Mundie Moms

Friday, July 15, 2011

A City of Lost Souls Quote

Mortal Instruments by ggns
Cassie tweeted a quick quote from City of Lost Souls today. Happy Friday, Mundie Moms!
"Don’t take this the wrong way, but you smell like Magnus.” —City of Lost Souls
Oh, these quotes are going to drive me crazy, because well, doesn't it make you think -- what does Magnus smell like? And why is it important? We've got a while to think about it, don't we?

Gover Reveal & Giveaway: Surrender by Lee Nichols

We are very excited to be apart of Good Choice Reading & Lee Nichols's cover reveal for her third book in the Emma Haunting series, Surrender. We are huge fans of the series and you can read our reviews for Deception and Betrayal here.

Here's a little bit about Surrender, to be released on December 6th, 2011 by Bloomsbury.

After a devastating battle at headquarters in New York, the ghostkeeping world is in shambles. When Emma and Bennett return home, they are determined to defeat the wraithmaster, Neos, forever. But it's not going to be easy. Bennett's parents kick him out when they realize he is still using drugs to enhance his powers. Emma is convinced her aunt has come back from the dead to warn her of a new threat. And worst of all, Neos is using wraiths to possess the students at Thatcher Academy. If the ghosts manage to take over the entire school, even Emma won't be strong enough to stop them. But if either she or Bennett sacrifice his or her powers, they might be able to save the ghostkeeping world once and for all-and break the "ghostkeepers lose their powers when they fall in love" curse. The question is: who will be the one to surrender all power?
Fast-paced and romantic, this conclusion to the Haunting Emma trilogy will thrill readers as it brings the ghostly mystery to a close (quoted from Goodreads)

Here's our piece of Surrender's cover reveal:


We were able to ask Lee one question, and being fans of teaser we had to ask her for a sneak peak into Surrender. Guess What? She's treated us with one! ENJOY!!


Just a little bit of Emma and Bennett:


We sat on the wicker couch with blue and white cushions and as I curled up next to him, he began to talk in a quiet, lulling tone. That was one of the things I loved most about him, the sound of his low voice. “We’ll sail out to this cove I know, just you and me and the wind and the waves. Drop anchor and swim to shore. The beach is sandy, and you can body-surf or sun-bathe. I found a starfish there once, a sort of purple-blue, I still have it ... ”

I fell asleep like that, my head in his lap, as he told me about all the places he wanted to take me. How hot the sun was, and cold and blue the water. And how we would finally be free. Together.

When I woke in the morning, I was still there, a pillow under my head and a white down quilt covering me. Bennett was gone, but I still felt like I was bobbing in the boat, watching the sun glint off the crystal-clear water.

Thank you Lee for that fabulous teaser! Now we're even more anxious to read Surrender.

Be sure to visit the rest of the blogs listed here to see what else Lee reveals about Surrender and to try and piece together the cover.


Don't forget to visit Good Choice Reading at 3 pm EST to see the full cover. AND that's not all. Lee Nichols is GIVING AWAY all three of books SIGNED to 1 lucky follower who follows the cover reveal.

To enter to win, just fill out the form below. The winner will be announced on Monday on Good Choice Reading's site.

Book Review- Brother/Sister

By Sean Olin
Published by Razorbill
Released on June 9, 2011
Source: Publisher
4 Stars- Really enjoyed this one, a lot!

Synopsis (From Penguin): Will and Asheley have a troubled past. Their father left them when they were little, and their mother has just been carted off to an alcohol treatment center. Now, they have the house to themselves, and an endless California summer stretching out before them. Through alternating perspectives, they tell the story of how and why their lives spun violently out of control - right up to the impossibly shocking conclusion you'll have to read for yourself to believe.


Brother/Sister was crazy twisted, I was not expecting it to mess with my head as much as it did. It left me thinking about it way after I was done with it, I was trying to make dinner and kept itching to go back and read the last few pages again.

The synopsis doesn’t give much away and there’s a reason for that, I won’t say much about what really goes on in the story so I won’t spoil it for you, just know that there’s a lot of things that you just don’t see coming and it begins to turn darker as the story goes along. Also if you’re afraid of it being about incest don’t worry, it’s not. The book is told from the point of view of both Will and Asheley, they seemed to be in police custody and narrating their story about what happened from the beginning, before their alcoholic mother got taken to rehab and they were left alone. Will and Asheley have pretty much fend for themselves since their father left them after the divorce with their mother. Will has some serious issues, he’s got a crazy temper and just snaps at people all of a sudden, he’s a loner, his peers make fun of him and he’s very antisocial, like seriously the scary type. He also feels that he’s the only one that can protect his little sister from everyone that tries to get too close to her, he thinks everyone is after her and he soon begins to take that to the a whole new level thinking that he needs to get rid of whoever might be a threat to her. This crazy thoughts of his start a whole chain of events that just keeps escalating and Will can’t seem to be able to stop. His narration of what happened and his thoughts begin to seem exaggerated and insane. While you’re reading the story you are thinking that he’s definitely gone crazy, he’s taking it way too far and is losing control fast, the only one that seems to be able to help him is Asheley, but she soon becomes afraid of him too and has no idea how to stop it.

I wanted to feel sorry for Will and Asheley because they had horrible parents and their childhood wasn’t great, but I just couldn’t. I knew that Will was damaged and Asheley was all he had since he was a kid, he felt the need to be the man and protect her but he kept making so many mistakes, and pushing everyone out, even after she kept trying to get him to become a bit more normal, that I just didn’t feel anything for him. This book was definitely captivating, in its own twisted way. I found it really hard to put down, there’s just things that you never see coming and I just needed to know how it was all going to end because it just gets so out of control that you have no idea what will happen to these two and how they end up getting caught. The ending was insane! I was left with my mouth open screaming “WHAT?!!!” and flipping the pages back and forth. I felt a little too wired by that ending and couldn’t stop thinking about the whole book and what I had just read, it was great how the author messes with your head like he was playing some sort of prank on you. I love books that make me shriek the “EEKS!” and “WTHs” all the way through and leave me thinking about them long after reading them. Be warned that there is a lot of language and plenty of f-bombs through the whole novel. There also won’t be any romance in this one, but you definitely don’t miss it, it’s a bit more of a psychological thriller that’s so engrossing you won’t want to put down.

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