Review: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

Title: Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4) 

Author: Richelle Mead

Pages: 503

ISBN: 9781595143105

Genre: Young Adult/Paranormal

First Published: August 2009

Buy it: Bookdepository

MAJOR spoilers ahead!

DIMITRI'S HEART HAS GONE DARK.

Now Rose must journey to the ends of the earth to find - and kill - her one true love....

Or has the time come to join him?

My heart shattered. My world shattered.

You will lose what you value most....

It wasn't my life.... It wasn't even Dimitri's life.

What you value most.

It was his soul.

If you haven't read the VA series yet, you shouldn't be reading this review! So go buy the books right now, read them, and then come back. It'll be worth it, I promise!

For those of you who don't know me that well, I should tell you that Vampire Academy is my favorite series. I like it so much, that if I could choose one book series to bring with me to a desert island, it would be this one. I would keep reading these books for the rest of my life and never get sick of them, that's how much I like them.

Anyway, I reread Blood Promise for the July Sequel Month, because it's my favorite book in the series. It's beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time, because Dimitri is a Strigoi and Rose sets out to kill him. Kill the love of her life. Not an easy task, and maybe even an impossible task. Because Dimitri was already stronger than Rose when he was still a Dhampir, now that he's a Strigoi? Rose could very well lose her life to Dimitri. 

My favorite part of the book is when Dimitri has Rose captured. There's still some of the old Dimitri inside and that made me wish there was a chance for them to somehow be together. Impossible of course, a Strigoi can't leave a Dhampir like that. So Dimitri gives Rose a choice: Either she let's Dimitri change her willingly, or he'll do it by force...

Blood Promise ended way too fast. After I finished it, I wanted to reread the rest of the series too, I could have foreseen that, but I don't have time to reread all of them, unfortunately. In a few months I will definitely make time! I don't think it's a surprise that I gave Blood Promise 5 stars. This book is what made Richelle Mead on of my favorite writers. It's well written, keeps you hooked from page one, makes you laugh and cry and has the perfect mix of suspense, romance and action. I absolutely adore it.

Review: The Bet by Rachel van Dyken

Title: The Bet

Author: Rachel van Dyken

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9781483918778

Genre: New Adult

First Published: March 2013

Buy it: Amazon

"I have a proposition for you..."

Kacey should have run the minute those words left Seattle millionaire Jake Titus's mouth. Instead, she made a deal with the devil in hopes of putting her past behind her once and for all.

Four days.

She could do four days!

But she wasn't counting on Jake’s older brother Travis being there to witness their farce of an engagement.

One thing is for certain.

One brother is right for her.

One wants a lifetime.

And one is in league with the devil.

She should have gotten Jake’s signature in blood.

I'm starting to think there aren't any bad New Adults out there. Of course, after saying this I'm gonna find one soon, but so far I'm completely overwhelmed by how good they all are.

The prologue of The Bet made me fall in love with the book instantly. It was super cute and funny. But then, when we went to the first chapter, I was a bit confused. I started to think this story was gonna be like the movie "The Proposal." But, as it turned out, I was very wrong. It was all a bit more complicated and very different than I thought. Either way would have been fine with me actually, I mean, I love The Proposal, but I was afraid it wasn't going to be original. Fortunately, it was.

At first I was already starting to fall in love with Jake, but then we got to know Travis *swoon* and found out what a manwhore Jake is. So I quickly changed to team Travis. The stunts he pulled on Kacey cracked me up. Oh, and I loved Grandma, she's a genius! 

After reading this book, I can certainly understand why it was number one on the New York Times Bestseller List. It's hilarious, romantic and sweet. Simply put, it's just perfect. And I'm not exaggerating. I really felt that way after I finished reading it. I can't find anything wrong with it, so of course I'm giving it 5 stars. I'd never heard of Rachel van Dyken before, but now I want to read everything she has ever written. I'm definitely a fan!

Review: Easy by Tammara Webber

Title: Easy
Author: Tammara Webber
Pages: 310
ISBN: 9780425266748
Genre: New Adult
First Published: November 2012
Buy it: Bookdepository


Rescued by a stranger.
Haunted by a secret
Sometimes, love isn’t easy…

He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…

The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart.

Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.


I found out I have a new favorite genre: New Adult. Lately I've started to feel a bit old for YA books that have main characters that are fifteen years old (or sometimes even younger). It's getting a bit harder for me to empathize with them because I'm.. well, let's say a few years older than that. So New Adults are perfect for me. It bridges the gap between Young Adult and Adult books. The main characters in these books are usually somewhere between eighteen and twenty five years old. Don't get me wrong, I still love YA's too, but NA is something I just realized I was really looking for.

But this is a review, so let's talk about Easy. I actually bought this book because I was buying the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout and I needed one more book to qualify for free shipping. This one got very high reviews so I decided to buy it. And boy, am I glad I did! From the moment I started reading it I was hooked. It's been a while since I read a non-supernatural book that was this good. The book starts with Jacqueline leaving a Halloween party. She get's in a horrible situation and Lucas saves her. That's the start of an intense love story. At one point I actually had to take a break, because I needed to cool off.

Lucas turned me into mush pretty fast. There's something you should know about me, I love bad boys. Like, really, really, really love them. So this book was perfect for me!

Lucas has had a pretty rough past and Jacqueline is recovering from a nasty breakup with her now ex-boyfriend, whom she dated for three years. So both of them have quite a few problems to overcome. Add to that the drama that happens in the first chapter and you have a great story. You can probably already guess how many stars I'm gonna give it, that's right: 5 ofcourse! Please everyone, go read it! Soon!