Mortal Obligation By Nicole Chase

Ree will face the darkest form of betrayal before the year is out.Seventeen year old Ree McKenna has three goals: get through high school, convince her crush she is more than his best friend’s little sister, and save money for college. Fate, though, has other plans for her. After the untimely death of her older brother, Ree is haunted by dreadful nightmares and terrifying visions. To make matters worse, Ree has started to suspect that something dangerous is stalking her from the shadows. A night full of frightening surprises leaves Ree with unsettling news. Gifted by the gods with unusual powers, she must devote herself to a battle that could very well lead to not only her death, but the demise of everyone she knows and loves. After all, Ree is the only mortal standing between the Earth and utter darkness. Set in Savannah, Ga, Mortal Obligation is the first book of The Dark Betrayal Trilogy.




Let's play 10 Questions, shall we? So Hira...

1) Did you like this book? - Yes. I did. Why the hell would I give it 4.5 stars then? Sorry. Didn't mean to snap. Don't ask stupid questions.

2)Did you hate this book? - See question 1. Also take my advice on the whole 'don't-ask-stupid-questions' bit.

3)How do you feel about the main protagonist?- We have Love/ Hate relationship. I loved at her at some stages and sometimes I had the urge to flick her on the forehead.

3)How did you find her Romantic Interest? - Let's just say, he's one of the reason I kept going with this book. Their cute banter and his possessiveness was just too adorable.

4) Were there supporting character's tolerable? -In most books, they are more interesting than the main leads. And, yes, this book could have been one of those books. Thanks God, Chase did a good job of making everyone with the same amount of awesomeness.

5) How was the story? - Interesting. Chase has build up a good premise with the story keeping your attention to the last page. Not too slow, not too fast. Twists and turns added to the brilliance. And yes, Chase is a brilliant writer. No faults.

6) Why'd you give it 4.5 then?- I could have given it 5 stars but It's just that the main girl annoyed me sometimes but that's it. Nothing Else.

7)Would you recommend it to other readers?- Yes. Definitely. Looking for a paranormal/romance book that won't disappoint then this is it.

8) Any memorable moments? Anything between Pay and Ree was memorable. Oh yeah, the last few scenes were good too.

9) Um...I've run out of questions...- What kind of reporter are you anyway? How come you couldn't even come up with 10 question???

10) That's Hira. See you next time- Wait a minute. The nerve. I'll have to talk to your boss-* Reporter hangs up the phone* Cheek!

Would You Look At That?

I haven't been updating this segment at all. Sorry about that. This is what school does to you.

Anyway, This week's cover is The Selection By Kiera Cass.

Beautiful isn't it? Only some lucky girls get to wear a dress like that. I'm not one of them.

What I like about it? The color. The Dress.The ruffles, even though I'm not a ruffle-type girl.

The glass at the back reflecting different poses. I like all of those things.

Also, anyone heard the news? CW aka creators of Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries are adapting this as a TV series. Don't ask me how that is going to work out. I haven't read it yet even though I plan to.  Also, can you guys, who actually view my blog, please leave some comments so that I can feel I'm not doing this for no reason.

Enjoy!

Angelfall by Susan Ee

It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.

Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.

Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.

Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco where she’ll risk everything to rescue her sister and he’ll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.


Are you looking for Something to Read? Something to fill the Void that's hasn't been filled since the Hunger Game Craze? Want something that'll make you squeal, cry, gasp, and awwwww at the same time? Something that'll make you hyperventilate just at the mention of it? Something that'll....wait. I should go ahead with the review. I need to go and Lie down after this.

Angelfall( Penryn & the End of Days, #1) is a book written by Susan Ee, who has been added to Hira's List Of Fave Authors. Let's momentarily clap for her success.

I just don't know what to say. I'm actually speechless. Which is amazing as it is because I always have something to say about books. I have never had a mind-boggling experience as this before. Every book gives me a different feeling and this is completely on a different level. I actually ENJOYED reading this. I wasn't all 'I gotta finish this because I have to' but instead I was 'OMG, why are pages coming to an end so fast?'. 
I think I should start the review or I'll just keep going.

First: The World of Susan Ee

It's actually amazing how descriptive her writing is AND not complicated at the same time. Have you ever noticed how some authors get so absorbed in describing something and all the while are confusing the reader with their unnecessary big words? Yeah well, this in NOT one of those book. It's EXTREMELY well written. She has all the points of a good writer. Easy flow of words, excellent describing skills, inventing of very interesting characters and the BEST ROMANCE I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME.

The World has come to and end. Everything is destroyed. Ever see the movie '2012'? Yeah, the damage is far more worse than that. Oh, yeah. Forgot to mention something. Earth is being run by...ANGELS. I know, I know. You're picturing the angels you see on TV. All white, gorgeous wings, kind, religious etc. Well, erase that picture and replace it with not-all-white wings, unkind, sinister, deadly, dangerous and (*insert every word that implies a bad guy*). Humans are mostly dead or some mostly hiding. Some live in groups, some fend on their own. Of course, angels live in luxury, with humans as their....slaves. I know. Who would've thought? Gangs, cannibals, indescribable monsters run the day, while angels run the night. Basically, no one is safe at any time.

Second: The Characters:

Penryn: Guys, I GOTTA get this off my chest first.

*PENRYN, I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE THE GREATEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE. YOU ARE STRONG, BRAVE, THE BEST GIRL FIGHTER I'VE EVER READ ABOUT, YOUR SISTERLY LOVE BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES, YOUR SACRIFICES, YOUR DETERMINATION, YOUR LOVE, ALL OF THESE COMBINED HAVE MADE YOU OF MY MOST FAVOURITE HEROINES EVER.* Thanks for that.

Ahem, anyway, I loved the characters in this book. Penryn is just so...broken. I mean, look at her. Her mother is crazy, her sister's been kidnapped by the 'things' that have destroyed her world, she alone, scared and has made a deal with her biggest enemy. Actually....broken is not the right word for her. She one messed up teen.
She was so determined to find her sister, that I found myself admiring her. I NEVER admire the heroines in the books I read. They are mostly annoying and make stupid decision, put themselves first and god, are stupid infront of boys. She is NOT that heroine. She's sarcastic, her dry humor actually get's you chuckling util you realise, wait, she's in a messed up world but can still talk back to the person she hates the most, you end up in love. 
Her relationship with Raffe was just.....I ate it up as if I was eating my most favourite chocolate cake......sorry that sentence does not describe my feelings for this couple. Their forbidden relationship is just so....forbidden. Okay, I'm gonna stop now. My brain is backfiring. I cannot seem to conjure up anything here. It's pointless. I will say one thing. PLEASE READ THIS AND I SWEAR, YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT THE DEVASTATION TWILIGHT/HUSH,HUSH HAS LEFT BEHIND. BELIEVE ME.


Raffe: My brain is gonna backfire again. I'm actually fanning my face here as I sit. I'm taking deep breaths and my sister is shooting her 'I-can't-believe-she's-the-oldest' look at me. Don't care. I really don't care. When she read this book, she will surely understand my reactions. 
And you will too. It's gonna get better too. Cannot wait for the next book. I won't go into much detail, because it's all spoilers but please picture this. Bad-boy, Angel, bad-ass, secretive, etc. etc.
Again. What I've said is absolute shit as it cannot compare to the real him but oh well, you'll find out soon enough. When you read the book.

The Story

You will never be bored. You will never lose track of what page you're on. You will not be nodding off. You never know what's coming next.
There's horror. Alot of horror. But that just makes it better. 
The ending leaves you wanting more. Of course, it can't be all happy. Alot more needs to, has to, happen. The world is destroyed. Angels still run it. What can a little girl do? I wanna know but I'll have to wait. Stupid waiting. 

Overall:

I like that even though it's a book, she made so many things so realistic, half the time I wondered how she came up with it. She made angels so different to what we think of them. Not everybody is nice in this world. It only took me to realise that my whole life and this book tell you on the first page. I felt bad for Penryn sometimes. Why go through so much at such a young age? But that's what make her exceptional. When most gave up, she didn't. In the book, you are given a whole different side to 'humans'. You see them different to what they are now in real life. You will see how a catastrophe brings them together but you will also see the darker side, what humans can do when all hope is lost. 

I have alot more to say but I can't remember. But it doesn't matter. Just read this book because you will feel what I feel and understand why I'm so muddled up. I would like to thank Susan Ee for writing a masterpiece and to never stop doing what she loves and what her fans love her for. Also sorry for excessive use of the same words. I can get annoying. I just loved it too much!

5 STARS!

Touch By Jus Accardo

When a strange boy tumbles down a river embankment and lands at her feet, seventeen-year-old adrenaline junkie Deznee Cross snatches the opportunity to piss off her father by bringing the mysterious hottie with ice blue eyes home.

Except there’s something off with Kale. He wears her shoes in the shower, is overly fascinated with things like DVDs and vases, and acts like she’ll turn to dust if he touches her. It’s not until Dez’s father shows up, wielding a gun and knowing more about Kale than he should, that Dez realizes there’s more to this boy—and her father’s “law firm”—than she realized.

Kale has been a prisoner of Denazen Corporation—an organization devoted to collecting “special” kids known as Sixes and using them as weapons—his entire life. And, oh yeah, his touch? It kills. The two team up with a group of rogue Sixes hellbent on taking down Denazen before they’re caught and her father discovers the biggest secret of all. A secret Dez has spent her life keeping safe.

A secret Kale will kill to protect.


The synopsis has everything in a book that I want to read. Kick-ass girl, mysterious boy, paranormal powers, secret organisation and a glued-to-you-seat story.

But I will say I had mixed feelings to this. Lets start with the good.

The Good:

The story: The whole premise was very interesting. Secret organisation, 'collecting' and training special individuals with powers, is run by an evil, sinister man who is the father of our heroine, Dez. Dez is, of course, unaware of all this. She lives her life to the max, often involving danger, just to get the attention of her distant father. Enter mysterious boy who has an amazing but sick power that affects everyone but Dez and finally, the heroine gets involved in all this risky business herself.

Kale was, overall, my favourite character. I loved seeing things through his eyes as, in a way, everything was new for him. His love for Dez was very deep and his possessiveness was cute.

See, all the above are signs of a good story. It could be highly interesting. And it was. Some parts of it.

The Bad:

I felt the romance was, although sweet, was kind of fast. Dez and Kale click, maybe because Dez is the only person he can touch, and bam, it's love. I don't know guys, I mean, there were many awwww bits but it was just a bit too fast for me.

Dez could be a bit impulsive and made a few stupid decision, like every other heroine but was strong, so it was all good. 

Overall:

It's the first book in the series, so maybe it'll get better and we go along. It usually does. I think. I will say I'm looking forward to the next book and can't wait to see what's happening next.

4 STARS!

Updates!

Okay, don't shoot. I've been busy. Believe me. I've been up to HERE, with the stuff that's going on. Not that I didn't read. Believe me. I did. Reviews up soon aswell as other post. Get ready!!!!

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The Immortal Ones by Julie Kagawa

In a future world, Vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity.

Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.

Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die… or become one of the monsters.

Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.

Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.

But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.




This is my first ever Julie Kagawa book. It will certainly not be my last. 

The story starts with an introduction to Allison (Allie) Sekemoto. She lives in a world riddled with plague, controlled by vampires and crawling with rabids. But her world is more complicated then that. There is a system in this world but I'm not gonna go into details. Just remember this. 
~Vamps R Best, Non-Bloodsuckers Aren't~ 

Should I make a list of words to describe Allie, because I will never be able to talk about her in one paragraph. 

Strong/Brave/Sarcastic/Humorous/Kind/Witty/kick-ass/troubled/trustful/impulsive/hunter/loner/Beautiful( I think so) 

Allie, at the start, hates the Bloodsuckers with passion. She lives as a Unregistered, a nobody, who has to fend for herself in those harsh conditions. Survive, Eat and stay out of trouble are her everyday routines. 
But not for long. Circumstances lead to her being attacked by rabids and so she lay there on the verge of death when she is given the ultimate choice by a surprising ally. You guessed it, a vampire. 
Choose to die, or become a vampire? (Which is still death both ways because Vamps are dead too.) So, yeah she chooses to become what she hates the most. I was kind of, I don't know, a bit annoyed here. I mean, at the start all Allie does is say that she hates the Vamps, how he loathes them, how they ruined her life etc. etc. but then she chooses to become one. After a good long think I decided she did make the right decision. If I was given that choice, I would've probably made the same choice as her. You are still ALIVE, not DEAD, and yeah, being a vampire could be hard but I'd adjust. Wouldn't I? 

Her savior Kanin, takes her under his wing and basically grooms her into becoming a Vampire. That includes history lessons, survival lessons and combat lessons. How to hunt and feed the 'Hunger' was also in the package. One word describes Kanin. Mysterious. Even though Allie does spend months with him, she know very little about him or the work he does. He's a brilliant teacher, harsh but soft at the same time, not giving her futile hope, telling her she is a monster. But overall, she knows nothing. But when she does find out something,something big, she does have to make the decision of, can she trust him? 

Her time comes to an end with Kanin and she begins her journey alone. Alone is death if you're a human but when you're a Vampire, nothing much worries you except having something to drink, once in a while. 
She meets interesting people during her road trip but the most interesting of all, Ezekiel Cross aka Zeke. 

I think I should do another list, especially for him. 

Kind/Brave/Strong/Gorgeous/Witty/Humorous//leader/secretive/affectionate/kick-ass/ 
Basically PURE IMAGINARY PERFECT BUT TROUBLED BOY. As you've noticed Allie and Zeke's descriptions are very similar, maybe because in a crazy way, they are both very alike. Their romance is perfect. Not insta-love people, my fans know I hate that.Ha. 

There are a few things I want to talk about though, before I finish. 
Julie's writing is absolutely a thrill to read. I mean, so descriptive, so brilliantly put that you just flow along, without any hesitation. Sometime some books lack due to the writing but this book is entirely on an other planet. *Cue clapping here for Julie* 

The world the author has created may need another round of applause. A world on the brink of falling, where there is no hope whatsoever. I sometimes felt the frustration of the characters, how much they wanted 'normal' but even I knew that it would take a long,long time for that to happen. The description is vivid, with Julie describing the destruction and gore as if she was describing a piece of pie. 

VAMPIRES. God, Julie, are you trying to out-run the other authors on my FAVE-AUTHORS list? I mean you actually created vampires that are, wait-for-it, vampires. You did not make them sparkly, make them drink animal blood, make them 'nice' and again, just for affect, SPARKLY. No, these vampires are monster, the kind of monster you don't ever wanna meet when you go to sleep, the kind that could cut you into pieces by a mere flick of the hand. She made them so realistic, I had to stop a few time when I was reading the book, to look behind me and make sure I was alone. I also liked that there are rules to being a vampire, and one big rule, ladies and gents, vamps and humans do not 'love'. Take that Edward. 

I love the cover by the way. It's so..Allie. Oh, yeah, when vamps cry, they cry bloods of tears. Oops. Spoiler alert. 

To finish off, I'd like to Thanks Julie Kagawa for writing a vampire book that I am not ashamed to read. I like to thank her for creating a book so realistic,characters so flawed but real and vamps that don't sparkle. 

Living for the next book!

5 START PARTY EVERYBODY! WOOOOOO! 

Night School By C.J. Daugherty

Sometimes school is murder.

Allie Sheridan's world is falling apart. She hates her school. Her brother has run away from home. And she's just been arrested.

Again.

This time her parents have finally had enough. They cut her off from her friends and send her away to a boarding school for problem teenagers. 

But Cimmeria Academy is no ordinary school. Its rules are strangely archaic. It allows no computers or phones. Its students are an odd mixture of the gifted, the tough and the privileged. And then there's the secretive Night School, whose activities other students are forbidden even to watch.

When Allie is attacked one night the incident sets off a chain of events leading to the violent death of a girl at the summer ball. As the school begins to seem like a very dangerous place, Allie must learn who she can trust. And what's really going on at Cimmeria Academy.

Night School is C.J.Daugherty's first book. It better not be her last or I'll cry. 

I've always loved the premise of boarding schools( Thank you Harry Potter) and when I read the description and saw " Boarding school + Out-Of-Control-Girl = Mystery/thriller/romance" I knew I'd had just boarded a roller coaster ride. 

Allie's(a seemingly popular name in the world of YA literature) world is turned upside down when she is forced to attend Cimmeria Academy. Well, that's what you get for getting arrested. Again. Her parents are fed up and like every parents does, take extreme measures to make their troubled kid say out of trouble. What's the only solution? Send her to a boarding school far away that nobody's ever heard off. Perfect. 

I liked Allie. Scratch that. I loved Allie. So, she's a bit broken at the start. She has her reasons. I mean, nobody does anything for nothing. Her bother had run away from home, for unknown reason, leaving behind him a trail of broken hearts and soon-to-be-arrested-little-sister. 

Allie, at the start does not fit in to Cimmeria. At all. First of all, a new student in the middle of the summer holidays, with bright red hair and who seems to attract the attention of the bitchy crowd, screams 'Stay Away'. And, she's managed to attract the attention of Sylvian ( hot, mysterious, french guy) and Carter ( hot, bad-boy, troubled guy). All she needs is a killer on the loose and it'll be Harry Potter: Red-headed Edition. Allie was strong, not running away from what was bringing her down, even though she badly wanted to. But no worries, she fits in after a while. It's always hard at the start. Thanks to Jo, her new friend, and the support from her I-wish-she-was-my-principal, principal, she fits in soon enough. Also, she so sarcastic and witty, so she managed to grab attention with out even trying. She makes mistake, believe me, one of them being Sylvian, but what's a YA story without a mistake-making heroine. 

Carter West and Allie's Romance was slow, building gently from hate to friendship to love but it wasn't easy. I mean, hot french guy is playing piggy in the middle. He grabs Allies attention at the start and so cue get-together, lovey-dovey etc. Sylvian was nice and all but I wasn't.. I don't know, he wasn't Carter West for me. Thank god, everything changes after Sylvian tries to commit an unforgivable mistake and is stopped by Allie's secret Knight in Shining Armour. It's so obvious Allie and Carter like each other but half the time they were at each others throat to actually say something else. In other words, sweet tension. hehe.

Her friends were another story. Jo was a ball of mess. She was probably bi-polar and just so confusing. At the end when a terrifying secret was reveled by Jo herself, I saw her a bit differently because She'd been hiding something so important but she'd done it for the sake of the one she thought she loved. I loved Rachel and am praying I find a friend like her.Trustworthy and always there for Allie when she was needed. 

Let's not forget about the mystery. I like that the romance was something to turn to but it wasn't what the whole story was about. There is something going on, something that Sylvian and Carter and other students are involved in. Night School. The title says it all. A secret school held and night that teaches certain special students skills, combat/survival etc. to protect the school as well as something else. 
When something sinister starts attacking Allie and her school, targeting her for unknown reasons and killing her friends, she knows somehow she's involved and that alot of secrets are being kept from her. When one one her friends is killed and fingers point to her, she knows it's time for some answers. 

This book is a whole lot of genres rolled into one. Thriller/mystery/romance/YA. 
It might be slow for some but I liked it that way. Everything seemed realistic, not happening so fast and half the time I felt Allie's frustration. No body seemed to tell her anything but she kept getting involved in everything one way or another. Even when I finished the book I realised that Allie doesn't have any answers at all. I mean, why was she sent to Cimmeria? Why does someone want to kill her? What is the reasons behind night school? Why is her mother hiding secrets? And why, the first time in ages she sees her brother, he's the one trying to burn down the school? She still not safe as the book is finishing and has to have body guards protects her all the way back home for the holiday. She needs answers. The only person to ask, her mother. 

This book is good, especially for mystery lover but beware, it's addictive. Brilliantly written, the author'd writing was smooth, make the story flow with ease. 

5 STARS!