July 10, 2012

Cover Reveal: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare & Vortex by Julie Cross

Blurb from Goodreads: 

In Clockwork Princess, Tessa and her companions travel all over the world as they race to stop the clockwork army before it’s too late. As Jem’s health worsens alarmingly and his friends search desperately for a cure, can Tessa choose between the two boys she loves—even if it means never seeing the other one again?

OMG! This cover is epic! I love love love love love it to death! It looks absolutely fantastic and I love the colors on it. I cant even begin to describe how excited I am for this! I need this after all that happened in Clockwork Prince. And not to mention this is just going to be absolutely beautiful next to my hardcovers of Clockwork Angel & Clockwork Prince! Clockwork Princess's expected publication is March 19, 2013!

No blurb yet. Vortex is the second book in the Tempest series by Julie Cross. I really enjoyed Tempest when I read it and I cant wait to see where the story goes in Vortex. I really like this cover! The colors and just how it looks is absolutely fantastic. Vortex's expected publication is January 8, 2013! 

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January 09, 2012

Review: Tempest by Julie Cross

Tempest (Tempest #1)
Author: Julie Cross
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
Pages: 352
Source: Galley(E-ARC) from NetGalley & Macmillan

The year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.

That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.

Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.

But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler.  Recruit… or kill him.

Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.

Review: I really enjoyed this book! It is the first one I've read involving time traveling so I was very interested in it. First of all, I wanna give props to Julie Cross. For this being the first book I read involving time traveling I though it was very well done! So I give Julie props on that. I also enjoyed how most of the book was written like a journal. It gave you a real insight of what was happening day to day as he jumped through time. Not to mention, a new chapter was started every time he entered a jump so it was really easy to keep track of whether he was in his home-base or a jump. His abilities! He thought himself and his friend Adam were the only ones who knew about his ability to time travel. As we jump through the past with Jackson, we learn that a lot more people knew about his abilities than he thought, and that all the things he thought he knew about his past might not be true or what them seemed to be. Gosh, we learned so much about his past, his family and how long people knew about the Tempest gene before he figured it out himself. It was like everything Jackson thought he knew came apart around him. I couldnt imagine being him and learning all he did, AND being able to deal with it all while trying to get out of the past. 

Jackson. He really grew throughout the book. It was like he went from typical careless college student to more mature adult. I can understand why with all he learned and how he processed it. He learned so much about him and his true past (that was hidden from him before) that he then had to make future related decisions based on what would be better for everyone, not just him. I really liked the few times Jackson and Holly were together (besides the time she got shot). Everyone of those times he showed just how much he loved her by trying to protect her! He tried so so hard to protect Holly and in the end it forced him to make a choice. I was so sad at the end!!! I mean his decision was the right one for everyone but it was really sad that he had to do it. But it also showed how much he matured from the beginning of the book. 

4 Stars!

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November 21, 2011

Teaser Tuesday [#15]

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! just do the following:

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a random page
3. 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!)
4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

1. "I can now confirm that the body of a man has been found on Davenant Street, in a small private car park."

2. "Witnesses who found the body say that the victim had a wound to the neck."

pg. 90 of "The Name of The Star" by Maureen Johnson

1. "Today is the first official day of assuming the role of my seventeen-year-old self."

2. "Damn, this sucks!"

pg. 82 of "Tempest" by Julie Cross*

*Quotes from ARC/Galley of book and are subject to change in final copy

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September 07, 2011

Waiting On Wednesday [#3]

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

Tempest
Author: Julie Cross
Publication Date: January 3, 2012

The year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.

That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.

Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.

But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler.  Recruit… or kill him.

Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.

I saw the cover to this book and it made me want to read what the book is about. I like this idea of time travel and getting stuck in the past. I like in general the whole idea of the book. It seems very interesting. Its definitely a book I want to read when it comes out. 

What are you waiting on this week?

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