Cover Reveal: The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae

Today I get to participate in the Cover Reveal for The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae!

Title: The Summer I Became a Nerd
Author: Leah Rae
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Publication Date: May 7, 2013
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On the outside, seventeen-year-old Madelyne Summers looks like your typical blond cheerleader—perky, popular, and dating the star quarterback. But inside, Maddie spends more time agonizing over what will happen in the next issue of her favorite comic book than planning pep rallies with her squad. That she’s a nerd hiding in a popular girl's body isn’t just unknown, it's anti-known. And she needs to keep it that way.
Summer is the only time Maddie lets her real self out to play, but when she slips up and the adorkable guy behind the local comic shop’s counter uncovers her secret, she’s busted. Before she can shake a pom-pom, Maddie’s whisked into Logan’s world of comic conventions, live-action role-playing, and first-person-shooter video games. And she loves it. But the more she denies who she really is, the deeper her lies become…and the more she risks losing Logan forever.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 Born and raised in northern Louisiana, Leah Rae Miller still lives there on a windy hill with her husband and kids. She loves comic books, lava lamps, fuzzy socks, and Cherry Coke. She spends most of her days reading things she likes and writing things she hopes other people will like.

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Book Review: Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick

Title: Shadows
Author: Ilsa J. Bick
Series: Ashes Trilogy#2
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Publication Date: September 25, 2012
Length: 528 Pages
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The Apocalypse does not end. The Changed will grow in numbers. The Spared may not survive.
Even before the EMPs brought down the world, Alex was on the run from the demons of her past and the monster living in her head. After the world was gone, she believed Rule could be a sanctuary for her and those she’d come to love.
But she was wrong.
Now Alex is in the fight of her life against the adults, who would use her, the survivors, who don’t trust her, and the Changed, who would eat her alive.
Welcome to Shadows, the second book in the haunting apocalyptic Ashes Trilogy: where no one is safe and humans may be the worst of the monsters.

MY REVIEW

**May Contain Spoilers From Ashes, the first book in the trilogy**

Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick does it again, leaving me a puddled mess on the floor while still craving more. Ashes had me wanting more and Shadows went above and beyond to deliver it. If there is every a trilogy that might be the death of me, it would be the Ashes Trilogy. In Shadows, we get multiple viewpoints to get a 360-degree view of all the characters. I do not want to give too much away, so I am not going to reveal who narrates the viewpoints. The story picks up right at the cliffhanger from Ashes, where Alex leaves Rule in the hopes of finding Ellie a trace of Tom. 

There is so much that goes on in this story, and some very big secrets are discovered in this book. I can only imagine what the fallout is going to be in the next book. Alex is much more unsure of herself, when she discovers she maybe more like the Changed/Chuckies than she realized. Chris makes his own discoveries about Rule. Rule may not be the safe haven that Chris thought, and the people running it may not be as forthright as they should be. All of these combined with the other secrets lead to some interesting revelations, and a number of cliffhangers.

Shadows brings some of the smaller characters from Ashes to the forefront of the story. Readers get to know more about Lena and Peter. I just have to say that one character from Ashes will not be seen or heard about in Shadows. I really hope that we find out what happened to them in the next installment. The fate of many characters is left up in the air at the end of Shadows, and I really hope to find out more in Monsters. There is just so much compiled in the book that I want to talk about, but I do not want to spoil this read for anyone. 

With all the information given in Shadows, I cannot wait for the release of Monsters. Monsters will be the final book in the Ashes Trilogy. I have a feeling things are going to get crazy in Monsters, and it is going to be an exciting and explosive finale. Thank you Ilsa Bick for yet again driving me nuts and making me like it at the same time. I have a feeling I will still be recovering from the emotional turmoil experienced during Shadows, when Monsters is released.

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Nightmare Affair

 

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we cannot wait to get our hands on.
 I am waiting on:

Title: The Nightmare Affair

Author: Mindee Arnett

Publisher: Tor Teen

Publication Date: March 5, 2013 

Length: 352 Pages

Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare.

Literally.

Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it does. Eli is dreaming of a murder.

Then Eli's dream comes true.
Now Dusty has to follow the clues—both within Eli’s dreams and out of them—to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.

Why do I want to read The Nightmare Affair?

I like the idea of a living Nightmare, the only one I have come across in Young Adult books is Sabine from the Soul Screamers series. I think Dusty is going to be more of the mystery solver, amatuer sleuth. I think that is a book that is right up my alley, and I really cannot wait to read this one. 

I am lucky enough to be participating in the blog tour for The Nightmare Affair, organized by Shane's Itching for Books! 

What are you waiting on?

Leave me a link in the comments. 

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Cover Reveal: The Midnight Spell

Today I have the dazzling cover of The Midnight Spell by Rhiannon Frater and Kody Boye.

The cover was designed by PhatPuppy Art.

Now for the Cover...

Book Blitz: The Harvesting

Today I am participating in a Book Blitz spotlight on The Harvesting by Melanie Karsak.
Thank you to The Bookish Brunette for allowing me to participate!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: The Harvesting

Author: Melanie Karsak

Series: The Harvesting Series #1

Publication Date: September 18, 2012

Length: 394 Pages

Purchase: Amazon

"To label this a zombie book would be a false pretense . . . this is so much more than that. What you start out with and what you end up with are very different, and those twists and turns in the middle will make your heart beat faster over and over again."-- Colossal Pop

It's all fun and games until someone ends up undead.

Though Layla reluctantly returns home to rural Hamletville after a desperate call from her psychic grandmother, she could never have anticipated the horror of what Grandma Petrovich has foreseen. The residents of Hamletville will need Layla's help if they are to survive the zombie apocalypse that's upon them. But that is not the only problem. With mankind silenced, it soon becomes apparent that we were never alone. As the beings living on the fringe seek to reclaim power, Layla must find a way to protect the ones she loves or all humanity may be lost. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Melanie Karsak, steampunk connoisseur, white elephant collector, and caffeine junkie, resides in Florida with her husband and two children. Visit the author at her blog to learn more about upcoming projects, book signings, and other neato things. A Walking Dead fan, check out her blog for recaps!

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Book Review: Ten by Gretchen Mcneil

Title: Ten
Author: Gretchen McNeil
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: September 18, 2012
Age Group: Young Adult
Number of Pages: 294 Pages
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SHHHH!
Don't spread the word!
Three-day weekend. House party.
White Rock House on Henry Island.
You do NOT want to miss it.
It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor) and look forward to three glorious days of boys, booze and fun-filled luxury.
But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine.
Suddenly people are dying, and with a storm raging, the teens are cut off from the outside world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn’t scheduled to return for two days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?

MY REVIEW

Blog Tour: Review and Giveaway of Summer in Salem by Brina Courtney

Welcome to my tour stop on the amazing month long blog tour of Summer in Salem by Brina Courtney.

Thank you to SupaGurl Tours for organizing this tour, and make sure to check out the full schedule by clicking the banner above. 

Title: Summer in Salem

Author: Brina Courtney

Series: Electi #1

Publication Date: October 28, 2012

Length: 152 Pages

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Teagen’s summer has been turned upside down by a body, a pentagram necklace, and an old flame.
Nine months ago, Teagan Matthews' boyfriend disappeared and took her sense of stability with him. But when the opportunity to live with her aging grandmother in Salem arises, she decides it's time to get on with her life. A new home, new job and new friends are adding up to a beautiful summer...
...until a young girl's body shows up one night in town, wearing a necklace exactly like Teagan's.
Now a guy looking remarkably like her missing boyfriend has arrived in Salem along with a mysterious stranger who may have some answers that Teagan has desperately been searching for. Teagan must now decide who to trust. It's a matter of life and her death.

MY REVIEW

Summer in Salem starts off like a traditional novel, until the magic starts flowing from the pages. Teagan does not feel like the traditional main character, mostly because she is in the process of grieving the disappearance of the one person who she cared about the most. When her grandmother falls and hurts herself again, Teagan sees it as the perfect opportunity for a fresh start away from all the darkness. 

As Teagen begins to move on, and put the loss of Jason in her past, she discovers that may not be that easy. When Teagen and her friend Lark discover the body of a young woman, who bears a resemblance to Teagen, everything begins to change. Teagen is about to discover that magic maybe real, if she is ready to believe.

Teagen is in an interesting place for most of the novel. She is trying to move on, but she is still very much under the thumb of grief. It makes her angry and defensive, when it comes to may situations. The longer she stays in Salem, the more like her former self she becomes. This is because she has a job she loves, and a new best friend. I really like that she has a normal reaction of complete disbelief to certain revelations in the story line, because it made her seem more realistic. A new possible love interest is introduced, and I will have to say the Seth has a very mature outlook on life. I think that type of outlook is good for a person who feels lost like Teagen. 

Summer in Salem was a fun and fast read, and it is well worth the time. I think it is a great start to a new series, and I have a feeling they are only going to get better. Brina Courtney has created a new world, that I loved exploring. 

**Unabridged Bookshelf received this book from the author for the tour, in exchange for an honest review**

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Book Review: Timeless by Michelle Madow

Title: Timeless
Author: Michelle Madow
Series: Transcend Time Saga #3
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing
Publication Date: November 20, 2012
Length: 230 Pages
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IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME.
In Remembrance, Lizzie and Drew changed the course of fate so they could be together.
In Vengeance, Chelsea set fate back on its original, deadly path.
Now, strange things keep happening to Lizzie. Things that are omens of darkness to come. A curse has doomed her to die an early death, just as she did in her past life. To make things worse, even if she can figure out who cast the curse, it's irreversible. There's only one option left for her to save herself. It's crazier than anything she's heard yet, and to do it, she'll need Drew and Chelsea's help.
Because to make things right, they must go back to when it all began 

MY REVIEW

Waiting on Wednesday: The Madness Underneath

 

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we cannot wait to get our hands on.
 I am waiting on:

Title: The Madness Underneath

Author: Maureen Johnson

Series: Shades of London #2

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Publication Date: February 26, 2013

After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Devereaux has been living in Bristol under the close watch of her parents. So when her therapist suddenly suggests she return to Wexford, Rory jumps at the chance. But Rory's brush with the Ripper touched her more than she thought possible: she's become a human terminus, with the power to eliminate ghosts on contact. She soon finds out that the Shades— the city's secret ghost-fighting police—are responsible for her return. The Ripper may be gone, but now there is a string of new inexplicable deaths threatening London. Rory has evidence that the deaths are no coincidence. Something much more sinister is going on, and now she must convince the squad to listen to her before it's too late.
In this follow-up to the Edgar Award-nominated The Name of the Star, Maureen Johnson adds another layer of spectacularly gruesome details to the streets of London that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

Why am I waiting?

I loved The Name of The Star, and really liked the idea that only certain people can see ghosts. I just cannot wait to see where Rory's adventure is going to go next, after her parents removed her from Wexford. It sounds like she might go back, and end up in the middle of another ghostly murder. All I know is that it sounds amazing!

What are you waiting for?

Let me know in the comments or leave me a link to come check it out!

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Check Out Exiled and Shift by M.R. Merrick Plus Enter a Giveaway!

Power Will Flourish

Lives Will be Lost

Nothing, Will be Forgotten

Chase Williams is a demon hunter in the Circle, or at least he was supposed to be. On his fifteenth birthday, Chase stepped up to the altar to claim his elemental power, but it never came. Elemental magic is passed down to a hunter through the bloodline, but on Chase's birthday, the bloodline stopped. Exiled without the Circle's protection, Chase has spent two years trying to survive a world riddled with half-demons and magic. When he has a run in with a frightened and seemingly innocent demon, he learns the Circle's agenda has changed: the Circle plans to unlock a portal and unleash pure-blood demons into the world.Vowing to stop them, and knowing he can't do it alone, Chase forms a reluctant alliance with Rayna - a sexy witch with an attitude and a secret. In their attempt to stop them however, Chase and Rayna find themselves in the middle of the Circle's plan, leaving one of them to decide what their friendship is worth, and the other's life depending on it.

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Cover Reveal: Avow by Chelsea Fine

AVOW

The FINAL installment in the Archers of Avalon series by Chelsea Fine

SYNOPSIS

Scarlet remembers. Everything. Her past lives, Tristan, Gabriel, Nate: she remembers it all--including how to get to the Fountain of Youth. But time is running out. 

Heather and Gabriel have been kidnapped by Raven, while the curse that has plagued Scarlet and Tristan for centuries has shifted, putting the star-crossed lovers in more danger than ever before. Water from the Fountain of Youth is the only thing that can save Scarlet and her loved ones. But the water comes at a price.

With lives--and hearts--at stake, Scarlet leads her friends on a dangerous journey to the Fountain of Youth. Where eternal life is possible, but death is certain.

Available December 11th, 2012!

Don't miss the first two books in the Archers of Avalon series!

ANEW (book one)          AWRY (book two)
Kindle    Nook                  Kindle    Nook

What do you think of the cover!
I have always loved these covers, because I love the deep purple in the background!
Sadly, Avow is the final book in The Archers of Avalon series!! So be sure to keep an eye out for lots of fun events before Avow releases December 11!!

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Stacking The Shelves #15

Stacking The Shelves was created and is hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews. Stacking the Shelves is where I will be sharing the books and goodies I have received for the week. This will include both physical and eBooks that are purchased, borrowed, gifted, or for review. 

FOR REVIEW

Thank you to Dial Books for The Cadet of Tildor, I will be reviewing this book as part of a blog tour on January 3!

Thank you to M.R. Merrick for the copy of Release, which I will be reviewing on January 10, for a blog tour!

THIS WEEK ON UNABRIDGED BOOKSHELF
Title and Cover Reveal: Desolation #3 by Ali Cross
Teaser Tuesday: Ten by Gretchen McNeil

I was a horrible slacker again this week! I promise that next week will be better.
I working on reviews and posts right now.

Anyways, I am very excited to read both Release, and The Cadet of Tildor, because they sound amazing! I am part of the street team for The Cadet of Tildor, and I feel like I have not been doing much. I am happy to help with the release of the book, by partaking in the blog tour organized by AToMR Tours.

What did you get this week, make sure to leave me a link!

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Teaser Tuesday: Ten by Gretchen McNeil

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along, just do as 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 any spoilers so as not to ruin the book for others!

Make sure to share the title and the author so other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their to be read piles.

This week's teaser comes from:

Title: Ten
Author: Gretchen McNeil
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: September 18, 2012
Age Group: Young Adult
Number of Pages: 294 Pages
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SHHHH!
Don't spread the word!
Three-day weekend. House party.
White Rock House on Henry Island.
You do NOT want to miss it.
It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor) and look forward to three glorious days of boys, booze and fun-filled luxury.
But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine.
Suddenly people are dying, and with a storm raging, the teens are cut off from the outside world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn’t scheduled to return for two days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?

TEASER 1:

"It wasn't a question and T.J. didn't respond. The unspoken "why" lingered in the air between them, but Meg was afraid to ask. Afraid of the answer."

Page 124

Teaser 2:

She should have put the journal down.

Instead, she turned the page.

Page 142

Ten is so creepy and wonderful at the same time. It has that feeling of a teen horror movie, and I could really see it play out in my head.

I have not done a Teaser Tuesday in months, but I think that I will be starting them back up so I can share teasers from my current reads!

If you want to share a teaser with me, just leave me a link in the comments!

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Title and Cover Reveal: Desolation #3 by Ali Cross

Today I have both the Title and the Cover for the third book in the Desolation series by Ali Cross to show you!

Thank you to The Bookish Brunette for organizing this reveal, and allowing me to participate!!

The Previous Books

BECOME

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Goodreads

DESOLATE

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Goodreads

THE THIRD BOOK

Stacking The Shelves: So Overdue but So Awesome!

Stacking The Shelves was created and is hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews. Stacking the Shelves is where I will be sharing the books and goodies I have received for the week. This will include both physical and eBooks that are purchased, borrowed, gifted, or for review

FOR REVIEW


Thank you to
Flux Books for Renegade, and Moonset
Bloomsbury/Walker's Children for Also Known As and Hysteria
Thank you to A.G. Henley and Kismet Book Tours for Scourge!

PURCHASED


I have been trying to cut back on review books, but I could not pass these up! I am excited about everyone of these!! Scott Tracey is amazing, and I cannot wait to read his new series, I loved Ripper and cannot wait to read Renegade. Hysteria and Also Known As both sounds really good! It is just a really lucky week for me!

What did you get this week?
Let me know in the comments or leave a link!!

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Book Blitz: The Witch Avenue Series by Karice Bolton

Today, I have the pleasure of doing a Book Blitz for the Witch Avenue Series. I loved Lonely Souls, and I cannot wait until I have the chance to read Altered Souls!

ABOUT THE BOOKS

Title: Lonely Souls

Author: Karice Bolton

Series: Witch Avenue #1

Publication Date: June 29, 2012

Publisher: Bulldog Press

Cover Design: Phatpuppy Art

Purchase: Amazon

It’s two weeks before Triss turns 18, and her world is about to change into the most magical one imaginable as she readies herself to enter The Witch Avenue Order... that is until her mother’s disappearance. Instead of celebrating her transformation, she finds herself spreading rose petals into her mother’s empty grave.

When Logan, her best friend from junior high, moves back to town for college, he vows to help her find the answers she so desperately seeks surrounding her mother’s disappearance. As they begin uncovering clues, it becomes apparent that the life of white magic they both grew up loving is not what the majority practices, and their lives are in danger.

With a haunting feeling that her mother may still be alive, she begins to hear a call to the wilderness. Triss realizes that in order to find the answers she needs, she must learn the ways of her ancestors and become the hunter, not the hunted before it’s too late, and she becomes part of the lonely souls.

Waiting on Wednesday: Fuse

 

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we cannot wait to get our hands on.
 I am waiting on:

Title: Fuse

Author: Julianna Baggott

Series: Pure #2

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Publication Date: February 19, 2013 

When the world ended, those who dwelled within the Dome were safe. Inside their glass world the Pures live on unscarred, while those outside—the Wretches—struggle to survive amidst the smoke and ash.
Believing his mother was living among the Wretches, Partridge escaped from the Dome to find her. Determined to regain control over his son, Willux, the leader of the Pures, unleashes a violent new attack on the Wretches. It’s up to Pressia Belze, a young woman with her own mysterious past, to decode a set of cryptic clues from the past to set the Wretches free.
An epic quest that sweeps readers into a world of beautiful brutality, Fuse continues the story of two people fighting to save their futures—and change the fate of the world.

Why am I waiting?

Although I was disturbed by some of the graphic fusions featured in this book, I really like the story line. I suspect that Fuse maybe more disturbing, but I really want to see where to story goes, and what happens to Pressia.

What are you waiting on?

Leave me a link or let me know in the comments

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Book Review: Dearly Beloved by Lia Habel

Title: Dearly Beloved
Author: Lia Habel
Series: Gone with Respiration #2
Publisher: Del Ray
Publication Date: September 25, 2012
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
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Can the living coexist with the living dead?
That’s the question that has New Victorian society fiercely divided ever since the mysterious plague known as “The Laz” hit the city of New London and turned thousands into walking corpses. But while some of these zombies are mindless monsters, hungry for human flesh, others can still think, speak, reason, and control their ravenous new appetites.
Just ask Nora Dearly, the young lady of means who was nearly kidnapped by a band of sinister zombies but valiantly rescued by a dashing young man . . . of the dead variety.
Nora and her savior, the young zombie soldier Bram Griswold, fell hopelessly in love. But others feel only fear and loathing for the reanimated dead. Now, as tensions grow between pro- and anti-zombie factions, battle lines are being drawn in the streets. And though Bram is no longer in the New Victorian army, he and his ex-commando zombie comrades are determined to help keep the peace. That means taking a dangerous stand between The Changed, a radical group of sentient zombies fighting for survival, and The Murder, a masked squad of urban guerrillas hellbent on destroying the living dead. But zombies aren’t the only ones in danger: Their living allies are also in The Murder’s crosshairs, and for one vengeful zealot, Nora Dearly is the number one target.
As paranoia, prejudice, and terrorist attacks threaten to plunge the city into full-scale war, Nora’s scientist father and his team continue their desperate race to unlock the secrets of “The Laz” and find a cure. But their efforts may be doomed when a mysterious zombie appears bearing an entirely new strain of the virus—and the nation of New Victoria braces for a new wave of the apocalypse.
Lia Habel’s spellbinding, suspenseful sequel to Dearly, Departed takes her imaginative mash-up of period romance, futuristic thriller, and zombie drama to a whole new level of innovative and irresistible storytelling.

MY REVIEW

**May contain spoilers from the first book, Dearly Departed, but I will try to make this review as spoiler free as possible**

Dearly Beloved by Lia Habel is a wonderful continuation of the story I fell in love with in Dearly Departed, and has even more villains, mystery, and romance. This story is told again through multiple viewpoints, including a few new faces. Dearly Beloved picks up shortly after the events of Dearly Departed. War is on the edge of starting due to the new strain of the Lazarus virus. Fear causing humans to lash out at the zombies, and zombies retaliating as tensions grow. Everyone is just trying to survive in the new world created after The Siege.

Nora is currently stuck between her old life of the New Victorian Lady, and her new life of fighting beside Bram. Her father wants her to continue her studies, and be a proper lady, while Nora wants the independence she felt when working with Company Z. Bram on the other hand is very unsure of his role outside the Army, and all he wants to do is help. He also wants to make sure Nora is safe and protected during this volatile time. Pamela is anxious and anxiety ridden, she feels like a different person since she fought to survive during The Siege. Vespertine and Michael also make their appearance, and have their parts to play in the story. Laura is a new zombie character that has her own story to tell, commonly called the Flower Girl, because she has planted flowers in herself. Laura is part of a former street gang, now a pro-zombie group called The Changed.

As complications and tensions rise, relationships in the book change and grow. Nora and Bram’s relationship seems only to get stronger but they struggle with the requirement to follow the New Victorian courting rules. Pamela’s relationships with everyone are strained by her anxiety and her refusal to tell anyone about it. Nora and her father’s relationship is strained by his absence, while he is working on a vaccine for the new strain, and by him pushing her to continue her studies and remain an obedient New Victorian lady.

I think that Dearly Beloved had many interesting plot twists and developments throughout the story. I am excited to see where the story is going to go from here, and if the origin of the Lazarus virus may be found. Lia Habel really delivers again with Dearly Beloved, and I am reminded why I loved Dearly Departed so much. My only complaint is that I want to see Pamela become that courageous warrior from the first one, because in this one she is weakened by her anxiety. I can only hope that the events of the next book brings her back to her old self. I truly enjoyed all the new developments in Dearly Beloved, and it has me impatiently waiting the next book.

**Unabridged Bookshelf received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. 

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