Hey bookworms, Welcome back to MYABL! Today, I am happy to reveal the cover of a upcoming YA read, Spark by author Holly Schindler! Check it out! All of the juicy details about this novel, as well as the author, are posted below. Keep reading for more. SPARK comes out next year (May 2016)! Make sure you add it to your Goodreads if you'd like to read it. Links for Goodreads and pre-orders are at the end of this post. I'm excited because it has the most amazing elements of Romeo and Juliet wound into it's blurb. Description: Holly Schindler’s Spark: When the right hearts come to the Avery Theater—at the right time—the magic will return. The Avery will come back from the dead. Or so Quin’s great-grandmother predicted many years ago on Verona, Missouri’s most tragic night, when Nick and Emma, two star-crossed teenage lovers, died on the stage. It was the night that the Avery’s marquee lights went out forever. It sounds like urban legend, but one that high school senior Quin is ...
Kindle Edition, 400 pages
Published September 1st 2013 by Harlequin HQN
Received for review via NetGalley
NA - intended for older YA + readers
NA - intended for older YA + readers
SYNOPSIS:
Two secrets. One bet. Who will break first?
Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him.
On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else. She doesn't want to get burned, so she needs him gone before it's too late.
Hunter himself has been burned before, but Taylor's sexy laugh and refusal to let him get away with anything make her irresistible. Determined not to be kicked out of her life without a fight, Hunter proposes a bet: if she can convince him she either truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment—and leave her alone.
But when the man behind Taylor's fear of giving up her heart resurfaces, she has to decide: trust Hunter with her greatest secret, or do everything in her power to win that bet and drive him away forever.
Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him.
On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else. She doesn't want to get burned, so she needs him gone before it's too late.
Hunter himself has been burned before, but Taylor's sexy laugh and refusal to let him get away with anything make her irresistible. Determined not to be kicked out of her life without a fight, Hunter proposes a bet: if she can convince him she either truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment—and leave her alone.
But when the man behind Taylor's fear of giving up her heart resurfaces, she has to decide: trust Hunter with her greatest secret, or do everything in her power to win that bet and drive him away forever.
REVIEW:
Wow fricking wow!
Hunter Aaron Zaccadelli! It's safe to assume that I loved My Favorite Mistake. Chelsea M. Cameron has a way with words, especially swoon worthy ones.
My Favorite Mistake follows Taylor Caldwell, a college student with a past so rotten it makes Snow White's apple look like a deliciously sweet piece of cake. When Taylor encounters Hunter, one of her new roommates in her co-ed dorm, one this is evident to the reader. This situation is covered in one thing. Trouble.
Taylor realizes the same thing, calling Hunter trouble just after laying her eyes on her.
Trouble he may be, but that makes for an exciting read.
This book is a breeze to read. It's NA encompassed. There's fun, there's romance, grief, self awareness, and then there's Hunter, with his lucky tattoos, amazing blue eyes, and his skillfully used guitar.
One thing that stands out about this novel is that much of it involves around a dare, and Taylor's obsessiveness to get Hunter out of the dorm.
Remember how I said the author, Cameron, had a way with words.She also has a way with character development.
Taylor Caldwell seems a bit annoying at first. It's totally understandable that she might feel uncomfortable sharing a room with a guy, but I just couldn't fully like her at first. It seems like she's harboring some personal vendetta towards Hunter for absolutely no reason but a few flirty comments.
However, Taylor's reasons because glaring clear, and her slowly growing acceptance of Hunter makes her a loveable character at first.
Hunter Aaron Zaccadelli! It's safe to assume that I loved My Favorite Mistake. Chelsea M. Cameron has a way with words, especially swoon worthy ones.
My Favorite Mistake follows Taylor Caldwell, a college student with a past so rotten it makes Snow White's apple look like a deliciously sweet piece of cake. When Taylor encounters Hunter, one of her new roommates in her co-ed dorm, one this is evident to the reader. This situation is covered in one thing. Trouble.
Taylor realizes the same thing, calling Hunter trouble just after laying her eyes on her.
Trouble he may be, but that makes for an exciting read.
This book is a breeze to read. It's NA encompassed. There's fun, there's romance, grief, self awareness, and then there's Hunter, with his lucky tattoos, amazing blue eyes, and his skillfully used guitar.
One thing that stands out about this novel is that much of it involves around a dare, and Taylor's obsessiveness to get Hunter out of the dorm.
Remember how I said the author, Cameron, had a way with words.She also has a way with character development.
Taylor Caldwell seems a bit annoying at first. It's totally understandable that she might feel uncomfortable sharing a room with a guy, but I just couldn't fully like her at first. It seems like she's harboring some personal vendetta towards Hunter for absolutely no reason but a few flirty comments.
However, Taylor's reasons because glaring clear, and her slowly growing acceptance of Hunter makes her a loveable character at first.
Hunter, on the other hand, is loveable from the beginning of the novel and through to the end. There are moments when he acts like a jerk so much so that it's shocking to the reader. I'd call him to good to be true, but these small instances throughout the book when he does wrong humanizes him, and makes you realize that he is just as screwed up as others. That makes him even more loveable.
The secondary characters were unique and fun, without being over engaging, and the story's plot was great.
Another thing that stood out about the novel was the way music obviously influenced the author and her characters as well. While reading this book, I actually ended up listening to plenty of the songs mentioned, including ones by Coldplay and Taylor Swift.
Who doesn't like a built in playlist, right?
My only problem, and it's miniscule, was that the initial sex scene, which was a major stepping stone in Taylor's life seemed to waver a bit as if the author was wary of writing it. I love that she didn't over power the novel with sex, but that one scene seemed to miss something small but noticeable. It wasn't a detriment to my reaction of the book overall, hence my rating.
Still, Hunter is probably my biggest book crush since Patch, and anyone who follow's Mera's YA Book List, or any of my social outlets, understand what my bond to Patch Cipriano is like. Well done, Chelsea M. Cameron, well done.
The secondary characters were unique and fun, without being over engaging, and the story's plot was great.
Another thing that stood out about the novel was the way music obviously influenced the author and her characters as well. While reading this book, I actually ended up listening to plenty of the songs mentioned, including ones by Coldplay and Taylor Swift.
Who doesn't like a built in playlist, right?
My only problem, and it's miniscule, was that the initial sex scene, which was a major stepping stone in Taylor's life seemed to waver a bit as if the author was wary of writing it. I love that she didn't over power the novel with sex, but that one scene seemed to miss something small but noticeable. It wasn't a detriment to my reaction of the book overall, hence my rating.
Still, Hunter is probably my biggest book crush since Patch, and anyone who follow's Mera's YA Book List, or any of my social outlets, understand what my bond to Patch Cipriano is like. Well done, Chelsea M. Cameron, well done.
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