Sunday 3 January 2016

And I'm back - BACK AGAIN!

The blog is back again! I have had some problems with blogspot and i finally found the way to fix it. I'm so sorry it came to this but I'm glad i dont have to delete it.

Will be posting new reviews as soon as possible.

Georgia is retired for now but maybe i'll get a new member soon :)

ALSO, i have been changing some reviews on goodreads. I have yet to update them here, If you go here, please read goodreads one instead until i switch them all....

~Kristalia

Saturday 4 October 2014

The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral, #1) by C.L. Wilson



Wynter Atrialan, the Winter King, once lived in peace with his southern, Summerlander neighbors, but when the prince of Summerlea steals Wynter’s bride and murders his young brother, Wynter calls upon a dangerous Wintercraig magic called the Ice Heart and marches against Summerlea.

After three bitter years of battle, a victorious Wynter arrives at Summerlea’s royal palace to issue his terms of surrender. The prince of Summerlea stole Wynter’s bride and slew Wynter’s Heir. He wants the loss replaced. The Ice Heart is consuming him. Wynter hopes holding his own child in his arms will rekindle the warmth in his heart before he becomes the monster of Wintercraig legend, the Ice King.

The Summer King has three very precious daughters whom he loves dearly. Wynter will take one of them to wife. She will have one year to provide him with an Heir. If she fails, he will send her to face the mercy of the mountains and claim another princess for his wife. And so it will continue until Wynter has his Heir or the Summer King is out of daughters.

The plan is perfect—except for one small detail. The Summer King has a fourth daughter. One of whom he is not so fond. And she is a fiercely passionate creature, with a temper as volatile as the forces of her weathergift, the power of storms.
  • Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Magic
  • Creatures: wolves, new supernatural creatures
  • Age: adult
  • Source: owned ebook
  • Read from October 01 to 03, 2014

   Final rating: ★★★★★/★★★★★


Sunday 21 September 2014

Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3) by Laini Taylor



By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.

Common enemy, common cause.

When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.

And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.

But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.

What power can bruise the sky?

From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.

At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of? And does anything else matter?
  • Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy, Dark, Fantasy
  • Creatures: Angels & Demons 
  • Age:mature young adult
  • Source: owned ebook
  • Read from September 19 to 21, 2014
     

FINAL RATING: ★★★★★★/★★★★★

Tuesday 22 July 2014

Stone of Thieves (Robbin' Hearts #2) by Diane J. Reed




The Stone of Thieves . . . for centuries its magnetic draw has twisted the hearts of ambitious men and women with the promise of power, passion, and intrigue until it fell into the hands of unlikely thieves Robin and her boyfriend Creek. But can they steal their destiny away from the curse that pursues this magnificent ruby heart? As the stone begins to spread its sorcery, Robin races to find her long-lost mother in Italy in the hopes of discovering the truth about her unique gypsy heritage and the ruby heart that is rumored to steal souls. Yet when the desire for this stone by powerful members of her family threatens their very lives, Creek decides to take matters into his own hands to protect Robin, his greatest treasure of all . . .

Stone of Thieves is a sensual, stand-alone new adult novel and the sequel to Robin in the Hood in the Robbin’ Hearts Series. Due to mature themes, readership is advised for ages 17+
  • Genre: Contemporary romance, Magic, Magical realism
  • Age: young adult, mature young adult
  • Source: owned paperback: Copy courtesy of author Diane J. Reed in exchange for an honest review
  • Read from July 20 to 22, 2014

 FINAL RATING: ★★★★☆/★★★★★

Sunday 24 November 2013

World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) by Susan Ee



  • Genre: Paranormal, Supernatural, Dystopia, Urban Fantasy, Dark, Post apocalyptic
  • Creatures: angels
  • Age: young adult
  • Source: owned ebook 
  • Read from November 21 to 23, 2013

FINAL RATING: ★★★★/★★★★★

Friday 22 November 2013

Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) 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.
  • Genre: Paranormal, Supernatural, Dystopia, Urban Fantasy, Dark, Post apocalyptic
  • Creatures: angels
  • Age: young adult
  • Source: owned ebook 
  • Read from February 25 to 26, 2012 (1st time) and from November 19 to 21, 2013, read count: 2 

FINAL RATING: ★★★★☆/★★★★★

Tuesday 19 November 2013

Parasite (Parasitology, #1) by Mira Grant




A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.

We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs.

It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.

But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives...and will do anything to get them.


  • Genre:Horror, Science fiction, Dystopia
  • Age: adult/new adult
  • Source: owned ebook 
  • Read from November 18 to 19, 2013 

FINAL RATING: ★★★★☆/★★★★★