What She Left Behind by Tracy Bilen

Beautiful, easy read. I recommend it to anyone searching for a bit of dark drama, but not willing to commit to a huge story that takes ages to read. The book is only about 237 pages long.

Sara lives with her mother and her father, and her brother also used to live with them..
Her father is abusive towards her mother, but when her mother disappears, all the abuse turns towards Sara. Sara tries desperately to believe her mother hasn't deserted her, but her hope slips away slowly.

I enjoyed the book because it was realistic. Sara didn't completely hate her father, she admits that a lot. She remembers that he once was a good man, and that some tiny part of herself will always love him.

Engage yourself in Sara's scary, motivated world, full of memories, sadness, boys, new love and renewing emotions with old friends.

Rated 7/10

The Secret Circle, Book One: The Initiation and The Captive Part 1, by L.J Smith

I was browsing around my local book store when I came upon this interesting book, it is quite thin, less pages than what I usually read but I gave it a shot. Surprisingly, I didn't like it too much, even though it's written by my favorite author (which I'm starting to doubt) but I guess when we get older our taste in books and writing changes. Anyway the book is about a girl named Cassie who lived in California but had to move to New England to help her mother care for her "sick" grandmother. At first she hates it there but she changes her mind a lot about whether she actually hates it so much. Her 'best friend", the nice girl seems too nice and idolized to me. No one can possibly have so much patience. The evil girl then seems too bitchy, which I don't think is THAT possible for a sixteen year old like herself, her evil seems more developed than it should be. Anyway what kept me reading was the main guy character, Adam, who had red hair and ocean blue eyes, he was cool.
Anyway the book has a good story line but it's slow paced and gets a bit boring. There is another book in the series and I will read it, because I hate starting a series and not finishing it. The only series I haven't finished because I hated it too much was P.C Cast's House Of Night  but that's a story for another day. The Secret Circle is intriguing, however, if you like new age poetry and magic.

The book is okay, if you want to read it, borrow it from someone, I don't think it's worth buying. Thanks xx

5/10

Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto

Is love a great enough power against evil?

This book brought me to tears throughout as Beth struggles to keep the heavens from tearing her newly formed marriage with Xavier (a human boy) apart. A dangerous force is after them, will she be smart enough to do whats right?

This is the final book in the Halo series and I must say it is so beautifully written, the emotions just poured out of me. It is brilliant and unlike other books there is a message within the writing in the entire series. It teaches you about religion, friends, family and love. I'm depressed the series is over, the book only took me 2 days to read, not because it was short, but because I couldn't manage to put it down. I stayed up until 1 a.m reading it 'last night'.
The amazing thing is, Bethany is an angel but her romance with Xavier is so real, anyone can relate to it. If you're in a relationship while reading this, i'm sure you'll find something in common with Beth and Xaviar.

Please read this series. Halo, Hades and Heaven.

I apologize for the quality. 

Night World by L.J Smith

I might have mentioned before that L.J is my favorite author of all tie. She is known for the Night World series and of course Vampire Diaries (which I haven't read, and am not planning to, but that's a different story for another day.)

I had to re-read the series because after a decade, the final book in the Night World is being released sometime this year and I just wanted to remind myself what happened. It took me about a month to finish it.
I have no complaints about the series but you can see that it was some of her earlier work, it was published in the 90's. The first book in the series is "Secret Vampire" , it doesn't have strong characters and is poorly written but that is only my opinion. I regained all my respect for L.J when I read the rest. The second book in the series is my favorite, and it has my favorite characters and it is amazing all around.

I don't usually re-read books, the only ones that I have re-read have all been written by L.J.
Please do yourself a favor and read the Night World series. It is magnificent.

Book one





book two                               book three










Coming soon....

My book!

Here's a very unedited few lines of my prologue.

He took off in the dead of night, making his way across the vast forest that enclosed his walled-off city. Trudging through the thick mud that made its way up his long boots. It slowed him but he had no time to waste. He had to get away before anyone suspected that he was missing. This, wandering off, in the middle of the night, was a bad idea, and he knew it. He didn't care though. He had to do this, if only to clear his head and make him come to his senses.

This is a small section and I'll be giving away some lines of each chapter. Only the unedited versions though. My first chapter should be done within the next two days. I haven't been reading too much, but I have a book that I'll start over the weekend. "Blood-Kissed Sky", the sequel to "Darkness Before Dawn".
I will be doing a review as soon as I'm done with it but I won't promise a set date. I'm extremely busy with writing. Thanks for your patience.

Picture from google images.

So on a less serious note... How was everyone's valentines day???

Oh umm I'm also doing my first attempt at photography and using my boyfriend, Colben Holmes as a model. Will Post the pics ASAP. xxxx 

Just some backround

Hey guys, I just wanna say that I don't always post everything from Polyvore onto my blog, you can go chec out my other creations, there was a link in one of my previous Posts. Oh, and I'm busy reading Finale, The final book of the Hush, hush series, I will be writing a review on the entire series as soon as I am finished with it, even though, as I recall, I have written a review on Hush, hush before... Anyway have a good week! Will probably be posting more stuff from Polyvore in the meantime! xx Love you all, also remember to chec out, The Famous Jess and Living in a Sandcastle!! Lots of love!!