Waiting on Wednesday: COLONIZATION by Aubrie Dionne

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

Colonization
Paradise Reclaimed #1
By Aubrie Dionne
Publication Date: November 7, 2012

From Goodreads:

Andromeda has spent all seventeen years of her life aboard a deep space transport vessel destined for a paradise planet. Her safe cocoon is about to break open as Paradise 21 looms only one month away, and she must take the aptitude tests to determine her role on the new world and her computer assigned lifemate. As a great-granddaughter of the Commander of the ship, she wants to live up to her family name. But, her forbidden love for her childhood friend, Sirius, distracts her and she fails the tests. The results place her in a menial role in the new colony and pair her with Corvus, “the oaf”.

But when Andromeda steps foot on Paradise 21, her predestined future is the least of her worries. Alien ghosts from a failed colonization warn her of a deadly threat to her colony. And when Sirius’s ship crashes on the far ridge in an attempt to investigate, she journeys to rescue him with Corvus.

Andromeda now must convince the authorities of the imminent danger to keep her protect her new home. What she didn’t expect was a battle of her own feelings for Sirius and Corvus.

Can she save the colony and discover her true love?

I read a really early draft of this as Aubrie's critique partner and loved it! I can't wait to read the final copy. And isn't that cover gorgeous?!

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Book Review: SHADOWBORN by Jocelyn Adams

Title: Shadowborn

Series: Lila Gray #2

Author: Jocelyn Adams

Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing (October 1, 2012)

Format: eARC Novel

Source: Publisher

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Goodreads 

Intended audience: 18+, strong language, adult themes, some violence.

Why me?

That’s the question Lila Gray asks every time yet another bad guy tries to destroy the earth, and she learns she’s the only one who can stop it. Once again, something’s on the prowl, leaving hundreds of comatose, soulless victims in its wake.

Couldn’t the deadliest assassins of the Otherworld go after someone else instead of the brand new Queen of the Seelie? One who still hasn’t adapted to her new role.

Lila would ask Liam Kane, King of the Unseelie, for advice, but something’s off with him, too. He’s holding back. In some way. About some thing. In fact, he refuses to tell her what’s going on.

The truth holds Lila back from the greatness of her role—the people she was born to lead—the man who she desperately loves—and the solution to the latest war raging around her.

To find the answers, she’ll need to fight through her own darkness and embark on a journey through her psyche.

If she doesn’t succeed, the Shadowborn will claim not only her world, but her soul.

Review: A deliciously dark novel with a spunky heroine, Shadowborn is sure to please fans of paranormal and romance.

Lila Gray may be the new Queen of the Seelie, but how can she rule a people, if she can’t control the darkness within? And she’s supposed to somehow find a way to join the two faerie courts as well as stop the newest threat: the Shadowborn. As Lila embarks on a journey to find the answers on how to destroy the Shadowborn, she’ll learn more about herself and will have to make choices that will not only affect the world but her own soul.

Shadowborn takes place about a month or so from The Glass Man. Lila’s spunk, sarcasm, and insecurities make her one hell of a narrator for the story. As Adams pulls us deeper into the world she’s created, we learn more about the inner workings of the Seelie and Unseelie Courts as well as the magical realms around us, particularly the elves. The plot is fast-paced and such a fun and quick read, and I loved how Lila is able to face her personal demons while kicking the physical ones’ butts. Then, Adams leaves the reader with the mystery of the Magi and hope mixed with a good dose of fear for the future of Lila’s world.

I loved The Glass Man, but Shadowborn by Jocelyn Adams is even better! I can’t wait to read book three!

Five Bookworms = I loved it!

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