[WAITING ON WEDNESDAY] The Rose Society

Series: The Young Elites #2
Author: Marie Lu
Genre: young adult, fantasy, dystopia, 
Expected Publication: October 13, 2015

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes the second book in the exhilarating Young Elites series 

Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all. 

Adelina Amouteru’s heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers that murdered her love, the Crown Prince Enzo Valenciano. 

But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good, when her very existence depends on darkness?

[REVIEW] The Secret Ingredient

Series: N/A
Author: Stewart Lewis
Genre: young adult, contemporary, romance, realistic fiction, chick lit, family, LGBT, coming of age
Published: June 10, 2014 (first published June 11, 2013)
Publisher: Ember

Olivia doesn't believe in psychics. But the summer before her senior year in high school, she meets one in an elevator.

This summer will be pivotal, the psychic warns. Please remember - all your choices are connected. 

Olivia loves her life in Silverlake, Los Angeles, but lately, something's been missing. And after getting this strange advice, her world begins to change. A new job leads her to a gorgeous, mysterious boy named Theo. And as Olivia cooks the recipes from a vintage cookbook she stumbles upon, she begins to wonder if the mother she's never known might be the secret ingredient she's been lacking. 

But sometimes the things we search for are the things we've had all along. 

[WEEKLY MUSING] Romance and Mysteries.

SO I wanted to start a weekly recap for my blog. I just want this to be the place where I share the things that I’m currently reading or books I unexpectedly get or the songs I’m listening to or anime I’m watching or whatever else out there :)

The Romance. This past week, I read P.S. Still Love You. I really, really, really, REALLY LOVE IT! I really wish that there’ll be more of Lara Jean and Peter K but it seem slike this is the end of the series. I’m just thinking of picking up the rest of Jenny Han’s books :) You can read my thoughts on P.S. I Still Love You right here.

The Mysteries! Also, I finally finished reading Angela Marsons’ Evil Games which I really enjoyed as compared to her first book. I think that this is more suspenseful than the first one, really interesting things going on. My review will be up next week :) Really hoping to get a chance to read the third book! I also recently finished The Secrets of the Sevens by Lynn Lindquist which will be release on June 8, tomorrow! :) I’m currently writing my review and it’ll be up on my blog on June 11 for the blog tour. Full tour schedule can be found at YA Bound.

[REVIEW] the 5th Wave

Series: The Fifth Wave #1
Author: Rick Yancey
Genre: young adult, science fiction, dystopia, aliens, post apocalyptic, fantasy, romance, adventure
Published: May 2013 (first published January 1, 2013)
Publisher: Penguin Group Inc.

After the 1st Wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. After the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th Wave, just one rule applies: TRUST NO ONE.

Now it's the dawn of the 5th Wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker, may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother - or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up. 

From award-winning author Rick Yancey comes a gripping epic of catastrophic loss, unthinkable odds, and unflinching courage.

[REVIEW] P.S. I Still Love You

Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before #2
Author: Jenny Han
Genre: young adult, contemporary, romance, realistic fiction, chick lit, 
Published: May 26, 2015
Publisher: Simon & Shuster

Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter.

They were just pretending. Until they weren't. And now Lara Jean has to learn what it's like to be in a real relationship and not just a make-believe one. 

But when another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him suddenly returns too. 

Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? 

In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean is about to find out that falling in love is the easy part. 

MAY ROUNDUP

Hello,

SO my Summer Classes finally ended (it ended a couple of weeks ago) and I'll be back in school on the last week of June. It's a pretty long vacation for me and I SHOULD really use it wisely.

{ BOOK REVIEWS }

The Merit Birds by Kelley Powell | Baxter's Draw by Juliette Harper | Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang | Alice's Portrait by Juliette Harper | A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray |  Dreamscape: Saving Alex by Kirstin Pulioff | Kickback by Damien Boyd | Such a Secret Place by Cortney Pearson

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Lola Carlyle's 12-Step Romance by Danielle Younge-Ullman | Descendants of the Rose by Juliette Harper | Alice's Portrait by Juliette Harper | Tarnished by Kate Jarvik Birch | Dreamscape: Saving Alex by Kirstin Pulioff | Such a Secret Place by Cortney Pearson