Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Teaser Tuesday! Amy Bartol's Incendiary

 Standing in the heavy downpour on the beach, I let rivulets of water stream down my face, dripping in torrents from my bottom jaw. I angle my chin downward and slightly to the left so that I can see any movement Reed might make toward me. 
    Th-thump…th-thump…th-thump...my heart wants to increase its beat, but I’m trying to control it as I wait like a statue for him to make a move. The clang of swords being clashed together near me fades to the background because I know the lethal threat is the one just ahead of me. My fingers twitch on the long-handled dagger in my left hand while my hand tightens on the sword hilt in my right. 
    I take a deep breath, and as I begin to exhale Reed makes his move, instantly cutting in half the distance between us. I tense for a millisecond, waiting for him to get closer before I spring forward, running at him with all my speed. I jump up and over the swing of the sword in his right hand, planting one foot on his arm. I feel the whistle of air from the dagger in his left hand blow upward, inches from my cheek as my other foot steps on his shoulder. I launch into the air, using my planted foot to kick off from his shoulder, and hopefully, knock him off balance. Stretching my crimson wings out and gliding back to the sand, I spin around, facing my opponent again. 
    As I stare into Reed’s dark green eyes, a slow smile twitches on the corners of his lips, causing me to narrow my eyes at him. Then, I feel the severed left strap of my tank top slip from my shoulder. The fabric of my shirt slouches over, but still clings to my wet body. Looking at it, my eyes narrow more before I lift them to Reed’s face again. Both his eyebrows rise quickly before he lets them fall, making his face go blank. 
    I wait a half a second, and then, as if on cue, the front pocket of his t-shirt droops over and falls to the ground at his feet. Reed looks down at it and then over at me. I lift my eyebrows quickly before letting them both fall.
    Reed’s charcoal-gray wings unfold from his back menacingly, as a frown touches his lips. Tensing, I wait for him to make another move toward me. In an instant, he shoots straight up in the air and seems to dematerialize. Turning in circles, my heartbeat kicks up as I try to see where he went, and more importantly, from which direction he’s going to pounce. Pulling energy to me rapidly, I whisper words quickly, erecting a transparent wall of energy around me as a shield, I feel safe for maybe a millisecond. Then, warm arms wrap around my waist, startling a scream from me as Reed comes from behind me, pulling me against his chest. Shifting in his arms, he grins down at me in triumph before leaning down and kissing my lips. 
    “How did you get through my shield?” I ask breathlessly, feeling my heartbeat increase as his warm lips trail lower. 
    “I was already here by the time you employed it,” he says, reaching out and tapping on the invisible energy field around us. “But, it was impressive, nonetheless.”
    I drop my weapons to the sand, putting my arms around Reed’s neck lightly and touching his dark brown hair. It’s dripping wet from the rain. “I should’ve built a wall around you instead,” I whisper, brushing my lips against his jaw and over his cheek to his lips, tasting the salty water on his skin. 
    “That would’ve been a better strategy,” he agrees, his fingers tracing a path from my waist up my side. “One I would’ve had to outrun.”
    “As if you could outrun my magic,” I reply sarcastically, kissing his lips gently.
    “As if I could,” he agrees, deepening our kiss. 
    Tap, tap, tap…Knocks sound on the invisible barrier surrounding us, startling me. I look over to see water dripping from Zephyr’s disapproving face staring down on us. His startling-blue eyes narrow as my cheeks redden. 
    “It does not appear to be dinner time, yet,” he says, showing us his watch and reminding us that we have more training time left before Reed and I can have some private time together. 
    “Uh…sorry,” I mutter, pulling energy back to me so that the shield I erected around us melts away to nothingness. 
    “We are switching partners,” Zephyr says sternly to Reed as I pick up my weapons from the sand. “You go train with Russell,” he orders Reed, while his light brown wings unfold in agitation. 
    “Naw, Zee, I’ll train with Evie,” Russell says from behind him, his face growing dark.
    “That will not work, since I want the two of you to learn how angels fight,” Zephyr argues. “I want you to study what to look for in an angelic opponent. You cannot learn that from Evie.”
    “C’mon, Zee,” Russell says, scowling at Zephyr. 
    “We need to bring Evie up to your level, Russell,” Zephyr explains. “She had no real training in fighting while she was with the Gancanagh.”
    “Uh…I trained a little…” I trail off when I see the frown on Zephyr’s face. 
    “They trained you to fight like a Faerie. We will have to break you of all the bad habits they taught you,” Zephyr replies, sounding superior. He lifts his wicked broad sword and looks down the hilt of it as he points it at me. “You cannot concentrate with your current partner.”
    Looking at Reed, he gives me a sensual smile. I lose my train of thought for a second as my mind wanders to the way he kissed me just a few second ago. In the next moment, I am jolted out of my revelry by Zephyr again. “Did you hear what I said?” he asks.
    “Uh…bad Faerie habits?” I ask, looking as his eyebrows draw together, indicating he probably said something I completely missed.
    “Reed,” Zephyr says in a stern tone as water drips from his brown hair. 
    Reed steps reluctantly forward, putting his arms around me and hugging me to his chest. “We’ll have time alone together tonight, love,” he whispers in my ear, and I nod. 
    As Reed walks over to Russell, each of them begins sizing the other one up. They haven’t been training together, not really. They barely speak to one another, as the bond between them that had formed when I was a captive of the Gancanagh dissolves by the day. Brownie and Buns have both noticed it. We’ve discussed it a few times when I took my flying lessons with them in the evenings after dinner. It worries me to see them spar now, like this is a real battle over a coveted prize.
    “Zee,” I murmur, watching Russell’s sword cut dangerously close to Reed’s neck. “Is this a good idea?” 
    “Time will tell,” he replies. 
So good right? That was from Chapter 2 of her 34th book, that has yet to have a release dateBut I'm am in LoVE with her, and can't wait to read it!!! 
Love always,
Jen <3

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Laptop Scene

YAY! Jennifer L. Armentrout!
new Laptop scene from Obsidian!!!
jenniferarmentrout.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-spec… I wondering if when they were filming, all they did was film Daemon and Katy making-out!? (:

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday Independence by Shelly Crane!

First Waiting on Wednesday, yay yay!
This book is the fourth a final installment from Shelly Crane's Significance series. Independence

13519844-independence.jpgIn the fourth and final installment, Maggie and Caleb must tie up all the loose ends of their lives and make a way to be together completely on their own. With everything that happened with Bish and Maggie's father, she's almost reluctant to move on and move out. And now she must figure out all of this...stuff...with Haddock. But of course, nothing can stay simple for the Jacobsons. Enemies who were thought to be dissolved have decided to not go down so easily. And old flames come calling for more than just Maggie. Caleb is torn between leading his family and personal wants. Maggie is torn between Caleb and being the leader of their people. But neither will let what they need most to be pushed to the wayside. They are determined to make it all work, design a plan toward destiny, and make everything right again for themselves and their family.
Beautiful cover, right?!  I love this series and cant wait till December 18 when it comes out!! (:
Hope you like her books, as much as I do!
Love always,
Jen

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout Review

ONYX-final.tif.jpgOnyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout, might be the best YA book ever. Again this is the second in her Lux series about an Alien, who falls in love with a stubborn human, (Who is a blog lover, and makes blog references). I can't say much for those who haven't read the first book, but as Jennifer's character Katy well put it this is a "forget-your-homework, don't-feed-the-kids, and quit-your-job one-sit read!" And Daemon, the other main character, is the sexist guys i've seen... or read about... here is the guys who plays him.DaemonButton1.jpg Lady's meets Pepe )A.K.A Daemon Black, Alien/ Jerk) you will come to love. With a broke heart you want to mend right up.
This book has Action, Romance, and Steamy tension between Katy and Daemon you be eating out of Jennifer's hand to read the next book. My one real problem with this book, and was the only major flaw the main character, and narrator Katy had, was that she was so dang stubborn. In the end she opens her eye to what is Daemon Black. Although I could see her hesitation, I would have still traded my family for a piece of Daemon.
LOVE LOVE LOVE her books Lux and Covent series and cant wait for all her new books.
Thanks for sticking through while I get use to writing blogs and all!
Love always, 
Jen

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Newbie!

Hey guys! My name is Jen, owner of the Books and Bakeries blog! I have always been the bookish type from birth. I never really thought about how to start a blog, so I never even tried. But here I am ready to go.
So I'll tell you a little about my self. First thing you should know is that I can not work a computer or any other electronic so I am sorry if my site lacks any neat factors.
I've also played soccer since I was 3, I'm in my Junior year of high school, my favorite YA books, is Paranormal, and my dream job would be to open up my own bakery (The name of my blog. *wink* *wink*)!
Below is one of my favorite author's new book, out today!

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Being connected to Daemon Black sucks… 

Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems.

Something worse than the Arum has come to town…

The Department of Defense are here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we're linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And there's this new boy in school who’s got a secret of his own. He knows what’s happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that's possible. Against all common sense, I'm falling for Daemon. Hard.

But then everything changes…

I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?

No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies…

This is the second in her Lux Series... with the most steamy and Sexy book Boy book, EVER.
To show you what I mean here is the Onyx book trailer!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylY0ZDIAFcA&feature=player_embedded
I'll be back to tell you my review when I finish! (;
Love always,
Jen