book buying ban (in theory - in practice I am terrible at sticking to it) so my wishlist is just growing and growing.

8) What book do you plan to buy next?
Well if I stick to my ban the next pre-order I have coming is going to be The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli which I am super excited for. 

9) Do you have any favourite quotes?
So so many. Fun fact, when I was a teenager I had this huge notebook I wrote quotes in whenever they really appealed to me. It's full now but also I can't remember where it is. So that's not helpful. 

10) Who are your favourite authors?
Leigh Bardugo, Marissa Meyer, Mindy McGinnis, Rick Riordan. OMG so many I can't even begin to list them all.

11) Have you joined any groups?
Oh yeah. When I first joined goodreads I joined so many groups and I'm active in exactly zero of them. I'd really like to get involved at some point but I don't even know where to start?

You can also find us on Goodreads (Ann and Clare), Facebook and Instagram to keep up with what we are reading.

Sunday Post 19th March 2017

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted at Caffeinated Book Reviewer, it's a chance to post a recap on the past week, show the books we have received and share what we plan for the coming week. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and the aim is to show our newest books and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops or downloaded on to their e-reader. As always you can click on any of the pictures to be taken to the Goodreads page for that book if you're interested in finding out more about it or click the title to go to the review.

Life Update:

So this week I had my 23rd birthday! It was a really nice day - my brother came down to have a meal out and I spent the rest of my day with my other brother watching a film and eating chocolate. 

It was also the week I found my old e-reader! Some of you may know that my tablet (which I was using as an e-reader) recently broke and I haven't been able to read e-books. But I finally remembered that somewhere I had my Aunt's old e-reader. Its a little slow and I still miss my tablet (will probably get another one soonish) but I'm so glad to be able to read e-books again! 

Films of the Week: 

This is a new section for the Sunday Post because honestly I've been talking about movies for the past like month every week and it needs it's own section at this point. This week I have a few films. Firstly I watched Grabbers on Netflix which is the sort of comedy/horror movie I absolutely adore. The characters were ones I easily related to and cared about and I very rarely got frustrated by their actions - for the most part they were sensible! 
For my birthday my parents got me Merrily We Live which I've actually seen before but is one of those old movies its super hard to get on DVD outside of the US. But now I have it! It has Constance Bennett and Billie Burke (Glinda in The Wizard of Oz) and is so, so funny. If you like My Man Godfrey you'd probably like this.
And finally I watched Bad Moms which I had a few problems with but enjoyed generally? There was one incredibly unhealthy relationship and whilst the others weren't as unhealthy I don't think there was a single good relationship in the whole film. But the motherhood was pretty accurate!

Last Week on the Blog:

• Cover Characteristic: New York City
• Top Ten Books on My Spring TBR
• Wednesday Catch-Up
• Clare Reviews: Courage of the Samurai by Lori Tsugawa Whaley
• Friday Reads - Blood Tide by Claire McGowan
• Blog Tour - America Deconstructed

Books We Got This Week:

For Review:

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence: I haven't read anything by Mark Lawrence before so I don't know what to expect but I'm hoping for a great fantasy (and I think there are assassins?) I received this via Netgalley.

Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer: I've been wanting to read this for such a long time and somehow never bought it. But it became available on Netgalley and I was approved! So I really hope I get to read this one soon.
Knights of the Borrowed Dark/The Forever Court by Dave Rudden: Also from Netgalley - this isn't a series I've heard of before but I got a bind up of the two books on Netgalley and it looks super intriguing!
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus: Yes. Just all the yes. Getting approved for this on Netgalley was so exciting because this is one of my most anticipated books of the year! 
Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray: Another one of my highly anticipated releases for this year! I've loved some of Claudia's books in the past and I am really into Sci-Fi at the moment so this could be great! (Netgalley)

Crimson Lake by Candice Fox: Netgalley! I am really intrigued by this one. Especially the promise that it will keep me guessing until the very end!

The Lost/The Silent Dead/A Savage Hunger/Blood Tide by Claire McGowan: I received the first three via Netgalley and a finished copy of Blood Tide received from the publisher - will be taking part in a blog tour for this next week! I'm really into mystery and thrillers at the moment.

Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith: So, so pumped for this! Jennifer E. Smith is one of my all time favourite contemporary writers and I cannot wait to read this! (Netgalley)
Pretty Fierce by Kieran Scott: Received via Netgalley. This is about the daughter of professional assassins who has to go on the run. And when that's combined with the frankly gorgeous cover I am all in!

Wild Chamber by Christopher Fowler: This is the 14th book in the Bryant & May series. I will be taking part in a blog tour for this soon and I am excited to read it!
Holiday in the Hamptons by Sarah Morgan: I am so excited to have this! I love Sarah Morgans books so I will probably read this as soon as I read New York, Actually which is going o be very soon!
Soul-Matee by Anna Santos: I got an e-copy of this from the author for review. It sounds really fun and I hope I'll enjoy it!

Gifted:

A List of Cages by Robin Roe: Vera @ Regal Critiques has been raving about this book so I knew I had to read it. My grandparents got me it for my birthday and I can't wait to read it - although I just know I'll cry.
Angels of Music by Kim Newman: Another gift from my grandparents, this is a story about the Phantom of the Opera leading a Charlie's Angels-esque spy team with fictional characters like Irene Adler. This could either be incredible or really disappointing (obviously hoping for the former) but I was too intrigued not to ask for it!

The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson: This was my present from Ann and I am so happy! I already have a lovely ARC (my review is here) but I desperately wanted a finished copy as well! Genuinely one of my favourite books of all time. 
The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova: This was a present from my brother! I've been wanting to read this so badly and the Hardcover is SO GORGEOUS! Can't wait to read this!

Purchased:

Broken Sky by L.A. Weatherly: I read Weatherly's Angel trilogy and didn't feel strongly about them either way but this sounds way more my type of book so I am hoping it will be enjoyable and I've heard some good things.
Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher: One of my all time favourite books so I decided to buy myself a birthday present and get the 10th Anniversary edition. Going to be re-reading this before watching the Netflix series!
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware: I've been meaning to get this for a while and keep forgetting. I remember watching a Deanna Durbin film with a similar-ish plot to this so I am really excited to read it.
The Fallen by Charlie Higson: This is book 5 in the series? It says book 6 on the book itself but goodreads says differently so I'm a little confused. But I have the first 3 books in the series already and would love to read them soon.
Zombie Apocalypse Fightback by Stephen Jones: Do you remember when I said I didn't like zombies? Yeah so apparently now I do? I keep watching zombie movies and picking up zombie books and I think I'm just gonna go with it? Plus Spring Into Horror starts soon so this could be good for that!

Reading Update:

Ann:
Unfortunately, I was not able to finish any books this week as I was busy with a lot of school work.

Clare:

The Courage of a Samurai by Lori Tsugawa Whaley: 4.5 stars, I really enjoyed reading this and found it both inspiring and helpful. You can click on the title to go to my full review.
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab: 2 stars, I hate when there is a book everyone tells me they love and then I just... don't? I really, really liked the first book so I am super disappointed. Also Essen Tasch (the name of the tournament) means eating bag in German. I've never regretted learning German before but it made all the tournament scenes unintentionally funnier.
Frostblood by Elly Blake: 4.5 stars, So, so, surprisingly good. I've honestly become super picky with YA recently so it was great to read a YA that I am whole-heartedly enthusiastic about again! 
The Princess Bride by William Goldman: 5 stars, This was my Classic for March and is one of my all time favourite books. It was my first time reading this illustrated edition and I was in love with it.

Silent Night/Twelfth Night/Bonfire Night by Deanna Raybourn: 4 stars, These are the three novellas that round out the Lady Julia series. I am really glad I read them because they do bring everything to a neat ending and it was so, so lovely to see Brisbane and Julia having a great relationship and working together well! 
Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza: 3.5 stars, I didn't love this as much as I wanted to. I enjoyed it, and I liked the characters but I never fully connected with the story and I don't know how much of that was my fault? I will reread this when the second book comes out and see how I feel then!

Next Week on the Blog:

• Goodreads Book Tag
• Top Ten Books I Read in One Sitting
• Wednesday Catch-Up 
• Top 5 Favourite Angsty Romances
• Blog Tour: Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen
• Friday Reads
• Blog Tour: Blood Tide by Claire McGowan
• April Releases

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