Daisy Chain Book Reviews

Title: Missing Author: Kelley Armstrong Release Date: April 18, 2017 Publisher: Doubleday Canada Pages: 384 Source: ARC provided by Penguin Random House Canada Add to Goodreads | Amazon.ca | Indigo Overall: 4 STARS SUMMARY From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a new romantic thriller that will leave fans trembling for more. The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town have done. There's nothing for them there but abandoned mines and empty futures. They're better off taking a chance elsewhere. The only thing Winter will miss is the woods. Her only refuge. At least it was. Until the day she found Lennon left for dead, bleeding in a tree. But now Lennon is gone too. And he has Winter questioning what she once thought was true. What if nobody left at all? What if they're all missing?   MY THOUGHTS   Kelley Armstrong...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.   Release Date: September 19, 2017 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers ADD TO GOODREADS SUMMARY   “Devastatingly magical and monstrously romantic. I can’t decide if this book stole my heart or ripped it out of my chest.” —Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval The magicians want her to lead. The sorcerers want her to lie. The demons want her blood. Henrietta wants to save the one she loves. But will his dark magic be her undoing? In this seductive and explosive second book in the Kingdom on Fire series, Jessica Cluess delivers her signature mix of magic, passion, and teen warriors fighting for survival. Hand to fans of Victoria Aveyard, Sarah J. Maas, and Kiersten White. Henrietta doesn’t need a prophecy to know that she’s in danger. She came to London to be named the chosen one, the first female sorcerer in centuries, the one who w...

Title: Blood Rose Rebellion (Blood Rose Rebellion #1) Author: Rosalyn Eves Release Date: March 28, 2017 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: 416 Source: Bought Add to Goodreads | Amazon.ca | Indigo Overall: 1 STAR SUMMARY The thrilling first book in a YA fantasy trilogy for fans of Red Queen . In a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic, one girl has the ability to break the spell that holds the social order in place. Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Anna would do anything to belong. But her fate takes another course when, after inadvertently breaking her sister’s debutante spell—an important chance for a highborn young woman to show her prowess with magic—Anna finds herself exiled to her family’s once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary. Her life might well be over...

Title: These Ruthless Deeds (These Vicious Masks #2) Author: Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas Release Date: March 14, 2017 Publisher: Swoon Reads Pages: 320 Source: Bought Add to Goodreads | Amazon.ca | Indigo Overall: 4 STARS SUMMARY   Everyone’s favorite sarcastic Victorian healer is back in the sequel to These Vicious Masks , and this time she’s struggling with both a sinister secret society and an increasingly tangled love life... England, 1883. Recovering from a devastating loss, Evelyn has become determined to use her powers to save other gifted people from those who would study and oppress them. But when her rescue of a young telekinetic girl goes terribly wrong, Evelyn finds herself involved with a secret society devoted to recruiting and protecting people like Evelyn and her friends. Like magic, Evelyn’s problems start to disappear. Her reputation is repaired, her friends are provided for, and her parents are thrilled at all her new suitors. She’s even been reunited with ...

I'm so thrilled to be helping reveal the cover for Claire Wallis's new standalone book The Sound of Light ! If you're looking for a romance that's a bit unconventional, and with a dash of suspense, you'll want to add The Sound of Light to your TBR pile right now! And the full cover for the print version:   Release Date: July 17, 2017 Publisher: Claire Wallis Add to Goodreads Amazon | Kobo | iBooks *Print and Nook versions will be available on July 17th* SUMMARY My littlest girl has always been a bit peculiar. It was nothing I could ever put a finger on, but I always knew there was something inside her that made her a different kind of special. A deeper kind. K'acy's got a light around her, one that'll just about knock you over, especially if you don't see her coming. She's got music in her soul, too. Deep, resonating music that echoes and hums, just like the notes that come from the bass guitar she's had attached to her hip since the day...