The Diary of a Mood Reader

Annabel Winslow is in a pickle. Having newly arrived in London for her first season and being in possession of a voluptuous figure, is being openly courted the the Earl of Newbury, who is at least 75 and a nasty brute to boot. Annabel does not want to marry him, of course, but feels that she has no choice since her father has recently died and left the whole family, including Annabel's mother and her 7 siblings, almost destitute. Then, while attending a party in the countryside, Annabel met Sebastian Grey, the Earl of Newbury's nephew. And suddenly she found herself not only courted by the lecherous uncle, but also the charming young nephew. Should she follow her heart so that she can be with the one she loves, or should she marry the loathsome earl just so she can put food on the table for her family and make sure that her brothers get to stay in school? Source: Library Format: ebook Genre: Regency Romance (Adult) Setting: London, England 1822 Series: Bevelsto...

Welcome to a world where magic spills from the tip of a pen. THE PRINCESS AND THE PAGE is Christina Farley's first middle grade, releasing from Scholastic Press. Make sure you enter the $25 gift card giveaway at the end of this post! A dark secret lurks in Keira's family. She comes from a long line of Word Weavers who bring their stories to life when they use a magical pen. But Keira's mom is unable to face the truth of the family's history because the Word Weavers have been hunted for generations for their power. And so, she forbids Keira to write. Oblivious to the family's secret ability, and angry at her mom's rule of no fictional writing, Keira discovers her grandma's Word Weaver pen and uses it to write a story for the Girls' World fairy tale contest, believing it will bring her good luck. But when Keira decides to have her fairy tale reflect her family's imperfect life, and has the princess in her story vanquished to a dark to...

Vampires & werewolves shouldn't fall in love. Lysandra was born for one reason; to kill shifters. Princess of vampires, the heir to Vlad Dracula’s throne and the last descendant of Princess Anastasia, Lysandra lives in a castle of witches and human slaves, prophesied as the one to end the war between vampires and werewolves forever. Yet everything changes when Lysandra finds a dying wolf, and quickly falls in love. If she’s discovered, she will be put to death. But how can she stop the war when her worst enemy is her true love? Series: The Shifter Prophecy #1 Source: Won through Kindle Scount Format:  ebook Pages: 177 Genre: Young-Adult Paranormal Romance Rating: 4 Stars Publisher: Kindle Press Release Date: January 31st, 2017 My  Thoughts ... I've been on a paranormal romance kick lately. The whole genre in itself is magical and exciting. There's the whole sense of what if and not wanting to stop reading, and I love that feeling. Court of Vam...

I should have died when I was shot at the Halloween dance. Instead I woke up—one week earlier, in a parallel universe where my mom's fatal car accident six months ago never happened. A world with my mom still in it was all I ever wanted. But in this timeline, everything is different—my grades, my friends, and even my boyfriend. I'm a stranger in my own body, and I don’t like who I’ve become. But one thing is the same—that shooting will still happen at the end of the week. I'm the only one who knows. Which means I'm the only one who can stop it. But first I need to convince someone—anyone—that I’m telling the truth... and then get them to help me. Series: Standalone Source: Sent by the author in exchange for an honest review Format:  ebook Pages: 308 Genre: YA action-adventure/mystery + fantasy Rating: 4 Stars Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing Release Date: February 9th 2017 My  Thoughts ... Collide is written in Madow's signature styl...

What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours? 17-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel, at her new school, the grim, foreboding Sword & Cross . . . only to find out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent lifetimes finding and losing one another as good & evil forces plot to keep them apart. Get ready to fall . . . Series: Fallen #1 Source: bookshop Format: Hardcover Pages:452 Genre: YA paranormal romance Rating: 4 Stars Publisher: Delacorte Press Release Date: December 8th 2009 My  Thoughts ... Reading this book the second time around I liked it even more so than the first. Luce has always known she’s different but not until she starts at Sword & Cross does she discover who she truly is. I feel like the author did a fantastic job with the plot, pacing and answering those mysterious questions while still leaving some of that mystery of Luce’s past for the next book Torment . ...

Series: Standalone Source: Netgalley & InkSlinger PR Format: ebook Pages: 154 Genre: New Adult Rating: 4 Stars Publisher: Independently Published Release Date: August 22nd 2016 Goodreads  |  Amazon  |  B&N Finding herself stranded in a new city, eighteen-year-old Ember Bloom thought she’d reached her all time low. She was wrong. A mindless walk to a dead-end job landed her in the path of her gambling fathers’ enemies. Her only defense was a stranger, Slayton Winslow, a known enforcer and fighter—rumored to be Odin’s prince, underground royalty. On sight, Slayton stole her breath and rushed her heart. Slayton’s enigmatic attraction to her, how stoically he shielded her only churned Ember’s attraction to the bad boy who had given her safe haven in a real life hell. The draw to him, how he could reach her without saying a word, gave her a reason to fight, to awaken. She knew every second could be their last in the city seeded with treacherous ...

Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts Series: The Guardians Trilogy #1 Also in the Series: Bay of Sighs #2 , Island of Glass #3 Source: Public Library Loan Format: ebook Pages: 315 Genre: Adult Paranormal Romance  + Magic Rating: 4 Stars Publisher: Berkley Release: November 3rd 2015 Author's Website Amazon (Kindle) | Amazon (Paperback) (I am an Amazon Affiliate)  To celebrate the rise of their new queen, three goddesses of the moon created three stars, one of fire, one of ice, one of water. But then they fell from the sky, putting the fate of all worlds in danger. And now three women and three men join forces to pick up the pieces… Sasha Riggs is a reclusive artist, haunted by dreams and nightmares that she turns into extraordinary paintings. Her visions lead her to the Greek island of Corfu, where five others have been lured to seek the fire star. Sasha recognizes them, because she has drawn them: a magician, an archaeologist, a wanderer, a fighter, a lo...

Series: Into the Dim #1 Source: Netgalley Format: ebook Pages: 432 Genre: YA fantasy  + time-travel Rating: 4 Stars Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Release: March 1st 2016 Author's Website  | Goodreads Sixteen year-old Hope Walton travels back in time to rescue her mother who is trapped in twelfth century England in the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Along the way, she becomes entangled with a secret society of time travelers and a mysterious boy who could be vital to setting her mother free... or the key to Hope's undoing. Addictive, romantic, and rich with historical detail, "Into the Dim" is an "Outlander "for teens. My Review for Into the Dim ... Want a time-travel book that will knock your socks off? Look no further, Into the Dim is your book! (Take it from me, I’m always in search of a sock-knocker-offer-time-travel book!) Not only am I a sucker for time-travel books but did you know this book takes place in Scotl...