CONTEST CLOSED
I know that there's more than a few of you out there who have been waiting patiently for Hades, the sequel to Halo by Alexandra Adornetto. Well, it's finally here! And luckily for you, I've got a copy to give away!
Bethany and Xavier are even closer since battling Jake Thorn and his evil influence and Beth and her angel siblings must still protect Venus Cove from the Dark Forces.
When a party game—a séance—inadvertently releases Jake from the Underworld, he disguises himself and tricks Beth into taking a ride on his motorcycle. When the highway opens up and swallows them, Beth learns too late that she’s now a prisoner in hell. What happens to angels there? As her archangel brother, Gabriel, her sister Ivy, Xavier, and her best friend, Molly search for her, Beth must weigh Jake’s bargaining for her freedom: one night with him, and she will be released back to Earth.
Can Jake be trusted in this wager? And is he also using Beth to engineer the fall of the archangel Gabriel? Xavier has already lost one love—when Jake tricks him into thinking that Bethany is dead, his grief and anger result in a betrayal that will leave Bethany—and readers—wondering if he is so good after all.
It will be up to Beth to use everything she’s learned about her powers as an angel—and about love—to free herself and those she loves from the clutches of Hades.
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(1) lucky winner will receive Hades by Alexandra Adornetto
courtesy of Macmillan
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- Contest ends 9/9/11, at 9 p.m. EST.
Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl, well, most of the time. So she’s messed around with a few boys, but she never goes too far. But when she meets Luc Cain, the new kid in school, Frannie isn’t so sure that she wants to stay away. There’s something so sexy and…wicked about him that she is undeniably attracted to. But Luc isn’t who Frannie thinks he is; not just the tantalizing new guy, Luc is a demon whose mission is to claim Frannie’s soul for Hell. All he has to do is get her to sin, which shouldn’t be too difficult with his looks, or so he thinks. Time is running short for Luc when the angel Gabriel shows up, intent on claiming Frannie’s soul for Heaven. Luc and Gabriel will fight for Frannie’s soul—and her heart—but only one can emerge victorious. 
For three years, Emerson Cole has seen strange things, images and apparitions that look like they should only be in scenes from historical movies—not in Emerson’s everyday life. She wants more than anything to be rid of these visions but the pills, counseling, and psychiatric help have never worked. She’s resigned herself to praying that she won’t mess up when determining whether someone is real or an illusion when her brother brings in yet another specialist. His name is Michael Weaver, and he works for a mysterious organization called Hourglass. Emerson is hesitant at first to give Michael a chance, but she soon realizes that Michael may actually be able to help her. But the closer she gets to Michael and the truth about her past and future, the deeper she’s drawn into the mysteries and dangers of the Hourglass—dangers that threaten her life and all she’s ever known.
Paisley is the drummer in a country rock band with one dream: escaping from her tiny Texas hometown. If her band could just get it together and find a decent lead singer, then they could have a shot at the stage at Texapalooza. If they can make it there, then Paisley has a better chance of getting noticed. And Paisley is sure that getting noticed for her skill on the drums will be her ticket to freedom. But all that gets jeopardized when the guy from Paradise, Texas shows up. He’s got enough talent and decent enough voice to front the band, but he still might end up tearing the band—and Paisley’s dreams—apart. And as infuriating as he is sometimes, there’s just something about Paradise that Paisley can’t ignore. There’s something about him that’s going to make her realize that maybe escaping from Prosper County isn’t the only thing she wants out of life.
c is a book that I’ve wanted to read for a very long time, ever since I finished reading Elsewhere years ago. Like Zevin’s first YA novel, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is beautifully written and very thoughtful. It is a story that so thoroughly explores the importance of identity to the teenage self as well as the power behind close relationships, whether with a family member, good friend, or significant other. Memory is something that has always fascinated me, so it was so interesting to see how Zevin manipulated Naomi’s memories over the course of the novel. I am a little sad to say that Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac did not grab me in quite the same way that Elsewhere did, but I can’t deny that this novel is one of the more unusual and contemplative contemporary stories I've read and is satisfyingly filled with complex, believable characters and Zevin’s unwaveringly strong writing. 
Lacey Anne Byer has always been the good girl. She obeys her nine o’clock curfew, attends church regularly, and never argues with her parents. She’s never minded not being the center of attention, but this year, Lacey is definitely ready for a movie moment or at least something more than ordinary. This year, she’s determined to land a good role in Hell House, her church’s way of teaching about sin and drawing new people to their faith. She’s sure that’ll be her chance to shine. But then Ty Davis moves to town, and suddenly, all Lacey can think about is shining in a different sort of way—a way that would get Ty to notice her. Ty is sweet, smart, and cute, and Lacey finds herself falling for him even though the fact that he doesn’t believe like she does confuses her. But as the number of shocks and conflicts connected to Hell House increase, Ty is the only person she can talk to as she starts to question the behavior of her church community. And as these conflicts grow closer to home, Lacey will have to decide whether she wants to be the girl shaped only by her church’s beliefs or the girl who’s defined by her own.
After his second attempt to escape Furnace Penitentiary fails, he knows he’s about to face his worst nightmare. Gone are the days of relatively safe living in Gen Pop or even Solitary. Now, hidden away in the darkest depths of the prison, Alex is going to be subjected to the most evil of experiments. He will be transformed from a human into a monster, into a Black Suit. His only defense is clinging onto the memory of who he used to be—Alex Sawyer. But as his veins are pumped full of the evil nectar, he finds himself succumbing to the more sinister of his innermost thoughts. Against his will, he is turning into what he used to fear most—a soldier of Furnace. Can he still remember to fight his way to freedom once he forgets who he is?
Haven Moore and Iain Morrow thought they could escape the Ouroboros Society and everything else by running away to Rome. They’re happy enough, even when Haven starts to suspect that they are being watched and followed. But their bubble of bliss is finally burst when Haven finds out that her best friend Beau has gone missing. There’s nothing that Haven wouldn’t do for Beau, so she and Iain return to New York City to begin their search despite the very real danger posed by their close proximity to the Ouroboros Society’s headquarters. Haven knows that the search won’t be easy, but she’s still not completely prepared for being thrust back into the deadly politics of the Eternal Ones. Confronted with enemies new and old, Haven will have her trust tested, her feelings challenged, and her sense of self questioned until she no longer knows what kind of happiness she really wants—in this life or the next.
Katarina Bishop is no ordinary girl and certainly no ordinary criminal. Ever since she pulled off one of the greatest museum robberies in the world, she’s been traveling around, liberating priceless works of art for the benefit of the public. It’s her way of using her skills for good, and fortunately, none of the jobs have been too difficult. But when she is asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald, Kat knows she may be in way over her head. Not only has this gem not been publically seen in over thirty years, it has a history of not staying in its owner’s hands for long—because it’s rumored to be cursed. Can Kat do it? She’s not so sure, but when the job turns into a nightmare of lies and deception, Kat knows she can’t back down. But now that she’s facing a rival who knows all the tricks in the book, does Kat have what it takes to out con the perfect con artist? 
Lexi has lived in the quite little town of Near all her life. And even though she doesn’t quite fit in, she likes it there. It’s the only home she has ever known, and that’s where all her friends and family are. But everything changes when a stranger appears and the children of Near start disappearing from their beds. Everyone is convinced that the stranger is at fault—everyone except for Lexi. She knows that someone—or something—else is at work, and with the help of the stranger, she’s doing her best to find out. But her search leads her in surprising directions, to what she thought were just bedtime stories for children. Could it be that the Near Witch is not just a story? And how can she defeat this elemental magic and save the ones she loves from harm?
Coming into her own Talent, for stopping and sometimes absorbing others’ Talents, hasn’t been what Tamsin Greene thought it would be like. Most of her family still treats her as an outsider because they think Tam is too powerful for her own good. Perhaps she is, but Tam has only ever wanted to use her power to help her family. Thus, when she discovers a plot to restore the ancient Talented Knight family at the expense of the Greene family’s existence, she does the only thing she can think of—she tries to stop it. To do this, she follows the evil Alistair Knight back in time to Victorian era New York, where she disguises herself as a lady’s maid in the treacherous Knight household. As the atrocities of the beginnings of the Knight-Greene feud come to light, it becomes more pertinent than ever for the Knights to be stopped. But what price will Tam have to pay to save her family—and more importantly, is she willing?
Jamie’s not quite sure why she decided to take a job as an au pair at Little Bly this summer. It’s true that she probably needs to take a break from wallowing in the unhappiness of her own life, but she’s not so sure that Little Bly will be any better, since she doesn’t know anyone there. At least her charge Isa seems to be a sweet girl and Jamie has her secret stash of pills for emergencies. Things take a turn for the stranger when Jamie finds out about the accident the summer prior that took the lives of Isa’s former au pair and her boyfriend—and that Jamie looks startlingly similar to her predecessor. Nothing, though, is as bizarre as when Jamie starts to see their ghosts. She’s not really sure why her connection to the dead couple is so strong, but when strange things start happening around the household, she’s convinced that their presence is sinister and real. But with the number of pills that Jamie pops daily, how can she be sure what is real and what is imagined anymore? And will she be able to figure this out before it drives her over the edge? 
