Early Review: Glitch by Heather Anastasiu

Glitch

Author: Heather Anastasiu

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2012

Genre: YA Dystopia

Buy: Amazon ♥ B&N ♥ TBD

Overview

In the Community, there is no more pain or war. Implanted computer chips have wiped humanity clean of destructive emotions, and thoughts are replaced by a feed from the Link network.

When Zoe starts to malfunction (or “glitch”), she suddenly begins having her own thoughts, feelings, and identity. Any anomalies must be immediately reported and repaired, but Zoe has a secret so dark it will mean certain deactivation if she is caught: her glitches have given her uncontrollable telekinetic powers.

As Zoe struggles to control her abilities and stay hidden, she meets other glitchers including Max, who can disguise his appearance, and Adrien, who has visions of the future. Both boys introduce Zoe to feelings that are entirely new. Together, this growing band of glitchers must find a way to free themselves from the controlling hands of the Community before they’re caught and deactivated, or worse.

Vote for Daemon and Aiden!!

Team Daemon FTW

Daemon from the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout will be going up against Peeta from The Hunger Games in the Young Adult Crush Tournament today (Wednesday August 1). Valerie from Stuckinbooks.com is Daemon's advocate.

To vote just head on over to

YA-Sisterhood.

For those who don’t know Daemon is from the Lux series (Obsidian and Onyx) by Jennifer L. Armentrout. To find out more about the series check out Jennifer’s website, here and read why Katy thinks you should vote here. Also check out the book trailer for Obsidian on Youtube. Need more info? You can check out my review of Obssidian HERE.

Daemon is competing the same day as one of Jennifer's other characters, Aiden from the Half-Blood series who is competing against Dimitri from the Vampire Academy series, so Jennifer will be combining the incentives.

The incentives that Jennifer will be offering include:

  
750 Votes: 
A  teaser from Onyx
A teaser from Deity

 
1100 votes: 
Signed ARC of Onyx (Signed by Pepe, Sztella, and Jennifer)

  
1600 Votes: 
A teaser from Cursed
A teaser from Daemon's POV

  
2100 Votes: 
A Daemon Invasion Swag pack giveaway

  
2800 Votes: 
A small scene from Deity in Seth's POV
   

3000 Votes: 
A teaser from Onyx, Deity, Cursed, and Unchained

  
Winning Vote: 
Daemon's win: A sneak peek at the "Library Scene"
Aiden's win: A Seth POV from Deity (Yeah, you read that right)

(**Remember** If Daemon or Aiden makes it into the final four, I will share the unedited, special edition "Laptop Scene")

(Check out the incentive from Round 1 in the Tourney here)

Also don’t forget to join in on the Twitter party that will be lasting all day. There will even be the opportunity to win some awesome giveaways. To join in just use the hashtag #TeamDaemonFTW. Then stop by Valerie's blog Stuckinbooks.com to enter some more giveaways.

“Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.” - Obsidian

Go Team Daemon!

Waiting on Wednesday (55)

Hosted at Breaking the Spine, spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

I am eagerly waiting for... 

The Assassin's Curse

Cassandra Rose Clarke

October 2 2012

Goodreads:

Ananna of the Tanarau is the eldest daughter of a highly-ranked family in the loose assortment of cutthroats and thieves in the Pirate's Confederation. When she runs away from the marriage her parents have arranged for her, they hire Naji the assassin to murder her.

When a mysterious woman in a dress shop offers her magical assistance for dealing with the assassin, Ananna accepts. She never went in much for magic herself -- she lacks the talent for it -- but she's not quite ready to die yet, either. Unfortunately, the woman's magic fails.

Fortunately, Ananna inadvertently saves the assassin's life in the skirmish, thus activating a curse that had been placed on him a few years earlier. Now, whenever her life is in danger, he must protect her -- or else he experiences tremendous physical pain. Neither Ananna nor the assassin, Naji, are pleased about this development.

Why am I waiting for it?

Pirate's Confederation. Assassins. Backfiring spells. Curses. Yes, please!