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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Enter to win a copy of The Demon's Lexicon

Simon and Schuster are having a book give away. All you need to do is go here and enter your information. GOOD LUCK!!

The Maze Runner Book Trailer


Our lovely friends over at Late Bloomers have a great post for The Maze Runner book trailer. We'll be chatting with James on Oct. 28th!!

Beautiful Creatures: Ethan's Playlist


I can't wait for everyone to meet Ethan! I love this new character. Here's his great playlist-

Here's what Margaret says: The last song on Ethan's Playlist is an Indie: Colored Black by Fast Addie

There's one song missing... but you'll have to read BC to find out what it is.

Q&A from Cassandra

This is taken from an email that Cassie sent out to her Google Group *if you've not joined it yet, you're missing out* The google group has grown a lot lately and to help with all the questions she's getting she sent this out: *love the answer to number 7 and I hope Simon graces the cover of City Of Fallen Angels*

1) "Is there going to be a movie?"

The answer to that is lengthy and complicated. I'd just go here to
read the answer:

http://cassandraclare.com/cms/faqs#movie

2) What is City of Fallen Angels about? When will it be released?

City of Angels takes place after the events of City of Glass. It
splits its focus between Jace, Clary and the other Shadowhunters and
the story of Clary’s best friend, Simon, and how he adjusts to life as
a vampire; it’s still an ensemble-cast story, and all the characters
from the Mortal Instruments series appear in it: Isabelle, Alec,
Magnus, Luke, Jocelyn, Maia, and many more. (It even helps to have
read The Clockwork Angel before you read CoFA, because some of the
characters from the ID series do show up in it. However, it isn’t
required.) In City of Fallen Angels, someone’s killing the
Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle and leaving their
bodies around New York City in a manner designed to provoke hostility
between Downworlders and Shadowhunters. Internecine warfare among
vampires is ripping the Downworld community apart, and only Simon —
the Daylighter who everyone wants on their side — can decide the
outcome; too bad he wants nothing to do with Downworld politics.
Meanwhile Jace and Clary investigate a mystery that has deeply
personal consequences for them — consequences that may strengthen
their relationship, or rip it apart forever. Love, blood, betrayal and
revenge: the stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.

City of Fallen Angels is set to be released in March, 2011.

3) What is The Clockwork Angel about? When will it be released?

The Infernal Devices is a series of prequels to The Mortal
Instruments, set in 19′th century London. It won’t have our current
characters in it, except for Magnus Bane, but it does deal with their
ancestors. You can find out more at:
http://www.theinfernaldevices.com/

16-year-old orphan Tessa Gray’s quiet life is thrown into turmoil when
her older brother Nathaniel suddenly vanishes, leaving her alone. Her
search for him leads her into Victorian-era London’s dangerous
supernatural underworld, where warlocks throw masked balls for
half-demon Downworlders. When Tessa discovers that she herself is a
Downworlder, she must come to trust her natural enemies, the
demon-killing Shadowhunters, if she ever wants to learn to control her
powers and find her brother. Torn between the beautiful Will, a
Shadowhunter who isn’t what he seems, and the devoted Jem, whose own
deadly secret is slowly destroying him, Tessa must draw on all her
strength to save her brother and keep herself alive in this deadly new
world.

There are three books in the Devices series. The first is The
Clockwork Angel, the second, The Clockwork Prince, the third, The
Clockwork Princess.

The Clockwork Angel will be released September 7, 2010.

4) Does that mean the Clockwork Angel will be released before City of
Fallen Angels?


Yes. The publishing schedule is as follows:

September 7, 2010: The Clockwork Angel

March 11, 2011: City of Fallen Angels

September 2011: The Clockwork Princess

September 2012: The Clockwork Prince

5) Are you going to write a book in which Jace and Clary get married?

No.

6) Are you going to re-write the Mortal Instruments series from Jace’s
viewpoint?


No.

7) Are there going to be more Mortal Instruments books after City of
Fallen Angels?


Maybe. :D

8) Which characters are on the covers of the Mortal Instruments books?


City of Bones: Jace

City of Ashes: Clary

City of Glass: Sebastian

City of Fallen Angels: Don’t know yet!

The Clockwork Angel: Don't know that either. I asked for Will. We'll
see what happens.

Review - Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz


Published November 2008 by Hyperion
2.5 out of 5 Stars

Some secrets shouldn't be kept...

Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend's accidental death, Ben is immediately ostracized by everyone on campus. Except for Camelia. She's reluctant to believe he's trouble, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. Instead, she's inexplicably drawn to Ben.and to his touch. But soon, Camelia is receiving eerie phone calls and strange packages with threatening notes. Ben insists she is in danger, and that he can help-but can he be trusted? She knows he's hiding something... but he's not the only one with a secret.


Right, I am totally going against the grain here and am writing a review for a book that has been out for nearly a year. There is a reason for this; all will be revealed at the end of the review. I bought this book the month it was released, which was November 2008. I was trying desperately to get out of Twilight mode, I seriously read them non stop over and over and over for months. Ring any bells?? I’m sure it does.

First off, although this review may not be very peachy, I did enjoy the book, it was a good start to the Touch Series. However, this did not do the writer justice, because even though I found the book sucked me in and creeped me out more than I like to admit, déjà vu happened to me all the way through the book.

Picture this: Your stood in the school parking lot and you hear a screeching sound, a noisy horrible sound that reverberates around your mind tinged with danger and fear. Oh no, it’s a car, and guess what? It’s heading right your way. Your about to die, right there on the grubby asphalt on the crummy school parking lot. No wait!! A hot guy turns up and pushes you out of the way. He is gorgeous and stares right into your eyes and touches your belly, gives you a look that’s so hot you almost set on fire. Your mesmerised but he just gets up and walks away like nothing has happened. Is it just me or does this sound vaguely familiar?!?

Camelia is just a regular teenage girl; but weird things start happening when new guy Ben starts at her school. Yeah, got it in one; he’s the guy who saved her from the crazy car incident. Things are even worse; Ben has been accused of killing his late girlfriend. Chaos ensues at the school, but Camelia doesn’t care about the allegations, she wants him to touch her again. Now this is where my problem lies. Why on earth would you want an accused killer to touch you, when you know nothing about him apart from the fact he is a little rude.

Notes and pictures of her start to be delivered to Camelia’s house threatening her, someone is stalking her and leaving these bizarre messages. Who is Camelia to trust and is it Ben who is behind this? Plus, in Chemistry class she has no partner, so they have to pair up. I mean yeah ok, you could get away with either the lab partners or the car crash, but using both is taking it a little too far.

Ben is hiding a secret, which is the reason behind all the mystery and not letting Camelia get too close. This secret could harm Camelia, so Ben is being the good guy and trying to stay away from her; unsuccessfully. Need I say it again?

Also, for you New Moon fans, the ending of Deadly Little Secret is déjà vu from that book too, if you catch my drift. I was quite surprised by my feelings towards this book, I mean the storyline didn’t really float my boat, but it was very very addictive regardless. I was still glued to the pages as there were a lot of plot twists that I never saw coming. Plus, Laurie is a very good writer. I personally feel if some of the Twilight-esque scenes were not in the book, I would have loved this book. Regardless, I am still looking forward to the next book in the series.

Lauries writing style is very strong and is different from other authors out there, even if her plot lines are not. It is one of those books that confuses you when your reading, you don’t want to put it down despite its flaws, which is remarkable as far as I’m concerned.

And here is the big reveal, I am going to read the sequel, so the book isn’t craptastic and neither is it excellent. The sequel, Deadly Little Lies, is out in November and I will most definitely be buying a copy. Have any of you read this book? I would love to hear your comments.

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