REVIEW EMERALD DARKNESS BY SARRA CANNON My Blog Tour Day!!!

Emerald Darkness By Sarra Cannon

I was lucky enough to get an ARC for Sarra Cannon's blog tour!


Series: Beautiful Darkness #1
Published: May 11th 2015, Author Self Published
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal
Goodreads Synopsis:

“Killing a priestess in the most evil organization of witches in the world has its consequences.

Harper Brighton is standing on the precipice of a great and terrible war. The Sapphire demon gates have fallen, but the four remaining priestesses of the Order of Shadows and their ruler--the mysterious High Priestess--continue to enslave demons from the Shadow World to steal their power.

Harper and her friends in the Demon Liberation Movement target the Emerald gates--led by a dangerous and far more cunning enemy than any they have ever faced. No one is safe. Destruction comes in the blink of an eye, and the entire human world finds itself frozen, locked in perpetual darkness.

Now, Harper must battle her darkest fears in order to save those she loves most. Will she lead them to victory or will everything they've fought for be lost forever?”

Author's Note: This is a continuation of the war started in the Peachville High Demons series. You do not need to have read the first series to start here, but you can start the original series for free with the Beautiful Demons box set of books 1-3! Also her other series Sacrifice Me the first part is also free for kindle so go check them out!

My Thoughts

A quick heads up this is the continuation of Sarra's Peachville High Demons series but you don't have to read those before you start this one, it is set up in a way that you will still understand and I have a link HERE to Sarra's post about reading order if you want to get really specific.

This story follows Harper, Lea, Jackson, Aerden and there team of fighters as the war against the order of shadows continues! We now get to not only see through Harper's eyes like in the original PHD series but also Lea, Jackson and Aerden. We follow them as they deal with the aftermath of killing a high priestess of the Order of shadows, they wait worried as to what there next move is going to be and what there enemy is going to do as they go up against the Emerald Priestess, who seems a lot smarter and more power hungry than her sister!. It also follows Lea's story as she deals with the continued pressure to return to her home land and over through her mad king of a father.

I have always loved Harper and she went through such development in the PHD series and now as she is facing a hole new enemy she needs to find that strength that she once had. Its cool to see her growing throughout the book as she has so  much more pressure on her now than she ever did before. She is such a sassy character too and I like he comments and narration plus I love how loyal and compassionate she is, she would do anything to protect her family. Harper is complicated with her witch and demon sides but in this book her powers really come into there own and I love that, such a kick butt character.
This creates such great relationships with her friends, I really love her friendship with Zara and Mary Anne. These friendships are so different as Zara is a bubbly happy go lucky yet kick butt warrior and complements Harper in the way she gives her strength and then with Mary Anne they understand each other as they have had similar situations thrown at them.

It was great in this novel to hear from Jackson and get a look into his character more, its beautiful how he has such undying love for Harper and how even though they have secrets they are still there for each other and treat each other as equals. I saw in this novel how much Jackson has grown and how he is the rock that does hold everyone together, in a lot of situations he is the one to encourage Harper to go with her gut plus he is super hot and a kick up warrior demon!

Lea for me was a character that I didn't originally like, she is very stubborn and it took me some time to come around and it helped having her point of view in this novel. It gave you an insight into the shadow world in the northern kingdom where they grew up. She is such an awesome warrior though and very cocky it makes the book balance well with her character and Harper's. Plus I see a new ship in the works for Lea just got to think of a good name now...

Aerden was a character I was always dying to get a point of view from as he went through so much to be where he is today. He is strong willed like his brother Jackson but a lot more arrogant and confident in a completely different way and it is so easy to understand why he was such a strong warrior previously. But having the events of being trapped happen to him you can see that he is broken and I'm really excited to see where he does throughout the story. I so also love is complicated relationships with Lea and Jackson and hope also to see more of there dynamics, even more with Harper would be great too.

I love the quiet peaceful town idea that is the setting yet it so isn't peaceful with epic witch and demon craziness going on. But it does seem like such a cool town and I picture the fields around Brighton Manor as such a beautiful place especially all the flowers. I liked that I got a look into the darker side of the order of shadows, as the places they keep under there houses are creepy!. The shadow world is awesome to me and I love the way its described makes me want to go there if there weren't crazy Order of Shadow minions everywhere trying to kill me...

The villain is obviously the Order of Shadows and I love how they take such a smart edge in this book, The Emerald Priestess is so smart and not easily fooled which creates for a great dynamic and all the feels! But there is so much more to the villains in this book as the main characters are trying to work out if there is more at play than meets the eye, by the end you realize that some thing big is going to go down in the next book!.

I really do like Sarra Cannon's writing and I think its just gotten even better than her PHD series! It flows so well and it has so many action packed sections that it grips you till the end. I love the way she builds characters and relationships this is where a lot of the story comes from but also the setting makes it so easy to picture this. I really wish I could have some of the jewelry she writes in this series though so cool!

I give this 4 Stars! Oh the feels! However I did get some of the story before it happened and that's what makes it not a 5 star book for me. BUT I highly recommend picking up her series they are awesome and you can start anywhere!

Hope your having a great day and are doing well. Thanks again to the amazing Sarra Cannon!

Peace : )

WENDY HIGGINS THE GREAT HUNT ART!

Hey!

Super excited for Wendy Higgins new book coming out! THE GREAT HUNT!
She has released a sneak peak art from her amazing artist Jennifer Munswami to start getting the word out about her new book!

There is a synopsis out now on goodreads

"Kill the beast. Win the girl.

A strange beast stirs fear in the kingdom of Lochlanach, terrorizing towns with its brutality and hunger. In an act of desperation, a proclamation is sent to all of Eurona—kill the creature and win the ultimate prize: the daughter of King Lochson’s hand in marriage.

Princess Aerity understands her duty to the kingdom though it pains her to imagine marrying a stranger. It would be foolish to set her sights on any particular man in the great hunt, but when a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention, there’s no denying the unspoken lure between them…or his mysterious resentment.

Paxton is not keen on marriage. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He’s determined to keep his focus on the task at hand—ridding the kingdom of the beast and protecting his family—yet Princess Aerity continues to challenge his notions with her unpredictability and charm. But as past secrets collide with present desires, dire choices threaten everything Paxton holds dear.

Inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ tale, “The Singing Bone,” New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins delivers a dark fantasy filled with rugged hunters, romantic tension, outlawed magic, and a princess willing to risk all to save her people"

So pretty! Can't wait for the actual cover!

I love the concept of a sort of retelling of some Brothers Grimm stories! I have always been such a fan and they are so epic way better than what they get remade into sometimes! but here is the awesome art for it, please note this is not the cover that will hopefully be released soon. For updates about her work you can check out her Social Media like Facebook or her website (she has a great blog) I love her writing and I really liked the sweet trilogy, and a companion to the series Sweet Temptation told from Kaidan's point of view also comes out really soon SEPTEMBER 8th!

You guys should look out for her awesome books
I hope your doing well and have a great day!
Peace : )

TV show review Revenge!

Hey!

So there has been some big season finale episodes of a couple of my favourite shows and I want to vent my anger and all the feels!

Infinity X Infinity

Today I want to talk about revenge, this show was one of my favourites from the beginning! It was one of those shows were I would sit down with my mum and we would watch and be like "NO WAY" and "YOU GO GIRL". But sadly I found out after I had watched the 4th season finale that they aren't going to be making any more... : (. To be completely honest I did see this coming the story revolves around revenge and that has to end at one point you can't have it going around in an endless circle because that would get either really repetitive or boring or BOTH!

I do love these DVD covers

The official synopsis that I can fine for the show that I found ono the lovely internet which gives a really good overview of what the show is about

"Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) comes to the Hamptons and rents a beach house next to the Grayson family mansion for the summer. Emily is really Amanda Clarke, whose father was framed for treason when she was a little girl. After a lengthy trial, he was imprisoned for life, and was murdered in prison by agents of the people who framed him. Amanda was separated from him after his trial and never saw him afterwards. She has now returned to the Hamptons as an adult to exact revenge on those who wronged her and her father. Her primary target is Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe), matriarch of the Grayson family, who loved and betrayed Amanda's father. The show focuses on Amanda's plot to destroy every individual who played a role in her father's imprisonment. Along the way, she discovers various facts about her father's past which change her plans many times. As the series progresses, Amanda brings in other individuals as allies for her plan.

This season... THE FEELS

As Amanda executes the stages of her elaborate plan, she finds it difficult to remain emotionally detached. She struggles to identify her true motivations and examines how her actions change her sense of identity. As she enlists trusted friends into her schemes, she worries how their involvement will change their lives and how she will proceed after she enacts her revenge on those who wronged her and her father."

And this show also has such a cool cast too, I love Emily Van Camp as I watched Everwood when I was younger plus she is in Captain America winter solider as well. She only had a small part in that but in the next Captain America I really hope that her part will be bigger. It did take me some time to get it in my head that I wasn't watching her in her more romcom type dramas like Everwood and Brothers and Sisters but once you see her character its great!. Amanda is just such an epic character she is ruthless and will do anything to protect the ones she loves but there is a soft side to her and watching her grow during the show was really cool, I credit the writers for doing that so well.
And every girl needs a BFF who is just as awesome, in revenge that is Nolan Ross (Gabriel Mann) he is probably my favourite character by far! He is sassy and smart being a IT wiz having his own company and being a billionaire plus he is on Amanda's side having been given his big break by Amanda's father David Clarke before his death.

I do love Amanda's choice in men too, and I like that the story focuses on Amanda and her revenge, yes there are love interests that play into the show but its always about the story, #JackPorter

#Victoria Grayson

And to all of these thriller revenge shows there needs to be a villain, I guess the main one would be Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe) who is elegant and regal. I love that she is as ruthless as Amanda well really she is worse! The thing I liked a bout this show is she is out for revenge so there were more than just the Grayson's as Amanda's target. This made the show more entertaining and one of the reason's why I stuck around for so long.

I can see why people wouldn't like it as it was a little dragged out in some areas and did at times get a little annoying with the story but I really liked the growth and the way all the characters had there place even if I was like WTF as to some of the stuff happening! One certain death in season 3 did bring me to tears as I said no repeatedly to the TV but hey I get involved in my shows sometimes who can blame me!

The setting is great very sort of  like more classy gossip girl where its there mothers as there is sort of a housewives feeling with there queen bee and fighting for the top spot which makes it interesting with the revenge plot line. I love the assortment of other characters that have popped in throughout the series and I must say this was a good looking cast!

I love how this is back to being like the original

So the finale... I guessed a bit of what was going on as it was a little obvious but the smaller details were the parts like stumped me, I am one of those people that do like to guess the plot (My success rate at that is not so good... I think I have an overactive imagination and think of ideas far too elaborate) And I was wondering whether it would end in a big fluffy bow or not I was surprised to say it wasn't as clear cut as I was hoping and I mean a spin off could be quiet  cool hint hint ABC...

I liked the end and was happy with how the show finished off, I would say the finale was like 3.75 stars but the show is a 4 star show easily sometimes a 5 star depending on the season
If you like thriller revenge shows with a killer kick butt female lead than I would definitely give this show a watch especially now as you can marathon it till its finished. I'm sad its over but I'm ready for new shows that ABC has to offer woop woop!

I hope your doing good and have a great day
Peace : )

(Pics from wiki pages and gifs from giphy)

My First review! SPELLCASTER BY CLAUDIA GRAY!

Spellcaster By Claudia Gray

Yo this cover!

Series: Spellcaster Series #1

Published: March 5th 2013 by HarperTeen

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal

Goodreads Synopsis:
"When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to it than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia senses a dark and powerful magic at work in her new town. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, trying to dodge the local legend that his family is cursed - and that curse will cause him to believe he’s seeing the future … until it drives him mad. When the strange dreams Mateo has been having of rescuing a beautiful girl—Nadia—from a car accident come true, he knows he’s doomed. 


Despite the forces pulling them apart, Nadia and Mateo must work together to break the chains of his family’s terrible curse, and to prevent a disaster that threatens the lives of everyone around them"

Find out more HERE

My Thoughts (Tried to be only a little spoilery)
I have never really read many books about witches (Besides the amazingness that is Harry Potter) so when I found out Claudia Gray's next book was a witch series I was excited to get into this genre more.

The story is follows Nadia as her family move to Captive Sounds after her mother abandons her family. Everything changes when she comes into town being saved by a mysteriuos stranger Mateo as she feels the dark forces of magic at play all around and in the town. It goes through her dealing with the fallout of trying to learn to be a witch with no teacher, creating interesting and dangerous combination for them and a exciting story for us! The town is full of magic but where is it coming from and how can she change whats been going on for years...

I like the characters and the relationships in this story, and is one of the reasons I love Claudia Gray's writing as she creates such great characters and personalities that can clash but also fit so well together! I like that even though Nadia has lost the ability to really learn magic and that side of herself it doesn't stop her from trying, as normally her mother should teach her all about this. Even though they are all affected from her mothers desertion Nadia still is acting as the pillar keeping the family together and taking care of them, it creates a loving atmosphere and relationship between Nadia and her father and brother. She is strong and I'm interesting to see the way Claudia takes her character.

The male character Mateo has such an interesting history as to how his family is involved with magic and Captive Sound but also his relationships with his own family which we get to see. I did find it hard to love Mateo at the beginning and it took me some time to find his place in the story. He relationship with best friend Elizabeth is interesting, seeing how she is with Mateo throughout the story but also how she feels about the immediate connection that Mateo has with Nadia. I thought these characters would create a love triangle but was surprised but the actual connection these characters have. I love that you get to see that he is a sweet person and very protective of his friends particularly Elizabeth and he doesn't look down at Nadia I really love there connection and the way they respect each other for who they are. And YAY for no insta love! woop woop

A character I really want to see more of is Verlaine, she is Nadia's best friend as they immediately connect when Nadia starts school. She is a really easy character to relate to as we have all been there bullied and the outcast at some point, you understand why Nadia and Verlaine become friends. She gives the story a nice stark with her funny comments (Plus she has amazing hair!), she is honest but loyal and compassionate I really hope that we get more Verlaine in the next books because she isn't like other characters and I really do think she connects more to the story then is on the surface in this first book.

I also really like that Claudia Gray likes to be diverse in her books as this is full with so many different types of people and they all have such different family lives that it makes for a great read character wide, I hope that she continues to be more developing with her characters in the next 2 books.

The setting is really cool, its not your classic small town story from the beginning the reader and Nadia know there is something else going on here. You see it in the descriptions of the town that there is so many dark and twisted houses. It brings a mood of a little doom and gloom there you know something isn't right its like something is just sucking the soul from the town and I liked that dark contrast.

I just want to say how different and unique the magic system is in this book! it reminds me a lot of the classic ideas of witches where its always the woman and they pass the skills down through there daughters and have covens and what not but its not making potions or using spell books. Spells are connected with memories and emotions and each creates something different from making fire to changing your appearance. Its fun seeing Nadia try to understand them and learn as much as she can to help this town and uncover its secrets. Plus who wouldn't want to know how to levitate I mean come on that would be so cool!

I don't want to talk about who the villain is but oh golly it got me this book, I was not sure who it was for a time there and then I was like NO WAY! but the villain is done so well, its understated in there moves against the main characters. The villain is smart but also doesn't care about anyone but getting what they want and getting all the power. I love the way Claudia Gray writes villains and how they change I'm very excited to see where she takes it forward with the next books!

I feel like Claudia Gray as a writer is amazing, her novels for me just flow and you totally can end up reading these books in one sitting! The story flows and so does the characters. I love the development that she puts into her novels we get the back story of Nadia but also some of the culture surrounded the other characters and of course the magic system which is easy to follow yet still complex enough to be interesting and hold your attention.

My rating:

My First review please be gentle...
I hope your doing great and have a great day
Peace :)

Emerald Darkness Release!

Hey!

First I have been amazingly given a ARC copy of Sarra Cannon's new book! This is a spinoff series to her Peachville High Demon series, this continues where Harper left off with everything changing and it includes new perspectives such as Leah, and Jackson.

It is called EMERALD DARKNESS! And comes out May 11th, plus there is an awesome discount on it for the first week of its release so get those kindles, ebooks and ereaders ready!

It will be great to get into there heads for a bit so stay tuned and I will have a review up soon for her  blog tour in May!

If you are excited to look into this definitely check out her website HERE and if you want to get an exclusive sneak peak into the world of EMERALD DARKNESS you can go to this LINK where you can read the first 4 chapters! Hopefully this can keep you going until the book comes out

Woop Woop GREEEEEEEN!

I'm going to be reading it this week and will hopefully do updates on twitter so check that out too and join in, I'm going to need to talk to someone about these feels!
Then in a few weeks on my tour date I will have a review up of the book, plus if you want to know some of my thoughts on the Peachville High Demons series I have a blog about Sarra Cannon and some of my thoughts there too, she is a great writer and I love her work.

#HappyWithMyFirstWitchyBook!

Look out for all this and check her out, she even has some more contemporary reads, young adult and even some new adult ; )

I hope your doing great and have a great day
Peace :)

I'm Back Baby!

Hey!

I have gotten so bad at posting lately but I have been crazy busy! I now have a job and its super exciting I have done my training and everything and been working there this month, its different but I like it, though it will take some time to get used to that! No more crazy tv show marathons and book marathons!

Yus Job, Yus more blogs

I have started reading again more which has been really nice! I'm still reading Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, its taking me longer than I would like but other books have been keeping me busy!

New job new books, new shows just can't wait!

I love new things!

I have been watching a lot of Ben of Benjaminoftomes on youtube, you guys should totally check him out, he has such a cool taste in books and I have found so many new authors which I love! I have been reading things by Sarra Cannon, Stacey Marie Brown, Josephine Angelini, RK Ryals, Colleen Gleason and Melissa Wright to name a few! I find it so exciting to find new authors and I love new suggestions so please feel free to leave a comment or talk to me on twitter

I do have some things in the works for the next few weeks as I do plan to write some more blogs and post them on my days off. So first is that I want to do some book reviews, one of the first will be my Spellcaster series by Claudia Gray reviews were I plan to do each book over a 3 week period! But I also hope to do more reviews in general to get the thoughts and feels for these books out. I also really want to do some TV show reviews of a season or of new episodes that are coming out, this is also what I want to do is do some game reviews too

Excited for whats next!

I also don't want to just talk about reading games and TV shows I also want to start a series where I talk about some of the things I face going through being in a different country and some of the ups and downs that come with that, I think I will call it kiwi in Berlin (I'm very original don't you know)

If anyone as any ideas for my blog please totally feel free to leave a comment or tweet me too!


I hope your doing good and have a great day
Peace :)

Update on Shows and Books! woop

Hey!

I have been very bad at posting right now!
But a lot has been going on, I have finally found a job I work as a customer care agent I will call it and I also have started a small cleaning service as well!

So I have been very busy trying to do training and making meetings so I haven't had a lot of time to write blogs or even read! I can't even remember when I last read my book.

So with that little update I wanted to update what I am reading and watching plus what I plan to read and watch in the next coming weeks!!!

I don't know if I like these covers...

BOOKS!

Right now I am going old school and have started to re read the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling (if you don't know this series where have you been...XD) I am on the 2nd novel now The Chamber of Secrets which I didn't really like very much and I didn't like the movie at all but I'm liking it at the moment I'm about 50% through and its helping me to remember all the old days when I actually read the Harry Potter series. If you don't know this series follows Harry as he discovers he is a wizard, and mad adventures ensue!

Free right now on Amazon!

I'm planning on finishing the Spellcaster Series by Claudia Gray, I was lucky enough to receive a ARC copy of the final book in the series Sorceress by the lovely Claudia Gray herself so I'm super excited to finish this off and see what happens in the end. This series follows a novice witch as she navigates a new town and magic without her Mother for a teacher. I do have a blog about this series too!

I am also planning to finish another series called the Beautiful Demons Series by Sarra Cannon, I have one more to read and the novels are super fast, I have done a post about her and her books so you can check that out. This story follows Harper who has moved from foster home to foster home and she gets her last chance at Shadowford, and this place is not exactly what it seems...

WATCH!

I have been re watching A LOT of series at the moment and I do have some regular ones that I watch, Revenge (SO good!), Once upon a time (I love fairy tales), Vampire Diaries (My guilty Pleasure), Catfish (This show makes me scared of the internet...), Survivor (Its an old one but a good one), and Reign. I wonder how I make my time actually work! BUT I am also rocking it old school with Degrassi the Next Generation, its a Canadian show all about Teen issues and so much more, the things they cover not many other shows in this sort of range would and its really for everyone. I watched a lot of this when I was younger and you do learn a little which is cool cause the show is awesome! and still going!

Massive Cast

Cast always changing!

Awkward!

2 shows that I am waiting not very patiently to come back would be Awkward and Faking it which are really great! They are both on MTV, Awkward has been around for a while and follows Jenna as she and her friends deal with the dramas of High school and life and Faking it is about 2 nobody girls who fake being lesbians to be popular (It sounds lame I know but its a lot more than that). These shows are awesome especially Awkward its really woop woop

Faking it!

Also there is 2 shows I really want to get into, I love the marvel so I want to start watching Agents of Shield (This is just some of the other stories I believe from the agency that's Agent Carter (In Captain America there was his love interest and this is her story when he was frozen and much more)! They look so good its like a marvel movie over a season and I have heard really good things about it! Plus the actors in it are super cool, and Sif is in there too who I love in the comics, movies she is eh... in the movies

Kick Butt Woman!

So badass

These are the things I hope to read and watch even though I have become very busy and I hope to prep some blogs so I can have more up for you guys to read. If there is anything you all want to know follow me on Twitter and tweet me what you want to know

I hope your doing well and have a great day
Peace : )