Guest Post: The Mortal Instruments in a Nutshell

We're big fans of The Mortal Instruments series over here at Confessions of a Book Addict. So, to celebrate the release, a friend of mine, Delaney, wrote a guest post discussing the TMI series.It seems that everyone is writing their own young adult series, hoping to be the next J.K. Rowling. There will never be …

Torch by Cambria Hebert Book Blast

Torch is the first book in a brand new New Adult series by Cambria Hebert.Title: Torch (Take It Off #1)Author: Cambria HebertGenre: New AdultPages: Kindle edition, 252Publication: August 13, 2013Synopsis:If you can’t take the heat… stay away from the flame.Katie Parks has been on her own since the age of fifteen. All she’s ever wanted …

Waiting on Wednesday: Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Ignite MeAuthor: Tahereh MafiGenre: DystopiaPages: Hardcover, 352Publication: February 4, 2014Synopsis:The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, called "a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love"Juliette now knows she may be the only one who can stop …

COVER REVEALS: The Between Series by Cyndi Tefft

Courtesy of Gabrielle Prendergast of Cover Your Dreams the Between series by Cyndi Tefft has brand new covers. Check them out:Sometimes death is just the beginning... It just figures that the love of Lindsey Water's life isn't alive at all, but the grim reaper, complete with a dimpled smile and Scottish accent. After transporting souls to heaven …

Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop!

The Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop is hosted by Bookhounds and I Am A Reader, Not a Writer. There are TONS of blogs participating in this giveaway hop (see below to check out the other blogs involved). The giveaway hop starts today, August 20 and ends August 27.We're giving away two awesome prize packs!First Prize …

Waiting on Wednesday: Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott

Title: HeartbeatAuthor: Elizabeth ScottGenre: Contemporary RomancePages: Hardcover- 304Publication: August 27, 2013Synopsis:Life. Death. And...Love?Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be herself with.But Emma can't …

Blog Tour + Author Interview: Apollo Academy by Kimberly P. Chase

Title: The Apollo AcademyAuthor: Kimberly P. ChaseGenre: New Adult; Science FictionPages: 340Publication: August 6, 2013Synopsis:As the heiress to Titon Technologies, eighteen-year-old Aurora Titon can have whatever she wants—clothes, expensive gadgets, anything money can buy. All she really wants is to escape her pampered, paparazzi-prone life for the stars. Becoming the first female pilot to train …

Review: The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson

Title: The Crown of Embers (The Girl of Fire and Thorns #1)Author: Rae CarsonGenre: FantasyPages: Hardcover, 410Publication: September 18, 2012Synopsis:In the sequel to the acclaimed The Girl of Fire and Thorns, a seventeen-year-old princess turned war queen faces sorcery, adventure, untold power, and romance as she fulfills her epic destiny.Elisa is the hero of her country. …

Waiting on Wednesday: Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Title: Cruel BeautyAuthor: Rosamund HodgeGenre: FantasyPages: Hardcover, 336Publication: January 28, 2014Synopsis:Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story …

COVER REVEAL: Chaos by Christine O’Neil

Today Christine O’Neil and Entangled Teen Ember are revealing the cover for book 1 in The Kardia Chronicles Series, CHAOS.  Synopsis:My name is Maggie Raynard. After sixteen years being just plain me, suddenly I can kill people when I lose my temper. Turns out I'm a semi-god, descended from Aphrodite. Sounds cool in theory, but when …