Most Anticipated February Releases

So I thought I'd start off this month by sharing my top 10 books that I'm anticipating this month. 

Just a couple things: 

I'll include a brief synopsis of most of the books listed but if it's part of a series I'll leave out the synopsis to avoid spoilers.

There are books that come out March 1st that I've included because my March Releases post won't go live until a couple days after March 1st. 

Books marked with a "~" are ones that have been sent to me to review.

These are listed in order of excitement from least to most.

Here we go! 

10. These Vicious Masks By Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas ~ 

Release Date: February 9th  

I don't know a ton about this book, the cover is what caught my eye, but then I heard it's being pitched as Jane Austen meets the X-men so that's all I really need to know!

9. You Were Here By Cori McCarthy 

Release Date: March 1st 

Jaycee is going to live past graduation, unlike her brother Jake. Well.. Maybe.. The only way she can deal with her brothers death is by recreating the very daredevil stunts that got him killed. Content to do this alone she's shocked to find a group of unlikely friends who all have their own reasons for wanting to complete the dares. 

This sounds like Lauren Oliver's "Panic" meets  Gayle Foreman's "I Was Here" so I'll definatly be picking this up!  

8. Firstlife By Gena Showalter 

Release Date: February 23rd 

Firstlife is a dress rehearsal. Everlife is is when your real life begins, after death. Tenley Lockwood refuses to let her parents choose where she'll live after death. She wants to be able to choose between the two ruling realms but even given the choice she doesn't know where she wants to end up, or worse, where the boy she's falling for will end up.

Yes please! This premise is killer and it's by Gena Showalter so of course I know I'm going to love it! 

7. The Leaving Season By Cat Jordan 

Release Date: March 1st

Middie Daniels calls it the leaving season, the time of year everyone graduates, packs up their bags and never looks back. Her boyfriend, Nate, is leaving this time, to volunteer for a year, but after that she'll be leaving too. With him. But when tragedy strikes she finds herself leaning on the shoulder of Nate's best friend Lee and she realizes that no matter the season, love can pull you through the hardest of times.   

6. Take The Fall 

Release Date: February 16th 

When Sonia and her best friend Gretchen are attacked in the woods Sonia is lucky to make it out alive, Gretchen however is discovered at the bottom of a waterfall dead. Suspect #1 is Gretchen's ex, Marcus. When Marcus asks for help clearing his name Sonia agrees, but only to find damning evidence against him. However when she starts falling for him she begins to wonder, if it wasn't him that day in the forest, who was it?  

One word- NEED!

5. The Shadow Queen By C.J. Redwine ~ 

Release Date: February 16th

Confession time. I don't like retellings. Something about them always turns me off. Which is why I still haven't read Splintered or Cinder (don't fret, I will this year! I promise!.) But this book sounds so good I can't help but add it to my list. 

Long synopsis short, this is a Snow White retelling where the princess "Lorelai" must kill the evil queen to save her kingdom. Oh and there's a love interest so... YAY!!! 

4. Blackhearts By Nicole Castroman ~ 

Release Date: February 9th

A debut novel that tells the story of Edward "Teach" and Anne Barrett, their love, and how heartbreak turns Teach into one of the most infamous pirates in history- Blackbeard. 

Honestly do I have to say anything else to get you to pick up this book? Because I know I'm HOOKED already! 

3. In Real Life By Jessica Love 

Release Date: March 1st 

 Hannah and Nick have been best friends since 8th grade, even though they've never met. Senior year Hannah decides to road trip to Vegas and confess her love for him, only problem is, when she gets there, she meets his girlfriend who he never mentioned. 

I love contemporaries so of course this is number 3 on my list. It also doesn't hurt that Emory Lord blurbed it!

2. Glass Sword By Victoria Aveyard 

Release Date: February 9th

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I LOVED The Red Queen so. Freaking. Much! I've been counting down the days until I could get my hands on this beauty and if Brandon Sanderson didn't have a book coming out this month then Glass Sword would be my number 1 anticipated book for February. 

Red Queen Review

1. Calamity By Brandon Sanderson. 

Release Date: February 16th 

  I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to read this book! If you haven't been introduced to the awesomeness that is Brandon Sanderson yet then I HIGHLY recommend you start with his Reckoners series!

I do have a review up for the second book in the series but it does have spoilers so I'd save it until you've caught up on the series. 

Review of Firefight

And there you have it! 

Let me know what you think and if I missed a book that you're really excited about then let me know so I can add it to my ever growing pile! 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish where each week there is a new topic for a top ten list. 

This week is "My Top Ten ALL TIME favorite authors" 

1. Madeleine L'Engle 

2. Ann Brashares 

3. Kelley Armstrong 

4. Brandon Sanderson

5. L.J Smith 

6. Cassandra Clare 

7. Rachel Vincent 

8. Carrie Ryan 

9. Kiersten White 

10. Stephanie Perkins 

Who are your favorite authors? 

Until next time, 

Ginger

Review of "Firefight"

Firefight By Brandon Sanderson 

Stars: 5!

Source: Purchased 

Release Date: January 6th 2015 

"My name is David Charleston. 

I kill people with super powers." 

I cannot tell you the pure joy that I felt from reading that. I have waited for what felt like years to get my hands on Firefight and I was so excited to get it a couple days before the official release party and have time to read it before attending the signing. 

Let me just start off by saying that if you haven't read Steelheart you are missing out! You have not lived until you've immersed yourself in a world built by Brandon Sanderson! 

In the previous book David did the impossible, he not only killed a High Epic he killed thee High Epic. Steelheart died by Davids hand and now that the Reckoners have momentum they aren't about to stop now. 

With Newcago free and somewhat safe David finds himself with a new mission, traveling to Babylon Restored to find out exactly what the High Epic in charge has in store for her thriving community. 

Along the way we're introduced to new and exciting characters and some old favorites, whether they are Reckoners or Epics they come alive on the pages and draw you in. 

While trying to discover the mysteries of Babylon Restored David is struggling with inner demons. Killing Steelheart was his life goal, the light at the end of the tunnel, but now that he's achieved it he finds himself left with more questions than answers. 

Can Epics ever truly be good? Can they be cured? Is killing them the only answer? 

Can Megan be helped? Will she ever be the person he fell in love with? Or will killing her simply be giving her mercy?

Firefight is not 'fast paced' it's 'fast paced' times ten. Imagine a hummingbird on crack and you've got Firefight. 

I kept having to remind myself throughout the book to breathe. All I wanted to do was hold my breath and wait for the climatic scenes to end but they just kept coming, one after the other until I found myself starring at the last page in shock.  

I have no idea how Sanderson weaves such an incredible story, how he builds worlds so life like that you find yourself day dreaming about visiting them, how his characters become apart of you and change the way you look at the world. 

I have no idea how he does it but I do know that no one else could have told Davids story the way that he has. 

I will be counting down the days until I can get my hands on the third (and sadly the last) installment in this series. 

Until next time, 

Ginger