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„Dark Elements  - Steinerne Schwingen“ von Jennifer L. Armentrout ist der erste Teil einer Urban-Fantasy-Reihe.

Sie ist halb Wächterin und halb Dämonin und hilft den anderen Wächter die Dämonen zu bekämpfen. Denn Dämonen sind böse und gehören zurück in die Hölle. So jedenfalls hat Layla es immer gehört. Also der Dämon Roth auftaucht und die richtigen Fragen stellt, fängt ihre Welt an zu bröckeln.

Layla geht ganz normal zur Schule und trifft sich mit Freunden. Doch sonst markiert sie Dämonen um den Wächtern zu helfen. Ihre dämonische Mutter hat sie verlassen, ihren Vater kennt sie nicht und leben tut sie bei den Wächtern.  Sie versucht ein Teil der Wächterfamilie zu werden, obwohl sie weiß, dass es nie ganz klappen wird. Sie ist da etwas naiv.

Die Charaktere sind gut gestaltet. Egal ob Laylas menschliche Freunde, die Wächter oder die Dämonen, jeder davon hat seine ganz speziellen Eigenschaften und Macken. Der eine hat mehr zu verbergen als der ein anderer.

Die Wächter sind Gargoyles, die auch eine menschliche Gestalt annehmen können. Sie leben in Clans zusammen und jagen nachts die Dämonen. Es gibt verschiedene Klassifizierungen bei den Dämonen, die unterschiedlich viel „Chaos“ verbreiten.

Die Idee, dass die Gargoyles erwachen und die Menschheit retten, ist auch mal etwas anderes. Oft werden sie ja selbst als eine Art Dämon bezeichnet.

Die Welt um unsere Welt hat Jennifer L. Armentrout gut gestaltet und sich das ein oder andere wie besondere Tattoos ausgedacht.

Als Leser bekommt man die Geschichte aus Laylas Augen präsentiert. Somit kann man mit ihr durch die Gassen treifen, erlebt ihre Taten und Gefühle mit. Zwar fragt man sich ab und an warum sie gerade so naiv ist. Doch versteht man auch ihre Situation. Die Wächter sind die einzigen, die sich irgendwie ums sie gekümmert haben und ihr einen Weg zeigen.

Doch je mehr ihr Leben in Gefahr gerät und je länger sie mit Roth zusammen ist, wird ihr langsam mehr bewusst. Sodass sie selbst anfängt zu handeln.

Es gibt viele brenzliche Situationen für sie, unerwartete Wendungen und packende Momente. So wird der Leser richtig gefesselt. Auch die Liebe und andere Emotionen kommen nicht zu kurz und berühren.

Das Cover ist in einem dreckigen grün gehalten. Es erinnert irgendwie an Stein oder Moos. Zu sehen ist ein Flügel-Tribal.  Es passt zum Buch.

Die Obsidian-Reihe von der Autorin hat es mir ja schon angetan. Ich war gespannt, ob mich dieses Buch genauso fesseln kann. Wo ich bei Obsidian noch etwas gezögert hatte, war hier schon gleich am Anfang richtig begeistert.  Schon das erste Kapitel hat mich total in den Bann geschlagen. Auch wenn Layla mit manchmal etwas zu naiv war, könnte ich mich gut in sie hineinversetzten.

Es gibt natürlich 5 von 5 Wölfen.

I'm sorry that I have been MIA for so long. But RL got super busy and a lot of things changed. We bought a (to us) new house and got moved. School started for the kids, so that was a treat. After and during the move , I was not only busy but also had to get into a new routine.  So with that in mind, I didn't get much reading done and actually fell behind on review copies as well. I'm working on those right now :) I hope I get all caught up soon and the whole missing a month didn't put me off to far that I wont reach my 100 books a year reading goal.

Anyways, I did however re-read the Covenant Series by JLA , I will link  my old reviews  for the books here as well so it doesn't look too sad lol.

For October I don't have plans that are set in stone other than finish my review copies and get reviews caught up. Other than that I think I might read Me Before You by Jojo Moyes and maybe start the The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. After that I have no idea. 

Anyways here is my sad August/September round-up. You can find the buy-links in the reviews that are linked.

As always thanks for stopping by and happy reading :) 

Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis:

The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi pure bloods have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals--well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures. Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden. Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.

4★

My Review 

Pure Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis:

There is need. And then there is Fate. Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's other half is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her. When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon--and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude--or killing her. When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.

5★

My Review 

Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis:

"History is on repeat, and things didn't go so well the last time.”

Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden.

If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.

But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed.

Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate...

5★

My Review

Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout 

Synopsis:

Fate isn’t something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex. Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back. The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex’s power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex’s connection to Seth isn't the only problem. There are a few pesky little loopholes in the whole “an Apollyon can’t be killed” theory, and the only person who might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries. Finding their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be hard enough. Alex might be able to keep Seth from becoming the God Killer… or she might become the God Killer herself.

4 ½ ★

My Review

Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout 

Synopsis:

It's a beautiful day for a war. As the mortal world slowly slips into chaos of the godly kind, Alexandria Andros must overcome a stunning defeat that has left her shaken and in doubt of their ability to end this war once and for all. And with all the obstacles between Alex and her happily-ever-after with the swoon worthy Aiden St. Delphi, they must now trust a deadly foe as they travel deep into the Underworld to release one of the most dangerous gods of all time. In the stunning, action-packed climax to the bestselling Covenant series, Alex must face a terrible choice: the destruction of everything and everyone she holds dear… or the end of herself.

5 ★

My Review 

The Immortal’s Redemption by Kelli Ireland

Synopsis:

“This story is hot in all the right ways and took me to the edge of my seat again and again, delivering in the end.” —New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione

When a brooding Irishman shows up at the hospital where she works, Kennedy Jefferson realizes her fugues are more than simply lost time. She knows this stranger is a threat—even as her body craves his masterful touch.

Dylan O’Shea is the druid’s assassin charged with finding the single woman who can stop an evil goddess from destruction. He’s searched to find Kennedy for centuries. But Dylan finds himself inexplicably drawn to Kennedy—the woman he’s ordained to kill.

With Samhain fast approaching, duty and desire are on an unstoppable collision course…

3 ½ ★

My Review 

Frigid by J. Lynn aka Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis:

For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn’t anything new. They’d been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the ‘man’ in man-whore. He’s never stayed with a girl longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn’t want to risk their friendship by declaring her love.

Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To him, she’s perfect and she’s everything. But the feelings he has for her, he’s always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one girl he can never have.

But when they’re stranded together at a posh ski resort due to a massive Nor’easter, there’s nothing stopping their red-hot feelings for each other from coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet, can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them, and this ski trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.

3 ½ ★

My Review 

Forsworn by Emily Wibberley

Synopsis:

It’s been a year since Clio made her sacrifice to the Deities and embraced her destiny as the Oracle to save her people.

The only family she has left is a brother who wants her dead.

The prince, her oldest friend, is a king with his own agenda.

And the man who once loved her, now hates her.

All she can do is try to forget about Riece, the enemy commander whose heart she broke to save his life, as she serves the Deities. Her days are filled with Visions and bloodshed in a never-ending war against the Untouched. To add to her problems, she must pose as King Derik’s mistress to conceal her forbidden powers from the Emperor’s spies.

When Riece unexpectedly returns to Sheehan with a new and beautiful ally, Clio knows she must put him out of her mind once and for all, but first, they are thrust together into battle against a mysterious Untouched warrior with otherworldly power. To reclaim her city, she must team up with the man she hurt, the man she still loves but can never be with, and finally confront the questions about her origin—questions with answers that Clio may not be prepared to face.

4 ½ ★

My Review 

Slow Burn: Infected by Bobby Adair

Synopsis:

Slow Burn: Infected picks up the story of Zed, Murphy, and Jerome where Slow Burn: Zero Day ended.

All three have all been infected but have not succumbed to the most pernicious symptoms of the virus. They’re not the mindless cannibals that most infected are. Nevertheless, their band of survivors, fearful about the trio’s infections, have ostracized them.

Now, back on the street, with weapons to defend themselves but little food in their packs, they embark on a search for Murphy’s family while following the rumor of a safe haven in the form of a doomsday bunker under a house in east Austin.

But the world is more hazardous than they could have guessed. They expect violence from the voracious infected but they have harsh lessons to learn about the lethality of the uninfected. And without people to support the infrastructure of modern civilization, they find that danger comes in many forms.

3 ½★

My Review

Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

Synopsis:

After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace. While they’re thrilled to escape all the infighting, Curran misses the constant challenges of leading the shapeshifters.

So when the Pack offers him its stake in the Mercenary Guild, Curran seizes the opportunity—too bad the Guild wants nothing to do with him and Kate. Luckily, as a veteran merc, Kate can take over any of the Guild’s unfinished jobs in order to bring in money and build their reputation. But what Kate and Curran don’t realize is that the odd jobs they’ve been working are all connected.

An ancient enemy has arisen, and Kate and Curran are the only ones who can stop it—before it takes their city apart piece by piece…

5 ★

My Review 

„Onyx – Schattenschimmer“ von Jennifer L. Armentrout ist der zweite Teil dieser Romantasy-Reihe.

Seitdem Daemon Katy geheilt hat, verbindet die beiden etwas. Katy spürt wenn er in der Nähe ist und auch so merkt sie einfach diese Verbindung. Doch hat es etwas mit ihren Gefühlen zu tun? Katy streitet dies ab und macht es Daemaon damit auch nicht leicht. Doch dann gibt es ja noch den neuen Mitschüler.

Katy muss sich hier mit ihren Gefühlen auseinandersetzten. Liebt sie Daemon oder den neuen oder keinen? Auch muss sie lernen ihre neuen Fähigkeiten zu kontrollieren. Sonst kann es ganz schon gefährlich werden. So muss Katy einige Hindernisse überwinden.

Die Charaktere sind wieder richtig schon ausgearbeitet. Man lernt von den „Alten“ immer noch neue Seiten kennen. Gerade Daemon kann da richtig punkten. Auch die neuen Charas passen gut hinein und sind nicht immer leicht zu durchschauen.

Jennifer L. Armentrout lässt den Leser tiefer in die Welt rund um die Aliens blicken. Man lernt viel Neues kennen. Schön ist dabei vor allem, dass die Lux selber nicht alles wissen. Sie müssen es auch erst entdecken.

Der erste Band hat ja schon für viel Spannung und unerwartete Wendungen gesorgt. Dieser Teil kann es sogar noch toppen!

Es startet zwar ruhig, aber es kommen immer mehr Elemente hinzu, die für Spannung sorgen. Der neue Mitschüler, die Verbindung zwischen den beiden, …. Je mehr Katy herausfindet, desto mehr neue Sachen werden auch aufgedeckt oder werden ausgelöst.

Es wird so richtig spannend und fesselnd. Und wenn man denkt so jetzt können sie durchatmen, gibt es wieder etwas obendrauf! Gerade zum Schluss hin steigert es sich enorm. Das Ende lässt einen auf den nächsten Teil warten.

Es ist wieder flüssig zu lesen und man ist schnell wieder in der Geschichte drin. Man fühlt sich gleich wieder wohl.

Das Cover zeigt ein rennendes Mädchen. Sie befindet sich auf einer Wiese und läuft zu einem Wald. Dies passt zu Katy. Auch gibt es wieder die schönen Schimmer-Effekte auf dem Cover wie bei Obsidian. Eben wieder ein Eye-Catcher.

Nach Obsidian musste ich auch diesen Teil lesen. Ich war gespannt, denn die Latte lag sehr hoch. Onyx war einfach hammer. Ich konnte mehr von Katy und Daemon erfahren, musste mit ihnen mit fiebern und wurde einfach mitgerissen von der Spannung. Jetzt warte ich gespannt auf den dritten Teil.

Ganz klar! 5 von 5 Wölfen!

February been a short month but I got more books done than I thought I would. It has been a great month book wise. 

I got all my reading goal for February done .. Yay . 

I cant believe in little over a month I been doing reviews on Booklikes for a year. What a great year it has been.

I finally got caught up with the Kate Daniels series and can't believe I have to wait so long to find out what happens next.

Read The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead the final book in Bloodlines series, the book it self was okay but the overall ending and the series was great. 

Also started The Return by JLA and can not wait for the next book and read more about Josie and Seth.

Other than that I got a few ARCs done .

Anyways, on to the next month , I don't have a real goal other than getting to some more ARCs and finish them if I have some time left I just pick something of my never ending TBR pile.

Okay here is my February Roundup, as always the buy links are included in my reviews that I also will link .

Thank you and happy reading :)

Sacrificed by Emily Wibberley

Synopsis:

Fifteen-year-old Clio should have never been the Oracle of Sheehan. That power is passed from mother to eldest daughter, and Clio is the youngest of four sisters. But when her entire family is murdered by Mannix, the king’s adviser, Clio is left all alone and heir to a power she never wanted and doesn’t understand.

Hunted by Mannix, Clio seeks refuge in a foreign city where oracles are absolutely forbidden. If she’s found out, she will be sacrificed atop its great pyramid.

Clio has no choice but to win the trust of Riece, an enemy warrior. Despite the growing feelings between them, Clio knows that if he finds out who she really is, he won’t hesitate to kill her.

Clio tries to hide her budding powers, but the visions she has of Mannix bringing a barbarian army into Sheehan torture her conscience. She alone has the strength and foresight to stop him, but only if she can embrace her destiny and sacrifice everything.

4 ★

My Review 

Through Infinity by Libby Austin

Synopsis:

Candice and Jason Woodruff had everything going for them: a strong marriage, the family they’d dreamed of, and successful businesses. When they made their wedding vows, they promised to love each other through infinity and beyond…but Candice doesn’t remember making that vow. Candice doesn’t remember the last eighteen years. After a medical emergency, Candice awakens to find herself a married mother of four. She’s surrounded by a loving family of strangers, but Candice struggles to claim an identity while learning to be a wife and mother. Candice is no longer the same woman Jason fell in love with all those years ago. Can they learn to love each other in this new reality? Through Infinity is one woman’s journey as she rediscovers the love of her husband and children. But will that new found love be strong enough to carry them through infinity and beyond…

4 ½★

My Review

Marie’s World by Joe E. Legend and Kristal McKerrington

Synopsis:

Marie’s World tells a tale of love gone wrong, of doing the right thing even if it hurts and how to survive when your world is turned upside down.

Famed dancer, actress and Reality TV star Marie returns from LA to her hometown in Scotland to escape the fall-out from the damaging revelations in her twin sister Layla’s thinly-disguised novel. As she attempts to rebuild her life and career with her partner Derek, Marie’s long-repressed memories and emotions come flooding to the surface, and she finds herself menaced by the world of her former husband, the only man she has ever truly loved and now her most dangerous adversary.

2 ½ ★

My Review 

The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead

Synopsis:

The epic conclusion to Richelle Mead’s New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series is finally here…

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.

After their secret romance is exposed, Sydney and Adrian find themselves facing the wrath of both the Alchemists and the Moroi in this electrifying conclusion to Richelle Mead’s New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series. When the life of someone they both love is put on the line, Sydney risks everything to hunt down a deadly former nemesis. Meanwhile, Adrian becomes enmeshed in a puzzle that could hold the key to a shocking secret about spirit magic, a secret that could shake the entire Moroi world.

3 ½★

My Review 

Darkness of Light by Stacey Marie Brown

Synopsis:

Ember Brycin has been called them all. She’s always known she’s different. No one has ever called her normal, even under the best circumstances. Bizarre and inexplicable things continually happen to her, and having two different colored eyes, strange hair, and an unusual tattoo only contributes to the gossip about her.

When the latest school explosion lands her in a facility for troubled teens, she meets Eli Dragen, who’s hot as hell and darkly mysterious. Their connection is full of passion, danger, and secrets. Secrets that will not only change her life, but what and who she is—leading her down a path she never imagined possible.

Between Light and Dark, Ember finds a world where truth and knowledge are power and no one can be trusted. But her survival depends on finding out the truth about herself. In her pursuit, she is forced between love and destiny and good and evil, even when the differences between them aren’t always clear. At worst, she will incite a war that could destroy both worlds. At best, she will not only lose her heart but her life and everyone she loves. Once the truth is out, however, there will be no going back. And she’ll definitely wish she could.

3★

My Review

Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews

Synopsis:

A collection of short stories out from Curran’s POV

4★

My Review

The Millionaire’s Deception by Wendy Byrne

Synopsis:

He always wins. And she never gives up… Rafe McCall has a reputation as the Closer. He rakes in serious cash to make deals happen. Convincing small restaurant owner Frankie Ritacco to sell his business for property development should have been a piece of cake. So Rafe blows into Wilcox, Iowa on his Harley, convinced the deal is all but done. But he is so, so wrong… For starters, “Frankie” is a woman. A stunning, stubborn woman who wants to preserve her idyllic small town. The Crossroads Café is a family legacy Frankie plans to leave to her future children, and there is no way she’s selling—even to a sexy millionaire who makes her heart race. But her café is in serious trouble, and Rafe must decide if he can close the deal…or if he’s found the deal breaker of a lifetime.

2 ½ ★

My Review

The Return by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis:

The Fates are cackling their bony asses off…

It’s been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they’ve given him have been violent and bloody–which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth. He’s got to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet.

Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy’s deal might be, but it’s a good bet that his arrival means the new life she started after leaving home is about to be thrown into an Olympian-sized blender turned up to puree. Either Josie is going insane or a nightmare straight out of ancient myth is gunning for her.

But it might be the unlikely attraction simmering between her and the golden-eyed, secret-keeping Seth that may prove to be the most dangerous thing of all.

Because history has once again been flipped to repeat.

4 ½ ★

My Review

Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews

Synopsis:

Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack’s shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by the European packs, and there’s little available in Atlanta.

Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they’ll pay him in medicine. With the young people’s survival and the Pack’s future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they’re heading straight into a trap…

4 ★

My Review

Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews

Synopsis:

No matter how much the paranormal politics of Atlanta change, one thing always remains the same: if there’s trouble, Kate Daniels will be in the middle of it…

As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to keep her investigative business afloat, she must now deal with the affairs of the pack, including preparing her people for attack from Roland, a cruel ancient being with god-like powers. Since Kate’s connection to Roland has come out into the open, no one is safe—especially those closest to Kate.

As Roland’s long shadow looms ever nearer, Kate is called to attend the Conclave, a gathering of the leaders from the various supernatural factions in Atlanta. When one of the Masters of the Dead is found murdered there, apparently at the hands of a shapeshifter, Kate is given only twenty-four hours to hunt down the killer. And this time, if she fails, she’ll find herself embroiled in a war which could destroy everything she holds dear…

5 ★

My Review