Howdy folks! Young Adult Appreciation Month is officially on (check here for our review of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince movie)! Here’s what you can expect this coming week:
Harper Teen has a fabulous Supernatural Summer promotion, for five titles from five authors. This week, we will be reviewing [...]
Another month, another dare.
Every month we dare a book blogger to read a book that is outside their comfort zone and invite them to post their reviews or thoughts here. This time, the victim guest is Jessica who writes the excellent Racy Romance Reviews. As soon as we asked her which genre she [...]
It is not a secret that we are huge fans of Melissa Marr’s books. Thea was the one who first read Wicked Lovely last year and promptly told Ana it was one of the Good Ones.
From that moment on, we were hooked. After we read her newest release, Fragile Eternity (out [...]
Title: Fragile Eternity
Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy/Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publishing Date: April 2009
Hardcover: 400 pages
Stand Alone/ Series: Book 3 in the Wicked Lovely series but also the direct sequel to book 1, Wicked Lovely.
Summary: (from amazon.com)
“Seth never expected he would [...]
Sunday is here, Sunday is here! Which means it’s playoffs time!
Oh, yeah, and time for another stash.
Giveaway Winner:
Our lucky winner of the Angie Fox Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers swag is:
Tiah!
You know the drill: send us an email (contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com) with your snail [...]
Day 8 (18 Days to Smugglivus and counting)
Who: Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the modern day tales of faerie Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange. Wicked Lovely won a RITA for best Young Adult novel in 2008, and Ink Exchange debuted at #8 on the New York Times Bestsellers list and is in at least [...]
Another weekend comes to a close, but worry not! We have another busy week ahead.
First, some housekeeping…
Thanks to Julia Quinn for stopping by for the lovely chat! And we have our winners–drumroll please–
You have both won one book each [...]
As the grand finale of our mini-week special on Dark Fairy Tales, we contacted Melissa Marr for a brief chat–and she was kind enough to take some time out of her hectic schedule (it was right after Wicked Lovely won the Rita Award) to answer a few of our questions! As Thea and I are [...]
Title: Ink Exchange
Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy
Stand Alone or Series: Second book in the series.
Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)
Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, [...]
Title: Wicked Lovely
Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy
Stand Alone or Series: First book in the series.
Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)
Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty—especially if they [...]
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