ONLY A BREATH APART COVER REVEAL

“Would you dare to defy destiny? Are our destinies written in stone? Do we become nothing more than the self-fulfilling prophesies of other people's opinions? Or can we dare to become who we believe we were born to be?”

Have you heard already?

Katie Mcgarry has fantastic news.

A new book coming next year.

ONLY A BREATH APART is a YA novel as marvelous as everything Katie has written in the past, with so much love, passion, and remarkable characters.

A little about the story:

“Jesse dreams of working the land that’s been in his family forever. But he’s cursed to lose everything he loves most.

Scarlett is desperate to escape her “charmed” life. But leaving a small town is easier said than done.

Despite their history of heartbreak, when Jesse sees a way they can work together to each get what they want, Scarlett can’t say no. Each midnight meeting between Jesse and Scarlett will push them to confront their secrets and their feelings for each other.”

ONLY A BREATH APART will be available on all retailers on January 22, 2019!

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Author Bio:

Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.

Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT.

Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine's 2012 Reviewer's Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.

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Y is for...You're my friend, you're my king

“Is there something wrong?” I asked surprised and concerned.

“No, nothing is wrong, on the contrary everything is perfect,” Rhyon said with sparks in his eyes, “you are perfect, beautiful, smart, brave.”

Oh oh!

“My prince, we should go back, it’s late.”

“Why are you calling me ‘Prince’ you’ve never done that before?”

I had my suspicions about Rhyon feelings, I guessed I was in denial. “You’re the Prince.”

“Tell me you care about me.”

“I do,” How can I not. He wasn’t just the Prince, he was my friend, he was like a brother to me.

“I care about you too, I like you I lov,”

I put my hands on his lips, “Please don’t say it.”

“Why not?” He looked at me with so much hope that killed me.

“Rhyon, I could die for you, But…” I couldn’t find the words.  

“You love me, but not in the way I want you to love me.”

“I’m sorry.”

He gave me a sad smile. “I know you do.”

Note: Images were taken from google.com & atozchallenge website. 

T is for... True Love

She liked the mysterious look in Will’s eyes. It was kind of unsettled and right at the same time.

He had a tattoo inside his left wrist and another one on his shoulder. She saw it once, one day of many days she was hiding from her mother, she went to the park and sat on the bench faking to bury her face in a book. But she was watching him, waiting for him.

The guys started their basketball game and Will showed up a few minutes later. He finished his cigarettes and crushed with his running shoe.  Will took his shirt off and joined the game.

She couldn’t take her eyes away. Will was so much beauty in just one person.

Could she love him that much even if she had never spoken to him before? Because she indeed was in love.

Note> Images were taken from google.com & atozchallenge website.

S is for...SUMMER CAMP FROM HELL

My life sucks!

Why did I agree to come here?

This place is worst than hell…

There is no cell phone reception or internet for start, but there are mosquitos and nature everywhere.

I don’t know anybody and thanks God for that, because people here seem so chirped and happy and cheerful, like if they were in a constant baby shower party.

And don’t get me to talk about the creepy forest. Why does this place have to be next to the most dangerous place in the world? A forest, a forest!

I want to go home but then I would have to expend the

 rest of the summer with my stupid new stepmother without school as an escape.

I hate my mom, and I hate my dad.

“Abby, honey, you’ll love it. This is going to be an experience you’ll with remember forever. My parents said.

And I’m afraid they were right, this is going to be a nightmare for life.

Note:  Images taken from google.com & atozchallenge website.

P is for...PANIC. A BOOK REVIEW

By: Lauren Oliver

Year: 2014

Genre: Y/A Thriller. Suspense.

4 STARS

Written in third person limited POV, from the perspective of both main characters, Panic is the story of Heather and Dodge competing in a legendary game played by the graduating seniors in a boring small town in the middle of nowhere. The risks are high, but the payoff is even higher. Secrets, tension, danger, and braveness filled every page of this book.

Panic was my first book by Lauren Oliver, I read it a few months ago and I read it again this week. Usually, when I don’t know the author, I search some of the reviews and comments in order to know where I’m getting into.

The reviews about this book weren’t the best. Let’s put it in this way: for some reviewers including bloggers that I follow, this book wasn’t “good enough.” 

One of the things seems to bother some readers is that in somewhere in Goodreads, Panic was labeled as a Dystopia, so they go into the book thinking they will find something similar to The Hunger Games and Divergent. Well, this book is Not a Dystopia, it is a contemporary suspense. Which is a perfect example of how dangerous labels and unfair reviews can be.

However, the synopsis called my attention and I decided to give it a shot, although I didn’t have any expectation.

“For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them—and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most.”

I’m so glad that I read Panic. Wow, I loved everything about this book, from the beginning the pace is fast and with tension.

I liked the writing style, Oliver has a gift to make descriptions unique. The plot is more complex of what it seems at first, and I would say the concept is something uncommon in YA, which make the book even greater.

The author includes different subplots, which it could feel like it’s too much, but for me, it just makes the story more authentic

 The voices of the two main characters are clear, completely different at the point that they clash with each other. There is no way the reader misunderstand in which POV every chapter is told.

 The strengths of this book are the characters. Oliver’s characters are so believable that they pop out of the pages. Dodge, the male protagonist is the best. He is a powerful character, strong and with fire in him. When I was in his POV, I could feel everything he was feeling, his anger, his fearless, his determination and very deeply buried in his heart, there was love.  It was overwhelming.

 The weakness in Panic are: First, a few predictable twists. I like surprises, and when I guess what is coming in a book, it takes some of the emotion. Sometimes is good to be right and tell ‘I knew it’ but in this case, I would prefer to open the door and be amazed.

Second, the rush at the end that it felt chopped. It was like being in a rollercoaster and the ride ended before the last turn. It had a bittersweet taste.

However, one of the things I like the most about this author is how invested she is with her characters. It’s important to take the time to develop unforgettable characters. I’ve read books that I don’t like the plot or the writing or the narrative, but the characters are so great that makes me keep reading. I believe a good character could make a difference between good stories and bad ones, even it could save it.

The only thing I wanted more was at almost at the end. I’d love is the writer would spend more time developing the anticipation at the end and if she’d make it a little more difficult for the protagonist in the last quarter of the book, for a better impact of the last chapter.

100% Recommended.

Note: Images were taken from google.com & atozchallenge

O is for...OLIVER.

I’ve seen him in my mind, I know how he looks like, how he talks, 

how he walks.

The dangerous boy with broken winds seems a little too cliché. 

But he isn’t.

He will have the biggest heart of all my boys, 

he would love even beyond the pages.

Oliver wants to be born, he wants his story, 

he’d told me in a dream.

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N is for...NOT ENOUGH

The third week in the AtoZchallenge starts we a story where love sometimes is not enough.

Jake ran through the train station, searching the sea of people, it couldn’t be late. It couldn’t.

“Sarah!”

            There she was, beautiful as always. He walked to her with a sense of relief and fear at the                    same time, praying, hoping.

“I don’t want you to go, I was wrong, I love you.”

Sarah looked into his eyes without talking.

“Please say something.”

Finally, she went to her tip-toes and kissed his cheek. “Sometimes Love is not enough.                        Goodbye, my love.”

Sarah turned around and walked away.

           

              Note: Images were taken from google.com & atozchallenge.com

LOVE LIFE AND THE LIST. A BOOK REVIEW

Title: Love Life and The List.

By: Kasie West

Genre: Y/A Contemporary Romance.

Year: 2017

RATE: 5 STARS

I fall in love with West’s writing at the moment I read “The distance between us.” Since then, my admiration for this writer has been going up and up.

Kasie West has a gift for describing beauty hidden inside of a complex world.  Her stories are full of different challenge and Love Life and the List is not different.

This book tells Abby’s story, a 17 years old artist girl, and how she was told, her art didn’t have a heart, so she makes a list of things she needs to do to find her heart.

But what she found was much more, she found her voice, she found that changes are not something bad, as long you keep your true self-intact, but more important she found out how to fight for herself.

With a father always away, with a mother with an peculiar anxiety, I have to say that the writer worked this sensitive issued remarkable well, and being in love with a best friend that he didn’t want to acknowledge her feeling, Abby’s world is not as perfect as everybody thinks it is.

As usual West narrative is effective, very powerful and the characters have a clear distinctive voice.

I loved every part of this book and I loved the heroine, I loved her journey and especially I loved she was strong and no a whiny teenager with a broken heart.

And the best part is, this is the first standalone book in a series of three.

100% Recommended.

Note: Pictures were taken from goodreads.com and atozchallenge.com

E is for ...EVER AFTER!!!

“Do you know something about stars?”

They were lying on the grass, Mel was resting her head on Cameron’s shoulder. She couldn’t believe everything was so peaceful now.

            “A little.”

            “Tell me something about them.”

“See the group of stars that looks like a W?”

Mel shifted her body to look at the cluster of stars. “Yes.”

            “That’s Cassiopeia, a vain queen.  She was punished to spend half of the year upside down in the sky for her vanity.”

            Mel lifted her head to face him. “You know, smart asses are the new sex.y”

“What am I going to do with you little dirty mouth?”

“Love me?”

Cameron kissed her head. “Always.”

This was their start and their end. This was their infinity.

Note: Pictures were taken from google.com and

          atozchallenge.com

D IS FOR...DEVIL.

“I can’t believe Peter killed all those people.” James drank his scotch; he and Lydia were finally at home.

“Do you ever suspect, he was the killer?” She asked.

James sat on the couch next to Lydia. “No, never, and I don’t know why?”

“I know why.”

James smiled and kissed her hand. “I’m listening.”

Lydia leaned closer and whispered in his ear. “Because Peter wasn’t the killer.”

            James’s chest hurt, he couldn’t move, his mouth went dried. He tried to speak and realized his body was paralyzed.

“The poison works fast. I promise you won’t feel pain.”

There was nothing else James could do. Silently he prayed, closed his eyes and waited for his end.

Note: Pictures were taken from google.com and atozchallenge.com

PLAYING HE PLAYER

By: Lisa Brown Robert.

Genre: Y/A Contemporary Romance

Year:  2015

Rate: 4 Stars

Synopsis:

The Good Girl Vs. The Player

Round one begins...

“Trina Clemons needed the money. Why else would she - the most organized, prepared student in school - spend the summer as a nanny and partner with the biggest slacker ever? Now she's ready to tackle nannyhood with her big binder of research and schedules. Just don't ask her about the secret job of "fixing" the bad habits of a certain high school player...

Slade Edmunds prefers easy hook-ups, and Trina is definitely not his type. She's all structure and rules, while Slade wants to just have fun. Fortunately, Trina has no idea about the bet Slade made with his best friend that he can totally get her to unwind by the end of summer...

Then the weirdest thing happens. There's chemistry. A lot of it. 

But nothing gets between a boy and a girl like a big, fat secret...”

I love contemporary Romance Y/A, but lately, I haven’t been fortunate with my choice of books. Although it’s true, that they have not been a complete disappointment, they aren’t what I was expecting, nonetheless, what I was looking for. That’s why I’m so glad I found this book.

Overall this story is well done written. Despite the telling, there are excellent descriptions, great dialogues and a great touch of humor, with this I mean I laughed a lot.

The plot is simple but flows well, the development of the romance feels real and the scenes with the protagonists were really cute.

The secondary characters are a good complement, and even when there is not a real antagonist, there is tension, lies, and secrets during the story.

Slade is a great character.  A teenager that pretends he doesn’t care but that behave as the way he is, passionate, good friend, and considerate.

My biggest problem was Trina. She isn’t anything as she is presented. There is a huge contradiction between the way she behaves and the way she is descriptive as a character. Of course, as any story, there should be a development, but Trina as a character feels lost through the pages.

 Also, there is the telling and explanation, that even when it is not much, I think the writer lost a good opportunity for giving us more of her wonderful showing and descriptions.

Besides, I believe there are some threats left lose, some conversations missing, especially between Slade and her mom, and at the end, I would change some words, to give the sense of a “longer intention.” You’ll understand when you’re at this point.

But yes I recommend this book 100% it’s funny, romantic, and perfect for a summer day.

Note: Image was taken from google.com

ADVENTURE

It’s the feeling of starting again.

It’s the feeling of being free.

I’m running away from a life I don’t want anymore,

looking for a new life, that I’m not sure if someday, I will deserve it.

But for now, I’m here in between.

Between was is right and what I wish,

between my dreams and the reality on Earth.

I am here, living without regrets an adventure that never has been mine.

But until the moment is come, this will be enough for me.

I need to believe that. 

Note: Images taken from Atozchallenge.com and google.com

COVER REVEAL

TITLE: Long Way Home

Author: Katie Mcgarry

Year: Jan 2017

Genre: Yong Adult. Contemporary Romance.

Synopsis:

Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving.

It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving. To protect herself, and her vulnerable younger brother, she needs to cut all ties with the club—including Chevy, the boy she’s known and loved her whole life.

But when a rival club comes after Violet, exposing old secrets and making new threats, she’s forced to question what she thought she knew about her father, the Reign of Terror, and what she thinks she wants. Which means re-evaluating everything: love, family, friends . . . and forgiveness.

Caught in the crosshairs between loyalty and freedom, Violet must decide whether old friends can be trusted—and if she’s strong enough to be the one person to save them all.

Long Way Home is the third Book of the Thunder Road Series.

Katie McGarry Bio:

Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.

Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON,  BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT. Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine's 2012 Reviewer's Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.

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D IS FOR....

DECISIONS

She was standing on the road with a broken GPS and a map she didn´t know how to read.

She walked a couple steps, looked around and cursed out loud.

Emma returned and got into the car. With frustration she made a big paper ball with the map and threw it in the back seat.

Emma decided to start the car and drive following her instincts, which was bad, really bad. After all she was the woman who had accumulated the worst choices in a lifetime.

However Emma was a positive person. Realistic could be a better description though. Actually she just need a little luck to arrive on time to the interview she had pursued her entire career.

Yes, with a little luck, her life would change. The problem was that “life” had a different fate for her… Yes, her world was going to change more that Emma had ever thought

Note: Images taken from A to z challenge and google.com

"DARE YOU TO"

Starting 2015 with a review of one of my favorite books...

DARE YOU TO

Author: Katie Macgarry

Year of Publishing: 2013

Genre: Romance, Young Adult Contemporary.

 I´ve read almost all of books written by Katie Macgarry and this is my favorite by far. Dare you to, is a lovely dramatic story about a young rebel girl named Beth, who long time ago erased every hope of her heart, with a drugs addict and alcoholic mother and a terrible past, she lives day by day with not .

One day her life changed radically. Always trying to protect her mother, she is forced to live with her uncle in a new city, with a new school, away from all things she has ever known.

With bitterness, she assumed her new faith, without knowing that she was going to meet her guardian angel, Ryan a Jock, the perfect golden boy, sweet and lovely, he had also his own demons. They start a game that turn in something too real for both of them. 

In this book, the author handles delicate issues like, drugs, domestic abuse and family and social pressure, plus, love, courage and friendship. Using a very descriptive writing helping you to submerge in the story, with a good idea of people and places, moreover the author writes through the two main characters POV, which is excellent, because the reader can have a better understanding of the story. 

During the reading I could feel how the author put her heart in every word, Katie was simply amazing. I think she created two perfect characters that complement each other. Nevertheless what I really like about this book is love, yes I know is king of corny and idealist, however I felt in love with the way Ryan Loves Beth, always so constant and loyal despite Beth´s fears and insecurities. 

This book is a journey to find the confidence, courage and strength to trust in others but mostly in ourselves. It is a lesson that teaches us the enormous ability of loving that a human being is capable of.

Is there something that I didn´t like it? Nop! Sorry, but I was fangirling throughout the book, living every moment with Beth and Ryan as my own.

If you like romance, fresh and funny reading with a complex drama this book is for you. 

Best Phrases: 

“God, I wish I was free. I wish I was a bird floating in the breeze. I close my eyes and pretend I´m a bird”.

“There are times when you stand on the cusp of moments so huge you know you´ll remember them forever. This is that moment for me and for Ryan. I´m not seducing him. He´s not seducing me. Instead we´re choosing to be together.”

One last comment:

On twitter, I told Katie: “Beth´s story broke my heart and Ryan fixed” and the best part… She wrote me  back!!! See the conversation:

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