ARC Review (YA): The Collector (Dante Walker #1) by Victoria Scott

The Collector (Dante Walker #1)

by Victoria Scott

Publisher: Entangled Teen   

Purchase Links: Amazon Barnes & Noble

 

Blurb by Goodreads

 

Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of Hell’s best — a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal opportunity collector and doesn’t want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment: Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within 10 days.

Dante doesn’t know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of Hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect—he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector, and uncover emotions long ago buried.

 

I have been waiting it seems like for ever for The Collector (Dante Walker #1) and loved it. The cover is eye catching and portrays Dante’s character perfect.

 

The Collector was all about second chances. When Dante was living he did not have a care in the world. Thought he could do anything he wants. When he died and became A Collector he thought he still can do anything he wants.

 

He is your bad boy who is witty and arrogant. He does not know it yet but deep down inside he is good and Charlie is the one who will bring out the good in him. At first Charlie is just a job to him but the more time he spends with her the more he grows attached to her. She is nerdy and had a rough life after her parents died. She knows she is nerdy and accepts it. She holds her head up high, enjoys the little things in life. I enjoyed her character and even shed a few tears during some not so nice scenes with her schoolmates. Loved how Dante who only thinks of himself is the one to protect and be there for her. Kudos to Victoria Scott for writing about that beauty on the outside is not everything. What is inside that counts and makes someone beautiful. I Loved how Dante was able to see Charlie as a beautiful person from the good she has on the inside.

 

The Collector is a fresh new YA Paranormal novel in Victoria Scott new Series Dante Walker. I love the idea of a Collector stealing souls and look forward to The Liberator (Dante Walker #2).

 

ARC provided by publisher, Entangled Teen at NetGalley for an honest review

 

ARC Review (NA): Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Walking Disaster

by Jamie McGuire

Publisher: Atria Books

Purchase Links: Amazon Barnes & Noble

 

Blurb by Goodreads

 

Walking Disaster is Travis' POV.

How much is too much to love?

Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.

In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. Just when he thought he was invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees.

Every story has two sides. In Jamie McGuire's New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster Abby had her say. Now it's time to see the story through Travis's eyes.

 

 

It is important that you read Beautiful Disaster first to really understand Walking Disaster. It has been awhile since I read Beautiful Disaster and for me I was not lost but it helped me understand some scenes that to others will not make sense since this is Travis POV. Still to this day I do not know what I think of Beautiful Disaster. I would probably rate it 3 stars - like it. One of the main things in Beautiful Disaster was that I was not always feeling the characters. I really wanted to feel what Travis was feeling with all his anger. Because of this I was so looking forward to reading Walking Disaster and getting in Travis’s head to find out what makes him so angry.

 

Right in the beginning we find out what makes him the way he is in the prologue with his mom dying. This should of been a heart wrenching moment scene and it did nothing for me. There are some scenes that did break my heart a little for him that I really could feel his heartache and pain, but then some scenes, it read just like Beautiful Disaster but just from his POV that I could not get what he was feeling. The reason for this in both books the writing at times can be flat. Telling the readers what the character is doing with no description on their emotions. I was hoping it would be more intense since it was Travis’s POV. I loved the scene with his dad and brother. It was nice to see him talk to his Dad about Abby. I did love some scenes when they were together and happy for a moment.

 

Wow I do not remember disliking Abby’s character from Beautiful Disaster. Coming from Travis’s POV she annoyed me. I do not understand how she could not take a hint that Travis likes her.

 

For Me Walking Disaster was 3 star - Like It read, right up there with Beautiful Disaster. I am bummed as I was hoping to love it more than Beautiful Disaster. It is not a bad thing that it is 3 star rating because I still liked it and glad I read it.

ARC provided by the Publisher, Atria Books at  NetGalley for an honest review.

 



Fallen For Covers: #7 Of Silver And Beasts by Trisha Wolfe

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Of Silver and Beasts (A Goddess Wars Novel)

by Trisha Wolfe

Release Date: June 1, 2013

 

Blurb by Goodreads

 

 

In the sand-covered queendom of Cavan, the goddess once saved a young Kaliope’s life, preventing the mercury her father attempted to hide in her blood from reaching her heart. Now, a cybernetic clamp filters it, but the silver streaks swirling faintly beneath her skin are a constant reminder that she’s different.

When nineteen-year-old Kaliope is chosen as head of the Nactue Guard, she becomes the sworn protector to her empress. In the midst of an invasion on a neighboring land, Kaliope is placed in charge of guarding Prince Caben, the last heir to his kingdom. But when they’re attacked by the feared Otherworlders, Caben and Kaliope are abducted and taken below to a realm where they must fight for their life in a caged arena.

Kaliope struggles to protect her princely charge, keeping him and herself alive while battling inhumanly opponents, and trying to save the stolen, sacred relic that will restore her empress’s life force and all of Cavan. And if she can somehow awaken the goddess within her, she may save what’s most important.

New Adult Dark Fantasy: Intended for readers 17 years of age and older.

 

 

Of Silver And Beasst has a breathtaking cover. I love how it is just showing the heroines back and looking onto the land. This is for a sure a novel that grabs my attention with the mysterious, dark  cover and then would have to read the blurb. The blurb sounds interesting and added to my wish list. I have yet to read a Trisha Wolfe novel and have Astarte's Wrath (Kythan Guardians) to be read soon. Her covers are eye catching and  beautiful. Here is a sneak peak. Loved it and Kaliope. 

 

 



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