Wings, The Awakening, & Stargazer Giveaway!

Here's the deal: I'm giving away Wings by Aprilynne Pike, The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong, and Stargazer by Claudia Gray to three lucky winners, meaning that one person will win one book. If you want to be entered to win all, then just say so. If you want to be entered for one/two specifically then post which those are. All copies are hardcover.

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Wings by Aprilynne Pike
The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
Stargazer by Claudia Gray

Open only to the U.S. and Ends July 1st!!

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Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

Wings is by far the best book I've read in a month or two. It's perfectly written, easy to read, and filled with everything I want to read about. The story was never slow, and kept me wanting more, page after page. It was an easy read and I love that about a book.

Laurel is a teenage girl whose family has just enrolled her in public school, after being home schooled her whole life. The transition is difficult for her to grasp, until she gets closer to David and befriends Chelsea. Her life seems pretty normal, until a wing-like flower grows out of her back. With the help of David, and another faerie, Tamani, she learns more about herself and struggles to save a gate that leads to the faerie realm.

I love the characters. Like David; he's gentle and willing to do anything to help Laurel, and he hasn't given up on her. I love that. Tamani, however, was a little harder to understand, for he was always mysterious and playful.

Another thing that I loved was the romance. I'm a complete sucker for romance, and in Wings it's light, and lovely. Overall, Wings was a great debut novel! Aprilynne is now one of my favorite authors! I simply cannot wait for the next book!

Ratings:

Writing: 5/5
Story: 5/5
Character: 5/5
Cover: 5/5

In My Mailbox (2)

Got lovely books this week! So excited!

Madison Stanton doesn't know where she is or how she got there. But she does know this--she is dead. And alone, in a vast, dark space. The only company she has in this place are luminescent objects that turn out to be all the things Maddy lost while she was alive. And soon she discovers that with these artifacts, she can re-experience--and sometimes even change--moments from her life: Her first kiss. A trip to Disney World. Her sister's wedding. A disastrous sleepover. In reliving these moments, Maddy learns illuminating and sometimes frightening truths about her life--and death.

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words.
Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.
In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

I cannot wait! What did everyone else get?