Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

Paperback, 608 pages

Published October 3rd 2011 by Viking Australia

Series:  Lumatere Chronicles #2

Currently Reading for review...

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

Rating: 4 Stars

Hardcover, 438 pages

Published October 4th 2011 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

A wonderful addition to the Hush Hush series. Full review to come...

Tempest by Julie Cross

Rating: 5 Stars

Hardcover, 352 pages

Expected publication: January 3rd 2012 by St. Martin's Griffin

Review to come....

Unraveling Isobel

 

Rating: 4.5

Hardcover, 256 pages

Expected publication: January 3rd 2012 by Simon Pulse

 

What a fantastic story. Unraveling Isobel was so much different than I had expected. Sure, the blurb was interesting enough, but the story and dialect was so much more.

Isobel is moving with her mother, her new step-father and step-brother to Naime, an island off the coast. She has very few nice things to say since her mother dragged her away to some desolate island her senior year with a hot step-brother and a new step-father her mother has only known for 3 months. Yeah, I'd be pissed off too. You would think the "crazy" would run in her mother's side of the family.

Isobel isn't exactly feeling like gummybears and rainbows around her new step-father. The more he pushes "family" the more she despises him and the fact that her mother is totally oblivious to the fake charm he puts off.

The Wickham family has an "estate" on the island and this place seems huge. But there are stories on this island about a curse and murders. Seems that there is more to Morrigan (the estate) than Isobel realized.

Weird things begin to happen and there is a murder mystery Isobel must figure out. Her step-father, Dick (Richard), is making her life miserable and the only person who believes her is Nate, her step-brother.

There is so much more to this story. You have your classic bitch from school who is out to ruin you, the sexy guy (Nate, woo hoo), a murder mystery, SWOON worthy moments and so much more.

From the beginning I knew I would like this book. There's something to say about a writer who can make you laugh within the first few pages. Isobel is an awesome character. I admire a character who has the kahuna's to face scary situations. Nate, the sexy step-brother, was intriguing. I loved the chemistry between Nate and Isobel.

This is one book that don't think I would have normally picked up to read and I am so glad I did.

Unveiled by Trisha Wolfe

Published September 18th 2011 by S.B. Addison Books
Rating: 5 Stars!

Wow, for a short story this was awesome. This is the first of Trisha Wolfe's stories I have read. I was totally pulled in from the beginning. I love stories with action and romance.

The Kingdom of Karm is supposed to protect it's people from the Outside, the wasteland. King Hart rules Karm. Fallon is a Rebel sent on a mission to dispose of one of Karm's men. During her mission she questions her leaders intentions and wonders what Xander has done to be placed with a death wish. Micha, Fallon's leader, had taken her in when she was 10 because her mother died from the virus.

On Fallon's mission she realizes that this was her personal test to prove her allegiance to the Rebels. It didn't feel right to her though.

She soon finds out that Micha had sent a plant, a man by the name Larkin, to watch Fallon and make sure she did what was ordered. Fallon has fallen somewhat for Xander and she decides to confront Micha about this mission.

In the end, Fallon ends up wearing the ring marking her the chosen leader of the Rebels.

Even though this is a short story, It is very well written and easily pulls you in. The lavish details and the quick chemistry between Fallon and Xander didn't make me want to gag. I actually found it perfectly executed for such a story.

There was lots of action and enough peaking romance that I couldn't NOT want to read this. I look forward to reading more of Ms. Wolfe's stories