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 return...

                                                      Title: The Phoenix Empress                                                       Series: Their Bright Ascendancy Book 2                                                 ...

Title: Mutation Author: Roy Hunt Published: Twilight Books Genre: Horror, Thriller I was given an ARC from Twilight Books through NetGalley. May 1997 Bacteria are earth’s oldest inhabitants. They are all around us and inside us. They help us clean up our planet; they are the reason we can continue to live on this earth. So what happens when we manipulate and abuse them? What happens when we make them angry? Driven by grief at the loss of his wife, an old man has gone out onto an Irish midlands lake to end his life. Only the sight of a burning cruiser stops him. He might want to die, but others on board the stricken vessel might not. The vessel is called Clothra and the crew are engaged in a desperate struggle. There is something very bad in the water, a vile creature that is killing the lake’s users. They have to destroy it. But not all of them feel the same. Forced to abandon the vessel for a lifeboat, the crew attempt to lure the creature in the water to follow them, b...

Title: The Siren and the Specter Author: Jonathan Janz Published: Flame Tree Press, Sept. 6, 2018 Genre: Horror, Ghost Story I was given a copy from Flame Tree Press through NetGalley for review. When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a month in “the most haunted house in Virginia,” he believes the case will be like any other. But the Alexander House is different. Built by a 1700s land baron to contain the madness and depravity of his eldest son, the house is plagued by shadows of the past and the lingering taint of bloodshed. David is haunted, as well. For twenty-two years ago, he turned away the woman he loved, and she took her life in sorrow. And David suspects she’s followed him to the Alexander House. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Goodrea...

The Graveyard Book  Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Dave McKean Published: HarperCollins 2008 Genre: Middle Grade, Dark Fantasy, Ghost Story Rating: 3.5/5 stars After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family... Goodreads My Thoughts The Graveyard Book delivers the dark fantastical world of the afterlife. The mood of the book fluctuated between creepy, funny, adventurous, and even heartwarming. The plot was very...