Ever Shade: A Dark Faerie Tale #1 by Alexia Purdy

My Review: Ever Shade: A Dark Faerie Tale #1 by Alexia Purdy
Anne Nelson

Grab your back pack, stuff it full with EVERYTHING you may need… don’t worry if it will fit, or that it may be too heavy for you to carry. They have spells for that, so pack away I say!!!

The unbelievable quest of your life is about to start as you travel with Shade to a world you only thought or dreamed existed. You will be introduced to a magical place, the land of Fey with all who dwell within… Faeries, (all kinds) Pixies, Kings, Queens, princesses, and warriors. Good and bad, secrets and lies but don’t forget about the creatures!! My oh my.

A world that surrounds yours and mine, above and below no matter which way you go. On this quest we must go.

If you hear voices in your head, you may want to listen to them carefully on what they have to say…. For you will find what is needed to survive in the world soon to become yours.

Come follow the journey created by the brilliant Alexia Purdy with an all her characters, and places as the story unfolds.

From start to finish you won’t want to leave, not before you see all that’s to be seen… mirror, mirror on the dresser, what do you hide within that’s a big stressor?

A fantastic read, full of magic and greed, love and loss, and stories to unfold. I highly recommend this to all lovers of the magical world of Fae.

*** AMAZING *** MAGICAL *** WHIMSICAL***

SYNOPSIS:

A dark twist on Faeries. For Shade, a chance meeting with a powerful Teleen faery who wields electrical currents and blue fires along his skin, has her joining him on a treacherous mission for the good Seelie Faerie Court across the land of Faerie. Magic and malice abound and nothing is what it really seems to be.

The evil Unseelie Queen and her treacherous allies are around every corner as Shade makes her way across the breathtaking landscapes of the world of Faerie, which exists alongside the mundane human world. Shade discovers her own uncharted magic and meets some of the most powerful warriors in Faerie while battling evil dryads, conniving Teleen guards and challenges on her life with every step in a world where nothing can be taken for granted.

A Dark Faerie Tale Series

Ever Shade

Ever Fire
Ever Winter (to be released)

Recommend: YA and up

Rating: 5/5 angel stars
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Alexia Purdy Amazon Page

Forced Intelligence by JH Glaze

Review for: Forced Intelligence by JH Glaze
Anne Nelson

I’m still here sitting shaking my head as I write this review… JH Glaze has once again left me stunned by the way his brain is so unstoppable!!!

Forced Intelligence will have you spinning your thoughts around as you are thrown into the world of a “genius” (the science) ... Sure it is highly possible, ok yes most likely that experiments just like these do happen, it doesn’t help put my mind at ease at all!!! The opposite in fact.

The ending was one that I didn’t see coming at all, makes me wonder if things had turned out differently, where would we be in the world, of intelligence?

YES, I actually cried at the ending, no it can’t end this way, oh my gosh, and wow were a few of my thoughts, I was so taken back.

Still baffled and rattled with this phenomenal story, but it’s still a MUST READ. I will warn you though, you will be spinning in circles just like I was as you try to think this one through with all the possibilities that could be actually happening around us, or behind closed doors in this case.

Forced Intelligence is definitely a dark and daunting read, it will have you second guessing the things we “think” are to be true in the world of science.

1. Nerve rattling - Yes

2. Possible - Yes
3. Entertaining - Yes
4. Scary - Yes
5. Twisted - Yes
6. Sad - Yes

 And this list could go on and on…

It’s an exceptional read, one that could have had a couple of very different endings. Jeff picked this ending… Which one would you or I pick?

Recommend: 16 and up

Rating: 5/5 angel stars
Angel Anne Reviews

JH Glaze Amazon Page

Obumbrate (The Illumine Series) by Alivia Anders

My review for: Obumbrate (The Illumine Series) by Alivia Anders
Anne Nelson

TOP NOTCH - PHENOMENAL

Another amazing spectacular read by the talented Author Alivia Anders!!! I fell in love with Alivia’s work with “Illumine” book #1 of this trilogy, after I had on it as a first reads on Goodreads.

Once I was cocooned in my book zone, I didn’t come out until I was completely finished. (well, I did for breaks)

Then came along “Obumbrate” book #2, and I was given a copy by Alivia herself for my enjoy. So off to my *book zone I went* And as an avid reader I feel it only fair to give my fair and unbiased opinion in this review.

Oh my heavens, I fell in love once more as I headed into the world of nephilim, angels, demons and watchers….

Poor Essallie just wants her life to go back to being normal again. Her world is upside down. The immense weight on her shoulders, knowing that she’s half angel created for war, and the only person who could help her is the very same demon that’s still waiting to kill her. And the only chance for her lies in a boy who had died right in front of her!!!

I just want to wrap Essallie in a nice warm blanket, to keep her safe. Man my angel wings won’t stop being all flustered for her as I read this book.

While still coming into her powers, learning just exactly what she can do and not do, also losing people that she cares about, then two trying to gain her attention (Kayden and Ari) it’s enough to drive anyone crazy. But this is just a few insights of whats in store for poor Essallie… oh and did I mention the fighting/warding off of the ever persistent demons??? Ughh

What will be the fate of Essallie? Who will she give her heart to, or will she? Questions, questions every which way you turn. The suspense and story continue to build; all I can say is please hurry Alivia with book #3, “Riven”!!! it has to have some answers for us.

Well done, on this fabulous sequel that has left me once more hanging on the edge of that “Illumine Cliff”

 A MUST READ!!

Illumine Series

Illumine

Obumbrate
Riven

Recommend: YA and up

Rating: 5/5 angel stars
Angel Anne Reviews

Alivia Anders Amazon Page

Cover Reveal: Wicked Fate by Tabatha Vargo

 

 

How awesome is this?! If you adore the cover as much as we do, check out the blurb. This book is going to be amazing!

 

BOOK BLURB:

What if you lived in fear of yourself?

For Mage McPherson being afraid of herself is just the norm. Thanks to that fear, being a loner in a small town never bothered the mysterious Mage. Once she received her secret abilities, she figured being alone was the safest way to be. That all changes during her sophomore year at Summerville High when Adam, her equally mysterious secret crush, starts to notice her.

Afraid that she might harm Adam, Mage must learn to either control or deny herself. With Adam by her side she's more powerful than she’s ever been, but is she powerful enough to defeat her worst nightmare? She learns a hard lesson about love and magic when her destiny comes to collect.

 

 

 

AUTHOR BIO:

Tabatha has been writing since she could pick up a pencil. Her first publication was a little poem in her elementary school paper, from that point on she was hooked. When she was a teenager, she traded in her girly magazines for personalized writing notebooks.

At nineteen, she met her own personal prince charming and writing took a back burner for a while. She is now married to that prince and the mother of a beautiful Six year old princess/rock star. Once her daughter was born, writing came back into her life, and she finished her very first novel in May of 2009.

She is pursuing a Bachelors in English and hopes to one day teach while continuing to write.

As a stay-at-home mom and full-time student, Tabatha enjoys the freedom of spending a good bit of her days doing what she loves the most…writing.

 

LINKS:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/tabatha.vargo.9

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/TabathaVargo

Blog: http://tabathavargo.blogspot.com/

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16008688-wicked-fate

 

 

 

 

 

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