Cruel Beauty (by Rosamund Hodge)

              

 8.5/10

                                                     

              She was trained for seventeen years

     To Kill Him

                             

     raised by her world

 

  To Despise Him

    willing to trade her own life

  To Destroy Him.

  But what she never expected was that he would

 

  Change Her Forever.

Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.

8.5/10

This book was absolutely beautiful. It was masterfully written and intoxicating. I fell in love with the world, characters and riveting plot. It was unlike anything I have ever read. Absolutely breathtaking! I highly recommend this novel! Strange, romantic, dark, provocative and twisted all at once this debut novel is a winner!
I would highly recommend it to anyone! It was romantic without ever getting steamy so I believe that even younger readers could take some enjoyment from it. Though by saying that in no way am I saying that in any way this is a children's novel, it is definitely YA fiction. So go give it a go! You won't regret it.

Poison Princess(by Kresley Cole)

She could save the world—or destroy it.Sixteen-year-old Evangeline "Evie" Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they're still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can't do either alone.

With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can't totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?

As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it's not always clear who is on which side.

My rating~ 6.5/10

I am going to be totally honest, when I first read the synopsis of this book I was not interested whatsoever. But by best friend made me read it and I am glad I did.
At first the book was very confusing, I had absolutely no clue what was going on or why certain things were happening the way they where.
But once I got the point in the book where I was a little shy of halfway things started to click into place and the book really got interesting.
I loved the idea of the Arcana cards the author uses as well as the stories way of shifting the odd time from the past in Evies perspective and the future in Arthurs.
Jackson Deveaux (Jack Daniels) is the most infuriating character! I could rant on and on about him! He is such a disappointing pig!!! Don't get me wrong I have had my fair share of crude book boyfriends. But there is a fine line between the odd crude comment and being a classless swine!

I will admit that this book was definitely not one of my favorites, but I have a feeling that the second book will really take off and the series will turn into something great!
Overall this was a pretty great fast paced YA with lots of potential.

Todd & Viola

I haven't read the Chaos Walking Trilogy in almost two years and today while browsing through FanArt on the internet I stumbled across some Viola and Todd posts.

Just look at them <3 <3 <3

I want to re-read this trilogy SOOO bad!!!!

Aaaah Too mush cuteness!!! I ship them SOOOO much!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3