Showing posts with label Stacey Kade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stacey Kade. Show all posts

Monday, April 7, 2014

The Hunt by Stacey Kade [ARC REVIEW]

TITLE: The Hunt
(Project Paper Doll #2)

AUTHOR: Stacey Kade
PUBLISHER: Disney Hyperion
PUB DATE: Apr 22 2014


Ariane Tucker has finally escaped GTX, the research facility that created her. While on the run, Zane Bradshaw is the only person she can trust. He knows who-and what-she is and still wants to be part of her life.

But accepting Zane's help means putting him in danger.

Dr. Jacobs, head of GTX, is not the only one hunting for Ariane. Two rival corporations have their sights set on taking down their competition. Permanently. To protect Zane and herself, Ariane needs allies. She needs the other hybrids. The hybrids who are way more alien and a lot less human. Can Ariane win them over before they turn on her? Or will she be forced to choose sides, to decide who lives and who dies?

- Source: Goodreads

Rating:




“I tried to warn you... You aren’t meant for life outside.”

The Rules, the first book from the Project Paper Doll series, was more of a paranormal romance story. While The Hunt continues on to where the first book left off, it also opens readers to the sci-fi element that this story has not tackled on before. And wow! Was it an intense sequel? Although I can’t say it surpassed its predecessor.

Although Ariane and Zane’s relationship started off as a high school plot for revenge, it became clear that these two were definitely meant to be together. I love them both for being so dedicated to each other. But there comes a time in every couple’s lives that they have to face issues, and Ariane and Zane are no exception. Truthfully, they’d be the ones first in line given the current state they are in. Oftentimes, I encountered them both voicing out a lot of insecurity over their differences. It was a little disappointing to see them fall hard over the circumstances they faced here in book two.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Book Haul [25]



My "Weekly Book Haul" is pretty much just like In My Mailbox by the Story Siren, This Week In Books by Pop Culture Junkie, and Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Reviews and all the other titles with the similar concept here and there. This is a weekly post showcasing the books you received for the given week, either bought online or from a physical bookstore, borrowed from the library or from a friend, received for review or won from a giveaway, etc.

Hi there! Nice to see you again! I'm on short supply of new books this week, I only got three (3) but that's alright, I still have plenty to go through with my tbr pile on my shelf.

TITLES:
THE GHOST AND THE GOTH by Stacey Kade
TEMPESTUOUS by Lesley Livingston (read and reviewed)
RISE by Anna Carey
I suddenly became curious about Stacey Kade's previous books after reading The Rules: Project Paper Doll which I really liked, so I bought The Ghost and the Goth to start off on this series.

I've read Tempestuous (on ebook) a few years back and I thought to buy the paperback to complete my collection (I have Wondrous Strange and Darklight).

I am really excited about the final installment to the Eve trilogy, so I grabbed Rise as soon as it caught my eye when I was at the bookstore. Please let it be a fitting ending...

Well, that is all for me this week. Anything interesting books you got this week?

Happy reading! :)

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The Rules by Stacey Kade [ARC REVIEW]

TITLE: The Rules
            (Project Paper Doll #1)
AUTHOR: Stacey Kade
PUBLISHER: Disney-Hyperion
PUB DATE: Apr 23 2013
Summary from Goodreads:

"1. Never trust anyone.

2. Remember they are always searching.

3. Don’t get involved.

4. Keep your head down.

5. Don’t fall in love.


Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. Ariane’s survival—and that of her adoptive father—depends on her ability to blend in among the full-blooded humans in a small Wisconsin town, to hide in plain sight at her high school from those who seek to recover their lost (and expensive) “project.”

But when a cruel prank at school goes awry, it puts her in the path of Zane Bradshaw, the police chief’s son and someone who sees too much. Someone who really sees her. After years of trying to be invisible, Ariane finds the attention frightening—and utterly intoxicating. Suddenly, nothing is simple anymore, especially not the rules…"

Rating:

They walk among us... Doesn’t that phrase immediately make you think of alien-conspiracies? Well, that is the kind of vibe that The Rules gives off.

Meet Ariane Tucker, a simple high school student... except she’s not really Ariane Tucker. She is an extra-terrestrial being who has taken the name of a girl who died from cancer, hiding in plain sight after escaping the GTX facility where she was used as an experiment.

Arianne’s life was the picture of a typical high school environment, only slightly more different. Where we normally find our protagonist either struggling or acing her school works, we find a girl with advanced intelligence but hides it and tries to be an average student instead. Where we usually encounter a girl wanting to be either in the in crowd or making a statement of her own, we find someone who wishes to be invisible or non-existent. Where we often see girls/guys pining over the opposite sex and trying to score a date with him/her, we find someone who does not bother to involve herself at all.

Monday, April 15, 2013

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? [2]

It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a meme by Sheila @ Book Journey. And I quote her: "This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!"


Hi! How have you all been? Wow, it has been such a busy week for me that I have a lot of pending reviews to write. I also wasn't able to post my Book Haul over the weekend so I'll probably do that this coming Saturday. Another thing, I haven't had time to go through my emails yet so if you've sent me something and I haven't responded, I am so sorry about that. I'll get to them as soon as I can. The good thing about this week though is that I was able to get a lot of reading time, or maybe I'm just in one of my moods that enabled me to finish a number of books recently. Either way - yehey! 

RECENT READ

              

TITLES:
THE PIRATE'S WISH by Cassandra Rose Clarke
WINGS by Aprilynne Pike
THE RULES by Stacey Kade
THINGS I CAN'T FORGET by Miranda Kenneally

Aside from those lovely books, I've also managed to finally finish the Splintered by A.G. Howard and Dualed by Elsie Chapman that I have long since passed my expected date of finishing them. Thank goodness! 

CURRENT READ

      

TITLES:
SIEGE AND STORM by Leigh Bardugo
THE DARKEST MINDS by Alexandra Bracken

Monday, April 1, 2013

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? [1]

It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a meme by Sheila @ Book Journey. And I quote her: "This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!"

Hello there! And I am back from my long weekend and Internet abstinence (my little piece of sacrifice for the Holy Week). How have you all been? Well, since I'm wanting to get organized about my reading schedule (I have been trying to do so for a year now but I can't quite stick to it all the time), I decided to take part in this meme. It might just help me get to all the books I vowed myself to read. So here goes...

RECENT READ

Like I just said, it's been a long holiday (from Thursday, March 28th to Sunday, March 31st), so I managed to finish up several books [although some where just short stories], so Yay me! LOL.


TITLES:
TABLE FOR TWO by Marla Miniano (Filipino Author, Short Story)
FAN GIRL by Marla Miniano (Filipino Author, Short Story)
THE ETERNITY CURE by Julie Kagawa (eARC from NetGalley)
REQUIEM by Lauren Oliver

I enjoyed the two short reads from Marla Miniano they're very simple and very easy to relate to. As for Julie's second book from the Blood of Eden series, I think it was a little too long for me, but still I really liked this one. Lastly, I read Lauren Oliver's Requiem (buddy read this with Maria @ Bookchilla), which was by far the fastest paced book among the three in the Delirium Trilogy. But I'm hoping there would be a spin off or something, because that seriously cannot be the ending... Please! *sob*

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Book Haul [20]



My "Weekly Book Haul" is pretty much just like In My Mailbox by the Story Siren, This Week In Books by Pop Culture Junkie, and Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Reviews and all the other titles with the similar concept here and there. This is a weekly post showcasing the books you received for the given week, either bought online or from a physical bookstore, borrowed from the library or from a friend, received for review or won from a giveaway, etc.


Hello! How have you all been? This is my first book haul for this year, 2013, and I have quite a bunch to show you guys this week. So let's get started!


Titles from the BOOK DEPOSITORY:
100 WAYS TO CREATE FANTASY FIGURES by Francis Tsai
OPAL by Jennifer L. Armentrout
LUMINOSITY by Stephanie Thomas
ELIXIR by Jennifer L. Armentrout
GRETA AND THE GOBLIN KING by Chloe Jacobs
TOUCHED by Corrine Jackson

Titles from NATIONAL BOOKSTORE:
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green
LOVE YOUR FRENEMIES by Mina V. Esguerra