GingerRead Reviews

Series:  Unraveling #1 Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Mystery Release Date: April 24th 2012 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 4/5 Stars Cover Rating: 3/5 Stars Synopsis:  Leaving the beach, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit head on by a pickup truck. And killed. Then Ben Michaels, resident stoner, is leaning over her. And even though it isn’t possible, she knows Ben somehow brought her back to life… Meanwhile, Janelle’s father, a special agent for the FBI, starts working on a case that seems strangely connected to Ben. Digging in his files, Janelle finds a mysterious device – one that seems to be counting down to something that will happen in 23 days and 10 hours time. That something? It might just be the end of the world. And if Janelle wants to stop it, she’s going to need to uncover Ben’s secrets – and keep from falling in love with him in the process… I lent Unravelling to a friend before I read it, she loved it and then insisted that I read it. So I did. It...

Series: The Forest Of Hands And Teeth #1 Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia, Horror, Post Apocalyptic  Release Date: March 10th 2009 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Cover Rating: 2/5 Stars Synopsis :  In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounde...

Series: The Iron Fey #2 Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Faeries Release Date: August 1st 2010 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 3/5 Stars Cover Rating: 3/5 Stars Synopsis:   Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey—ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her. Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart. I really want to love this series. I mean everyone loves this series! I just can't though. I tried my hardest and I think I liked it better tha...

Series:   Shifters #1 Genre : Adult, Urban Fantasy Release Date : May 26th 2007 Source:  Bought Overall Rating:   4.5/5 Stars Cover Rating : 2/5 Stars Synopsis:  There are only eight breeding female werecats left . . And I'm one of them. I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds. Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked. I'd been warned about Strays - werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female, and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.  This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back . . . for my own protection. Yeah, right. But I'm no meek kitty. I'll take on whatever --and whoever - I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays - 'cause I got claws, ...

Series: Unearthly #2 Genre :  Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal Release Date :  January 2nd 2012 Source:  Bought Overall Rating:  4 /5 Stars Cover Rating :   3/5 Stars Synopsis:  For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her love for Tucker and her complicated feelings about the roles she and Christian seem destined to play in a world that is both dangerous and beautiful, Clara struggles with a shocking revelation: Someone she loves will die in a matter of months. With her future uncertain, the only thing Clara knows for sure is that the fire was just the beginning. I absolutely loved the first book in this series, Unearthly, and I had high hopes for this one. I have realized after many disappointments that my expect...

Series:   Everneath #1 Genre : Young Adult, Greek Mythology, Romance, Paranormal Release Date : 2nd February 2012 Source: Bought Overall Rating: 3/5 Stars Cover Rating : 5/5 Stars Synopsis: Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals Feed on the emotions of despairing humans. Now she's returned- to her old life, her family, her friends- before being banished back to the underworld... this time forever. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists. Nikki longs to spend these months reconnecting with her boyfriend, Jack, the one person she loves more than anything. But there's a problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who first enticed her to the Everneath, has followed Nikki to the mortal world. And he'll do whatever it takes to bring her back- this time as his queen. As Nikki's time grows short...

Stacking the shelves is hosted over at  Tynga's Reviews . I haven't been buying many books recently but sometimes I just can't resist. I have been waiting to read these long enough - or that's what I told myself when I bought them.  Here's What I Got! These two both look amazing! I love both covers, crazy hair and all! I originally wanted to read Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols but it was mega expensive on Amazon so I settled with Going Too Far for half the price. I've been wanting to read Cinder since it first came out, and I really want that shoe! I've already finished both of these - quick work I know. Read my review of Supernaturally   here  and my review of The Iron Daughter is coming soon. I'd heard of this book before but it wasn't that high on my TBR list, I saw it for £2 in my favorite book shop and who can argue with that? What did you get? Leave me your links or tell me in the comments! Email me at: confessionsofabookaholic@LIVE.CO.UK

Cover Rating: 4/5 Stars Overall Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Synopsis: Evie finally has the normal life she’s always longed for. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be...kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she’s given a chance to work for them again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees.  But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie’s faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there’s a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself. So much for normal. I was really looking forward to this book because I had loved the last one and I had huge expectations. Sadly for me it seems my expectations were a little too  high. I didn't find this book as entertaining as the la...