REVIEW: The Revolution of Ivy (#2) - Amy Engel

The Revolution of Ivy (#2) - Amy Engel
Series: The Book of Ivy
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Kindle
Pages: 304 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Ivy Westfall is beyond the fence and she is alone. Abandoned by her family and separated from Bishop Lattimer, Ivy must find a way to survive on her own in a land filled with countless dangers, both human and natural. She has traded a more civilized type of cruelty--forced marriages and murder plots--for the bare-knuckled brutality required to survive outside Westfall's borders.

REVIEW: Savage Island - Bryony Pearce*

Savage Island - Bryony Pearce
Series: Red Eye Series
Publisher: Stripes Publishing
Format: E-Book
Pages: 352 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

*Received from NetGalley for an honest review*

Goodreads Blurb

When reclusive millionaire Marcus Gold announces that he's going to be staging an “Iron Teen” competition on his private island in the Outer Hebrides, teenagers Ben, Lizzie, Will, Grady and Carmen sign up - the prize is one million pounds … each. But when the competition begins, the group begin to regret their decision. Other teams are hunting their competitors and attacking them for body parts. Can the friends stick together under such extreme pressure to survive? When lives are at stake, you find out who you can really trust...

REVIEW: Cracked Kingdom (#5) - Erin Watt

Cracked Kingdom (#5) - Erin Watt
Series: The Royals
Publisher:  Erin Watt
Format: Kindle
Pages: 305 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Ever since Hartley Wright met Easton Royal, her life hasn’t been the same. There are enemies behind every corner and dangers beyond each door. When tragedy strikes and steals her memories, she can’t trust anyone, not even the blue-eyed boy who promises her that everything will be all right.

Because while Hartley’s memory is full of gaps, her instincts tell her Easton is dangerous. She doesn’t know if he’s the snake in the garden or her chance at salvation. The chaos he brings wherever he goes is too much to handle, the intense feelings he evokes are too confusing to unravel.

Easton wants her to remember. Hartley thinks it’s better to forget.

She might be right.

REVIEW: Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty

Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Caroline Lee
Time: 15Hrs and 56Mins
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Pirriwee Public's annual school Trivia Night has ended in a shocking riot. One parent is dead. The school principal is horrified. As police investigate what appears to have been a tragic accident, signs begin to indicate that this devastating death might have been cold-blooded murder.

REVIEW: The Dream Thieves (#2) - Maggie Steifvater

The Dream Thieves (#2) - Maggie Steifvater

Series: The Raven Cycle
Publisher: Scholastic
Format: Paperback
Pages: 450 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after…

REVIEW: The Book of Ivy (#1) - Amy Engel

The Book of Ivy (#1) - Amy Engel

Series: The Book of Ivy
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Kindle
Pages: 304 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual.

This year, it is my turn.

My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill the president’s son—my soon-to-be husband—and restore the Westfall family to power.

But Bishop Lattimer is either a very skilled actor or he’s not the cruel, heartless boy my family warned me to expect. He might even be the one person in this world who truly understands me. But there is no escape from my fate. I am the only one who can restore the Westfall legacy.

Because Bishop must die. And I must be the one to kill him…

REVIEW: The Diabolic (#1) - S. J. Kincaid

The Diabolic (#1) - S. J. Kincaid*
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Series: The Diabolic
Format: E-Book / Paperback
Pages: 403 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

*Received from NetGalley for an honest review (I did actually pick a paperback copy up myself, so read between the two)*

Goodreads Blurb

Nemesis is a Diabolic. Created to protect a galactic Senator's daughter, Sidonia. The girl who has grown up by her side and who is as much as sister as a master. There's no one Nemesis wouldn't kill to keep her safe. But when the power-mad Emperor summons Sidonia to the galactic court as a hostage, there is only one way for Nemesis to protect Sidonia.

She must become her.

Now one of the galaxy's most dangerous weapons is masquerading in a world of corruption and Nemesis has to hide her true abilities or risk everything. As the Empire begins to fracture and rebellion looms closer, Nemesis learns that there is something stronger than her deadly force: the one thing she's been told she doesn't have - humanity. And, amidst all the danger, action and intrigue, her humanity might be the only thing that can save her, Sidonia and the entire Empire.