[REVIEW] Head in the Sand

Series: DI Nick Dixon #2
Author: Damien Boyd
Genre: adult, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense, contemporary, 
Published: January 20, 2015 (first published October 7, 2013)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Purchase: Amazon | B&N | Book Depository

The discovery of a severed head in a golf course bunker triggers a frantic race to find a serial killer that brings the town of Burnham-on-Sea to a standstill. 

A connection is made with a series of unsolved murders harking back to the 1970s, and Detective Inspector Nick Dixon finds himself caught in a race against time that takes him the length and breadth of the country. 

The brutal killing of an elderly man raises the stakes and, as he closes in, Dixon begins to question whether he is chasing one serial killer or two. 

Head in the Sand is the second novel in the highly acclaimed DI Nick Dixon Crime Series.

[REVIEW] Scarlet

Series: the Lunar Chronicles #2
Author: Marissa Meyer
Genre: young adult, dystopia, science fiction, fantasy, romance, retelling, adventure
Published: February 4, 2015 (first published January 1, 2013)
Publisher: Square Fish

Even in the future, beware of the big, bad wolf...

Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She is trying to break out of prison - even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.

APRIL BOOK HAUL

Half Bad by Sally Green | My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga | True Calling by Siobhan Davis | Jenny Pox by J.L. Bryan | Inhuman Interest  by Eric Turowski

Hello,

Mid-April marked the beginning of my Summer Classes. The good thing: I get allowance which means book money (LOL). The bad thing: I have classes from 8AM to 3PM straight (well except to eat lunch at 12NN I guess). While the schedule is a bit hassling, I'd say that there really isn't much school work although my reading schedule gets a bit ruined because I spend a good amount of time in university.

Anyway, I decided to place myself in a book buying ban. While I admit that it's VERY impossible, I think that I'm pretty much getting through it well. I only bought 2books for the month && the three books bellow are free copies from Amazon and an ebook I won from Tracy @ Cornerfolds's giveaway which I just receive today :)

[WAITING ON WEDNESDAY] Made You Up

Series: N/A
Author: Francesca Zappia
Genre: young adult, contemporary, realistic fiction, mental illness, romance, 
Expected Publication: May 19, 2015

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. This is a compelling and provoking literary debut that will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook, and Liar. 

Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal.  

Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.

[REVIEW] Mary Hades

Series: Mary Hades #1
Author: Sarah Dalton
Genre: young adult, paranormal, ghosts, fantasy, horror, romance, mystery, thriller
Published: May 4, 2014 (first published April 30, 2014)
Publisher: Createspace
Purchase: Amazon | B&N | Book Depository | Kobo

Not many seventeen year old girls have a best friend who’s a ghost, but then Mary Hades isn’t your average teenager.  

Scarred physically and mentally from a fire, her parents decide a holiday to an idyllic village in North Yorkshire will help her recover. Nestled in the middle of five moors, Mary expects to have a boring week stuck in a caravan with her parents. Little does she know, evil lurks in the campsite…  

Seth Lockwood—a local fairground worker with a dark secret—might be the key to uncovering the murky history that has blighted Nettleby. But Mary is drawn to him in a way that has her questioning her judgement.  

Helped by her dead best friend and a quirky gay Goth couple, Mary must stop the unusual deaths occurring in Nettleby. But can she prevent her heart from being broken?
The first in a series of dark YA novels, Mary Hades follows on from the bestselling Kindle Single 'My Daylight Monsters'. A spine-tingling tale with romance, readers will be shocked and entertained in equal measure.  

With some scenes of horror and some strong language, this book is best suited for readers aged fifteen and up.

[RELEASE EVENT] Tripp

Series: the Life Series #2
Author: Kristen Kehoe
Genre: young adult, new adult, romance, realistic fiction, 
Published: April 17, 2015
Purchase: Amazon

Because there are two sides to every story… 

I’ve never been the guy who shied away from taking the ball. I’m an athlete; I thrive on the court, and I thrive in life because I don’t shy away from taking chances. 

Except that one time. 

Except with Rachel. 

I fell in love with my best friend when we were ten, and she almost put her fist in my face when I tried to defend her against a fifth grade bully. I didn’t tell her that day that I loved her, or any of the ones following, because she had proved she didn’t need me, and even at a young age, I knew the opposite was true for me. 

I needed Rachel with every breath I took, and it scared the ever-loving crap out of me 

Being the mature young man I am (cough), I tried to ignore it. I dated someone else; I stayed Rachel’s friend and watched her from afar because when you love someone who has the potential to break you into a million unrecoverable pieces, that’s what you do.  You watch from afar and you never reveal your true feelings because it’s safer to hide them than to admit them. 

Until it’s not. Until the day you take a step forward and alter both of your worlds completely, only to discover that you’ll never, ever be over her. 

This is my story – my story of Rachel and everything I did and didn’t do, everything I said and forgot to say, and everything I felt before and after we made our biggest mistake and walked away from each other. 

She told her side – now it’s my turn. I’m including our past, holding nothing back from her ever again, so she better be ready for me. 

Mature Young Adult 

 ***This is the companion novel to LIFE INTERRUPTED (The Life series Book 1) released January 2014. It can be read as a standalone, as it is different from Rachel’s story.