Book Review: Vampire State Of Mind By Jane Lovering

Name: Vampire State Of Mind
Author: Jane Lovering
Publisher: Choc Lit Books

Summary: Jessica Grant knows vampires only too well. She runs the York Council tracker programme making sure that Otherworlders are all where they should be, keeps the filing in order and drinks far too much coffee. To Jess, vampires are annoying and arrogant and far too sexy for their own good, particularly her ex-colleague Sil, who’s now in charge of Otherworld York. But when a demon turns up and threatens not just Jess but the whole world order, she and Sil are forced to work together, and when Jess turns out to be the key to saving the world it puts a very different slant on their relationship. The stakes are high. They are also very, very pointy and Jess isn’t afraid to use them, even on the vampire that she’s rather afraid she’s falling in love with ...


Review: Firstly I want to apologise for my lack of reviews and posts. I have a few that need finishing and posting they will be done soon. I have also been unwell twice work has been manic and I was preparing for a holiday. I had started reading a few books but nothing was really grabbing me.

One day I got to work early and decided I needed a Starbucks fix when I noticed that Vampire State Of Mind was their pick of the week. So I downloaded my freebie and read the first few chapters rather quickly.

Jess is an easily loved character she goes between being a strong independent woman also into an emotional naive wreck. This book is addictive.
The sexual tension between Jess and Sil is apparent early on and it continues heavily into the end of the book.
There are so many twists and turns with a major one involving Jess and her history, a definite OMG moment and when the twists and turns start oh do they continue. I honestly believe if I'd read this on a day off and when I wasn't sick I could have easily devoured it in a day. I love how you also get part from Jess part from Sil and also just the story. It really does add to the description and the drama of the story.
Malfaire was a character I instantly didn't like and oh was I right to dislike him. Just when you feel like you know where the story is going BAM another major twist yet again about Jess. The pace of this book slows down to be descriptive then it speeds right back up.

I truly adore Jess and Sil they are both such stubborn characters but both are easily likeable.
I won't spoil the ending but I loved it. I could definitely read more about Sil and Jess but if this is just a stand alone book then I am a happy book worm. I really like Jane's writing I look forward to picking up another of her novels. If you're looking for a book to grab your attention and have you hooked from page one, then Vampire State Of Mind is a MUST!.
I look forward to devouring more books from Jane and Choc Lit, I also promise the reviews and posts will be coming back more regular.


 

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Book Review: If You Find Me By Emily Murdoch

Name: If You Find Me
Author: Emily Murdoch
Publisher: Indigo
Release date: OUT NOW
Summary: THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND ...
A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen-year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey's younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears for good, and the girls are found by their father, a stranger, and taken to re-enter the "normal" life of school, clothes and boys.

Now, Carey must come to terms with the truth of why their mother spirited them away ten years ago, while haunted by a past that won't let her go ... a dark past that hides many a secret, including the reason Jenessa hasn't spoken a word in over a year. Carey knows she must keep her sister close, and her secrets even closer, or risk watching her new life come crashing down.

Review: My god! What an emotional ride. This book is one of the best contemporary thrillers I have ever read.

If you know me I'm not really into thrillers at all. I am all about romance novels etc but this book has defiantly made me second guess the genre in a good way. I absolutely can't express to you how amazing this novel is. The plot is SOOO original! Like I have never ever come across something like this. The shocking moments, the cries, the screams, the anger and the joy I felt through this is unimaginable.

Carey and her sister Nessa have had some horrific things happen to them and through Emily Murdoch's writing I could feel everything the girls were feeling. Emily's word images were so vivid. It must of been hard to write certain scenes and I feel like she handled it perfectly.  I loved that it was in first person I think for this kind of story it was very important. What's amazing about Emily's writing is if she wants you scared she will make you SCARED. If she wants you heartbroken prepared to be, her writing is so clever and gritty it was epic.


Emily didn't hold back in her writing. It felt true and legit. It hit you where it was supposed to and then left you to pick up the pieces. Each page, each paragraph and each sentence had me on the edge, not on the edge of my seat no... On the edge of everything, my emotions and my sanity. I loved the characters they had such an essence. Each one of them! They all made an impact in my reading and my heart. I love Nessa... She is such a sweetheart and it made me want a little sister so bad. Her and Carey's relationship felt so true... You could see the unconditional and loyalty love between them and Emily did an amazing job.


I feel like I want to say much more but honestly? I just want you guys to read this incredible book. If you want a beautiful book about survival, bravery, loyalty and identity then go and buy it now. You won't regret it.

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DR MAKEUP - LOOKS ON BOOKS #5

Hey guys so today I decided to base my Looks On Books meme on the amazing novel Unhinged by A.G Howard. The Sequel to Splintered.

Summary: 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

This was so fun to do. The stuff you will need for the basic look is:

1. Purple and white face paint

2. Purple and green eye shadow

3. Purple Lipstick

4. eye lashes

5. Black Liquid eyeliner

6. Small Paint brush

1. Apply some pale foundation or a foundation lighter than your skin tone on your face then start to blend the purple eyeshadow on both your lids.

2. Once that's done get your thin paint brush dab it into the purple face paint and start to do swirls from your waterline running down your cheek like the picture above and the book cover pic. Try to make it as neat as possible.

3. At the ends of the swirls add a white dot or a green dot in the middle of the circle just to add a flowery effect.

4. Get you black eyeliner and from the inside of your eye lid draw a line and flick it at the end just under your eyebrows. Its gives an effect to make your eyes look bigger!

5. With your black eyeliner draw a small circle above your cheek bone and then draw 3 lines coming out from each side of the circle, so it looks like you have a spider on your cheek.

6. Once that is done get some purple lipstick apply it onto your lips and then on your bottom lip put some silver lipstick in the middle and blend.

AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! The UNHINGED inspired book cover look!

 You guys can get Splintered the first in this series HERE in the UK. Make sure you look out for Unhinged COMING SOON!!!

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