One Week Blogoversary Giveaway: DAY THREE

Three is considered my lucky number! Is it yours? If you want to find out, then enter this giveaway and see whether you can win in this third giveaway! Today we'll be giving away two books by one of my favourite authors!

TODAY WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY...

The Last Witch and The Underground Witch by Debbie Dee

Click on the cover for the review!

For generations the Incenaga Witches have been forced to use their power to fulfill the wishes of others until they are drained of their magic and left to die. Desperate to protect his infant daughter - the last surviving witch - Emmeline’s father escapes with her to the forests where he vows to keep her hidden from the world and from the truth.

Sixteen years later, Emmeline is discovered and finds herself in the grip of a traitor who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, even if it means abusing her power until she dies. As she fights to regain her freedom she is faced with a choice between a prince who offers a lifetime of security and a common gamekeeper who has no idea of her power, but offers his heart.

But who can she trust when her power can be used against her?

Click on the cover to see the review!

As the last of the Incenaga Witches, Emmeline has been tortured and forced to use her power to kill. But unlike the Incenagas before her, she has survived. With her freedom restored, she should feel safe, invincible even. After all, she has the protection of Prince Erick’s army and a power strong enough to obliterate any enemy. Yet Emmeline lives in fear for the next person who will try to control her, and no one can seem to find the tyrant threatening to claim her. 

Until it’s too late.

With everything on the line, and the enemy at her throat, will Emmeline be able to use her power like never before? Even if it kills her?

In The Underground Witch, the second novel of the Incenaga Trilogy, Debbie Dee delivers enough adventure, heartbreak, and suspense to captivate readers at every turn.

Same advice as usual. You know what it is ;) Good luck and no cheating! Read the terms and conditions.

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One Week Blogoversary Giveaway: DAY TWO!!!!

Are you ready for the second giveaway? Today we'll be giving away I book I really love, and would call it one of the best contemporaries I've ever read.

TODAY WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY...

Freedom Road by Tia Souders

Click on the cover to see the review for this book!

Since the tender age of eight, music served as Samantha Becker’s source of solace against her father’s tyranny and her mother’s alcoholism. Now at eighteen, her only dream is to study classical guitar at Juilliard. But when her father’s careless actions lead to an “accident,” which threatens her ability to play the guitar, Sam becomes despondent. Losing all confidence in her future, Sam hides behind the emotional barriers that have protected her for years.

Just when Sam has given up, two unexpected people enter her life, giving her the confidence she needs, and forcing her to evaluate all she’s ever known. Battling her father’s plans for her future, band mates using her for personal gain, and a permanent injury, the odds are stacked against her. With auditions approaching and time running out, Sam must relearn to play the guitar, or be destined to give up her dreams forever.

This must be getting annoying for you... hehehe MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOUR! This shows how much of a Hunger Games fan I am ;) And this is also an international giveaway!

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Blog Tour and Review: Running from Romeo by Diane Mannino

Title: Running from Romeo
Author: Diane Mannino
Release Date: 1st June 2013
Genre: Young Adult
Tour: Irresistible Reads Book Tours
Find on: Goodreads

Quick Review: Emilia King is entering her senior year at Santa Barbara University. For the past three years, she lived in the library – doing what she knows best – focusing on her studies and forgetting her past…a past that has forever changed her life. But this year marks a new beginning…

Logan Prescott is not only the hottest guy on campus, he’s heir to a billionaire hotel fortune. Emilia knows he’s trouble and should stay clear of him. But his notorious good looks and piercing blue eyes make him simply irresistible – especially when he’s quoting her favorite literary works.

Intrigued by Emilia’s innocence and resistance to his charm, Logan discovers she’s a challenge he simply can’t resist. Getting involved with him is dangerous, but running from him may be impossible.

Detailed Review: In the case of this book, it wasn't the story that really drew my attention, but the details and the setting and the characters. The main characters were really the deal for me. They made me cry and laugh and do other things I wouldn't have done while reading other books.

Even though the story was simple, it still managed to affect me, because it was a contemporary, which meant it could happen in real life and the characters just felt so real. I could literally imagine them in my mind and what was happening between them.

So my favourite characters were:

Emilia King: She is the main character and narrator in the book. Her innocence is her most distinguishable trait but her sense of humor is just the thing that makes me laugh. My heart really reached out for her when she was in any difficulty. I love the fact that she's majoring in English Literature since I love Literature too!

Logan Prescott: Emilia's love interest. He's hot and he's the heir to a chain of successful hotels around the world-Prescott Hotels. And at the same time, he's caring and kind and I loved the times when he and Emilia were together because they seemed to get along so well together, not to mention that he's also well-versed in Literature. Ahhhh could you have wished for a better guy? Even though, he was a playboy before he met Emilia, I think he could really change if he tried hard enough.

Bryn: Emilia's best friend and my imaginary best friend. I so wish she's my best friend! She's so protective and maternal and I would love a friend like that! My friends, do you hear that?

I especially love Logan's and Emilia's email exchanges because they just reflect how the pair are getting on with each other. They also managed to reveal the fact that Emilia is slowly letting her guard down and finally falls in love with him. I also love the literature which Diane has included in Emilia's English course and the songs, they just give so much hints and increase the tension between Logan and Emilia even more!

The best moment in the book was when Emilia and Logan met for the first time because it was so funny and tense and I also think that is a turning point in the story where everything for the main characters start changing. The worst moment was the ending, or more precisely the last few pages. My heart was completely shattered... I can see my heart in pieces, literally....

And not to mention the title is a good one since it relates to the book quite well, and I can't wait to know what the title for the sequel is! And the cover OMG it's so BEAUTIFUL! 

And you can guess who 'Romeo' is. *winks*

Also you've got to watch the trailer for the book! It's absolutely AWESOME. This is gonna make you wanna read the book even more!

Brief Review: The author really overworked her abilities to write this book. It couldn't have been more perfectly done and Diane can make you swoon with just a sentence over Logan and also sympathize with Emilia with just a paragraph. She definitely can break your heart in a few pages' time. This book is a MUST-READ for contemporary and romance lovers! If you don't read it, you're clearly missing out!

Final Rating: 5/5 'Totally Amazing!'

QUOTE:

 To both Logan and Emilia, who found it hard sometimes to get along together,

The course of true love never did run smooth.---William Shakespeare

Your Reviewer:

About the Author:

DIANE MANNINO graduated from University of Maryland, College Park with a degree in English Literature. She is a former writer for Museum and Arts Washington and Star Magazine as well as several television shows, including, Inside Edition, American Journal, and E! News Daily. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two beautiful daughters. Running from Romeo is her first novel and she is currently working on the sequel.

Website: http://dianemannino.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RunningFromRomeo?fref=ts


You can find other stops of the tour here:

TGIF - Feature & Follow Friday #164

FEATURE & FOLLOW FRIDAY is a blog hop that is designed to provide as much exposure towards other bloggers as well as yourself, and to expand following. It's hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, each whom feature a chosen blog for a week, it's also an interesting way to get to know one another bloggers.


QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
If you could have ONE  - one book - for the rest of your life. Don't cheat... what would it be? 

No questions asked. 

THE NIGHT CIRCUS BY ERIN MORGENSTERN

The Girl Has Turned ONE! (One Week Blogoversary Giveaway) Day #1

Today is a really SPECIAL DAYYYYYYYY!!!! 

Girl in the Woods has turned one! It's great to see how many people love our blog even though it's only been a year, albeit a fun one. We feel proud for our 'girl' who's matured and grown up. So like every good person, we decided to host a ONE WEEK LONG BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY! Each day a different book which we absolutely adore will be given away.

TODAY WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY...

Running from Romeo by Diane Mannino

Emilia King is entering her senior year at Santa Barbara University. For the past three years, she lived in the library – doing what she knows best – focusing on her studies and forgetting her past…a past that has forever changed her life. But this year marks a new beginning…

Logan Prescott is not only the hottest guy on campus, he’s heir to a billionaire hotel fortune. Emilia knows he’s trouble and should stay clear of him. But his notorious good looks and piercing blue eyes make him simply irresistible – especially when he’s quoting her favorite literary works.

Intrigued by Emilia’s innocence and resistance to his charm, Logan discovers she’s a challenge he simply can’t resist. Getting involved with him is dangerous, but running from him may be impossible.

This never gets old... May  the odds be ever in your favor! The giveaway is international!

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Waiting on Wednesday: Pawn by Aimee Carter

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by us, that highlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's upcoming 'can't-wait-to-read' selection is:

Title: Pawn

Author: Aimee Carter

Release Date: 26th November 2013

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Find on: Goodreads

YOU CAN BE A VII. IF YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING.

 For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country.

 If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked—surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. As a member of the Hart family, she will be famous. She will be adored. And for the first time, she will matter.

 There's only one catch. She must also stop the rebellion that Lila secretly fostered, the same one that got her killed …and one Kitty believes in. Faced with threats, conspiracies and a life that's not her own, she must decide which path to choose—and learn how to become more than a pawn in a twisted game she's only beginning to understand.

That cover is to die for and the story promises another good dystopian world, don't you think?

Cover Reveal: Fracture the Spider's Web by Sarah Godfrey and Victoria DeRubeis

Kali unexpectedly discovers on her first day of human high school that she’s forbidden to eat or partake of the toilet during class time, the assigned history and species books look best on the shelves of popular fiction, and the boy she’s watching over is definitely a reincarnated war lord.

The highest powers of Kali’s people and the highest powers of Yuuhi’s people, irreconcilable enemies, designated them to find proof that Jason is, in fact, the reincarnated Ares.

All Yuuhi sees in Jason is the typical scrawny, socially inept emo kid dressed in conflicting shades of black. But Kali sees that Jason’s shadow is bigger than he is, and if the powers of Yuuhi’s people find out, Jason won’t be human much longer.

The desire to protect him from an unexpected visitor brings out her most dangerous sides. Something’s changing in her, something she can’t control, and she’s not afraid of Jason mutating into a creature of the shadows more than she’s afraid she’s becoming something even worse.

And the highest powers will be watching her.

That is a beautiful cover everyone. Cover-judgers, you certainly won't want to miss this book! You could start by reading Dance in Shadow and Whisper, the first book in the Marionettes of Myth saga! You can find my review for it here.

Also there's good news! Dance in Shadow and Whisper is only 99 cents for the digital copies! So what are you waiting for? Go buy and download it! This offer only lasts till 11.59pm, 30th August so be sure to buy it before then!