Giveaway: Polaris Rising

 A space princess on the run and a notorious outlaw soldier become unlikely allies in this imaginative, sexy space opera adventure—the first in an exciting science fiction trilogy.

In the far distant future, the universe is officially ruled by the Royal Consortium, but the High Councillors, the heads of the three High Houses, wield the true power. As the fifth of six children, Ada von Hasenberg has no authority; her only value to her High House is as a pawn in a political marriage. When her father arranges for her to wed a noble from House Rockhurst, a man she neither wants nor loves, Ada seizes control of her own destiny. The spirited princess flees before the betrothal ceremony and disappears among the stars.

Ada eluded her father’s forces for two years, but now her luck has run out. To ensure she cannot escape again, the fiery princess is thrown into a prison cell with Marcus Loch. Known as the Devil of Fornax Zero, Loch is rumored to have killed his entire chain of command during the Fornax Rebellion, and the Consortium wants his head.

When the ship returning them to Earth is attacked by a battle cruiser from rival House Rockhurst, Ada realizes that if her jilted fiancé captures her, she’ll become a political prisoner and a liability to her House. Her only hope is to strike a deal with the dangerous fugitive: a fortune if he helps her escape.

But when you make a deal with an irresistibly attractive Devil, you may lose more than you bargained for . . .

Sounds great right? It comes out February 2019 but 1 winner will win an ARC from the blog and Avon Addicts!

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Top Ten Tuesday

This week's theme is Top Ten All Time Favorite Books in X Genre. So far I've written about Historical Fiction. I swear there were others, but I can't seem to find them. So this week I'm going to talk about my favorite Sci-fi books in a mix of YA and Adult. I have a very different view of what makes a book Sci-Fi - it has to be based in science for the possibilities to happen - thus paranormal and dystopian fall into Sci-Fi

- meme from The Broke and the Bookish

Hunger Games

Divergent

Legend

Ender's Game

The Selection

Raised by Wolves

Vampire Academy series

Steelheart

Girl with the Steel Corset 

Life as We Knew It

Morganville Vampire series

Review: Dualed

West lives in a society that only wants the best and brightest to survive. So when couples want children, they're forced to pair up with two other parents. Two children are created with DNA from all four parents. Each parent takes home a child to raise.  Somewhere between the 10th and 20th birthday, the pair becomes activated. They then have one month to locate and kill their Alternate. If they both fail, they are simultaneously destroyed.

West's world goes into a downward spiral when she accidentally gets her brother killed. Now she's the last one left of her family. Her brother's best friend has promised to protect her, but since his Alt killer her brother, she can't look at him without feeling guilt and pain.

West does something crazy in order to survive - in order to feel something. She thinks that it will help with her training, for when she becomes activated. When the time comes, she wrestles with that question. Is she the best version?

My Thoughts: I love the concept of this book - it's definitely dark. West was strong, insecure, and sometimes made the wrong choices. In a way, she reminded me of Katniss. There were times when I wanted to ask what was going through her head - except that I knew and while I understood her thought process, I didn't agree with all her decisions. The opening sequence broke my heart, but it sets the tone for the book. I really liked Chord and how he tries to pull West our of her grief. I loved the moments between West and Dess. A great character driven novel with action, death, and a terrifying ending. Dualed is an engrossing debut novel that makes me want the sequel Divided! 

Cover Thoughts: LOVE
Source: My Library

Review: Ender's Game

Ender Wiggin could be the boy to save the world from the alien buggers. As a small boy, he's sent to military school to see if he has what it takes. With all eyes on him, the leaders make an example out of him pushing him past his limits. While Ender feels quite alone, he enjoys the games they must play to learn how to lead in battle.

He's concerned about turning into his malicious brother Peter, but he's not about to let anyone stand in his way or intimidate him. Ender watches the older boys to learn what no one will teach him. He's not afraid to try new maneuvers and throw out the rule book. There are no rules in war anyway. Ender builds up his army, but it's all in games and learning...there's no way a ten year old can be the only hope to save the world.

My Thoughts: This is not a book I would have picked up myself. I fully admit that my husband made me read it - but it was AMAZING. I'm quite interested in reading the sequel now. A great YA/Adult sci-fi book.

The Cover: This cover is awesome, but the one on the book I read was dreadful - more like a small boy playing in space, almost like a children's book. This book IS NOT a children's book.

Source: My Library

Teen Read Week booklist and video

My Top 10 lists

Science Fiction
1. Hunger Games
2. Uglies
3. Kingdom Keepers
4. Pendragon series
5. Life as We Knew it
6. Prom Dates from Hell
7. Mediator series
8. Vampire Academy series
9. Killer Pizza
10. Morganville Vampires

Fantasy:
1. Graceling
2. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
3. Percy Jackson series
4. Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
5. Dragonfly
6. Song of the Lioness series
7. Sweep series
8. Enchanted Forest Chronicles
9. Oh. My. Gods/Goddess Boot Camp
10. Salem Witch Tryouts

Adult Fantasy:
Song of Ice and Fire series
Maria V. Snyder

Here's the display I created at the Otis Library