Review: Tainted(The Torn Series#3) by K.A.Robinson- Blog Tour

                                                     Tainted                                          
                                    Book Three The Torn series                                              
                                       By: K.A Robinson

 
Book description
 

Part One: Facing My Demons

Drake lost everything the day Chloe walked away from him. Feeling angry and hurt by her abandonment, he dives deeper into his cocaine use. Each day becomes a struggle for him. After his band is picked up by a recording studio in Los Angeles, things go from bad to worse. What happens to a man who has lost everything he ever truly cared about?
 Part Two: Learning to Love Again

 When Drake showed up on Chloe’s doorstep, begging for forgiveness, she couldn’t turn him away. To Chloe, loving Drake is like breathing and she couldn’t bring herself to let him go again. But what happens next? Follow Chloe and Drake as they learn to forgive and heal together. Will Drake’s fame get in the way of their happily ever after? Or is love enough to keep them together?
The epic conclusion to Drake and Chloe’s story.  


Review:

 I would like to thank the author for the book because it was awesome, I really liked it and I have two reason to justify my excited reaction... First will be the fact that we could see what was in the mind of Drake when he pulled that stunt on her. Because, let's face it, after everything they'd been through and he's doing such a thing... well let's just say that I wasn't his number one fan.

 But, this isn't just a love story and if you can't accept it than you can't accept Drake, because let's face it he's fucked up (sorry that I drop the F-bomb), but his life hasn't been easy on him and he's trying to cope in the same manner until Chloe- and because he is who he is, well the drugs are at his disposal, and so are the women. One of the aspects that I loved it about 'The Torn series' is that the author isn't afraid to tell the truth like it is- we know some rock stars have a history with drugs and drug dealers, but in 'The Torn Series' we have the results of an addiction, a dangerous addiction that could ruin not only his relationship with Chloe, but his career and even his life.

But this isn't just a love story or a story about an addict, no ladies, this is a story about forgiveness and the true courage to say 'I'm sory'... It's a story about new starts in life and the meaning of a real relationship with everything that implies- and sacrifices that must be made...

 In part two we have Chloe and the new life she's trying to save, after everything Drake put her in and it's not easy when your the very thing she's trying to run, is stalking in. In part two I liked how Drake is so sure they're going to be a couple, and it's driving Chloe mad...

 The other endearing aspect about the book is the band- Adam, Eric, Jade- I'll miss them, especially Jade, but life must go on and I'm really looking forward to read 'Twisted Ties'- Book Two of 'The Ties Series'...

 Rating: 5/5 

 
Goodreads link: http://bit.ly/19HjXln
Author Bio:
K.A. Robinson is the New York Times and USA Today Best Selling Author of The Torn Series and Shattered Ties. She lives in West Virginia with her husband and toddler son. When she isn't writing, she loves to read dystopian, zombie, and New Adult books. She has an addiction to Caribou and Starbucks coffee.





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The Ties Series:
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În curs de apariţie

În curs de apariţie

                           .....la Editura Epica

                        
                    .....la Editura RAO




Nasterea iernii. seria Lumea fara zei. Cartea intai

Brian Ruckley

BIBLIOTECA RAO
Domeniu de editare: fantasy

ISBN: 9786066095136

Nr. Pagini: 544

Aparitie: 29.1.2014
Pret: 45 RON
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Se spune că lumea nu mai e ce a fost odată. La început a fost o singură rasă. Dar i-a dezamăgit pe zeii care o făcuseră şi aceştia au distrus-o. În locul ei au creat alte cinci, rasele celui de-Al Doilea Ev: Whreinină şi Saolină, Huanină şi Kyrinină şi Anaină. Acum, după veacuri întregi de vrajbă şi trădări, urmaşii rasei Anaine, împărţiţi în clanuri Blood, se războiesc între ei cu aceeaşi sete neostoită de sânge. Armistiţiul fragil dintre Adevăraţii Blood este pus în pericol când oştirile Drumului Negru se întorc din surghiunul în care au fost izgonite. Însă, în timp ce vuietul bătăliei se înăspreşte, un om îşi urmează calea, la capătul căreia o putere cumplită va prinde viaţă în el - iar moştenirea sa va rămâne scrisă în sânge.




Destinul lui Conrad






Lumea în care trăieşte Conrad e pe punctul de a fi perturbată de lucrurile stranii care se petrec la castelul Stallery. Cineva a antrenat bursa de mărfuri în nişte experimente de magie probabilistică, iar afacerile tuturor merg prost, mai puţin cele ale profitorilor de la Stallery.

Deşi Conrad nu-şi doreşte altceva decât să continue şcoala alături de prietenii săi, află că poartă o karmă nefastă şi că îl aşteaptă un viitor sumbru. Ca să îndrepte lucrurile, se va angaja ca servitor la castel şi va pândi momentul confruntării cu persoana care-i pricinuise soarta rea, cea răspunzătoare şi de turbulenţele magice.

Dar totul se complică, în misiunea sa Conrad leagă prietenii noi, se aventurează prin locuri interzise şi clădiri suprapuse şi, cum era de aşteptat, îl întâlneşte şi pe Chrestomanci…

Rao a mai publicat două volume în 2011:


Cele nouă vieți ale lui Christopher Chant






Publicat în 1988, “Cele nouă vieţi ale lui Christopher Chant” face parte din multiubita serie “Chrestomanci”.

Acţiunea are loc într-o lume în care magia este la ordinea zilei şi unde se conturează copilăria faimosului vrăjitor care va juca unul dintre rolurile principale în toate romanele din serie. Deşi părinţii săi practică magia, Christopher nu beneficiază prea mult de afecţiunea lor şi îşi găseşte alinarea în călătoriile din vis, putând face escapade în alte lumi cu o uşurinţă invidiată de alţii.

Unchiul Ralph, un afacerist rapace, va profita de abilitatea lui Christopher pentru a obţine bunuri magice pe care să le vândă pe piaţa neagră. Părinţii săi se despart, este trimis la internat şi apoi la un expert în vârstă care va des coperi de ce totuşi Christopher nu ia note bune la magie. Într-una dintre misiunile sale, el va afla că are mai multe vieţi şi puteri deosebite.


Trai de vrăjitor



Sora lui Cat, Gwendolen, este o vrăjitoare şi destinul ei, spune lumea, este “măreţ”. Astfel încât nu surprinde pe nimeni că un străin înalt şi brunet vine şi le ia pe amândouă să locuiască la castelul Chrestomanci. Dar viaţa la castel nu este chiar aşa cum se aşteptau.

Cărțile au fost publicate la intervale diferite de timp într-o ordine puțin mai ciudată. Autoarea a precizat totuşi că aceste ar putea fi citite conform listei de mai jos pentru o cronologie mai bună şi pentru a fi mai uşor de urmărit.



                  .....la Editura Arthur


Darul lui Jonas de Lois Lowry



Lumea în care trăieşte Jonas pare a fi una perfectă. Totul e sub control. Frica, suferinţa şi războiul au dispărut. Nimeni nu are de făcut vreo alegere. Fiecărei persoanei i s-a desemnat un rol în cadrul comunităţii, iar conducătorii ei iau toate deciziile, fără a face vreo greşeală. Dar destinul şi misiunea lui Jonas vor fi diferite de ale celorlalţi.

Between Shades of Gray în portofoliul Epica!


Between Shades of Gray în portofoliul Epica!




Dacă vreţi să fiţi la curent cu apariţiile Epica daţi un like paginii de facebook chiar AICI!


Mă pierd în tine de Jasina Wilder în curând la Epica!


Mă pierd în tine de Jasina Wilder în curând la Epica!


Nu am fost întodeauna îndrăgostită de Colton Calloway; am fost îndrăgostită de fratele său mai mic, Kyle, prima dată. Kyle a fost prima mea dragoste adevărată, primul în orice mod.

Apoi, în acea noapte furtunoasă din August, el a murit, iar persoana care eram atunci a murit odată cu el.

Colton nu m-a învăţat cum să trăiesc. El nu a vindecat durerea. El nu a făcut-o mai suportabilă. El m-a învăţat cum să rănesc, cum să nu fiu bine şi în cele din urmă cum să uit.


Descrierea a fost luată de pe goodreads şi tradusă de Simona Ioana în română. O găsiţi aici.

Golden Lily-Bloodliness#2 - Recenzie

Golden Lily-Bloodliness#2 - Recenzie

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Sinopsis:

Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets—and human lives.

Sydney would love to go to college, but instead, she’s been sent into hiding at a posh boarding school in Palm Springs, California–tasked with protecting Moroi princess Jill Dragomir from assassins who want to throw the Moroi court into civil war. Formerly in disgrace, Sydney is now praised for her loyalty and obedience, and held up as the model of an exemplary Alchemist.

But the closer she grows to Jill, Eddie, and especially Adrian, the more she finds herself questioning her age–old Alchemist beliefs, her idea of family, and the sense of what it means to truly belong. Her world becomes even more complicated when magical experiments show Sydney may hold the key to prevent becoming Strigoi—the fiercest vampires, the ones who don’t die. But it’s her fear of being just that—special, magical, powerful—that scares her more than anything. Equally daunting is her new romance with Brayden, a cute, brainy guy who seems to be her match in every way. Yet, as perfect as he seems, Sydney finds herself being drawn to someone else—someone forbidden to her.

When a shocking secret threatens to tear the vampire world apart, Sydney’s loyalties are suddenly tested more than ever before. She wonders how she's supposed to strike a balance between the principles and dogmas she's been taught, and what her instincts are now telling her.

Should she trust the Alchemists—or her heart?


 
Hardcover, 418 pages

Published June 12th 2012 by Razorbill

original title:The Golden Lily

edition language: English




setting: Palm Springs, California (United States)
Recenzie: 

Dacă la sfârşitul cărţii 'Bloodlines' îşi face apariţia dhampirul nostru preferat, de origine rusă... Dimitri, în incipitul 'Golden Lily', Sage face o incursiune în catacombele Alchimiştilor- nu vă mint, am fost puţin şocată atunci când am aflat unde lucrează ei... totuşi pe parcursul călătoriei în acel loc, descoperim încăperi sterile, camere de supraveghiere, gardieni şi un sistem teribil de bine organizat, accentul fiind pus pe cuvântul teribil. Sincer, m-a îngrozit posibilitatea existenţei unei relaţii între Sydney şi Adrian, relaţie ce ar putea fi descoperită de superiorii ei, dar the show must go on, aşadar sunt convinsă că aceasta a fost intenţia scriitoarei- de a înspăimânta cititorul.

În Palm Springs, viaţa continuă, iar mica noastră echipă primeşte cu braţele deschise pe cei mai noi membrii ai ei- Dimitri, Sonia, Angeline- dap, sigur! De fapt, cel mai deranjat de apariţia lor este... pam, pam, pam... Adrian, în special dacă luăm în considerare că el trebuie să lucreze cot la cot cu Boring (Dimitri) şi Scarlet (Sonia), aşadar, bietul nostru Adrian caută orice ocazie ce-l poate elibera de oaspeţii nepoftiţi, inclusiv o călătorie cu maşina împreună cu Sage, pentru a-l vizita pe bătrânul lui.

În acest timp, Sydney se îndrăgosteşte (sau cel puţin aşa crede ea) de Brayden, un băiat drăguţ, inteligent, asemănător cu ea, pe care-l interesează dezbaterile şi discuţiile despre morile de vânt, epuizarea resurselor, etc. Par perechea perfectă la prima vedere, doar că Sydney nu simte atracţia, chimia pe care o dorea.

După acea călătorie inconfortabilă (datorată nepăsării tatălui lui Adrian faţă de situaţia şi sentimentele propriului fiu), Sydney se hotărăşte să-l înveselească, unul dintre primele momente romantice în care ea simte atracţia faţă de Adrian (în mod inconştient, dar o simte), experimentele lui Sonia, Dimitri şi Adrian, nu dau rezultatele dorite, iar stresul începe să-şi spună cuvântul.

Totuşi, un pericol complet diferit de ce se aşteptau prietenii noştri apare ameniţător, un pericol ce implică luarea unor măsuri disperate- astfel Sydney Sage, fata credincioasă ce urăşte magia de orice fel începe să lucreze cu ea...

Naraţiunea se realizează la persoana întâi, din perspectiva lui Sydney, care transpune în stilul clasic Mead, emoţiile şi peripeţiile grupului nostru. Observăm maturizarea şi încrederea ce se naşte între membrii grupului, în special în privinţa lui Sydney, dar şi evoluţia 'relaţiei' dintre Adrian şi Sydney, iar ea nu-l mai priveşte ca pe o creatură diabolică a nopţii.

Personaje:

Sydney Sage- se maturizează încetul cu încetul, devine mai puţin introvertită şi începe să ţină la Jill, Adrian, Eddie şi chiar Angeline. Iar această transformare este descrisă lent şi cu mult tact, dar nu mă aşteptam la mai puţin din partea lui Mead. 
Relaţia pe care o are cu Brayden este o uniune a minţilor, dar nimic mai mult, sentimentele, emoţiile sunt rezervate lui Adrian, lucru ce se poate constata cu uşurinţă de cititor, desigur toţiîl pot vedea mai puţin Sydney. Dar, ea nu este singura care aceste sentimente...

.... Astfel ajungem la Adrian Ivashkov- chiar şi în privinţa lui observăm o maturizare- renunţă la femei, distracţiile cu 'prietenii' lui, chiar şi la ţigări- şi totul se datorează lui Sydney. Dar, observăm cum Adrian renunţă la mitul 'Rose' şi, deşi încă există unele conflicte cu Dimitri, este mai mult decât evident că orgoliul rănit vorbeşte.

Jill...începe o relaţie împreună cu colegul lui Eddie, relaţie sortită eşecului, dar care o ajută să afle pericolele unei astfel de relaţii- expunerea adevăratei ei identităţi.

Eddie... este îndrăgostit de Jill, dar nu crede că poate avea accesul la iubirea ei- ea fiind sora reginei- astfel că va lua o decizie grăbită în final, decizie ce o va implica pe...

Angeline...nechibzuită, impulsivă, prostuţă... ea reprezintă sursa noastră infinită de amuzament, haos, dar este un dhampir curajos şi se va dovedi că este mai mult decât capabilă să o apere pe Jill.

Wolf... nu este un lup, este antrenorul lui Adrian şi al lui Sydney care îi învaţă cum să se protejeze de atacatori. El este un personaj ciudăţel, care antrenează chihuaha în timpul liber pentru a deveni animale de pradă... dap, este complet dus, dar îi va ajuta pe eroi noştri din mai multe puncte de vedere.

Jackie Terwilliger- profesoara/vrăjitoare care o pregăteşte pe Sydney în studiul artelor obscure aka magie.

Verdict final- o continuare superbă a seriei Bloodlines, ce ne aduce în atenţie personaje vechi, dar şi noi, punându-le în situaţii extraordinare, demne de atenţia cititorului! Avem vrăjitoare, moroi, dhampiri, strigoi, vânători de vrăjitoare, etc... aşa că- citiţi cartea!

Notă: 10/5  

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Citate:


“I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.”
 

“Adrian, I'm on a date. Why are you here? On my car?”
 

“Sage," he said. "What are you wearing?"
I sighed and stared down at the dress. "I know. It's red. Don't start. I'm tired of hearing about it."
"Funny," he said. "I don't think I could ever get tired of looking at it.”
 

“Day 24. Situation is growing worse. My captors continue to find new and horrific ways to torture me. When not working, Agent Scarlet spends her days examining fabric swatches for bridesmaid dresses and going on about how in love she is. This usually causes Agent Boring Borscht to regale us with stories of Russian weddings that are even more boring than his usual ones. My attempts at escape have been thwarted thus far. Also, I am out of cigarettes. Any assistance or tobacco products you can send will be greatly appreciated.
-Prisoner 24601”
 

“He shouldn't have said that," repeated Adrian, eerily serious. He leaned his face toward mine. "I don't care if he's not the emotional type or the complimentary type or what. No one can look at you in this dress, in all that fire and gold, and start talking about anachronisms. If I were him, I would have said, 'You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth.”
 

“You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I'll get you out of here, no matter what.”
 

“He shook his head. “No. Because there's no one else out there who understands you like I do.”
I waited for more. “That's it? You're not going to elaborate on what that means?”
Those green eyes held me. “I don't think I need to.”
 

“Adrian ordered a martini, earning disapproving looks from his father and me.
"It's barely noon," said Nathan.
"I know," said Adrian. "I'm surprised I held out that long too.”
 

“He reached out and pulled me to him, one hand on my waist and the other behind my neck. He tipped my head up and lowered his lips to mine. I closed my eyes and melted as my whole body was consumed in that kiss. I was nothing. I was everything. Chills, ran over my skin, and fire burned inside me. His body pressed closer to mine, and I wrapped my arms around his neck. His lips were warmer and softer than anything I could have ever imagined, yet fierce and powerful at the same time. Mine responded hungrily, and I tightened my hold on him. His fingers slid down the back of my neck, tracing its shape, and every place they touched was electric.”
 

“Really, Sage? A date?”
I sighed. “Yes, Adrian. A date.”
“A real date. Not, like, doing homework together,” he added.
“I mean like where you go out to a movie or something. And a
movie that’s not part of a school assignment. Or about something boring.”
“A real date.”
 

“You're in an awfully good mood," he observed. "Was there a sale at Khakis-R-Us?”
 

“Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up about you for a long time... and it's all good.”
 

“I’d mentioned this odd wardrobe choice to Adrian a couple of weeks ago:
“Isn’t Dimitri hot?”
Adrian’s response hadn’t been entirely unexpected:
“Well, yeah, according to most women, at least.”
 

“Ah, those two. In a fight, they’re lethal. Around each other, they melt.”
 

“You made your own jean shorts...with a butter knife?”
 

“Adrian stood there leaning against the doorframe, watching me with his heart in his eyes. In my chest, my own heart was breaking. On my cheek, the lily reminded me who I was. ”
 

“It doesn't matter. Take Eddie's blood. Take Belikov's blood. Take your own for all I care. But If she doesn't want to give hers, then that's all there is to it. She said no. This conversation is done.”
 

“For once, you're going to hear something that doesn't fit into your neat, compartmentalized world of order and logic and reason.”
 

“Isn’t it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn’t. I did it so I’d have a reason to be around you — one I knew you couldn’t refuse.”
 

“He froze, and for one moment, we stood locked in time. I could feel the silk of his shirt against my skin and the warmth of his body. The lingering scent of the overpriced cologne he wore floated around me. No smoke for a change. I’d always told him the cologne couldn’t be worth what he spent, but suddenly, I reconsidered. It was amazing.”
 

“I know how you guys feel about us. I'm not stupid, and believe me, I've tried to get you out of my head. But there isn't enough liquor or art or any other distraction in the world to do it. I had to stop going to Wolfe's because it was too hard being that close to you, even if it was all just pretend fighting. I couldn't stand the touching. It was agonizing because it meant something to me-and I knew it meant nothing to you. I kept telling myself to stay away altogether, and then I'd find excuses… like the car… anything to be around you again.”
 

“He leaned closer to me and then seemed shocked as he realized what he was doing.

"Why would you do that? Why would you do that for me?”
 

“Too bad you got so bogged down in books. You've got the spirit of a warrior.”
 

“But perhaps the best part of all was that I, Sydney Katherine Sage, guilty of constantly analyzing the world around me, well, I stopped thinking.”
 

“Why not see which is brighter: your aura or the sun?”
 

“Nice blouse, Sage,” Adrian told me, deadpan. “It really brings out the khaki in your pants.”
 

“I find prostitutes vastly important.”
 

“If you went twenty-four hours without cigarettes, I'd drink a can of pop. Regular pop. The whole can."
Isaw the glimmer of Adrian's earlier smile returning. "You would not."
"I totally would."
"Half a can would put you into a coma."
Sonya frowned. "Are you diabetic?" she asked me.
"No," said Adrian, "but Sage is convinced one extraneous calorie will make her go from super skinny to just regular skinny. Tragedy."
"Hey," I said. "You think it’d be a tragedy to go an hour without a cigarette."
"Don’t question my steel resolve, Sage. I went without one for two hours today."
"Show me twenty-four, and then I’ll be impressed."
He gave me a look of mock surprise. "You mean you aren’t already? And here I thought you were dazzled from the moment you met me.”
 

“I wanted someone a little more approachable," I explained.
"What, like Captain McTropicalShorts back there? Where on earth did you find him anyway?"
"Just did an Internet search." Feeling a need to defend my research, I added, "He comes highly recommended."
"By who? Long John Silver?”
 
“You'd give up drinking to go see your dad?"
"Well, not permanently," he said. "That'd be ridiculous. But maybe I could switch to something slightly cheaper for a while. Like...slushes. u know how much I love those? Cherry, especially.”
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