Book Nerds Across America

To celebrate the 8 days of Hanukkah, the four book nerds will each select an author or book series that is meaningful to us to share with all of you.

Today I'm going to talk about a book series that was meaningful for me in 2012. And the lucky series is....

We LOVE LOVE LOVE our Fictional Boyfriends and we thought it would be nice to do a "12 days of Fictional Boyfriends".  It is like the "12 Days of Christmas" but with hot men!

For my first Boyfriend I am going to pick: (don't be shocked)

HAYMITCH from Hunger Games!

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She will announce the winner on her site under BLOG AND NEWS (CLICK HERE) around Dec. 26 or Dec. 27.

Good Luck!!

Lila Felix is quickly making an awesome name for herself in the indie-author community!  I just love her!! Her latest book, Love and Skate, is another BIG HIT!

I was so lucky, on this part of the Blog Tour I was able to interview Nellie.  I just love her and she is an outstanding character!

Please enjoy!! Oh and Nellie spilled the beans on something .... READ ON!


Oh, Nellie I am so glad that you took time from you busy schedule to answer a few questions!

*What is the one thing that you love the most about being roller derby player?

Is it wrong to say the pushing?  The fighting?  The throwing myself backwards into another player and knocking them down?  A girl’s got to work off some steam, right?

*Have you even been seriously hurt while playing a game?

No, I’ve really been lucky.  I’ve seen some girls take some really bad hits though.  One girl snapped her leg and the bone stuck out.  Gross and ouch.

*What is the one thing that you love most about the bookstore?

I love the customers.  I really, really do.  We all share a common bond.  

*What is your favorite book?

Jane Eyre, hands down.  The Bronte sisters knew how to write a romance.

*We all know that you love to change her hair color, but which is your favorite?

There’s this new girl, Reed on our team now and she is rocking this light orange color.  I wanna try that.  But for me, I guess blue.  Because Owen loves the blue.  Things went right for us when I had blue hair.
  
*What was your first thought when you finally figured out your feelings for Owen?

Bliss.  Nothing is perfect, even love, but Owen and I are perfect together.  It’s magic.

*What is your ideal perfect date with Owen?

My ideal date with Owen is simple. Whenever and wherever he is, that’s ideal.  

*Will Lila be writing anymore stories of Owen and yourself?

*Looks around for Lila and then whispers* Ok, Lila would seriously whip my butt for telling you this. So, the next book is called How It Rolls and Owen and I will be in it, but it’s about Falcon.  And a hint?  You know that new girl on our team named Reed?  Yeah, that’s all I’m gonna say.  

Goodreads description:


Sara

Sara's life is forever changed -
Waking up, buried & hidden deeply in the last place anyone would want to be, will do that. She is determined to find out how she ended up there & why, but when the only person who can help her, continuously lies to her, she finds herself forced to suffer alone. She can't ignore the strange things that begin to happen to her nor can she hide from the nightmares that haunt her sleep. And when her world collides with Adan - the mysterious boy whom she can't seem to stay away from, literally - she is consumed by the familiar flutter that sparks whenever he is around and she is desperate to discover the reason why.
But the biggest discovery will come from the secret of what she is…

Adan

Adan’s mission to find Sara has finally approached -
It seemed simple: bring her back to the enchanted world that lives, breathes and survives because of her, but he quickly finds himself faced with an entirely new challenge. Immediately, Adan realizes that staying unknown to Sara is a task he will fail before even attempting. The pull to her is far too strong to refuse, and being with her will defy the very reason he existed. He was the key to her survival and loving her was not part of the plan that he had been born to follow. Can he find it in himself too resist the urge to be with her and follow through with their destiny or will he destroy everything that had been left to Sara to protect and defend -
And the kingdom she is unaware she rules…

Flutter

As Sara and Adan struggle to overcome their own separate battles - 
There is a far more determined evil that is stalking the shadows and waiting to annihilate them both. 
Sara will figure out that not everything is what it seems and knowing what she can and can not trust will be the key to finding out the truth to what happened to her, the reason why she had been buried alive and who she really is…

Sara and Adan will discover the hidden meaning to why she was the reason he existed and why he would be the reason she survived & together they will fight to change the rules and rewrite their fate.

MARY'S REVIEW:

I have been watching my Facebook timeline fill up with /awesome reviews of this book and I knew that I had to purchase it soon.  Then my Secret Santa bought me the book!  YAY!

Best Part of Book:  Melissa Andrea is the best part of this book! She put a twist on the supernatural world that makes it like no other. I loved it!  I thought it was interesting and different.  There is only so many werewolves stories because they are all the "same".  Melissa totally flipped it on this story and I cannot wait for book 2.  I also loved Adan!  He is a great character.  I love how Sara and him interact and I love his protectiveness over her.

Not so great about the book: The beginning of the book I found confusing.  I couldn't figure it out.  However, after talking with other bloggers they told me to stick with it.  THEY WERE RIGHT!! Melissa explains everything and it all comes together and it ALL made sense!!

This is a great book and you can purchase it here:

To celebrate the 8 days of Hanukkah, the four book nerds will each select an author or book series that is meaningful to us to share with all of you.

Today I am going to talk briefly about an AMAZING author who I just discovered in 2012...

My favorite book series of 2012 is the Mara Dyer Series by Michelle Hodkin.  I read The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer shortly before the release of The Evolution of Mara Dyer.  I LOVED both of these books.  For my complete reviews...click on the links.

I was SOOOO over the top excited about the release of the second book that Book Nerd Flo picked up the following for me at a release party near Miami. 



You can't comprehend how happy this made me. 

So....what makes this series GREAT?  This question can be answered with two words.  NOAH SHAW.  I did a Book Nerds Fictional Boyfriend post about him, which you can find at this link.

If you haven't read this series, you should rush to your local book store, library, eReader, etc. and get these books STAT. 

Goodreads description:


Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D.

Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.

But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgiveable past of his own; one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness.

**Warning - This is a Mature YA/New Adult book. Contains sex and violence**

Mary's Review

I am not even sure where to begin on this book.  Well, I will start with these words: OUTSTANDING! WOW! AWESOME! K.A. Tucker has a hit here and I think that its a book that should be read by all!

Best Part of the Book: I love Kacey! She had this tough exterior, trying to protect her younger sister, Olivia and be the adult that she needs to be.  However, she is barely an adult.  Kasey and Olivia are living in Miami after an incident at their guardian's home.  They are living there because their parents are dead from a horrible accident! With no money, an cramped apartment and in a new city, Kasey isn't sure how long it will last.  But, she is going to make it work.  Let's meet Storm! Oh, Storm! I love her too! She is Kacey's neighbor and the mother to a very sweet little girl, Mia.  Storm's job, a bartender at a local strip club.  With the threat of eating Spam for the rest of their lives, Kacey begins work at Penny's Palace (strip club) at a bartender.

Oh, Trent! I cannot forget to talk about Trent.  Another fictional boyfriend to add to the list!  I loved him from the very first (and funny) introduction.  Trent is trying to break down the walls that Kacey has put up.  Kacey cannot seem to trust people or even let them in, but Trent is different for her.  She seems to be pulled to him and is not sure what is happening with him.

The other great part of this book is a twist that I DID NOT SEE!  OMG! It was so good!  I loved how KA Tucker kept is under the hat until *BAM* there is was in black and white!

Not so great about book: *sniff* I want more! When I read the last page, I was so sad.  I didn't want it to end.  I wanted more of Trent, Kacey, Olivia, Storm and everyone!! But, I guess every story has to have an ending and KA Tucker did it well!

Goodreads description:


Avalon St. Andrews has endured Hell and war in an attempt to secure freedom and immortality for his people. Raised and conditioned to be both warrior and leader, he now sits on a throne with his sister Eden, governing the Kingdom in peace. While his people enjoy the benefits of his struggle and loss, he is restless, bored and alone. 

Avalon is summoned to fight to save his people once more as the Kingdom is threatened by a brand new evil. In addition to reigning in a kingship he doesn’t want, he is fighting against the very people he has fought so hard to protect. They are determined to throw away their newfound freedom and their newfound leaders.

In this war and in this kingship he feels alone. And for the first time he feels hollow. That is until Amelia Cartier shows up, invading his every thought and shaking up his carefully controlled world.

Now he faces yet another battle—making Amelia his queen.

MARY'S REVIEW

Rachel Higginson do you even know how talented you are?? If anyone has ever read any of this site you know that Rachel Higginson holds a special please in my Book Nerd Heart.  I will read anything and everything she writes HOWEVER this series is near and dear to me!!

Best part of the book: Oh holy stars this book is full of twist and turns and LOVE!! Yes, Kiran is in this book even though this is from Avalon's point-of-view! I love Kiran, always will! Everyone is back in this book, which makes me so very happy!  I love that Rachel made this book just as exciting as the others!! I couldn't put it down and LOVED EVERY WORD!!  Rachel Higginson left us with a great cliffhanger and (yes) I shed a tear!

Not so great about book:  This book is awesome! The "mission", the twists and the LOVE is everything I could hope for.

Now I am patiently waiting for the next part of this series!

If you want to purchase the book, you can here:


If you haven't read the Star cross series here is the first book. It is free:

I have received several emails, tweets and Facebook messages about the Friday Fictional Boyfriend posts and why they haven't been posting?

Well, I am only got to say "SORRY!"  I will do better and starting this Friday I will back on track with the posting.

I didn't realize that so many of you liked it!! THANK YOU!! I promise I will be keeping it up!!

To celebrate the 8 days of Hanukkah, the four book nerds will each select an author or book series that is meaningful to us to share with all of you.

Goodreads description: 


Reece knew how ridiculous it was to think that he was going to end up with the girl he dated in high school. It’s not exactly the 50’s or even the 80’s anymore. But he had foolishly thought that he and Cleo had a chance. They’d spent a whole lot of junior year talking about their future. They’d clicked in a way that went far deeper than he ever thought possible. They’d grown close over things that were far more intense than issues people their age usually had to face. So, ridiculous or not, he had thought he and Cleo would be forever.

But then without warning, the minute school got out for the summer, she’d ripped his heart out and tossed it back to him.

So obviously, he had been wrong. And now that summer vacation is over and senior year is starting, he’s not sure how he’s going to be able to deal with seeing her every day. Now that she’s so over him.

Or…maybe she’s not?

Because what Reece doesn’t know is that Cleo has a secret. If it had been up to her? She would never have let him go.

MARY'S REVIEW:

Oh Amity Hope, I think I fall in love with your talent with each book of yours.

Best part of book:  WOW!! I really loved this story! Reece and Cleo are too great characters.  I loved Cleo because she was a good person just trying to do the right thing for her little sister.  I loved Reece because he was so caring for Cleo, even if they were not together.  Also, I love Amity and how she she can make me feel the characters throughout the story.  I cried with Cleo and her troubles.  I felt frustration with Reece when he wanted Cleo back in his life.  I loved it!!

Not so great about the book:  I really cannot say that there isn't anything "great" about this book.  I loved how Amity went from Reece and Cleo's points-of-view.  I loved the back story tied everything together.  I loved it all!!

Amity is amazing and I can't wait to see what she has in store next!!

You can purchase Crushed here:

Goodreads description: 


Where does the road to Hell begin?

What happens when your son turns homicidal overnight and your husband disappears on his way to work? Do you cower in fear or fight for your life? Madison Wescott fights against the odds. Distrustful of a God she doesn’t believe in, she finds herself face-to-face with a world she didn’t know existed and discovers her own soul is darkened with demonic connections.

With good intentions? Or by demonic design?

Phoenix Birmingham bursts into Madison’s life in a whirlwind of sarcasm and sexual appeal. A hero for the masses—and for her jaded heart—but few will ever know the sacrifices he has made or the sacrifices to come. Discovering her entire life has been influenced by multifaceted paranormal beings, Madison is determined to defeat the apocalyptic blueprint fate has decreed, but only one man dares to challenge the supernatural forces manipulating them. Even with Phoenix’s aid, can destiny be denied? Or will demonic design prevail while they pay the crucial price with their souls?

In a small, sleepy Alabama town the battle for mankind’s liberty has begun...

MARY'S REVIEW:

What a ride?!?! Gracen Miller delivers an outstanding first book of the Road to Hell series.

Best part of the book:  I am going to say the best part of the book is the suspense of the story.  I was constantly wondering what was action-packed scene would be coming up next and how will it end? Madison has quickly grown into the role of STRONG FEMALE!  With each chapter she became stronger and more determined.  Then there is Nix!  Hello, hotness! Madison and Nix make a great team! (At least, I think so).  Of course I cannot forget Micah.  I have a love/hate relationship with him.  After reading this book, I am leaning towards hate right now.

Not so great about book:  I loved the action but there are a lot more characters in this book and I was trying to keep them all straight.  This is not Gracen's problem, its mine.  Sometimes I have issues with a lot of different characters and their back stories.

Even with that, I am diving into Book 2.

You can purchase this book here:

Goodreads description:


Fate can mark one early for a particular future.

Madison Wescott’s life is Hell on earth. Her father, a Baptist Preacher, convinces her she’s morally corrupt when men notice her blooming beauty. She strives to be unnoticeable, but nothing satisfies her condemning parents. 

And sometimes fate has nothing to do with one’s potential.

Temptation rears its head when Micah Dominus visits her father’s church on Christmas morning, but she is unprepared for her physical reaction to him. Frightened by her own emotions, she is grateful she’ll never see him again. But when he shows up again at a friend’s funeral, and at other times in her life, she’s swayed by his charisma. Micah becomes her white knight through the good and bad, but can they create the perfect life together? Or has she just located the beginning of the Road to Hell?

Supernatural forces more powerful than fate can claim one’s destiny…

MARY'S REVIEW:

I kept hearing about this book series from my three dear friends: Candace, Kathryn and Kelly.  They kept going on and on an on ..... OMG, you think they liked it or something!! *HAHA* So, I caved and read this book first because the girls told me it was prequel to the series.

Best part of the book: I learned a about Madison's life as a teenager and what a mess she lived in.  The part I enjoyed the most was the mystery of Micah!  There is something deeper going on but the prequel doesn't reveal all the details.  It is a quick story that shows the relationship between Micah and Madison and I LOVED IT!

Not so great about the book:  It was REALLY FAST!  Its about 130 pages or so and you get A LOT of information!!  I had to remember that this was a prequel and the series would be more in depth.

I would tell everyone to read this first!  Plus, I want to thank my girls for getting me hooked onto another series!!

You can purchase the book here:

Amazon Description:


If you knew you would die tomorrow how would you live today?

Everyone has a destiny, a purpose for being. So when evil threatens to rise up and reign, high school student Cassie Hill and her close-knit community of friends must defend their world from falling into darkness. In the fourth and final installment of “The Barking Mad Tale of a Teenage Werewolf” series the Lupos’ journey comes to a close with a war of epic proportions as the pack meets their destiny. 

With a missing leader, a spike in disappearances, and the uprising of a sadistic power-hungry government the Lupos and their allies have a lot to contend with, and the stakes have never been higher. The fate of everyone they hold dear depends on them. Outnumbered and overpowered, they are forced to team up with their former enemies to better the world.

Growing up isn’t easy. It is painful, beautiful, and confusing. It means sacrifice, heartache, and accepting the inevitable. Life changes in a heartbeat. Children become adults as they prepare to fight the battle of their lives. As war wages on the Lupos grow closer while they deal with stress, love, and other bumpy obstacles thrown in their path. Along the way they learn that sometimes you trust those you should not trust, you grow to hate those you have loved, and every now and then you learn to love those you have hated. 

With death nipping at their heels all they can do is live their lives a day at a time. Their fates have been building to this battle. Good and evil are going to have it out, and they know that not everyone will survive. Who will be left standing? Who will emerge victorious in the end?

MARY'S REVIEW

Oh, Katella! I didn't believe you when you told me this book was an emotional roller coaster! Brake out the tissues, for this final chapter of the Barking Mad Tale of a Teenage Werewolf.  I have loved the first 3 books so much that I was excited and sad to see this series end.  However, I had faith in Katella that she would go out with a BANG and SHE DID!!!

Best part of the book: The WHOLE book was amazing!! There is no way I could just pick one part.  I loved Cassie and Conner!! Sean and Finn keep me laughing.  Rob and Kat and their crazy relationship and how they love each each other more than anything.  I love every character that Katella has wrote for this serious!! Yes, even the bad guys because ... they weren't always what they seemed.

Each book of this series has some "twist" to it BUT this book had me crying most of the time.  Every twist that was thrown at Cassie and the Lupos was a "twist" of my heart! However, even though I was crying, this book was AMAZING!!

Not so great about this book: Here is what I did not like: it ended.  Its all over and the journey that Cassie has gone through is just amazing, outstanding and great to read!!

Note to the Author: 

Katella, thank you so much for this amazing series.  You have created an outstanding world and characters!! I cannot wait to see what you have in store next!!

Catherine Converse lives with her husband and four amazing children in beautiful Montana. She studied Business at Carroll College and graduate work in Marketing Communications at West Virginia University. Her love of writing took off in her years working as a marketing consultant using creative writing to sell. Now she uses it to take readers on an adventure, or to share her passions. If not writing, seeking out readers, interacting and thanking her amazing supporters, or musing on motherhood chaos, Catherine loves most to be playing with her family – indoors and out, and focusing upward to show God her gratitude for such a blessed life.

Thoeba is a creature of light. As all things must be in balance, when the Energy created her kind it also created the darkness. 

Theoba’s world fell to darkness forcing her to flee. She came to Earth to protect the Energy, losing everything in the process.
Darkness has found a way to follow her and threatens to take this world as well.

With only humans as allies, can she succeed?



I just love books about angels!  Sometimes they have the best twist and turns.  Donna Milward's debut novel Theoba did not disappoint!

Donna pulls you into this world where Theoba (an angel that has fallen to Earth), Peter (divorced human) and his 2 kids, Kayla and Zach, intertwine with each other and create a AMAZING STORY!  There is fighting, angels, demons, humor and everything in between!! I love the interactions between the characters and the battle between with good and evil!!

I love how Donna makes you really feel for the characters and creates this amazing world of angels, demons and humans.  The story keeps going with each turn of the page and you are wanting to know what happens next.

If you want to purchase this book, you can on Smashwords, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. 

Goodreads description:


CATEGORY: NEW ADULT, may not be suitable for young adult readers
GENRE: DARK FANTASY

My will to survive is the first thing to drown.
I know, because I hold it under myself.

After facing severe tragedy in life, Madeline assumes her death will be easy.
But the angels do not come to take her to Heaven.
Instead, what retrieves her is something she never expected: a gargoyle.

Delivered to Truce, the King of the Gargoyles, Madeline now has choices she never wanted. She has the ability to take over the entire Gargoyle Kingdom, if she is willing to kill the king. However, looking to prevent takeover, Truce transforms Madeline, thereby granting her the ability to achieve the thing she wants most—death—if she can just find the human recipient for the Gargoyle Gift that she now has to give. It should be easy.

But lives, whether they are lived or not, are seldom simple, and Madeline’s past still stands in her way. Now, only a voyeur in the life of The Boy with the Golden Rod Voice, Madeline’s must reconcile her own life and death, if she ever hopes to have free reign of her soul.

MARY'S REVIEW

I love Misty.  I really do, however I was a little unsure about this book.  I was unsure because I usually don't read dark fantasy books.  But, its Misty and I knew that she was not going to disappoint me.

So, let me explain how I felt about this book:       good......ok....huh?....confused.....more confusion.......oh, I understand.......WHAT!?.....OMG!!!......ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?!

That is most simplest way I know how to sum it up!!

Best part of the book:  As always, I am going to be honest here.  The best part of the book was the ending.  Let me explain!! Misty wrote a great story but through out the book there were a lot of questions that were not getting answered.  Once we learned more of Madeline's story (which was so sad), began to understand Truce a bit more and figure out if death is really the right answer for Madeline, the story got much better!!

Not so great of the book: Like I said before it was a little bit confusing at parts BUT just stick with it because Misty pulls it altogether and the ENDING IS GREAT!!!

Misty just proved that she can do it all with this book!!

Oh, that Misty Provencher!?!?! She is an amazing and wonderful author! I was so happy to be part of this Blog Tour! My review of Hale Maree is here; however, on this section of the blog tour I will interview Sher, Hale's best friend.  At the end of the interview there will be links for the GIVEAWAYS.

So, let us begin:

Sher,

(squeals)  This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!  Thank you for having me here, Mary, I am SO EXCITED!  What do you want to know?  I’ll tell you everything!  I have to babysit for my mom tonight, though, so I only have a couple of hours to talk and then I can always come back if you want.  I’m totally free.  Ok, so what would you like to know?  (squeals again) I’m an open book!

*How did you and Hale meet?

In ninth grade, I moved here and we rode the bus together.  Or, more like, we huddled in the front seat and tried not to be noticed together.  We’re both book worms and both from single-parent homes, so we hit it off pretty quick!  I can also braid hair really good (that comes from having, like, 100 little sisters) and I used to braid Hale’s hair a different way every day for her.  She never knew how to do it.  Probably because her mom was a deadbeat and ran off on her and her dad.  We tried once to fix up Hale’s dad and my mom, but that didn’t work out so good.  My mom totally would’ve met him, she’ll meet anybody- I mean, look at how many of us there are- (giggles)  but Hale’s dad didn’t want to.  He passed out the night they were supposed to get together for the first time and...(pauses, blushes) am I talking too much?

*What was your first thought when Hale told you the arrangement between her and Oscar?

I thought, “Girl, you really might marry a guy named OCKER?” LOL   Right there, I thought she lost it, but then I got to talk to him and he was really nice.  I’m into voices, you know?  And he had this really awesome, movie-star kind of voice, all deep and hello...I guess you just have to imagine me saying that because (laughs) you can’t hear me on paper (nervous laugh) obviously...I mean, he just sounded really mature and cute...not cute, he’s totally not what I’d call cute.  Because when I met him, I almost swallowed my gum.  He’s more like (lowers voice again) handsome, you know?  I was kind of embarrassed that we were calling him Ocker (giggles) but he’s really nice and funny and he didn’t care.

*What would you do if you were in that situation?

With Ocker?  (blushes, giggles wildly)  Are you serious?  If I found an Ocker, I’d marry him the second he asked.  I’d marry him before he asked.  I’d drag him down to court office and marry him at the desk.  Oscar’s totally handsome, he’s got a ton of money and you know what?  He’s really in love with Hale.  I’d love to find a guy that was totally in love with me.
*What do you think of Oscar?  You mean, besides how he looks?  I think he’s awesome!  He’s totally into Hale!  I want Hale to have like a hundred little Ocklets, so I can be their aunt!  I would totally spoil them, but Hale’s all femi-nazi about kids.  She wants to (does her responsible voice, while stretching her facial skin downward with her fingertips) have a job and make her own money and not rely on any man to get her anything.  (Lets go of her face)  But between you and me, I think she should totally pop out as many little Ocklets as Oscar wants.  Ocker’s loaded and Hale doesn’t have to work, so I don’t get why she wants to so bad.  Oscar doesn’t seem stingy with his cash at all, so I think she should enjoy it!  

*Since we don’t know a lot about you: tell us a little bit about yourself (the real you)?

(giggles hysterically)  I don’t know...I mean, I’m just me.  I’m Hale’s best friend.  I have three brothers and a little sister, I read a ton, and I’m super good in math.  I should have braces, but we don’t have the money.  I wish I could meet a guy like Oscar too.  I’d be totally fine with getting knocked up and shooting out as many love puppies as he wanted.  Handsome, rich, and nice?  I’d stay in for keeps.  I really would. 

*Do you have any goals to go to college or just work?

I want to go to college.  We’ll see.  I just graduated and my counselor said there are some scholarships I could get, but I’ll have to take out a bunch of student loans and I don’t know how to do all that.  I don’t know how I’d even get to college, since I don’t have a car and the buses are such a huge pain.  My mom said she’d try to get me a job waitressing at the pub she works in on the weekends, so that might be some good money.  My mom could probably use the extra money and quit one of her jobs, but I feel really guilty about that because I don’t really want to go to work and give my mom everything I make.  I don’t want to be stuck like my mom is, but I don’t think I can just ditch my family either.  (nervous, half-hearted laugh) I’ll probably never get out of here.  

*We all know that Misty is so busy, but do you think she will continue Hale and Oscar’s story or possibly do a story about you?

Me?  I’m just Hale’s friend.  (giggles)  But I’d love a story all about me!  Oh my God, I could totally tell you all about the time that I was babysitting and my little brother pushed half an egg salad sandwich up his nose!  Or when my other brother got a hamster from school and named the thing Clyde, but it ended up having like six little hamlets in the bottom of the cage!  Oh!  But then, we lost Clydette for about a week and we thought she was dead in the heating vent or something, but she showed up in our kitchen cupboard.  She was fine.  I have a million stories and I’d love somebody to write them down!  
Thanks for having Sher over to the blog, Mary.

Thank you Sher for being awesome and letting me interview you!!

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Goodreads description:


Losing Christian hasn’t been easy for Eileen. But she’s not going to give up. Now she has to find a way to bring him back from the magical dream, where he was taken by Eric Lanster. Together with her friend Evan, Eileen goes to France – Meridin’s motherland, where she hopes to find out the mysteries of the dream’s magic. In a small town named Fontainbleau they meet a wizard, who turns out to know a lot of their secrets… 
Determined to help Eileen, Evan agrees to complete some special dream piercing training. But he can’t even imagine what he has put himself into. The magic of dreams keeps a lot of secrets. The spells are dangerous and their consequences no one is able to predict. 
Friends can become enemies…
The ones they used to call their family can become traitors…
But the ones they love will always be there to help…

MARY'S REVIEW:

I have been waiting for this book since the moment I was done with Book 1: Love Lines.

Best Part of the book: How can I pick just one part or character?!  Each is so unique to the story and the chemistry between the characters is awesome! I love the way Diana writes.  She is very detailed in her story.  You feel what the characters are feeling and you know their surroundings.  I also love that she switches from different POVs.  This way you are not just restricted to one character.  However, about all, I think Evan is still my favorite character.  I saw so much more of him and his family in this story and it just made me love him more.  I love the Eileen is growing stronger and is determined  to find Christian.  I really love that Diana's creativity is beyond measure.  I say this because she takes something so simple (like WIND) and turns it into a major piece of the puzzle.  I love that!!

Not so great about book: UGH! Diana knows how to leave this Book Nerd wanting more.  Just when I thought there was going to be a happy ending *BAM* she throws a twist into the story.  Just like the last book, the beginning is full of twists, puzzles and more questions than answers.  However, she pulls it all together!!

Now I just have to wait for the next book!!

Amazon Review:

D005 has been a part of a secret government program known as the Delta Project her entire life. She has been genetically modified to be stronger, faster, smarter and to heal faster. Trained in hand-to-hand combat, weaponry and battle tactics, she has been worked to physical and mental exhaustion every day of her life. Raised without love or care of any kind, she has no idea what it means to be happy – to be free. And now she has run away. But then she wakes up on the rocky shore of the Missouri River with no memory of how she got there, or why there are bullet wounds, scratches and bruises riddling her body. Her entire past has become a blank sheet except for a recurring nightmare of her running through the woods with dogs chasing her and voices shouting at her that she can never hide. As she struggles to understand the kind of life she has never had, emotions she has never felt before, and the mystery of her past, she is helped by Brianna Hartman and Reid Phelps – the two teenagers who discover her. When she goes to live with Brianna at the Hartman Ranch, she must also learn to deal with Bri’s brother, the gruff Cormac Hartman, who is running from his own past. He seems to hate her from the word go, but when she discovers his crude attitude is just his way of dealing with the hurt he is feeling, she decides to make it her mission to draw him back into life. Then a mysterious stranger comes to the ranch and her new world comes crashing down around her as her past comes back to haunt her.

MARY'S REVIEW:

I was approached by the author, Jessica Jaster to review this book.  I thought it sounded interesting and it was releativley short, so I thought "Why Not?"  Well, let me tell you something: THIS BOOK WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!  I am not even kidding it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Best Part of Book: D005 is amazing! But after she excapes the Delta Project, she remembers nothing. Bri and Reid (Bri's best friend) find her and after some talking to Bri's older brother, Mac, D005 end up on their ranch.  Well, D005 doesn't remember anything so Bri and her come up with a "new name" for D005.  She becomes, Weston! (Because Bri found her in Weston Park).  Well, as the story progesses Mac and Weston become closer.  Oh I just love Mac and the way he looks out for his family!  Weston proves time and time again that she can do any tasks.  She really begins to open up and begins to feel for the people around her.  Well, you know that isn't going to last long.  It wasn't too long before the Delta Project Commander "finds" D005.  Then it gets really GOOD!!!!!!

Not so great about the book: THE ENDING!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!!! Darn cliffhangers!! I was so into the book that I didn't even realize that I was on the last page.  I actually thought that something was wrong with my Kindle.  I even re-download the book to make sure that it downloaded correctly!!!  I was so upset that it just ended.  But, (thank the stars) Jessica Jaster explain that book too will be out in the summer of 2013!! Even though that is a long wait, I cannot wait!!

This is a great book and a fast read!! Jessica Jaster really pulls you into a wonderful world of characters!!

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