Rape Girl By: Alina Klein Published: June 4, 2012 by Namelos LLC 132 pages Source: Publisher via Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: "Hey, look. It’s that girl. That rape girl, right?" Valerie always wanted to be the smart girl. The pretty girl. The popular girl. But not the rape girl. That’s who she is now. Rape Girl. Because everyone seems to think they know the truth about what happened with Adam that day, and they don’t think Valerie’s telling it. Before, she had a best friend, a crush, and a close-knit family. After, she has a court case, a support group, and a house full of strangers. The real truth is, nothing will ever be the same. RAPE GIRL is the compelling story of a survivor who does the right thing and suffers for it. It is also the story of a young woman’s struggle to find the strength in herself to fight back. I think I have had my fill of stories that leave me feeling raw.  I didn't shed tears or even get teary eyed but my heart hurt...

In My Mailbox is a weekly post hosted by The Story Siren , where bloggers can share what books they got that week. This is week 2 of my book blog.  I needed a much slower week of books coming in in order to give me a chance to read some of what came in last week (check out In My Mailbox 1 ).  However, I still couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a couple.   Succubus Blues By: Richelle Mead Published: March 1, 2007 by Kensington Source: Owned on Kindle (Purchased via Amazon for $1.00) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Succubus (n.) An alluring, shape-shifting demon who seduces and pleasures mortal men. Pathetic (adj.) A succubus with great shoes and no social life. See: Georgina Kincaid. When it comes to jobs in hell, being a succubus seems pretty glamorous. A girl can be anything she wants, the wardrobe is killer, and mortal men will do anything just for a touch. Granted, they often pay with their souls, but why get technical? But Seattle succu...

Deadlocked  By:  A.R. Wise Published: December 20, 2011 52 pages Source: Owned on Kindle (Purchased via Amazon for free) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: David was caught in the middle of the city when the zombie outbreak started. His wife and daughters were at home, stranded on the roof as zombies waited below. He would have to fight through hordes of undead, merciless other survivors, and a series of death defying stunts to get home. However, even if he makes it there, how can he be sure they're safe? Deadlocked puts you into David's head as he struggles to get home. Then a final confrontation occurs that will guarantee his family's survival, but at what cost? Who knew such a short book could be so intense?  This is probably the first true zombie horror, heart pounding, flesh eating, disgusting type of book I have read.  Having said that, it lived up to the expectation of what I had in my mind.  If you are a zombie horror movie buff, think 28 Day...

Pushing the Limits By: Katie McGarry Published: August 3, 2012 by Harlequin UK 416 pages Source: ARC via Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: "I won't tell anyone, Echo. I promise." Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since someone touched me like he did. Why did it have to be Noah Hutchins? His dark brown eyes shifted to my covered arms. "You didn't do that-did you? It was done to you?" No one ever asked that question. They stared. They whispered. They laughed. But they never asked. So wrong for each other...and yet so right. No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, expl...

Infamous (Chronicles of Nick #3) By:  Sherrilyn Kenyon Published: March 13, 2012 by St. Martin's Griffin 480 pages Source: Owned on Kindle ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Go to school. Get good grades. Stay out of trouble. That’s the mandate for most kids. But Nick Gautier isn't the average teenager. He’s a boy with a destiny not even he fully understands. And his first mandate is to stay alive while everyone, even his own father, tries to kill him.  He’s learned to annihilate zombies and raise the dead, divination and clairvoyance, so why is learning to drive and keep a girlfriend so dang hard? But that isn't the primary skill he has to master. Survival is. And in order to survive, his next lesson makes all the others pale in comparison. He is on the brink of becoming either the greatest hero mankind has ever known, or he’ll be the one who ends the world. With enemies new and old gathering forces, he will have to call on every part of him...

I have now entered The Army of Ten in the hopes that I will win one of 5 awesome prizes!   Here's what you can win: THE GIFT PACKS We will be giving away five (5) gift bags on Halloween - Tuesday, October 30, 2012.  Items in the gift bags will include: - a signed hardcover of TEN - a signed paperback of POSSESS - a signed copy of DEAR TEEN ME - a signed copy of the anthology TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES - a Barnes & Noble gift card - items from the personal collection of two characters from the book (i.e. a sample size of Minnie's favorite perfume and a key chain bottle opener like Ben's) Ten By: Gretchen McNeil Published: September 18, 2012 by Balzer + Bray 294 pages ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: And their doom comes swiftly. It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelo...

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we can showcase a book we are eagerly waiting on. For this week's choice I decided to go with more Adrian Ivashkov, especially since I also featured him as one of my TOP 10 Fictional Crushes yesterday. The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines #3) By: Richelle Mead Publication Date: February 12, 2013 by Razorbill 432 pages ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and my...