[REVIEW] Tsarina

Series: N/A
Author: J. Nelle Patrick (Jackson Pearce)
Genre: young adult, historical fiction, fantasy, magic, adventure, romance
Published: February 27, 2014
Publisher: Razorbill
Purchase: Amazon

Imperial Russia swirls with rebellion.

But Natalya's first love and heir to the Russian throne, Alexei Romanov, whispers a secret in her ear: Hidden within the Winter Palace lies a Faberge Egg enchanted by the powerful mystic Rasputin. With it, the Romanovs will never fall from power. The Reds will never triumph over the Whites. And one day, Alexei will ascend the throne and Natalya will be beside him - the tsarina of Russia. 

But when the Reds raid the Winter Palace, the egg vanishes and the Romanovs are captured. Natalya must find the egg to save Alexei, her way of life, and her royal future. She's forced to ally herself with an enemy - a young Red named Leo who wants the egg for his own purposes. As they brave a war-battered landscape of snow and magic, Natalya realizes that the world isn't as simple as it seemed back in Saint Petersburg. Nothing - not friends, not politics, not even love - is as clear as Red and white. 

[TOP TEN TUESDAY] Ten Books On My Spring TBR

This Week's Topic: Ten Books on my Spring TBR

Excited for the next couple of months since I'll be having my vacation soon! Just three more weeks of craziness and after that I'll busy myself with far better and more fun things. I'll have my thesis topic defense a couple of weeks from now then finals then vacation! YAY!

For now, here's my partial TBR list for the next couple of months :)

Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas. I read Crown of Midnight months ago and I have no idea why I'm stalling this. Really crazy of me to do so.. But I'll get around it soon. Yes, soon.
Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1) by Danielle Paige. I never really thought about getting this book but when a copy miraculously landed on the footsteps of my house (okay, not literally. lol), I just thought that hey maybe I should give this a try and see for myself.
Winter (the Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer. I've been wanting to read this ever since I got my hands on it but it's sooooo long 800 BLOODYDAMN PAGES so for school vacation it is.
Red Rising (Red Rising #1) + Golden Son (Red Rising #2) by Pierce Brown. I'll be rereading these books since I finally have a copy of Morning Star!! But I'll get my hands on it this weekend. SO EXCITED FOR IT!!

[REVIEW] Fury

Series: The Cure #1
Author: Charlotte McConaghy
Genre: new adult, science fiction, dystopia, romance
Published: March 25, 2014
Publisher: Momentum Books, Pan Macmillan
Purchase: Amazon

When emotions are erased from the world, creating a civilization of mindless drones, only those with fury can survive. 

On the same day each year Josephine Luquet wakes naked, shivering and covered in blood that is not her own. Under the cold gaze of the blood moon she is someone else entirely, but when dawn breaks her memories vanish and she is left with only an icy horror, a burning fury. Amid a sea of 'drones', she alone hasn’t been cured.  

Then she meets Luke. He isn’t like the other drones. With secrets behind his eyes, he is the only one determined to help Josephine discover the truth before the next blood moon rises.  

But time is running out. Is Luke willing to risk his life to be near her? Does he truly understand what violence she is capable of?  

Raw and full of passion, Fury is a story of love in a dystopian world, and how much we are willing to forgive in the struggle to remember our humanity.

[WEEKEND READS] Salt to the Sea + Fury

Ruta Sepetys!!

Hello,

With finals && thesis around the corner, I've become busier than before. At the same time, I continue to read on my spare time hence my lack of activity. I've finished a few books since I posted my last weekend reads post (which was a month ago).

Anyway, I'll continue to be busy in the next couple of weeks (yes, including the upcoming Holy Week - for Catholics - since I have plans to do by then) but I'll continue to read and I'll be posting my personal book challenge update soon! So excited for vacation (2nd week of April!!).

ICYM: I'm giving a way a SIGNED COPY OF RED QUEEN by Victoria Aveyard.

[WEEKLY MUSING] Victoria Aveyard in PH!!

signed copy!!

Hello,

We all have our first times on things. Last Sunday was my first time to attend a book signing here in the Philippines. Here's a quick thought: it's as crazy as I see them in photos. Let me give a rundown of my uneventful experience last Sunday.

[REVIEW] Air Awakens

Series: Air Awakens #1
Author: Elise Kova
Genre: young adult, fantasy, romance, magic
Published: August 27, 2015
Publisher: Silver Wing Press
Purchase: Amazon | B&N | Book Depository

A library apprentice, a sorcerer prince, and an unbreakable magic bond... 

The Solaris Empire is one conquest away from uniting the continent, and the rare elemental magic sleeping in seventeen-year-old library apprentice Vhalla Yarl could shift the tides of war. 

Vhalla has always been taught to fear the Tower of Sorcerers, a mysterious magic society, and has been happy in her quiet world of books. But after she unknowingly saves the life of one of the most powerful sorcerers of them all—the Crown Prince Aldrik—she finds herself enticed into his world. Now she must decide her future: Embrace her sorcery and leave the life she’s known, or eradicate her magic and remain as she’s always been. And with powerful forces lurking in the shadows, Vhalla’s indecision could cost her more than she ever imagined.