The Best Books Ever

Crown of Embers By Rae Carson Published by Harper Teen Published on September 18, 2012 Source: ARC from Publisher Summary taken from Goodreads : In the sequel to the acclaimed The Girl of Fire and Thorns , a seventeen-year-old princess turned war queen faces sorcery, adventure, untold power, and romance as she fulfills her epic destiny. Elisa is the hero of her country. She led her people to victory against a terrifying enemy, and now she is their queen. But she is only seventeen years old. Her rivals may have simply retreated, choosing stealth over battle. And no one within her court trusts her-except Hector, the commander of the royal guard, and her companions. As the country begins to crumble beneath her and her enemies emerge from the shadows, Elisa will take another journey. With a one-eyed warrior, a loyal friend, an enemy defector, and the man she is falling in love with, Elisa crosses the ocean in search of the perilous, uncharted, and mythical source of ...

C ovet (The Clann #2) By Melissa Darnell Published by Harlequinn Teen Published on  Source: NetGalley Summary taken from Goodreads : Dangerous to be together. Painful to be apart. Savannah Colbert knows she broke up with Tristan Coleman for the right reasons. Most of all, to keep from killing him with her new vampire abilities. But try telling her heart. Now, lost in a sea of hostile Clann faces, Sav tries to come to terms with what she's becoming and what that means for her future. And that someone is doing their best to bully her into making a terrible mistake. Tristan can't believe Sav won't even talk to him. If being apart is her decision, fine. Just don't expect him to honor it. But even as he prepares to fight for the girl he loves, forces beyond their control take them both in directions neither could have foreseen or prepared for. A reckoning is coming…and not everyone will survive. The Cover:  I don't normally trash cove...

Another Sunday, another giveaway!   This week, we're giving away a copy of Christian sci-fi thriller Replication: The Jason Experiment . Replication: The Jason Experiment (Finished Copy) By Jill Williamson Published on December 27, 2011 Published by Zonderkidz When Your Life Is Not Your Own     Martyr---otherwise known as Jason 3:3---is one of hundreds of clones kept in a remote facility called Jason Farms. Told that he has been created to save humanity, Martyr has just one wish before he is scheduled to 'expire' in less than a month. To see the sky. Abby Goyer may have just moved to Alaska, but she has a feeling something strange is going on at the farm where her father works. But even this smart, confident girl could never have imagined what lies beneath a simple barn. Or what would happen when a mysterious boy shows up at her door, asking about the stars. As the reality of the Jason Experiment comes to light, Martyr is caught between two...

A young widow nursing the wounds of her past… A cowboy with demons of his own… Though grateful for the blessing of her daughter, Carissa Lowe has accepted that widowhood is her lot in life. Bound by fear and mistrust, she feels incapable of opening her heart again. Tyler Atherton has never forgotten Carissa. When he discovers she’s living with her sister on a nearby ranch, his life becomes intertwined with the lovely widow’s. And Carissa’s daughter, Gloria, seems determined to wrap herself around his little finger. But while Tyler longs to provide a home and future for Carissa, he is haunted by an obligation he feels unable to fulfill. Challenged by mounting hardships, can Carissa and Tyler preserve their fledgling love in a land as unforgiving and vibrant as the people who call it home?                                               ...

Perfect Escape By Jennifer Brown Published by Little Brown Published on July 2012 Source: Finished Copy from Publisher Summary taken from Goodreads : Kendra has always felt overshadowed by her older brother, Grayson, whose OCD forces him to live a life of carefully coordinated routines. The only way Kendra can stand out next to Grayson is to be perfect, and she has perfection down to an art -- until a cheating scandal threatens her flawless reputation. Behind the wheel of her car, with Grayson asleep beside her, Kendra decides to drive away from it all -- with enough distance, maybe she'll be able to figure everything out. But eventually, Kendra must stop running and come to terms with herself, her brother, and her past. With undeniable grace and humor, acclaimed author Jennifer Brown explores OCD, the pressure for perfection, and the emotional highs and lows of a complex sibling relationship. OCD runs in my family.  That is what orig...

Short & Sweet Reviews is pleased to bring you all sorts of goodies today, including a sneak peak of the new YA paranormal novel Dark Promise, by Julia Crane & Talia Jager! Rylie has it all - great friends, dream boy, loving family. But on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, her perfect little world shatters. A stranger claiming to be her real mother appears with a secret: Rylie is a faery whose powers will be unleashed on her birthday. Captured and forced into a new life, Rylie struggles to keep everything she loves and discovers a terrifying truth: some promises cannot be broken. Dark Promises: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes  | Goodreads Julia and Talia have teamed up before, on their earlier novel, Mesmerised: Seventeen-year-old succubus Lily Anderson can’t have a normal life: She isn't allowed a boyfriend, she has no friends, and school is just one mess-up after another. Lily’s parents send her away to the prestigious Em...

This week on Best Book Ever, we're talking about historical fiction! Anything that sweeps you back to a time long past is game.  We've got some great picks this week, check them out! This is another tough choice for me ... I'm a HUGE fan of historical fiction, and I could pick SO MANY BOOKS for this week's prompt. Since I can't, I'll go with Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran. It's an area I haven't read much about, but the story swept me away. Richly detailed, beautifully developed characters, and a story that took hold of my imagination and wouldn't let me go. Definitely an enjoyable read through history. Rebecca @  A Word's Worth I first read GONE WITH THE WIND in seventh grade. We'd been assigned to read a historical fiction novel and most of my classmates were picking My Brother Sam is Dead or Red Badge of Courage or Johnny Tremain . My teacher was understandably concerned when I signed up to read Gone With The...

Elizabeth Fama and Short and Sweet's Sarah at the Monstrous Beauty release party! (Yoinked from Elizabeth's site which is linked to below)  We are very happy to be hosting today's stop on the Monstrous Beauty Blog tour!  Today we are getting the inside scoop about Elizabeth Fama's new book: Let's start with something basic- where did the inspiration for Monstrous Beauty come from? The inspiration for Monstrous Beauty came directly from two of my children. (Can I call them children when they're taller than me?) Seeing my lack of success with quieter manuscripts after Overboard (2002), they dared me to "write a blockbuster paranormal like Twilight . It'll take you two weeks." Of course it didn't take two weeks, it took almost a year to write it, and I don't think it will make them as rich as they hoped it would. But they didn't just abandon me with their dare: Sally and Eric also helped me devise the p...

Short & Sweet Reviews is proud to be a stop on the Blink One blog tour, hosted by Bloombury Teens ! Blink Once By Cylin Busby Published on September 4, 2012 Published by Bloomsbury  Source: Netgalley Summary from Goodreads : West is a high school senior who has everything going for him until an accident leaves him paralyzed. Strapped down in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, West is terrified and alone. Until he meets Olivia. She's the girl next door—sort of. A patient in the room next to his, only Olivia can tell what West is thinking, and only Olivia seems to know that the terrible dreams he's been having are not just a result of his medication. Yet as West comes to rely on Olivia—to love her, even—certain questions pull at him: Why has Olivia been in the hospital for so long? And what does it mean that she is at the center of his nightmares? But the biggest question of all comes when West begins to recover and learns that the myst...