Giveaway: The Scorch Trials

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner Published by Delacorte Press on October 12th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Pages: 368 Goodreads Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.  Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.  There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to...

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Manga Monday

Death Note Vol. 4: Love by Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba Published by VIZ Media LLC on September 7, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Borrowed Buy on Amazon Goodreads With two Kiras on the loose, L asks Light to join the taskforce and pose as the real Kira in order to catch the copycat. L still suspects Light, and figures that this is the perfect excuse to get closer to his quarry. Light agrees to the plan in order to have free access to the taskforce resources. But when Light manages to contact the new Kira, he discovers that his rival is anything but as expected. Will Light escape from love unscathed? Death Note has been this little escape from the novel world for me. It has become something that I can pick up and within a matter of hours I...

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Review: Dust and Decay

Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry Goodreads Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot & Ruin. It’s also six months since Benny Imura and Nix Riley saw something in the air that changed their lives. Now, after months of rigorous training with Benny’s zombie-hunter brother Tom, Benny and Nix are ready to leave their home forever and search for a better future. Lilah the Lost Girl and Benny’s best friend Lou Chong are going with them. Sounds easy. Sounds wonderful. Except that everything that can go wrong does. Before they can even leave there is a shocking zombie attack in town. But as soon as they step into the Rot & Ruin they are pursued by the living dead,...

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Review: Rot and Ruin

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry Published by Simon & Schuster on August 28, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human. So I have had this book on my shelf for a long time now. A really long time. And so I discovered it when unpacking some boxes of books and seeing what was in them and out came this book so I decided why...

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Review: White Hot Kiss

White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout Published by Harlequin Teen on August 27, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Paranormal, Young Adult-Romance Source: Gifted Buy on Amazon Goodreads One kiss could be the last. Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal—fit in at school, and go out on a real date with the gorgeous Zayne, whom she's crushed on since forever. Trouble is, Zayne treats Layla like a sister—and Layla is anything but normal. She's half demon, half gargoyle, with abilities no one else possesses. And even though Zayne is a Warden, part of the race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe, Layla's kiss will kill anything with a soul—including him.Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know her secrets....

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