Mindy's Book Journey

Title: Bound in Fate Series: Fallen Guardians Series Book 2 Author: E.F.Rose Genre: Paranormal Romance Published: 2016 A Guardian who yearns for more... Manuel has always wanted something beyond the world he found himself thrust into. Always helping his brothers, regardless of his own needs, he's never asked for anything…until a fiery redhead catches his eye. All he can see is her. However, with his brothers torn on their feelings concerning his growing love, he finds himself in a position he’s never been in before, making decisions that could alter his future. Can he get his brothers’ support when he needs it most? Or will he have to choose between the woman of his dreams and the family he’s always known? A woman destined to be his... Hayley has always known that fate had a plan for her. Even in her dreams, she's felt the pull of destiny. It wasn't until Manuel walked into her life that she realized all the roads had always lead to him...to helping him, to f

Title: The Darkest Star Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Published: October, 2018 by Tor Teen When seventeen-year-old Evie Dasher is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and the surviving Luxen can mingle freely, she meets Luc, an unnaturally beautiful guy she initially assumes is a Luxen...but he is in fact something much more powerful. Her growing attraction for Luc will lead her deeper and deeper into a world she'd only heard about, a world where everything she thought she knew will be turned on its head... #1 New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the universe of the Lux in this brand new series, featuring beloved characters both new and old. goodreads  My Thoughts I was given a copy for review from the publisher through Net Galley. This is a brand new trilogy in the same world as the Lux series. This one takes place after

                                                                                          Title: You Were Always Mine                                       Author: Nicole Baart Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Family Drama Published: Atria Books, October 2018 I was given an ARC from Atria Books through Net Galley. The acclaimed author of Little Broken Things returns with another “race-to-the-finish family drama” (People) about a single mother who becomes embroiled in a mystery that threatens to tear apart what’s left of her family. Jessica Chamberlain, newly separated and living with her two sons in a small Iowa town, can’t believe that a tragedy in another state could have anything to do with her. But when her phone rings one quiet morning, her world is shattered. As she tries to pick up the pieces and make sense of what went wrong, Jess begins to realize that a tragic death is just the beginning. Soon she is caught in a web of lies and half-truths—and she’s horrified to learn t

                                                      Title: The Phoenix Empress                                                       Series: Their Bright Ascendancy Book 2                                                       Author: K.Arsenault Rivera                                                        Published: Macmillan-Tor/Forge Oct. 2018                                                       I received an ARC from Tor Books through Net Galley for review.   The Phoenix Empress, the sequel to K Arsenault Rivera's wildly buzzed about The Tiger's Daughter, an epic historical fantasy in the vein of Patrick Rothfuss and Naomi Novik. Since she was a child, the divine empress O Shizuka has believed she was an untouchable god. When her uncle, ruler of the Hokkaran Empire, sends her on a suicide mission as a leader of the Imperial Army, the horrors of war cause her to question everything she knows. Thousands of miles away, the exiled and cursed warrior B