Waiting on Wednesday #28

Waiting on Wednesday was started by Breaking the Spine and serves to showcase those books that aren’t released yet, but that we’re eagerly awaiting!

Name: Ensnared (Splintered #3)
Author: A. G. Howard
Number of Pages: 384 in Kindle Edition
Published: January 6th 2015 by Amulet Books
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Retellings, Romance, Paranormal

After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She’s determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles . . . and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through the looking-glass world–a parallel dimension filled with mutated and violent netherling outcasts. In the final installment of the wildly popular Splintered trilogy, Alyssa and her dad journey into the heart of magic and mayhem in search of her mom and to set right all that’s gone wrong. Together with Jeb and Morpheus, they must salvage Wonderland from the decay and destruction that has ensnared it. But if they succeed and come out alive, can everyone truly have their happily ever after?

Remember when I posted a blog that I’ve requested for this on NetGalley? Well, I was declined. Sigh. Sadface. Anyway, I really really love to have this despite of me having issues with the first two books. Giving this series another shot since how the second book has ended intrigued me and I love Jed’s character who’s on the cover of Ensnared. I love the book cover. So gorgeous. Don’t you think? So here I am, waiting for this one to be released. Hoping to win an ARC on the latest giveaway I’ve found.

Click the links below to join the giveaways 😀

10 Hardcovers of Ensnared (US Only)

1 Signed Splintered Series ARC set (International)

A. G. Howard also released the first chapter of the book and
THAT made me so much more excited to have the book.

My Week in a Wrapped #4

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

The past week was all work, work and a lot of work. Nothing really new except for a new game I downloaded on my phone that’s been eating most of my spare time, other than reading of course. And guess what? I have also created an account on Net Galley. Yes. After years of reading I finally created my account. Loser I know. LOL! I need advice from you guys on how publishers could accept my requests since I’ve sent tons, but none of them was accepted. I don’t know. I was so upset when I’ve received emails confirming that none of them was approved. Perhaps I could edit my profile and say stuff. Sigh. I don’t have any idea on how to make it work so maybe you guys can give me tips and whatnot. I also want to know if there are books that’s already available for download so I could check them out. I’m really hoping you guys can help me out with this. Please. PRETTY PLEASE! 😀

Last Week On The Blog

• My Week in a Wrapped #3
• Update + Giveaway: Ensnared by A.G. Howard
• Teaser Tuesday #14: The Blood of Olympus
• Waiting on Wednesday #20: The Last Changeling (Faerie Revolutions #1)
• Book Review: The Blood Of Olympus (Heroes of Olympus #5)
• Book Beginning #2: Winterspell

Update + Giveaway: Ensnared by A.G. Howard

I must admit I have a love and hate relationship with this series, but I can’t help waiting for it too. Weird eh? January is still a long way from now. I dig up updates so I can share it with you guys since like most of you, I can’t wait to get my hands on this book as well.

Name: Ensnared (Splintered #3)
Author: A. G. Howard
Number of Pages: 384 in Kindle Edition
Published: January 6th 2015 by Amulet Books
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Retellings, Romance, Paranormal

After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She’s determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles . . . and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through the looking-glass world–a parallel dimension filled with mutated and violent netherling outcasts. In the final installment of the wildly popular Splintered trilogy, Alyssa and her dad journey into the heart of magic and mayhem in search of her mom and to set right all that’s gone wrong. Together with Jeb and Morpheus, they must salvage Wonderland from the decay and destruction that has ensnared it. But if they succeed and come out alive, can everyone truly have their happily ever after?

I found a giveaway by Ms. Howard herself and I got so excited there’s no way I’m not sharing this with my friends. The ARCs for this book has finally come out and she’s sharing it with us. The book cover is amazing, I can’t wait to have mine. Please click the link below to enter the giveaway.

Giveaway: Ensnared by A.G. Howard

This is an international giveaway and here’s what’s up for grabs:

Book Review: Unhinged (Splintered #2)

Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole and faced the bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the guy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly seductive Morpheus and the vindictive Queen Red. Now all she has to do is graduate high school and make it through prom so she can attend the prestigious art school in London she’s always dreamed of.

That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from an asylum, acting overly protective and suspicious. And it would be much simpler if the mysterious Morpheus didn’t show up for school one day to tempt her with another dangerous quest in the dark, challenging Wonderland—where she (partly) belongs.

As prom and graduation creep closer, Alyssa juggles Morpheus’s unsettling presence in her real world with trying to tell Jeb the truth about a past he’s forgotten. Glimpses of Wonderland start to bleed through her art and into her world in very disturbing ways, and Morpheus warns that Queen Red won’t be far behind.

If Alyssa stays in the human realm, she could endanger Jeb, her parents, and everyone she loves. But if she steps through the rabbit hole again, she’ll face a deadly battle that could cost more than just her head.

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If you have read my review for Splintered, you probably knew the reason that I continued reading this series. Don’t get me wrong, I like the series. I just couldn’t bring myself to actually love it. As in really love it. I’m not pretty sure why. I absorbed this a bit better than the first book though. Perhaps because I already had an idea of what was going on unlike when I first read it.

The book cover is beautiful, it’s Morpheus and it kinda freak me out because it is exactly how I imagined him to look like. I still hate him. Ha ha! The world building on this one didn’t disappoint. It’s still magical, graphic and wonderful. Yet, I’m not sure about the plot. The book got me hooked on the first five or six chapters, a chapter on the middle part and some parts from the last couple of chapters I believe, the rest is Alyssa being so confused and it got me annoyed. I really think that most of the plot included Alyssa being torn. Not so certain if she was really torn in staying in the human realm and being queen in wonderland or torn between Jeb and Morpheus. Honestly, I hate the love triangle. I also hate that it feels like the story revolved around it. Mostly. Like it overshadowed the real deal. It overshadowed the fact that they need to defeat Red for the sake of both worlds. Now I fully grasped why reviews indicated that it has “No Plot” at all. It’s because of this. This love triangle. Sigh.