Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6) By: Sarah J. Maas Published: September 5, 2017 by Bloomsbury USA Children's 668 pages Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken. His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica-the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire. And with war looming over Dorian and Aelin back home, their survival might lie with Chaol and Nesryn convincing its rulers to ally with them. But what they discover in Antica will change them both-and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined. MY REVIEW: After a dud of an end of 2...

Without Merit By: Colleen Hoover Published: October 3, 2017 by Atria Books 384 pages Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit. Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from...

After the Game (The Field Party #3) By: Abbi Glines Published: August 22, 2017 by Simon Pulse 352 pages Source: ebook, Borrowed from Sandy ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The third book in the #1  New York Times  bestselling Field Party series—a southern soap opera with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucks—from  USA TODAY  bestselling author Abbi Glines. Two years ago, Riley Young fled from Lawton, Alabama. After accusing the oldest Lawton son, Rhett, of rape, everyone called her a liar and she had no option but to leave. Now she’s back, but she’s not at Lawton High finishing up her senior year. She’s at home raising the little girl that no one believed was Rhett’s. Rhett is off at college living the life he was afraid he’d lose with Riley’s accusation, so Riley agrees to move back to Lawton so she and her parents could take care of her grandmother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. But the town still hasn’t forgotten their hate for her, and...

What It Takes: A Dirt Road Love Story By: Sonya Loveday Published: May 27, 2017 242 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: ebook, ARC from Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Gracen Lowell is on the hunt for a man—but not just any man. He has to be ‘the one’. Her only problem is that no one she’s dated has ever measured up to the charming qualities of her best friend.  Slade Owens knows no matter how much he loves Gracen, he’ll never be what she’s looking for. And he dang sure isn’t going to stick around to watch her fall in love with someone else. Slade leaving the Owens’ family farm for an out-of-state job should put enough distance between the two to allow him to move on with his life and Gracen to search for her happily-ever-after.  Gracen knows asking him to stay isn’t fair. Slade thinks leaving her behind is the only thing to do. Inexplicably drawn together, the best friends must decide if they have what it takes to own up to ...

Loving Kalvin (The Kennedy Boys #4) By: Siobhan Davis Published: July 31, 2017 224 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary Source: ebook, ARC from author ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: A second-chance romance from  USA Today  bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with HEA and no cliffhanger.   Lana   I knew it would end in disaster, but I didn’t listen to reason. I didn’t care. Because I loved him so much.  Kalvin Kennedy ruled my heart.  Until he destroyed it.  Shattered it so completely that I became someone else. Someone I loathed. Someone who repeatedly lied to her loved ones.  So, I ran.  From him. From myself. Desperate to hide my new reality.  But I could only run so far.  When he reappears in my life, I’m terrified. Unbelievably scared of facing the consequences of my actions.  Never mind that I still love him and want him so badly—there’s too much at stake now.  How can I tru...

The Sound of Light By: Claire Wallis Published: July 17, 2017 320 pages Genre: Contemporary, Romance, New Adult Source: ebook, ARC from author ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: My littlest girl has always been a bit peculiar. It was nothing I could ever put a finger on, but I always knew there was something inside her that made her a different kind of special. A deeper kind.  K'acy's got a light around her, one that'll just about knock you over, especially if you don't see her coming. She's got music in her soul, too. Deep, resonating music that echoes and hums, just like the notes that come from the bass guitar she's had attached to her hip since the day she turned thirteen years old.  She's got a heck of a secret, yes, but she does what she's got to do to make it one worth having. She takes care of people. She changes their stories. I spent my life telling both of my girls that you always gotta do what's right, even when it h...

Long Way Home (Thunder Road #3) By: Katie McGarry Published: January 31, 2017 by Harlequin Teen 448 pages Source: Kindle version, Borrowed from Sandy ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving. It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving. To protect herself, and her vulnerable younger brother, she needs to cut all ties with the club—including Chevy, the boy she’s known and loved her whole life. But when a rival club comes after Violet, exposing old secrets and making new threats, she’s forced to question what she thought she knew about her father, the Reign of Terror, and what she thinks she wants. Which means re-evaluating everything: love, family, friends . . . and forgiveness. Caught in the crosshairs between loyalty an...

The Butterfly Project By: Emma Scott Published: February 21, 2017 by Trillian 256 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: "Where you are is home..." At age fourteen, Zelda Rossi witnessed the unthinkable, and has spent the last ten years hardening her heart against the guilt and grief. She channels her pain into her art: a dystopian graphic novel where vigilantes travel back in time to stop heinous crimes—like child abduction—before they happen. Zelda pitches her graphic novel to several big-time comic book publishers in New York City, only to have her hopes crash and burn. Circumstances leave her stranded in an unfamiliar city, and in an embarrassing moment of weakness, she meets a guarded young man with a past he’d do anything to change... Beckett Copeland spent two years in prison for armed robbery, and is now struggling to keep his head above water. A bike messenger b...

Boys South of the Mason Dixon #1 By: Abbi Glines Published: May 15, 2017 by Abbi Glines Publishing 204 pages Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult, New Adult Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The only thing hotter than the weather South of the Mason Dixon line are the boys. Worn, faded blue jeans, slow Southern drawls, and those naughty moments in the back of pickup trucks a girl never forgets.  Welcome to the world of the Sutton boys.  Five brothers who fight, party, drink a little too much, but more importantly, they love their momma. Nothing can tear them apart… until the girl next door wins more than one of their hearts. MY REVIEW: I've read a fair amount of books by Abbi Glines and they are usually a great fast read after I finish a heavy book or series. That was the situation I found myself in when I picked this one up to read. I purchased it during a one day $.99 sale. I figured, since it's short, that I could ...

Long Way Home (Thunder Road #3) *Digital Sampler By: Katie McGarry Published: January 31, 2017 by Harlequin Teen 63 pages Source: ebook digital sampler, Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving. It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving. To protect herself, and her vulnerable younger brother, she needs to cut all ties with the club—including Chevy, the boy she’s known and loved her whole life. But when a rival club comes after Violet, exposing old secrets and making new threats, she’s forced to question what she thought she knew about her father, the Reign of Terror, and what she thinks she wants. Which means re-evaluating everything: love, family, friends . . . and forgiveness. Caught in t...

A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3) By: Sarah J. Maas   Published: May 2, 2017 by Bloomsbury USA Children's 707 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1  New York Times  bestselling  A Court of Thorns and Roses  series. Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords-and hunt for allies in unexpected places.  In this thrilling third book in the #1  New York Times  bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple fo...

Until It Fades By: K.A. Tucker Published: June 27, 2017 by Atria Books 368 pages Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Twenty-four-year-old truck stop waitress and single mother Catherine Wright has simple goals: to give her five-year-old daughter a happy life and to never again be the talk of the town in Balsam, Pennsylvania: population two thousand outside of tourist season. And then one foggy night, on a lonely road back from another failed attempt at a relationship, Catherine saves a man’s life. It isn’t until after the police have arrived that Catherine realizes exactly who it is she has saved: Brett Madden, hockey icon and media darling. Catherine has already had her fifteen minutes of fame and the last thing she wants is to have her past dragged back into the spotlight, only this time on a national stage. So she hides her identity. It works. For a time. But when she finds the man she saved standing on her doorstep, desperate...

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Wishful Endings . Each week bloggers participate to spotlight and discuss a book they have yet to read, generally one that hasn't released yet. Can't Wait Wednesday is based on Waiting on Wednesday, previously hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine . Find out more here . This week I'm waiting on: Enrage (Eagle Elite #8) by Rachel Van Dyken Expected Publication: July 31, 2017 Preorder Buy Link: Not available yet (Will be $.99 on release day only!) Part of a world I loathe. Part of a family who hates me more than I hate myself. Living with a girl who reminds me of my darkness. I'm. In. Hell. Also known as the Cosa Nostra. My life was over the minute I stepped off that plane. Son to a murdered mob boss. Heir to a throne of murder and lies. My name is Dante Nicolasi. And there will be blood. I have long enjoyed the Eagle Elite  series. I just can never get enough of these guys! What are you wa...

Keeping Kyler (The Kennedy Boys #3) By: Siobhan Davis Published: May 29, 2017 459 pages Source:  ebook, Netgalley ARC from author   ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The captivating third book in the Kennedy Boys series concludes Faye and Kyler's love story. Nothing or no one will keep them apart… Kyler Kennedy is in the wind.  Shocked and upset, he has taken off on a solo mission—to track down his mom’s ex and demand answers.  Faye understands what it’s like to have your world turned upside down. Determined to support her boyfriend, she gives chase. Yet nothing could prepare her for the ugly truth. Ky has always been plagued with inner demons, and as he falls apart, Faye finally discovers what he’s been hiding from her—from everyone.  When serious accusations arise, Kyler’s future hangs in the balance. But Kennedys stick together in times of crisis, and they rally around him now.  At least there is nothing to prevent Faye and K...

It Started With Goodbye By: Christina June   Published: May 9, 2017 by Blink 272 pages Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher   ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused of a crime, she’s stuck under stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF’s gone ghost. Tatum fills her newfound free time with community service by day and working at her covert graphic design business at night (which includes trading emails with a cute cello-playing client). When Tatum discovers she’s not the only one in the house keeping secrets, she finds she has the chance to make amends with her family and friends. Equipped with a new perspective, and assisted by her feisty step-abuela-slash-fairy-godmother, Tatum is ready to start fresh and maybe even get her happy ending along the way. A modern play on the Cinderella story arc, Christina June’s IT STARTED WITH GOODBYE shows us that some...