REVIEW: The Tormented Witch (#1) - J. C. Beckham

The Tormented Witch (#1) - J. C. Beckham
Series: Crowded Souls
Publisher: The Solopreneur Publishing Limited
Format: Paperback
Pages: 334 Pages
Rating: ★★★★

Website Description (Crowded Souls.com)

‘Apart from the fact that Leila Albergo was born in England, she was just like any other seventeen-year-old U.S. high schooler. That was until, by a dark twist of fate, she develops supernatural powers.

Leila is convinced that her feelings for school heartthrob Luca Jareau will remain unnoticed until he turns out to be her greatest ally. With his help, she must learn to control her magic and conceal the truth from everyone else, in order to protect the people she loves.

Leila also realises that some friends are not always who they seem to be and that staying alive at any cost, can sometimes be too high a price to pay.’

REVIEW: Saga Volume 1 - Brian K. Vaughan (Writer) & Fiona Staples (Artist)

Saga Volume 1 - Brian K. Vaughan (Writer) & Fiona Staples (Artist)
Series: Saga
Publisher: Image Comics
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads Blurb

When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.

REVIEW: Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes (#1) - Scott Cawthon & Kira Breed-Wristley

Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes (#1) - Scott Cawthon & Kira Breed-Wrisley
Series: Five Night's at Freddy's
Publisher: Scholastic
Format: Paperback
Pages: 389
Rating: ★★★

Goodreads Blurb

Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie, whose father owned the restaurant, and her childhood friends reunite on the anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza place, which had been locked up and abandoned for years. After they discover a way inside, they realize that things are not as they used to be. The four adult-sized animatronic mascots that once entertained patrons have changed. They now have a dark secret…and a murderous agenda.

REVIEW:XVI (#1) - Julia Karr

XVI (#1) - Julia Karr
Series: XVI
Publisher: Puffin/Speak
Format: Paperback
Pages: 325 Pages
Rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads Blurb
Every girl gets one.
An XVI tattoo on the wrist--sixteen.

Some girls can't wait to be sixteen, to be legal. Nina is not one of them. Even though she has no choice in the matter, she knows that so long as her life continues as normal, everything will be okay.

Then, with one brutal strike, Nina's normal is shattered; and she discovers that nothing that she believed about her life is true. But there's one boy who can help--and he just may hold the key to her past.

But with the line between attraction and danger as thin as a whisper, one thing is for sure...

For Nina, turning sixteen promises to be anything but sweet

REVIEW: His Unlikely Lover (#3) - Natasha Anders

His Unlikely Lover (#3) - Natasha Anders
Series: Unwanted
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Format: Kindle
Pages: 294 Pages
Rating: ★★★★

Goodreads Blurb

Bobbi Richmond has always been in love with her best friend, Gabe Braddock, even if Gabe, who works for her media mogul father, has always treated Bobbi like a kid sister, calling her “Runt.”

After a tipsy Bobbi kisses Gabe at a party, Gabe is surprised to find “Runt” becoming the object of his fantasies, and Bobbi is shocked to find her advances suddenly reciprocated. When Gabe suggests adding “benefits” to their friendship—while keeping their new arrangement secret from their families, of course—should Bobbi feel flattered, or insulted by his insistence on casual sex? Are they even a match? Slick and conservative Gabe dates coiffed blondes, while the tomboyish Bobbi spends much more time fixing cars than her hair.

When Gabe’s twin brother, Chase, senses something’s up between the old friends, he forces Gabe to confront his real feelings for Bobbi—and decide whether or not he could live without her.

REVIEW: The Martian - Andy Weir

The Martian - Andy Weir
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: R. C. Bray
Time: 10HRS 53MINS
Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

Goodreads Blurb

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

REVIEW: Talon (#1) - Julie Kagawa

Talon (#1) - Julie Kagawa
Series: Talon
Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Pages: 464 Pages
Rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads Blurb

Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none th wiser.

Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. George.

Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon's newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey: and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. Faced with Ember's bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything that the Order has ingrained in him: and what he might be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons.