Letterbox love (1)

Letterbox Love is a weekly book meme, showing everyone what books you have brought, been gifted and been sent in the week. Showing your love at the end of the week, with everything you have recieved in the letterbox.

What I got this week:

Bought:
1. Jersey Angel.
2. In Honor.
3. Second Chance Summer.
4. The Pledge. Was only 1.99 in The works!
5. Obsidan. (Im reading this atm and it is just so amazing seriously, I can see what the hype is about)

As you can see theres quite a summer theme going on this week. Im trying to read as many summer books as I can this summer. Aha, any sugestions let me know?

What books did you get in your letterbox this week? x

The Golden Lily By Richelle Mead Giveaway

Giveaway: The Golden Lily By Richelle Mead.

 Summary: The second thrilling installment in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy spinoff series

Tough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a human boarding school in the sunny, glamorous world of Palm Springs, California. The students--children of the wealthy and powerful--carry on with their lives in blissful ignorance, while Sydney, Jill, Eddie, and Adrian must do everything in their power to keep their secret safe. But with forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer, hiding the truth is harder than anyone thought.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Richelle Mead's breathtaking Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive. In this second book, the drama is hotter, the romances are steamier, and the stakes are even higher.
Giveaway: Want to win a pre ordered copy of this beautiful book? Then heres how. 1.) Must be a subscriber of mine +1 entry and the main entry. GFC: Enchantedbooks 2.) Follow me on twitter (@enchantedbookss) Will give you an extra entry +1. 3)And for an extra two entries, retweet this on twitter. Check @enchantedbookss amazing giveaway, The Golden Lily By Richelle Mead the second in the bloodlines series. http://www.enchantedbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/golden-lily-by-richelle-mead-giveaway.html  Once you have done the following up above, write it down in the comments section along with Your GFC and your email address.

The giveaway closes 29th May. This is international.

Review: Scarlet By A.C. Gaughen

Title: Scarlet
Genre: Young adult/ Action.
Author: A.C. Gaughen.
Publisher: Bloomsbury.

Summary: Many readers know the tale of Robin Hood, but they will be swept away by this new version full of action, secrets, and romance.

Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only the Hood and his band know the truth: the agile thief posing as a whip of a boy is actually a fearless young woman with a secret past. Helping the people of Nottingham outwit the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham could cost Scarlet her life as Gisbourne closes in.

It’s only her fierce loyalty to Robin—whose quick smiles and sharp temper have the rare power to unsettle her—that keeps Scarlet going and makes this fight worth dying for.

Review: So I was this book for review from the lovely publishers bloomsbury. Not really knowing nothing about the book, just knowing it was a tale based on Robin hood. And Im actually happy  that I didnt read reviews on this before I read it because I think thats what made this book so much more exciting! It was action packed from the first page and I instantly took to enjoying this book. Our main character is Scarlet. Known to others as Will Scarlet. Dressed as a boy, only the closest in her gang know that she is actually a girl. Shes part of Robin Hoods group and helps them with keeping the poor safe from the nasty sheriff. Obviously thats where the tradtionally classic is a part of this book but whats so different is we dont just see Robin Hood as a main part but someone else. I liked that Scarlet was fiesty and fierce. She was deffinetly different from most fictional girls. She was tough and deffinetly not a weak person.

The whole point to the story is to keeping the poor safe and getting them all to manage to pay their taxes by the end of a certain date. But along the lines there are alot of other story lines going on aswell like Scarlets big secret, a secret that is the only thing that Scarlet is actually scared of. But I wont spoil it. If you havent read it go read it.

The romance was so cute aswell! I loved Robin and Scarlet and how deeply in love with the other they were and how both their pride and protectiveness tried to hide all this. Robin is so charming and tough all at the same time. Hes just one of the characters that everyone loves. The risks and things he will do to keep his town safe are just really amazing. He is just someone trying to look after everyone around him. There were also characters like Little John and Much that were big characters in the story. You see John has feelings for Scarlet aswell and that Much looks up to Scarlet like shes his big sister. The gang of them really do adore and care for Scarlet and by reading this book you realise how much people will go to look after the ones they love.

And thankyou to A.C.Gaughen for explaining at the end of the book on why you wrote this retelling of Robin Hood it was actually really interesting to read.

I rate this one an A.

R.A.K. April Wrap-Up!

R.A.K. April Wrap-Up
Random act of kindness is open to everyone. Its a place where people give and recieve books and have an awesome time doing it. Hosted By BookSoulmates.

I had an awesome RAK this month.
I sent:
Beks - Hex Hall. -
http://justanotherteenagebookworm.blogspot.co.uk/

Violet - You are so undead to me -
http://bingeingonbooks.wordpress.com/

Lethea Benson -

@Luvdaylilies

RAK's recieved:
£10 amazon gift card off Luvdaylilies.
Violet - Judy Blume Forever
Miri - An Abundance of katherines - http://itishowyouarenot.blogspot.com/
Beks - The Iron King -
http://justanotherteenagebookworm.blogspot.co.uk/

Thankyou ever so much guys, it was an honor to get books from you all.
XOXO

Waiting On Wednesday: Team Human#5

Waiting On Wednesday:

Hosted By Breaking the Spine. Every wednesday you pick a book your waiting to be released that you're excited for.

Summary: When a vampire shows up at Mel’s high school, it’s up to Mel to keep her best friend from falling in love with him. Add a mysterious disappearance, a cranky vampire cop, a number of unlikely romantic entanglements, and the occasional zombie, and soon Mel is hip-deep in an adventure that is equal parts hilarious and poignant.

Date released: July 3rd 2012. By Justine Larbalestier, Sarah Rees Brennan.

Looks like a cool romedy book! Involoving vampires that dosent look overly too serious.

Review: Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

Title: Amy and Rogers Epic Detour.

Genre: Young adult/ Contempary.

Author: Morgan Matson.

Publisher: Simon and Schuster.

Summary: Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn't seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she's coming to terms with her father's death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.

Review: They say dont judge a book by its cover and I guess when I had this book sent to me last august I kind of did. It sat on my bookshelf for months having not been read, and then the other day I just thought to myself why not give it a try. Boy that saying is so true. Because this book was beyond brilliant. Better then brilliant. I guess I never did read it because the book cover looked kinda cheesy and cliche and a light read. But this deffinetly wasnt cheesy and cliche and a light read. It went in depth and was quite powerful for a book with a pink cover. The book begins with Amy our main character who we learn right at the beginning of the book that her fathers died. Which is the whole reason her mom has decided to move to connecticut. Leaving Amy to stay at home for a month on her own, until her mom comes up with a plan for her friends son (who is Roger) to drive her all the way from California up there, since Amy had drving issues. Of course this is where the main plot comes in. And the two go on a road trip together, and go against her moms wishes and have a detour. Along the road with each other the book takes on a great friendship and understanding of both of the characters. We learn secrets from Amy (who was once a talented musical actress) and alot of secrets that Rogers been keeping hidden aswell. They take so many destinations to places I was so engrossed in the book it felt like I was road tripping with them aswell, exploring places and realising how big America actually is.

The relationship between the two was brilliant aswell. It was very well led up and made you love the chemistry they had. There was even a place in the book where I started to cry - yes - cry!The ending was fantastic and I was in love with how the book was set out with pieces of scrapbook looking parts. It made it feel even more real! This book deffinetly deserves an A+ from me, I really got into it and liked how it finished.

New Book Releases April 2012

New Book Releases April 2012.

- The Selection.
- The Story Of Us.
- Grace Mercy.
- Purity.
- The List.
- Take A Bow.
- Dark Heart Surrender.
- Pure.
- Belles.

An awesome collection of books that will be releasing this month in april! Is there any on your TBR pile?