Spring Hot Books

While I’ve been neglecting my blog I’ve been reading… A lot… 

I actually got into a little bit of trouble with the hubby for spending too much money on my reading material. 

I was reading a book a day – which means I was buying a book a day. 

I was trying to be cheap by buying the $1-$5 books on amazon but even that adds up. 

I had to put my book spending to an end when I racked up $400 

in one month on amazon – in books alone. 

I should really buy stock in Amazon.

When I was told that I could no longer buy books from amazon 

I was terrified that I would never read again (dramatic, I know), 

but then I found something called a Library 

(jk, I know what libraries are but just hadn’t been to one in my area)!!! 

Wish my Library was this fabulous!

Ummm, can I just say that libraries are fabulous? 

They are about 100 times more fabulous than they used to be. 

Now books are cataloged online and I can pick out the books I want, 

place them on hold, and go to the library to pick them up. 

I don’t have to SEARCH the entire library any more for just one book. 

They will have the books you placed on hold at the front desk for you. 

Also, libraries are starting to do e-books. 

The selection is a little smaller but I have found plenty to read in the e-book library! 

So now I am still reading about a book a day, but fo freeeeee! 

Now I can spend all my money on clothes!

From all of my reading, I have found a few books I think you might enjoy. 

I will call them my list of Spring Hot Books! 

If you are looking for a good beach read, I definitely recommend any and all of these books!

1. Throne of Glass by Sara J. Maas

2. Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk

3. Here by Ella James

4. Ignited by Desni Dantone

5. Dragon Marked by Jaymin Eve

6. Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

7. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

8. Relentless by Karen Lynch

9. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

10. Fallen Crest High by Tijan

Obviously I love my YA! If you have any books to recommend, please comment!

Kiss of Fire (Imdalind, #1) by Rebecca Ethington

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Description: Joclyn Despain has been marred by a brand on her skin. She doesn't know why it appeared on her neck, but she doesn't want anyone to see it, including her best friend Ryland, who knows everything else about her. 
The scar is the reason she hides herself behind baggy clothes, and won't let the idea of kissing Ryland enter her mind, no matter how much she wants to. 
The scar is the reason she is being hunted. 

If only she knew that she was. 

If only she had known that the cursed stone her estranged father sent for her 16th birthday would trigger a change in her. 

Now, she is being stalked by a tall blonde man, and is miraculously throwing her high school bully ten feet in the air. Joclyn attempts to find some answers and the courage to follow her heart. When Ryland finds her scar; only he knows what it means, and who will kill her because of it.

Kiss of Fire is book one of five, it is a Clean Young-Adult Paranormal Romance
Language: Low to None
Violence: Mild to Moderate
Sexual Content: Low to None

Stars: 5!!!!!

I absolutely loved this book! Reasons I loved this book:

1. I thought Joclyn's relationship with Ryland was adorable.

2. Even though Joclyn was a loaner (which I normally don't like) I found her to be extremely likable. She didn't push people away, she was just afraid of getting hurt.

3. The plot was entertaining and unpredictable!

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My onlyyyyyy issue with the book was that I spent half of it falling in love with Ryland and Joclyn's relationship, only to have it taken away :(. Needless to say, I will be reading the next one! 

A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries Book 1) by Elizabeth Hunter

A Hidden Fire: Elemental Mysteries Book One - Get it for free on amazon nowwwww!

Description: A phone call from an old friend sets Dr. Giovanni Vecchio back on the path of a mysterious manuscript he's hunted for over five hundred years. He never expected a young student librarian could be the key to unlock its secrets, nor could he have predicted the danger she would attract. 

Now he and Beatrice De Novo follow a twisted maze that leads from the archives of a university library, though the fires of Renaissance Florence, and toward a confrontation hundreds of years in the making. 

History and the paranormal collide in A Hidden Fire, the first book in the bestselling Elemental Mysteries series and semifinalist in the Kindle Book Review's Best Indie Books of 2012.

Stars: 3.5

I really liked this book but I feel like something was missing and I can't put my finger on it... The characters were great, the love story was hot, the villain was villainy, but something just felt missing. I think, maybe, my biggest issue with this book was that it was slightly unbelievable (well, as unbelievable as a vampire book can be lol). I guess I did not really understand why these books and poems were SO important to Gio. I also never figured out why Gio was copying a manuscript from B's library either. Maybe these questions will be explained in the next book? Also I feel like this book ended in such a way that I don't really feel a need to go buy the second book. If someone gave me the second book for free I would read it, but I'm not dying to find out what happens. All in all, this book was beautifully written but just seemed to be lacking somewhere. Check it out and tell me what you think! After all, it is free ;)