Cover Love (13)

This feature is hosted by Carmel @ Rabid Reads. The rules are very simple. Choose a cover (or two, or three), preferably new-ish, and share what you like about it. Grab the graphic or don't just so long as you link back.


My pick this week:

I've heard so, so much about the Iron Fey series, I feel like I HAVE to read that series. But back to the cover of The Immortal Rules. I love her blood-red eye and her blood tear. If that's not enough, I love the font of Blood Of Eden. And the air of complete creepiness that this cover has. Or that's how I feel. Or maybe I'm biased because I'm hoping the world would stop moving and the clock would stop ticking long enough for me to finish this book. Oh, and wake up tomorrow and have the second book out already. I don't think I can wait an entire year for the second book *sniffle*

What's your pick this week?

Book Review: An Untimely Love by Tendai Huchu

  

Author: Tendai Huchu

My Rating: 3 cups

Source: review copy offered by the author

Blurb (from Goodreads):

Love can find us in the most unusual of circumstances. This is what happens to Khalid Patel, a terrorist, when he falls in love with Smokey, a feisty and independent young woman who was to be Britain's first female suicide bomber. On what is meant to be his day of martyrdom, his violent worldview is thrown into turmoil. We share his thoughts as Death and Duty become irrevocably and movingly entwined with Love and Life.

I've never read a book where terrorists or suicide bombers were the main characters before. I have to say it was a really interesting perspective and I was actually surprised.  I liked Khalid's story and to see how he grew from the suicide bomber from the beginning of the novel to the man who sacrifices his freedom and happiness to save thousands of innocent people at the end of the book. The reader gets to see how Khalid transformed from an ordinary student to a trained terrorist.

For a while the story goes back and forth between Khalid preparing, along with his three other partners, to arrive at the train station and Khalid's past, where we see him learning to fish, to start a fire, to make bombs, to practice target shooting. Somewhere along the way, he falls in love with Selina "Smokey" Ashraf and they get married on their way to the train station. After that, the story focuses on Khalid, his struggle to kill the man who destroyed his life and, later, to find and rescue Smokey.

What I liked about the book was that it was filled with action and suspense. There is never a dull moment in this story. There were also moments where Khalid's internal struggle felt so raw and real, it was almost like it was right there in front of me.

What I would've liked to see more was the relationship between Khalid and Smokey, how they first met, how they fell in love. It didn't feel like this was a love story, even if it was doomed from the start, but more like it was Khalid's story and the story of his redemption.

Aside that, the book was really interesting.

Happy Easter!!!

Hey everyone! It's just past midnight in my neck of the woods, so I wanted to wish you all Happy Easter. I hope the Easter Bunny will bring you lots pf prezzies and happiness and anything you desire! 

Follow Friday (14)

Welcome to Follow Friday hosted this week by Parajunkee and Alison!
The main idea behind FF is just to go see a bunch of new blogs you may never have seen before, and follow the ones you like (and they’ll follow you back!) It’s a total win/win, so take a peek around!


This week’s question is:


Q: Have you ever bought a book BECAUSE of a bad review?




No, to be honest. Besides the fact that I rarely read reviews before I read the book, I believe that reviews are very personal. I've lost count of how many books I loved and others hated or books I couldn't care less about (and some I actually regret buying, let alone reading) that others loved them.

What about you?

Dirty Little Secret (6)

Dirty Little Secret is a weekly meme hosted by Under The Covers.

The rules are simple:

1. Be a follower of Under the Covers.
2. Create a post in your blog taking the meme image and copy instructions.
3. Answer the weekly question.

For more information and for signing up, go to the Under The Covers blog.


This week's question:




Now that Lover Reborn has come and passed, what book are you most looking forward to?!


Um...I know it sounds weird, but I didn't even thunk about this before. Huh...must be the weather. Anyway, looking through my "impatiently waiting for" list, I see the new Dark Hunter book, Time Untime. *sigh* Is it August yet??

What about you? What are you impatiently waiting for?

Cover Reveal

So I was doing my daily blog lurking and I found this awesome new cover *drum roll please* :

That's right, a knew hot cover from the awesome Lorelei James for her series of sexy, bad boy cowboys, Rough Riders. We still have to wait until June 26th for the book *pout* But at least now we can ogle and drool at this very cool, very sexy cover.