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cover reveal

March 24, 2014 posted by Nichole

LUX: BEGINNINGS cover reveal

O. M. G. That is how I feel about anything that Jennifer L. Armentrout writes. Maybe it’s a sick obsession? Sure. But the fact of the matter is that I love anything this lady writes and I support each and every thing that she does. And that’s why I’m super excited to reveal to all of you the new cover of Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx ) which will release on June 3rd, 2014. Will all of you be eye raping and devouring this book (possibly for the second time)? I don’t blame you! Let me know what you think of the cover in the comments section below!

Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx) official Blurb:

Obsidian

There’s an alien next door. And with his looming height and eerie green eyes, he’s hot…until he opens his mouth. He’s infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, he lights me up with a big fat bulls-eye. Turns out he has a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal his abilities and the only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until my alien mojo fades. If I don’t kill him first, that is.

Onyx

Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro alien connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems. I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer Armentrout lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen.

She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

LUX: BEGINNING (Obsidian & Onyx) Links:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19081403-beginnings

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lux-Beginnings-Obsidian-Jennifer-Armentrout/dp/1622664809/

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lux-jennifer-l-armentrout/1117748506

Additional links to Jennifer’s pages:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlarmentrout

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferLArmentrout

Website: http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/

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Book of the Month

September 22, 2013 posted by Nichole

Origin (Lux #4) - Jennifer L. Armentrout

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything.

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?

And will they even be together?

Last year, I became obsessed with the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. And if you’re a fan of the series, you remember how heartbreaking and startling the ending of Opal was. Just a refresher, the Luxen and Katy stormed Mount Weather and Katy ended up being captured. And of course, we were left with Daemon’s heartfelt and panicked three worded “I love you” to Katy. It was devastating.

Origin takes off a couple weeks after the ending of Opal. Daemon has been locked up by his fellow Luxen to prevent him from rescuing Katy, but of course Daemon breaks free and wrecks havoc on all of those involved in keeping him away from Katy. Now that Katy is with Daedalus, she is getting an inside look of what all is going down there and an idea of what their plans truly are. I don’t want to say too much about what goes down in Daedalus because anything I say will be spoilerish, but I can say that just…..woah. There are a lot of unexpected twists and turns in this one.

I have to admit that Origin was my least favorite book in the Luxen series. It was a little bit of a snooze throughout most of the book. Not a lot happened until the last 50 pages! The time in Daedalus was very uneventful. Nothing really happened that blew me away or shocked me during that section of the book. Honestly, it was kind of repetitive. Go to cell. Refuse to fight. Go to doctor. Repeat. I expected the time in Daedalus to be more eventful and heart pounding.

Unlike the rest of the books in the series, Origin is split between both Katy and Daemon’s POV’s. I typically don’t care for books that have split POV’s, and I do think that it took away from this book. Split POV’s are tricky because the author has to do it just right or the book gets a bit choppy. I wouldn’t say that Origin got choppy, but I think that the story would have been stronger if it had just been Katy’s POV like normal. I often found myself forgetting who I was reading about, and it was really distracting to have my attention shifting direction every so many pages. It definitely took away from the story.

Even though I found Origin to be a little bit boring and not that exciting for the most part, I have to admit that this book was SHOCKING. To give you a non spoilery hint, I can tell you that 5 people die in this book. I’ll leave it up to you to figure out who those 5 people are. Each death was shocking and unexpected. It blew my mind every single time someone was blown to dust. It’s weird that I found a big chunk of this book boring when so much happened, but a lot of the shocking stuff really happened in the last 50-60 pages.

The ending of Origin reminded me a lot of the other books in the series. The last 50-60 pages weren’t amazing but they definitely blew my mind. And the ending?! HOLY SMOKES! I did not see that coming. Just…wow. WOW. It makes me really excited to figure out what is going to happen in the next book. Like….a year from now /=

This section contains spoilers. Nothing TOO major…but be warned.

Ok…so….anytime that an offer adds marriage or pregnancy to a book, it usually turns out to be a disaster. It’s a BAD IDEA. I don’t even know how to stress that. BAD. BAD.BAD. Don’t do it! Well…..Armentrout does both. I won’t say WHO gets married or WHO gets pregnant…but BOTH happen. It’s also not shocking when it does happen. I guessed it toward the beginning of the book. Both twists sort of ruined the book a little. I didn’t like it. I especially didn’t like it happening in a YA book. I know that those two twists are going to be even more enhanced in the next book, and I’m not looking forward to it.

Also….the wedding was stupid. You just learned that the people got married…we didn’t get to see any vows or anything. If you’re going to do something like a wedding…then I want it Twilight style. I WANT TO SEE THE DAMN VOWS. I was annoyed that I didn’t get to.

Ok…spoilers over!

Overall, I liked this book. Was I in love with it? No. Was it my favorite in the series? Not by a long shot. But will I read the next book? Hell to the yes. I’m invested in everything that Armentrout writes, and I would encourage everyone to go read this book!

Pages: 364

Publication Date: August 27th, 2013

Publisher: Entangled Teen

Source: Finished Ecopy

Rating: :

Teaser Quote: “I’ve been waiting a long time to run tests on someone like you, ” he said to Daemon, voice high-pitched.
Daemon arched a brow. “Another fanboy. I have them everywhere.”
I muttered, “Only you would see that as a good thing.”
He shot me a grin.”

Tempting the Best Man (Gamble Brothers #1) – J Lynn

Book Reviews

August 29, 2013 posted by Nichole

Tempting the Best Man (Gamble Brothers #1) - J Lynn

Madison Daniels has worshipped her brother’s best friend since they were kids. Everyone thinks she and Chase Gamble would make the perfect couple, but there are two major flaws in their logic. 1) Chase has sworn off relationships of any kind, and 2) after blurring the line between friends and lovers for one night four years ago, they can’t stop bickering.

Forced together for her brother’s wedding getaway, Chase and Madison decide to call a truce for the happy couple. Except all bets are off when they’re forced to shack up in a tacky 70’s honeymoon suite and survive a multitude of “accidents” as the family tries to prove their “spark” can be used than for more than fighting. That is, if they don’t strangle each other first…

A week after reading this book, I’m having a really hard time even remembering it. That probably doesn’t say much about it, huh? I normally read and love everything that J. Lynn a.k.a Jennifer L Armentrout writes, but this book just didn’t cut it for me. The writing was poor, the characters were annoying, and the story was just way too short.

I was so shocked that Armentrout wrote this. Normally, I can tell apart Armentrout’s writing from the rest. She has this snarky, funny quality to all of her writing that just screams her name? But this book? This book screamed a 99 cent Harlequin Romance book that you can find on the bottom shelf in the used book store. Harsh? Maybe. But it’s the truth!

The characters just didn’t do it for me. Maybe if the story would have been longer, then I would have had a better chance of connecting with them, but I really wasn’t the biggest fan of them. I honestly think that it just comes down to character development. There wasn’t enough time to fall in love with anyone in the story.

As for the story, like I said, it was just too short. The characters were weak, the writing was poor, and the whole story had a super cheesy feel to. All of this comes down to the story just not being long enough. I didn’t have enough time to fall in love with anyone, and I was being forced to accept a relationship that I had no time to gain an interest in.

When I look at my Goodreads, I can see that a lot of my blogger friends rated this book 4-5 stars. So, maybe there is something to it! Unfortunately, this book just was not for me.

Pages: 172

Publication Date: April 23rd 2012

Publisher: Indulgence (Entangled)

Source: Ebook

Rating: :

Book Reviews

August 24, 2013 posted by Nichole

Frigid - J Lynn

For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn’t anything new. They’d been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the ‘man’ in man-whore. He’s never stayed with a girl longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn’t want to risk their friendship by declaring her love.

Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To him, she’s perfect and she’s everything. But the feelings he has for her, he’s always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one girl he can never have.

But when they’re stranded together at a posh ski resort due to a massive Nor’easter, there’s nothing stopping their red-hot feelings for each other from coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet, can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them, and this ski trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.

This month I went through like a week long phase where I wanted to read nothing but mushy new adult romances, and my target was J Lynn, also known as Jennifer L. Armentrout. I suck….I haven’t been trying out much books in the New Adult genre. I don’t know if I’ve really read any until now. They make me nervous, okay! When I think New Adult, it almost makes me thing of teen pornish stuff. I was wrong. I admit it! I was wrong. Please stop yelling at me now. New adult is definitely more sexy and…well…steamy…but it’s with adults! Honestly, little kids and younger teens probably shouldn’t be reading this stuff. I’m not for book censorship, but I definitely think that adults should take an interest in what their kids are reading. Back to the point, though, I was like obsessed for a week with new adult books. I’m highly anticipating another week full of smut, but I have no idea which New Adult author to try out next /= Frigid wasn’t as good as Wait For You, but I was still obsessed with it, and I had it finished in less than 48 hours. The characters were lovable (for the most part), the plot was definitely interesting AND steamy, and the writing was amazing. On the downside, the ending wasn’t that great, and, once again, the female character bugged me!

I don’t know how Armentrout does it, but ALL of her male characters are amazing. I don’t care what book it is, I always fall in love with her male characters. Kyler was hunky, fit, smart, sexy, caring, loyal, honest. He was everything that I could possibly ask for in a guy. It made it that much better that Kyler and Syd had been best friends their whole lives. I mean…come on. What girl out there doesn’t dream about falling in love with her best friend? It was just too cute! On the downside, Syd wasn’t my favorite character. Armentrout might create brilliant male characters, but I have never fallen in love with ANY of her female characters. They all turn out whiney, dramatic, and way too innocent. I want to see Armentrout create some fabulous kick ass female character. Not someone who is about to break apart at the drop of a pen.

Everything in this book was amazing and addicting except for the ending. Like in Wait For You, the ending tanked. It was too predictable and wayyyyyyy overdramatic. Whenever I start a contemp book of Armentrout’s, I usually know what’s going to happen at the end of the book by like the first 3 chapters. Just because you write contemporary does NOT mean that it has to be so predictable. Add a little twist! Do something that readers won’t expect! Yes, contemporary books help readers relate to reality, but having such a predictable ending almost makes me feel like the author think I’m stupid. Just do something a little out of the norm for once!

Even though the ending wasn’t that great, I did love the book. Not as much as other books that Armentrout has written, but I did enjoy it. Not to mention that Kyler was just too amazing to pass up. I was a big fan of this book!

Pages: 240

Publication Date: July 15th 2013

Publisher: Spencer Hill Contemporary

Source: Ebook

Rating: :

Book Reviews

August 12, 2013 posted by Nichole

Wait for You - J Lynn

Some things are worth waiting for…

Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago—an event that forever changed her life. All she needs to do is make it to her classes on time, make sure the bracelet on her left wrist stays in place, not draw any attention to herself, and maybe—please God—make a few friends, because surely that would be a nice change of pace. The one thing she didn’t need and never planned on was capturing the attention of the one guy who could shatter the precarious future she’s building for herself.

Some things are worth experiencing…

Cameron Hamilton is six feet and three inches of swoon-worthy hotness, complete with a pair of striking blue eyes and a remarkable ability to make her want things she believed were irrevocably stolen from her. She knows she needs to stay away from him, but Cam is freaking everywhere, with his charm, his witty banter, and that damn dimple that’s just so… so lickable. Getting involved with him is dangerous, but when ignoring the simmering tension that sparks whenever they are around each other becomes impossible, he brings out a side of her she never knew existed.

Some things should never be kept quiet…

But when Avery starts receiving threatening emails and phone calls forcing her to face a past she wants silenced, she’s has no other choice but to acknowledge that someone is refusing to allow her to let go of that night when everything changed. When the devastating truth comes out, will she resurface this time with one less scar? And can Cam be there to help her or will he be dragged down with her?

And some things are worth fighting for…

Wait for You is one of the most beautiful, heartfelt, and sizzling books that I have ever read. It’s about a girl named Avery who has experienced a traumatic event in her hometown of Texas, and she ends of moving thousands of miles from home to go to college simply to get away from her family and her past that haunts her. Things don’t go quite as she planned, though, and soon she’s receiving threatening emails, calls, and texts from an unknown number.

Cameron Hamilton, a.k.a Cam, goes to school with Avery, and they run into each other (literally) on their was to astronomy. From there, feelings develop and Cam becomes a permanent role in Avery’s life. With Avery’s past, things don’t go quite as smooth for them, and Avery must learn to let go of her past if she’s going to keep Cam in her life.

That description I just gave doesn’t even come close to giving this book justice. This was seriously one of the best books that I’ve read this year. I have a new book boyfriend in Cam, and let me tell you…I’m still mourning this book. It was one of those books that I just could not put down. It got to the point where it was interfering with my school work, and finally I just had to force myself to put it down so I didn’t fail the class. Even then, it wasn’t my best work since I was scrambling to get back to this book asap.

I have to hand it to J Lynn, because Cam is one of the best male characters I have read about. He was snarky, gorgeous, all man, and sensitive all in one package. He was always there for Avery. It was even nice to see the little boy in him peek out every now and then. I didn’t love him nearly as much once he and Avery got together. The snarkiness that Jennifer L. Armentrout is known for started to leak out of him just a little bit. The whole “I’m your boyfriend” act was a little annoying…but I still loved him. It seems to be a constant theme in most of her contemporary writing, though, that her male characters lose some of their appeal in the last 100 or so pages.

As for Avery, I wasn’t the biggest fan of hers. She didn’t bug me during the first half, but honestly, I was too focused on Cam to even pay her that much attention. The last half of the book, she got on my nerves quite a bit. She was whiny, depressing, and way too involved with Cam if she couldn’t even realize that she was fine on her own. I mean, I know she missed him (not giving away too much), but get yourself together woman! That seems to be another theme in Armentrout’s books. The girls depend soooo much on the male characters. For once, I just want to see her write about this strong female lead who depends only on herself. It’s fine to have a male love interest. Heck, it’s even wanted! But I for once want to see the female survive on her own.

As you can probably tell from my comments above, the last 100 pages of this book were kind of a dud. Those pages actually took it from a 5 to a 4. It became to mushy and depressing. It was also really sad to see this wonderful writing go to just okay writing. And it was horrifying to watch Cam’s character lose some of his appeal from the beginning. I still liked the book….but it was sad to watch it die down a little /=

Overall, I was a big fan of this book. I had a week where I read nothing but Armentrout’s/Lynn’s work. It was wonderful! I would encourage everyone to go read this book. I’m pretty sure that it’s only out in ebook, but I wouldn’t hold me to that if I were you. Whatever the case, go read this book! And make sure you let me know if you love Cam just as much as I do [;

Pages: 332 pages

Publication Date: February 26th 2013

Publisher: Avon

Rating: :

Teaser Quote: “And this must be Avery?”

“Oh, God, no,” Cam said. “This is Candy, Mom.”

His mother’s eyes widened and a bit of color infused her cheeks. “Uh, I’m…”

“I’m Avery,” I said, shooting Cam a look. “You had it right.”

She spun around, smacking Cam across the arm. Hard, too. “Cameron! Oh my God. I thought…” She smacked him again and he laughed. “You’re terrible.”

Book of the Month

July 28, 2013 posted by Nichole

Character Interview with Jennifer L. Armentrout

# 1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout Lives in West Virginia.

All the rumors you heard about her state aren’t true.

Well, mostly. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time, reading, working out, watching zombie movies, and pretending to write.

She is the author of the Covenant Series (Spencer Hill Press), the Lux Series (Entangled Teen), Don’t Look Back (Disney/Hyperion) and a yet untitled novel (Disney/Hyperion), and new YA paranormal series with Harlequin Teen.

Jennifer also writes New Adult and Adult romance under the pen name J. Lynn. The Gamble Brothers Series (Tempting the Best Man/Tempting the Player) and Wait for You. Under her pen name, she is published with Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

What exactly are your feelings for Daemon, Ash?
She shrugs one shoulder. “Of course I care about him, but I don’t have feelings that run deep. I just don’t like him with a human.” She
smiles. “Just being honest.”

You and Daemon were previously in a relationship. What ended that?
“He couldn’t handle me, but he’ll tell you that we didn’t get along. Whatever.”

It must be pretty awful seeing Daemon with Katy. Do you think you could ever grow to like her?
Her eyes roll. “It’s pretty disgusting seeing them together and why would I like her? She’s a problem child.”

I have to say, if some chic dumped food over MY head, that would have been the end of her. Can we expect any retaliation?
“I’ve decided to be the bigger alien and not knock her into outer space.”

I’m really sorry about your brother, Adam. How are you coping?
“I’m dealing,” she said quietly. “As best as I can.”

I’ve noticed that Dee and Andrew are getting closer now. Do you think we might see a romance from them in the future?
Ash laughs. “What? Ew. No.”

And what about you? Is there a romance waiting for you?
“There are several lucky guys waiting for me. Does that count?”

Last question: Regardless of your feelings toward Katy, Daemon obviously loves her. If it came down to it, would you help keep her
safe?
She doesn’t answer immediately. “Depends on my mood, I guess.”