Daisy Chain Book Reviews

Title: Pushing the Limits Author: Katie McGarry Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: July 31, 2012 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: NetGalley No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. Echo and Noah couldn’t be more different, but they find themselves united by a common goal: to sneak into their court- ordered social worker’s case files in order to learn the truth about themselves and their families. What they didn’t count on is falling in love -- and now Echo has to ask herself just how far they ...

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish . This week's top ten list features what I think are some of the best-built and most vivid worlds and settings from stories. Here they are, in no particular order: Middle Earth ( The Hobbit ,  The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien) - I'm not sure how this could possibly not be included, considering all of the obsessive detailing that Tolkien put into creating the world. Hogwarts ( Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling) - Another world that must be included in this list. I feel that I have come to know this place and its moving staircases and hidden rooms, as well as the people who inhabit it. Wonderland - ( Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll) - It would be nonsensical of me not to include this one. (See what I did there?) This world full of "stuff and nonsense" definitely belongs on the list. Narnia ( The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis) - This is the po...

Title: Rape Girl Author: Alina Klein Publisher: namelos Publication Date: June 5, 2012 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: NetGalley Valerie always wanted to be the smart girl. The pretty girl. The popular girl. But not the rape girl. That’s who she is now. Rape Girl. Because everyone seems to think they know the truth about what happened with Adam that day, and they don’t think Valerie’s telling it. Before, she had a best friend, a crush, and a close-knit family. After, she has a court case, a support group, and a house full of strangers. The real truth is, nothing will ever be the same. This book takes on the task of portraying the way in which society often victimizes a rapist and forces the one who was raped to prove innocence rather than the other way around. I like that Rape Girl deals with a different aspect of rape - the tendency of society to place blame upon the victim. We so often see a girl who is quietly trying to heal from the trauma of her rape or gathering the cou...

Thanks to Harlequin Teen, today I've got a Q&A session with Katie McGarry, author of Pushing the Limits , in which she talks a little bit about her new novel. Enter to win your own copy of Pushing the Limits at the bottom of this post! About Katie McGarry Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and she remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan. Writing has given Katie an excuse to pursue her passions. Research for her books has provided her with the amazing opportunity to train with baseball players, ride along in a drag car at ninety-six miles per hour and experience boxing and mixed martial arts. Katie loves to visit schools and talk to teenagers about her research, writing and the truth that no dream is out of reach. What was your inspiration for writing Pushing the Limits ? I had two main inspirations: One, I knew f...

Title: Second Chance Summer Author: Morgan Matson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: May 8, 2012 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: Borrowed Taylor Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit—everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled—but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor’s dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains. Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven’t actually gone anywhere. Her former best friend is still around, as is her first boyfriend…and he’s much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve. As the summer progresses and the Edwards become more of a family, they’re more aware than ever that they’re battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time ...

There are SO many awesome ebooks on sale right now! So I'm going to share some of my finds just in case any of you were looking for a reason or were waiting for a sale to snag one of these titles! Please double-check pricing before buying, as these sales don't always last long and the prices may change at any time. Images link to Kindle editions, but the other ebook stores should have the same or similar pricing on most of these. Adult High Fantasy @ $2.99 YA @ $0.99 YA @ $1.59 YA @ $2.99 YA @ $3.99 Disclaimer: I am an Amazon associate. Using my links to purchase a book gives me a small commission (a few cents), which I put toward fun things like hosting book giveaways, etc.

Random Buzzers has provided me with an extra copy of Seraphina to give away to one of you! Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend the court as ambassadors and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the peace treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high. Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift - one so terrible that its discovery coul...