Born Wicked The Cahill Witch Chronicles #1 (Farlig Förmåga) REVIEW

By Jessica Spotswood
Pages: 330
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word... especially after she finds her mother’s diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family’s destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren’t safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other

Well, this one sure took me a while to finish. Give or take one month. 
In the beginning I had a very hard time grasping what era we were in. No explanation on that until 50 pages, and that is frustrating. I like knowing which era I'm in thank you very much. 

Cate is a strong protagonist, she questions everything things other people don't which will get her into great danger, but it does serve her good too. She doesn't let a man control her like the other women in town do. 


But at times she can be a real pain in the bum. She seems to think she needs to share everything  with her sisters, and she feels like a bad sister if she does not. I did not get that. Why would you have to tell them everything? 

This is a book about witches, and if you ask me it have some dystopian elements, and I think that made it a bit more boring. No real colors in this book that made my reality a tad bit more colorful. I mean, Sweden looks like a white mess at this moment. 

I think this book is the first book in a trilogy. I did't like this one so much but I might check out the second book. They just translated it to Swedish. 

xoxo Lihini

Book releases: May

Dare to you
Katie McGarry

Hardcover, 462 pages

Expected publication: May 28th 2013 by Harlequin Teen

Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth."

"No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again....

"I dare you..."

If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does....

Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock-with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him.

But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams-and his life-for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all....

Harlequin sent me this book so Im pumped to read this when I get time!

Down London Road
Samantha Young

Paperback, 384 pages

Expected publication: May 7th 2013 by NAL

It has always been up to Johanna to care for her family, particularly her younger brother, Cole. With an absent father and a useless mother, she’s been making decisions based on what’s best for Cole for as long as she can remember. She even determines what men to date by how much they can provide for her brother and her, not on whatever sparks may—or may not—fly.

But with Cameron MacCabe, the attraction is undeniable. The sexy new bartender at work gives her butterflies every time she looks at him. And for once, Jo is tempted to put her needs first. Cam is just as obsessed with getting to know Jo, but her walls are too solid to let him get close enough to even try.

Then Cam moves into the flat below Jo’s, and their blistering connection becomes impossible to ignore. Especially since Cam is determined to uncover all of Jo’s secrets …even if it means taking apart her defenses piece by piece.
Well hello bedlove lol, this one was pretty famous this month, people don't seem to be able to sit still in the waiting!



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Goddess (starcrossed #3)
Josephine Angelini

Hardcover, 432 pages

Expected publication: May 28th 2013 by HarperTeen

After accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count.

To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a wedge between the once-solid group of friends. As the gods use the Scions against one another, Lucas’s life hangs in the balance. Still unsure whether she loves him or Orion, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, for war is coming to her shores.

In Josephine Angelini’s compelling conclusion to the masterfully woven Starcrossed trilogy, a goddess must rise above it all to change a destiny that’s been written in the stars. With worlds built just as fast as they crumble, love and war collide in an all-out battle that will leave no question unanswered and no heart untouched.

OMG OMG OMG OMG IT'S FINALLY HERE, OMG, *BREATHS* I CAN'T EVEN, IM BUYING THIS ASAP!

the 5th Wave
Rick Yancey

Hardcover, 480 pages

Expected publication: May 7th 2013 by Putnam Juvenile

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.


THIS BOOK have been requested tons of times by bloggers, it's a real big deal among us (not me, I don't se the wooooooz in this book) but I think this book might be good if they are able to balance the story with the writing style


School Spirit (school spirit #1)
Rachel Hawkins

Hardcover, 304 pages

Expected publication: May 14th 2013 by Disney-Hyperion

Fifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy’s older sister vanishes without a trace while on a job, Izzy's mom decides they need to take a break.

Izzy and her mom move to a new town, but they soon discover it’s not as normal as it appears. A series of hauntings has been plaguing the local high school, and Izzy is determined to prove her worth and investigate. But assuming the guise of an average teenager is easier said than done. For a tough girl who's always been on her own, it’s strange to suddenly make friends and maybe even have a crush.

Can Izzy trust her new friends to help find the secret behind the hauntings before more people get hurt? 

Rachel Hawkins' delightful spin-off brings the same wit and charm as theNew York Times best-selling Hex Hall series. Get ready for more magic, mystery and romance!

I requested this book and Disney declined me.. but then I saw that they don't accept request's from bloggers so yeah, i forgive them. I still wan't to read it thou, it seems like a great book, I read Hex Hall, and didn't really fall in love with it but it was ok.

Of Triton (of Poseidon)
Anna Banks

Hardcover, 256 pages

Expected publication: May 28th 2013 by Feiwel & Friends

Of Poseidon #1 review 

http://teenbookalover.blogspot.se/2013/01/of-poseidon-review.html

In this sequel to OF POSEIDON, Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm below. Syrena law states that all Half- Breeds should be put to death.

As if that’s not bad enough, her mother’s reappearance among the Syrena turns the two kingdoms—Poseidon and Triton—against one another. Which leaves Emma with a decision to make: Should she comply with Galen’s request to keep herself safe and just hope for the best? Or should she risk it all and reveal herself—and her Gift—to save a people she’s never known?


EERGMAIGAAAAAD, I wan't this book so bad, and I wan't it now!!

some great books coming out this month!

the sun is at it's best so I can not wait to just take my bycicle and go somewhere far far away, away from everything and just read. That is probably one of the best things I like to do...

... feel free to comment down below or email me if you know a book you think I should read!

~stay smart, stay chic

xoxo Lihini

Fire (Engelfors, #2)

By Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren
publ: Hammer

The Chosen Ones are about to start their second year in senior high school. The whole summer break they have held their breaths waiting for the demons' next move. But the threat shows up from another direction, somewhere they could never have foreseen. It becomes more and more obvious that something is very, very wrong in Engelsfors. The past is woven together with the present. The living meet the dead. The Chosen Ones are tied even closer together and are once again reminded that magic cannot ease unhappy love or mend broken hearts...

I’m still trying to figure out how to speak properly. Or even how to think coherently would be a good start.  I have no Idea where to begin. Let’s begin from the beginning.

This is the second book in the Engelfors trilogy.

I never read books written by Swedish authors because I don’t like to read books that take place in towns I grew up in etc., but I had to make an exception when it came to this trilogy because never had a book gotten so much attention from everyone, young old, in this country.

And I was slapped in the face with a big “amazing book” hand.

The second book was no different. Only this time the hand was stronger that slapped me.

To say that this book was amazing wouldn’t do this book fair, because it was so much more than that. This book was mind-blowingly utterly perfect.

These teenagers are no special. They struggle with finding themselves, they struggle with real family issues a lot of people out there can relate to and they are all under the different facades they have put up insecure. They are lost in the long tunnel we call life, but at the same time they learn the importance in having close relationship with people they can trust.  

Minoo, Vanessa, Anna-Karin, Ida, and Linnea are all so different from each other, but they love each other no matter what.

They are ordinary teenagers with the world on their shoulders. Literally.

One of my favorite characters apart from the main characters has to be Viktor. I’m not going to tell exactly WHO he was, but I really understand him. I do.

To sum things up, I loved this book. It was phenomenal. Other witch book will have to make a run for their money because the Engelfors trilogy is here to stay.

~ stay smart, stay chic

xoxo Lihini