Review: The Buried Covenant by Shawn Keenan

 

Book: The Buried Covenant

Author: Shawn Keenan

Publisher: Shawn Keenan

Rating: 4 Stars

Level: Young Adult

Source: e-book review copy

Summary from Goodreads:

Jayke Wolff may be the most overprotected teenager since that bubble kid. It could be the accident he can’t remember, or it could just be his overbearing foster program caseworker. Whatever the cause, enrolling at St. Augustine High is Jayke’s first attempt to pop the bubble.

First day’s not too bad, makes a friend or two, definitely doesn’t mind the blonde sitting in front of him in fifth period. It’s the girl waiting for him when he gets home that makes him reconsider the usefulness of the bubble. Amber has some strange ideas about Jayke, about his past, and about pretty much everything. She wants him in a club she calls the Aduro. Before long, a few more of the Aduro’s overly pierced followers join the recruitment effort. Amber’s a carrot girl, her friends like sticks.

Jayke soon discovers sticks don’t break his bones. Actually, nothing does. But there’s too much competing for Jayke’s attention for him to focus on a little thing like being invincible. There’s that girl in fifth period whose death he inconveniently keeps dreaming about. Jayke’s got a lot to figure out. Life’s not always easy outside the bubble.

My Review:
The Buried Convenant is unique and entertaining. It started off a little slow for me but when you get about half way through it really picks up and things start coming together. I didn't want to put it down it was so good. I wasn't sure how to classify this. It's somewhere between a sci-fi and paranormal.

We meet Jayke Wolff who has been in a coma for the past seven years. He has no memory of his life before that. When he starts school he has no idea what he is in for. He makes some new friends and things seem to start to go well. That is until he meets Amber. She is a member of the Aduro, a group who wants Jayke to either join them or be killed. This is when Jayke starts to find out who he is and what his purpose is.

The author mixes teenage drama, religion, friendship, romance and some unique story lines into this book. By the end I was on the edge of my seat. There are some unanswered questions so I am hoping there is going to be a sequel. I would love to continue reading more about Jayke and his story. This is a must read for sci-fi and/or paranormal fans! This e-book was provided to me by the author for review. This did not affect my review in any way.

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Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 

My Teasers:

"Ok, that's so not funny!  Do you even know what you're getting yourself into?"

13% ~ Four Hundred Days (Lor Mandela #2) by L. Carroll

In My Mailbox

In my mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristy @ The Story Siren

This past weekend I purchased these books at a garage sale:

Scattered Leaves by V.C. Andrews

Broken Flower by V.C. Andrews

Web of Dreams by V.C. Andrews

Secrets In The Attic by V.C. Andrews

I received for review...when I get caught up. :)
A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest

What did you get this week?

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

"Have you ever seen markings like these before?  Is it ancient language, or just gibberish?"

28% on Kindle ~ The Buried Covenant by Shawn Keenan 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

  

Last book I read: Tenderfoot by Amy Tupper

 

This week I'm reading:  The Buried Covenant by Shawn Keenan

Next I'm going to read:

Four Hundred Days (Lor Mandela #2) by L. Carroll

  

What are you reading?

Review: Tenderfoot by Amy Tupper

 

Book: Tenderfoot

Author: Amy Tupper

Publisher: Amy Tupper

Rating: 3 Stars

Level: Young Adult

Source: e-book review copy

Summary from Goodreads:

TENDERFOOT is the first of four coming-of-age novels about a college girl struggling with the revelation of her family’s paranormal secret.

Jules is running. With the death of her mother behind her, she arrives at college in Chapel Hill ready to focus on friends, classes, and Andrew, the sweetest guy a girl could crush on. But Nick, the campus rock star, is always around, pressing every last one of her buttons. Things get strange when Nick plays his guitar, and even stranger when Jules discovers he wears a pendant identical to her dead mother’s. She wants answers. When her family’s secret is revealed, Nick helps Jules to accept who she is. Then Jules must choose between running away from the one person she has opened up to or running with him toward an unknown future.

My Review:

 
This book starts off slow but by the end I was somewhat hooked.

Julianna aka Jules is a college freshman who comes to find out she has paranormal senses. For most of the book the story follows Julianna around college campus as she is getting into the grove of being a college student. I almost stopped reading it because I just wasn't interested in reading about the characters going to class or going out to a bar drinking. As the story progresses we start to learn more about Julianna's parents and some of her background. Nick is this hot but creepy guy who knows everything and is there to protect Julianna. At first I wasn't sure about him but as we learned more about what and who he is I started to come around to liking him. Then there is Andrew. He is the star fencer and Julianna's boyfriend. I liked how there relationship progressed. They started out as friends and then became more. There were times when I thought he was a little crazy to be kind of stalking Julianna when they broke up. But it all worked out in the end.

While it has mystery, romance and paranormal I just has a hard time getting into it. It just seemed to take forever, almost to the very end of the book before we really found out what Julianna is and a little about her line. If there is a second book I will probably read it to find out more. This e-book was provided to me by the author for review. This did not affect my review in any way.

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Review: Shelter (Blood Haze #1) by Tara Shuler

 

Book: Shelter (Blood Haze #1)

Author: Tara Shuler

Publisher: Tara Shuler

Rating: 3 Stars

Level: Young Adult

Source: e-book Review Copy

Summary from Goodreads:

Two guys, one girl, and two dark secrets that threaten to tear her world apart.

Alice Wright is a young vampire going to high school for the first time at the age of seventeen at the behest of her eccentric mother. In many ways, she's more afraid of the human students than they would be of her.

She feels lost and awkward in human society, but she soon develops a strong bond with the cousin of one of her human classmates, nineteen year old Kai. He is beautiful, but somewhat of an enigma. She discovers a dark secret in Kai's life, and she instantly wants to shelter him from the pain that has tormented him all his life.

Then she meets Maksim Augustine, the incredibly gorgeous guy who seems more like he should be a model than a high school student. She is overwhelmingly attracted to him physically, but her love for Kai causes her to continually push him away. Eventually, she discovers a frightening secret about Max, too.

But Max's secret threatens to destroy everything...

My Review:
This book was a fast read. It flows along at a smooth but fast past. It definitely was not what I expected at all when I started reading it. I know this is fiction and all but this story was so unbelievable to me. Just hours after the main character Alice meets Kai at a party they are suddenly so in love with each other and are telling each other that they love them. Alice's mom being fine with Kai living with them just after meeting him and not caring that they are sleeping in the same room. I mean really? The first half of the book drove me crazy, especially Kai. He was so obsessed about Alice, calling her constantly and wanting to know what she is doing all the time. I know he has been through a lot in his life but come on. He was overly clingy and in my opinion stalker like. The second half of the book was better and I hope the next books are better. I did like Max, he was not afraid to be who he is. I feel that this story lacked character development and just a good plot. I will read the next book because I want to know what happens. This e-book was provided to me by the author for review. This did not affect my review in any way.

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