Musing Mondays (5)

 Musing Mondays is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

 This week’s musing is…
 

Who do you think is the hottest male/female character from a book? 
Oh my! But there are so many!! How about I tell you the top three?

1. Anyan Barghest from Nicole Peeler's Jane True Series. I imagine him to be like Joe Manganiello who plays Alcide in True Blood. Rawr.

 

2. Jace Wayland from Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments Series. Jamie Campbell Bower as the funny, sarcastic, and most of all gorgeous Jace. I don't now why people don't like him to play the role in the upcoming movie :(

3. Damon Salvatore from L.J. Smith's Vampire Diaries. Of course, Ian Somerhalder as the devilishly handsome Damon.

Oh and be sure to check out my Summer Favorites Giveaway! ;)

Review: Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready

Shade

Author: Jeri Smith-Ready

Publisher: Simon Pulse, 2010

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
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Goodreads

Love ties them together. Death can't tear them apart. Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last. Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone. Well, sort of. Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan's violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost. It doesn't help that Aura's new friend Zachary is so understanding—and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit. As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart and clues to the secret of the Shift.

On My Wishlist (8)

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. The idea is to list all the books you desperately want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming.

The Space Between

Author: Brenna Yovanoff
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance (Angels & Demons)

Summary from Goodreads:

Everything is made of steel, even the flowers. How can you love anything in a place like this?

Daphne is the half-demon, half-fallen angel daughter of Lucifer and Lilith. Life for her is an endless expanse of time, until her brother Obie is kidnapped - and Daphne realizes she may be partially responsible. Determined to find him, Daphne travels from her home in Pandemonium to the vast streets of Earth, where everything is colder and more terrifying. With the help of the human boy she believes was the last person to see her brother alive, Daphne glimpses into his dreams, discovering clues to Obie's whereabouts. As she delves deeper into her demonic powers, she must navigate the jealousies and alliances of the violent archangels who stand in her way. But she also discovers, unexpectedly, what it means to love and be human in a world where human is the hardest thing to be.

Dearly Departed
Author: Lia Habel
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Release Date: Oct 18, 2011
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance (Dystopia Steampunk)

Summary from Goodreads:

Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie? 

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune, and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses. 

But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.