Title:  Daughter of Smoke and Bone Author:  Laini Taylor Series: Pages:  420 Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton Date of Publication:  29th September 2011 Source:  Publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: Featuring necklaces made of wishes; an underground shop dealing in teeth; magical tattoos; a wishbone on a cord, DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE is a thrilling story about Karou and her secret life as an apprentice to a wishmonger. Karou manages to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she is a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to an inhuman creature who deals in wishes and is the closest thing she has to family. Her life is surrounded by mysteries she is desperate to unveil. My Thoughts: This book has a lot of hype surrounding it, so I went into reading it thinking it was going to be one of the best books of the year. And it was really good, awesome even, but it just didn't quite live up to the hype. Very, v...

Hi everyone! Are you here for the Sweet Venom 2 Title Hunt? Don't know what that is? Tera Lynn Childs is the author of a book called Sweet Venom, and the second book now has a title! But, YOU have to find the letters and unscramble to find out what the title is! Then, once you've figured it out, you can enter to win amazing prizes, which are: 5 signed copies of Sweet Venom and a grand prize of $50 bookstore gift card! So what are you waiting for? Collect my letter and follow the link below to find the others and enter to win! My letter is... So there we go, my work is done. To find the other letters and enter the competition go here to Tera Lynn Childs ' website! 

Title:  The Name of the Star  Author:  Maureen Johnson Series:  Shades of London #1 Pages:  370 Publisher:  HarperCollins Children's Books Date of Publication:  29th September 2011 Source: Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it's the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city, gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific Jack the Ripper events of more than a century ago. Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect. But she is the only one who saw him. Even her roommate, who was walking with her at the time, didn't notice the mysterious man. So why can only Rory see him? And more urgently, why has Rory become ...

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. FOR REVIEW Bloodlines by Richelle Mead (UK Paperback) *SQUEEE* I was SO excited when this arrived, and it was AMAZING! :D I loved it! If you were a little worried that it didn't live up to VA, don't be, because it's awesome... Thanks to Penguin for this one! Vampire Academy: A Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead, Emma Vieceli and Leigh Dragoon (UK Paperback) Again, I was so excited for this one too, as it is a graphic novel of the first VA book, and it was awesome! I read it all in one sitting completely by accident - I was only going to read a few pages but I ended up reading it all! Thanks again to Penguin for this one! GIFTED/WON Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough (UK Proof) Caroline from Portrait of a Woman sent me this; she had a first come first serve giveaway and I managed to get this :) I've heard lots of good things about it, and it looks awesome, (if a little creepy) so I can't wait ...

Title:  Bloodlines   Author:  Richelle Mead Series:  Bloodlines #1 Pages:  421 Publisher:  Penguin Date of Publication:  25th August 2011 Source:  Publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning. Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood. *SPOILER INFO: This review will NOT contain spoilers from Bloodlines, but it WILL contain spoilers from the Vampire Academy series. If you have not yet read all the Vampire Academy series and do...

Title:  Vanish  Author:  Sophie Jordan Series:  Firelight #2 Pages:  304 Publisher:  HarperTeen Date of Publication:  6th September 2011 Source:  netGalley Synopsis from Goodreads: To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone. Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only...

Title:  Dark Inside  Author:  Jeyn Roberts Series:  N/A Pages:  360 Publisher:  Macmillan Children's Books Date of Publication:  2nd September 2011 Source:  Publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: Since mankind began, civilizations have always fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs…Now it’s our turn. Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even more awful is happening. An ancient evil has been unleashed, turning everday people into hunters, killers, crazies. Mason's mother is dying after a terrible car accident. As he endures a last vigil at her hospital bed, his school is bombed and razed to the ground, and everyone he knows is killed. Aries survives an earthquake aftershock on a bus, and thinks the worst is over when a mysterious stranger pulls her out of the wreckage, but she’s about to discover a world changed forever. Clementine, the only survivor of an emergency town hall meeting that descends into m...