Daisy Chain Book Reviews

Today I've got a cover reveal for y'all! Vengeance Bound by Justine Ireland will be released on April 2, 2013, from Simon & Schuster. Want to know more? Check out the description and links: The Goddess Test meets Dexter in an edgy, compelling debut about one teen’s quest for revenge…no matter how far it takes her. Cory Graff is not alone in her head. Bound to a deal of desperation made when she was a child, Cory’s mind houses the Furies—the hawk and the serpent—lingering always, waiting for her to satisfy their bloodlust. After escaping the asylum where she was trapped for years, Cory knows how to keep the Furies quiet. By day, she lives a normal life, but by night, she tracks down targets the Furies send her way. And she brings down Justice upon them. Cory’s perfected her system of survival, but when she meets a mysterious boy named Niko at her new school, she can’t figure out how she feels about him. For the first time, the Furies are quiet in her head around a guy. Bu...

Title: Defiance Author: C.J. Redwine Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: August 28, 2012 Series: Defiance #1 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: Edelweiss Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city's brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector, her father's apprentice, Logan—the same boy Rachel declared her love for two years ago, and the same one who handed her heart right back to her. Left with nothing but a fierce belief in her father's survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself. But treason against the Commander carries a heavy price, and what awaits her in the Wasteland could destroy her. At nineteen, Logan McEntire is many things. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprent...

Here are some of my favorite covers for August 2012: The Foreboding Edition Touched  by Cyn Balog I like a lot of things about this cover: the colors, the wispy tendrils, the creepy font, the distorted background. I don't know what the heck is going on, but aesthetically it's pretty awesome. Amazon | Goodreads Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake Look at all of the creepy! And Anna is like, "Here, Cas, come hold my hand while I stand barefoot on the sharp, craggy ledge of this pit of viscous, fiery lava souls that are trying to grab at me and drag me down into some Hellish DOOM," and I like that. Amazon | Goodreads The Raft  by S.A. Bodeen I like this cover because it looks all stormy and foreboding and dark, and the girl is laying on her contrasting yellow life raft with that appropriate expression on her face. I like the font because it reminds me of the stenciled words that are all over cargo. And I like that you can look at this cover and know exactly what thi...

Title: Throne of Glass Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: August 7, 2012 Series: Throne of Glass #1 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: NetGalley After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men—thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff...

Title: Seraphina Author: Rachel Hartman Publisher: Random House Publication Date: July 10, 2012 Series: Seraphina #1 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: Random Buzzers 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 court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high. Seraphina 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 - on...