Review: Dolls

The Dolls (Dolls #1) 
by Kiki Sullivan
Paperback, 384 pages 
Published September 2nd 2014 
by Balzer + Bray
ARC from Edelweiss
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Eveny Cheval just moved back to Louisiana after spending her childhood in New York with her aunt Bea. Eveny hasn’t seen her hometown since her mother’s suicide fourteen years ago, and her memories couldn’t have prepared her for what she encounters. Because pristine, perfectly manicured Carrefour has a dark side full of intrigue, betrayal, and lies—and Eveny quickly finds herself at the center of it all. 

Enter Peregrine Marceau, Chloe St. Pierre, and their group of rich, sexy friends known as the Dolls. From sipping champagne at lunch to hooking up with the hottest boys, Peregrine and Chloe have everything—including an explanation for what’s going on in Carrefour. And Eveny doesn’t trust them one bit.

But after murder strikes and Eveny discovers that everything she believes about herself, her family, and her life is a lie, she must turn to the Dolls for answers. Something’s wrong in paradise, and it’s up to Eveny, Chloe, and Peregrine to save Carrefour and make it right.

After reading Beautiful Creatures, I'm always looking forward to a YA fantasy with a Southern setting. So I'm all excited to read this in the beginning.

The promise of a murder mystery, magical secrets and some vodoo did intrigued me when I first started this book. But honestly after a few chapters, I found myself slowly losing interest. This book is filled with YA cliches' like instant romances, love triangle, popular mean girls and the main character who turned out to be some super special zandara queen in Lousiana. 

It just didn't feel right for someone like Eveny and her popular 'dolls' friends to be so powerful and rich out of the blue. Yup, I know the girls inherited their powers but still if only the girls use those powers to good then maybe I'll probably like them more. But in the end, this turned out to be a disappointing mix of spoilt Gossip Girls and Charmed which really turned me off.

Waiting on Wednesday #80: Lailah

Waiting on Wednesday is a wonderful meme created by Jill from Breaking the Spine where we highlighted an upcoming release that we're eagerly anticipating.

Lailah (The Styclar Saga #1)
by Nikki Kelly Kindle Edition, 352 pages 
Expected publication: October 7th 2014 
by Feiwel and Friends

The girl knows she’s different. She doesn’t age. She has no family. She has visions of a past life, but no clear clues as to what she is, or where she comes from. But there is a face in her dreams – a light that breaks through the darkness. She knows his name is Gabriel. 

On her way home from work, the girl encounters an injured stranger whose name is Jonah. Soon, she will understand that Jonah belongs to a generation of Vampires that serve even darker forces. Jonah and the few like him, are fighting with help from an unlikely ally – a rogue Angel, named Gabriel. 

In the crossfire between good and evil, love and hate, and life and death, the girl learns her name: Lailah. But when the lines between black and white begin to blur, where in the spectrum will she find her place? And with whom? Gabriel and Jonah both want to protect her. But Lailah will have to fight her own battle to find out who she truly is.

That cover just screamed horror movie in my opinion. What is this book about? Angels? Vampires? Can't wait to find out.

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Waiting on Wednesday #79: The Young Elites

Waiting on Wednesday is a wonderful meme created by Jill from Breaking the Spine where we highlighted an upcoming release that we're eagerly anticipating.

The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) 
by Marie Lu 
Kindle Edition, 336 pages 
Expected publication: October 7th 2014 
by Putnam Books for Young Readers

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I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. 

Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites. 

Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all. 

Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen. Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.

It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.

Guys, it's Marie Lu's new series! How can I not be excited about it? I personally prefer her last book in the Legend series to be better than that other popular disappointing dystopian series (which should remain nameless). I'm hoping that this new fantasy will also turned out amazing.