New Releases ~ week of 07/03/2017

A Companion for the Cowboy by Liz Isaacson (#2 Brush Creek Brides)

A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly (#15 Charlie Parker)
A Matter of Trust by Susan May Warren (#3 Montana Rescue)
A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie (#15 Psychic Eye Mystery)
Ashes by Suzanne Wright (#3 The Dark in You)
Beloved Hope by Tracie Peterson (#2 Heart of the Frontier)
Chasing Down a Dream by Beverly Jenkins (#8 Blessings)
City of Masks by S. D. Sykes (#3 Somershill Manor Mysteries)
Days of Desire by Tina Donahue (#2 Pirates Prize)
Debutantes & Daggers by Rachel Hawkins (#4 Rebel Belle)
Detention! by Matthew Holm, Jarrett J Krosoczka, Jennifer L Holm (#3 Comics Squad)
Every Deadly Kiss by Steven James (#10 Patrick Bowers Files)

Grave Ransom by Kalayna Price (#5 Alex Craft)
Harbors of the Sun by Martha Wells (#5 Raksura)
Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn (#2 Heroine Complex)
His Turn by J. A. Huss (#3 Turning)
Just the Thing by Marie Harte (#2 Donnigans)
Katana at Super Hero High by Lisa Yee (#4 DC Superhero Girls)
Keeping It Hot by Sydney Landon (#1 Breakfast in Bed)
Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My by Denise Swanson (#6 Devereaux Dime Store Mystery)
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
Mission to the Moon by Mark Cheverton (#3 The Mystery of Entity 303)
On Love's Gentle Shore by Liz Johnson (#3 Prince Edward Island Dreams)

Over Maya Dead Body by Sandra Orchard (#3 Serena Jones Mystery)
Serafina and the Splintered Heart by Robert Beatty (#3 Serafina)
Sowed to Death by Peg Cochran (#2 Farmer's Daughter Mystery)
The Song of the Orphans by Daniel Price (#2 Silvers)

New Releases ~ week of 04/07/2014

Alien Encounter by Charise Mericle Harper (#1 Sasquatch and Aliens)

Bitter Winds by Kay Bratt (#3 Scavenger's Daughter)
Capturing Peace by Molly McAdams (#0.5 Sharing You)
Carnal Curiosity by Stuart Woods (#29 Stone Barrington)
Cauldron of Ghosts by Eric Flint, David Weber (#3 Crown of Slaves)
Collector of Dying Breaths by M J Rose (#6 Reincarnationist)
Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 12 by Rei Toma (#12 Dawn of the Arcana)
Deal Killer by Vicki Doudera (#5 Darby Farr Mystery)
Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout (#2 Cyrus Mills)
Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor (#3 Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy)
Fractured Truth by Rachel McClellan (#3 Fractured Light)
Ghost of a Chance by Lauren Barnholdt (#3 Girl Meets Ghost)

Horizon by Jenn Reese (#3 Above World)
Incinerator by Niall Leonard (#2 Crusher)
Mine to Claim by A C Arthur (#1 Shadow Shifters: Damaged Hearts)
Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover by Ann B Ross (#15 Miss Julia)
Operation Shield by Joel Shepherd (#5 Cassandra Kresnov)
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins (#1 Rebel Belle)
Revelations by Paul Antony Jones (#3 Extinction Point)
Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong (#1 Age of Legends)
Season of Wonder by Lisa T Bergren (#1 Remnants)
Shipstar by Gregory Benford, Larry Niven (#2 Bowl of Heaven)
Silent Bite: A Scanguards Wedding by Tina Folsom (#8.5 Scanguards Vampires)
Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear (#3 Iskryne World)

The First Battle by Erin Hunter (#3 Warriors: Dawn of the Clans)
The Klaatu Terminus by Pete Hautman (#3 Klaatu Diskos)
The Nethergrim by Matthew Jobin (#1 Nethergrim)
The Will by Kristen Ashley (#1 Magdalene)
Toxic Heart by Theo Lawrence (#2 Mystic City Trilogy)
Up by Five by Erin Nicholas (#5 Counting on Love)

New Releases ~ week of 5/13/2013

Under the Light by Laura Whitcomb (#2 in Light)

Magician's End by Raymond E Feist (#3 in Chaoswar Saga)
The Tyrant's Law by Daniel Abraham (#3 in Dagger and the Coin)
The Human Division by John Scalzi (#5 in Old Man's War)
School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins (#1 in Hex Hall Spin-Off)
Inferno: A Novel by Dan Brown (#4 in Robert Langdon)
All of My Love by Francis Ray (#9 in Grayson Friends)
The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston (#1 in The Rules for Disappearing)
Eyes Wide Open by Raine Miller (#3 in The Blackstone Affair )
Ray of Light by Shelley Shepard Gray (#2 in Days of Redemption)
Summer in Napa by Marina Adair (#2 in St. Helena Vineyard)
Vote by Gary Paulsen
Recipe for Love by Darlene Panzera (#2 in The Cupcake Diaries)

Never by K D McEntire (#3 in Lightbringer)
The Ball by Charise Mericle Harper (#1 in Bean Dog and Nugget)
The Cookie by Charise Mericle Harper (#2 in Bean Dog and Nugget)
Little Green by Walter Mosley (#12 in Easy Rawlins)
Lucky Bastard by Deborah Coonts (#4 in Lucky O'Toole Las Vegas Adventures)
A Box of Gargoyles by Anne Nesbet (#2 in Cabinet of Earths)
Sign of the Cross by Thomas Mogford (#2 in Spike Sanguinetti)
The Cydonian Pyramid by Pete Hautman (#2 in Klaatu Diskos)
The Year of Luminous Love by Lurlene McDaniels (#1 in Year of Luminous Love)
The Rose Throne by Mette Ivie Harrison (#1 in Rose Throne)
Shotgun Lullaby by Steve Ulfelder (#3 in Conway Sax)

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill over at Breaking The Spine. It's a weekly event that spotlights upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating.

Spell Bound (Hex Hall #3)
by Rachel Hawkins
published by Hyperion
expected release date: March 13, 2012

Summary: Hailed as “impossible to put down,” the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a winning combination of romance, action, magic and humor, this third volume will leave readers enchanted.

Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident.

Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?

**I enjoyed the first two books of this trilogy and with the way the second ended I definitely want to read this one.

What are you looking forward to reading?

Book Review ~ Demonglass

Demonglass (Hex Hall #2)
By Rachel Hawkins
Published By Hyperion Books

Summary (Goodreads): Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch. 
That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth. 
Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will destroy her powers. 
But once Sophie arrives she makes a shocking discovery. Her new friends? They’re demons too. Meaning someone is raising them in secret with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Archer to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?

My Thoughts: I'll start with the ending: I really, really dislike cliffhangers. Especially when it doesn't feel like anything was answered in the book. I enjoyed the book until this point in the story. It was like we started to get answers and then the book was finished and we were still in the middle of a scene. 

I still enjoyed Sophie's snarky attitude and the addition of some romantic tension with someone other than Archer. I did still like the interactions with Sophie and Archer throughout and look forward to see what happens next. I found the side characters as interesting, if not more, than Sophie in this book. I kinda felt bad for the new kids(demons), even at the end of the book.  It felt as if Jenna grew a lot in this book and came into her own.

I think another part of the letdown for me was the discovery of who was creating all the problems wasn't that big of a surprise  so it didn't have that wow factor for me.  I'm more interested in what is going to happen with Sophie and her friends and what/how The Eye is going to help or hurt them.

Rating: 4