30 Days of Books - Day 6

A book that makes you sad

The Evolution of Mara Dyer | Michelle Hodkin

This book is heartbreaking. It genuinely hurt my heart to read it, and strains it now to just think about it. Mara and Noah have the most achingly honest relationship I have ever read about. I just wish things were easier for them, that they could be happy for longer than a day.

The Forgotten proofs!

I'm so exciteddddddddd!

The proof copies for The Forgotten came just this morning, and I've had a look through and they look amazing. All my stressful hours of painstakingly formatting and reformatting and re-reformatting my book paid off.

The headers are level and awesome, the titles all look great, and my front and back matter is perfect. I'm so proud of this book.

Monstrous

Okay this isn't something I generally do, but I need to spotlight this 2014 release.

Monstrous | MarcyKate Connolly
2014 from HarperChildrens

Most people remember their first crush, first kiss, and first day of school. Kymera remembers none of that.

But she’ll never forget her first breath.

When Father recreates her from the parts of her broken body, the wings of a raven, the tail of serpent, and a cat’s razor-sharp vision, he gives her life without memories or pain. But not without a mission.

Kymera knows who murdered her. The same wizard in the city of Bryre who is killing off the girls of the countryside one by one. He’s monstrous and Father created a monster to stop him.

Kymera sneaks into Bryre each night, rescuing the captive girls and doing her best to avoid the city’s human inhabitants. Then one night she meets Ren, the king’s page boy, and her resolve weakens. Her nightly missions take on a dual purpose—save the other girls and steal a few moments with the boy who has yet to see her without her cloak.

As she lingers each night, Kymera begins to overhear things: a snide remark about Father, rumors of a hideous beast, and whisperings of a black market dealing solely in live, human goods. Ever since that first breath, she’s known exactly who she is, but now she’s forced to ask: who’s the real monster here—the wizard, her father, or worse, herself?

Kymera. Say it outloud. Go on.
Ky. Mera.
Chimera. I seriously hope this is a clever play on pronunciation.
I need this book.

Book Fashion Friday: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

This weeks BFF is inspired by Mara Dyer, though it's more by the dress on the cover than the actual cover.

The cover:

The fashion:

I don't have much to say about this dress. It's dainty and similar to the cover dress.

Available here for $119

30 Days of Books - Day 5

A book that makes you happy

The Indigo Spell | Richelle Mead

Sydrian. I think that's all I need to say. Sydrian makes me inexplicably happy.