July's Previously Loved Book Giveaway

  JULY'S GIVEAWAY
 

 The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

 

Everything is different

Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox has just awoken from a year-long coma - so she's been told - and she is still recovering from the terrible accident that caused it. But what happened before that? She's been given home movies chronicling her entire life, which spark memories to surface. But are the memories really hers? And why won't anyone in her family talk about the accident? Jenna is becoming more curious. But she is also afraid of what she might find out if she ever gets up the courage to ask her questions.

What happened to Jenna Fox? And who is she really?

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Just a Note...

So I'm making a few changes here at the Crazy Dream blog. You've probably noticed that my reviews have been a little skimpy these past few months. This is because my tastes have been changing. Up until now I've predominantly reviewed novels in the Young Adult genre. Sadly, this genre really isn't doing it for me anymore. There are a few series I will continue to read and review, but beginning July 2013, I'll be mostly reviewing New Adult books from now on.

 

Cheers!

 

Spartan Frost by Jennifer Estep (ARC)

Spartan Frost (Mythos Academy #4.5)
Jennifer Esteps
Exp. Pub.: June 25, 2013

I’m Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was — until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost.

Professor Metis and Nickamedes say that I’m fine, that Loki and the Reapers don’t have a hold on me anymore, but I can’t risk it. I can’t risk hurting Gwen again. So I’m leaving Mythos and going somewhere far, far away.

I know Gwen wonders what’s happening to me, whether I’m safe. I can’t tell her, but this is my story … 

This is a novella, so there's only 5 chapters. After what happened in Crimson Frost, Logan and his father moved to their home in New York to put a little distance between Logan and Gwen. Understandable that he'd be afraid to be around her right now, but completely cutting her off when he still keeps in contact with their mutual friends? I don't know about that...seems like something only a jerk would do. But I guess the whole point of this novella is to make Logan decide if he'll return to the campus in North Carolina, or cut ties and move forward at the New York campus. At least in New York, he's able to join his father and other members of the Protectorate and go after Loki's Reapers, and we all know how much he'd like to kill every single one of them. So I guess we'll just have to wait for Midnight Frost and see where Logan ends up!

 

ARC provided by K-Teen for honest review.



Release Day & Giveaways - NEARLY BROKEN

 

YAY! Today's the day!

 

In celebration of Nearly Broken's release, there are a couple of places you can win a signed copy, and yes, they're all INT!  

 

You can enter to win at the following sites:

• My favorite gal pal J.A. Redmerski's website
• AToMR Release Event (any stop along the event will give you the rafflecopter, but here's a random blog that will post sometime today) - 4 excerpts are available amongst the posts!
• GoodReads (somewhat INT) 
• An ebook giveaway can be found at Jessica's Book Review

 

We’d both gone missing at one point, but Claire had one thing I didn’t. Someone to notice. So why was I the one still here and she the one still gone?

Nineteen year old Megan Smith has spent the past year working in a small town diner in the middle of nowhere. Life is quiet, simple, safe. Then comes the news that her look-a-like has gone missing.

Claire.

Still damaged both physically and mentally, Megan's not looking to be noticed. Wherever she goes from here, it's a road she needs to take alone. But when Nickolas Ellis takes the job as the new nightshift cook, it scares her how easily her defenses crumble down, down, down for him. But there are secrets she can't bear to share with just anyone, unspeakable acts that continue to haunt, and when the similarities of Claire’s abduction couples with the fear of an unwanted visitor in town, the urge to run before it all happens again intensifies, threatening the only happiness Megan's ever found.

New Adult Romantic Suspense / Dark Realistic Fiction

Recommended for 17+ for mature and disturbing situations, language and sexual content.

 

Paperbacks available on Amazon US, UK, DE, FR, IT, and ES, and my E-store. (pending due to publisher discrepancy, hopefully available within the next week).

eBooks available on Kindle US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, CA, BR, and JP; Kobo and Nook. Don't have an eReader? I think Nook offers the best online reading program.

THEME SONG: Jason Mraz's I WON'T GIVE UP



June's Previously Loved Giveaway

  JUNE'S GIVEAWAY
 

 Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

 

I’m pushing aside
the memory of my nightmare,
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana
and my old school,
push,
push,
push,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.

Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Delirium. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.

 

To enter, visit the Previously Loved Book Giveaway page!