Anomaly Book Trailer!

Hello to all of you amazing bookworms in the world!!! Today I'm delighted to bring you the book trailer for Tonya Kuper's Anomaly, and the link to its giveaway on Goodreads!

Reality is only an illusion.

 

Except for those who can control it…

 

Worst. Birthday. Ever.

 

My first boyfriend dumped me—happy birthday, Josie!—my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening…

 

Like I make something materialize just by thinking about it.

 

When hottily-hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, everything. Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. Existence. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he’s the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead…

 

Buy links:

 

Amazon

B&N

 

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20559783-anomaly

 

 

 

 About Tonya Kuper:

 

Tonya Kuper is the author of ANOMALY, the first in the Schrodinger’s Consortium Series, a young adult science fiction trilogy, releasing November 25, 2014 by Entangled Teen. She fell for Young Adult lit while earning her Master’s degree in Reading Education. She's a mom to two awesome boys, an alt music junkie, a Star Wars nerd, and in love with Sherlock.

Find Tonya online:

Website: http://tonyakuper.com/

Twitter: @TonyaKuper

Goodreads Giveaway Info:

Here's the link to the giveaway: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/111976-anomaly

 

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Anomaly

by Tonya Kuper

Giveaway ends November 15, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

May the odds be ever in your favor everyone!

Unfortunately I'm going to have to postpone posting a whole bunch of reviews and my vlog thingie because of all of the homework and essays I have to write. I'm really sorry :(

 My posting schedule will be off whack until the beginning of December. I will be off school for most of December, so I'll make up for my lack of reviews and vlog thingies then.

Have an amazingly fantastic day everyone! I'll try to post whenever I can!
Bayli

Review: The Cure for Dreaming

Hello to all of you lovely bookworms out in the world! Welcome to my review of The Cure for Dreaming!

  Title: The Cure for Dreaming

Author: Cat Winters

Release Date: October 14 2014

Rating: 7.5/10

Source: Store Bought

Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl—a suffragist—in an age that prefers its girls to be docile. It’s 1900 in Oregon, and Olivia’s father, concerned that she’s headed for trouble, convinces a stage mesmerist to try to hypnotize the rebellion out of her. But the hypnotist, an intriguing young man named Henri Reverie, gives her a terrible gift instead: she’s able to see people’s true natures, manifesting as visions of darkness and goodness, while also unable to speak her true thoughts out loud. These supernatural challenges only make Olivia more determined to speak her mind, and so she’s drawn into a dangerous relationship with the hypnotist and his mysterious motives, all while secretly fighting for the rights of women. Winters breathes new life into history once again with an atmospheric, vividly real story, including archival photos and art from the period throughout.

So this book takes place over 100 years ago, at the time when women were beginning to desire the right to vote. Olivia Mead is one of the few women who support the cause. When she is spotted at a protest by one of her father's clients, her VERY conservative father hires Henri Reverie, an extremely talented hypnotist, to hypnotize the rebelliousness out of Olivia. Instead, however, he gives her the ability to see people's true characters when she looks at them, and restricts her ability to speak when she gets angry. Olivia is driven to sufferagism even more, and also begins a relationship with the very mysterious Henri Reverie, who may or may not have a few secrets up his sleeve.

Characters:

Olivia: Olivia is a great protagonist. She's smart, incredibly stubborn, gorgeous, and more than a little rebellious. She's horrified when she's granted the ability to see people's true natures, and desperately wants her normal sight back. She's driven to sufferagism in part by her mother, who is a feminist, and left Olivia's father, who is way more than a little sexist, and a few more things that I could mention. Olivia is very relatable, and her emotional journey throughout the book is completely tangible.

Henri Reverie: Henri is an EXTREMELY handsome and skilled hypnotist who is hired by Olivia's father to hypnotize her rebelliousness out of her. Instead he gives her the power to see people's true natures, and ends up helping her convince people that giving women the right to vote is the right thing to do. He is smart, loyal, protective, and caring, and has an illusive and mysterious past.

Mead the Mad (AKA Olivia's evil dad): I hate him for his evilness and cruelty towards Olivia and people in general. 'Nuff said.

Genevieve: She is Henri's sister and accompanying organist for his performances. She's intelligent, caring, friendly, and loyal, and becomes a good friend to Olivia. She's also less than honest about her and Henri's past, and still has more secrets to keep.

Overall: I went into this book expecting one thing, and found the book to be something else entirely. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there were several plot holes that completely threw me off, and made me go:

and:

One of them was Henri giving Olivia the ability to see people's true natures, and deciding to help Olivia instead of doing the job that he was paid for was totally unexplained. On the other hand, the characters were excellently portrayed and had unique personalities. Also, making Henri the hypnotist's last name 'Reverie' was very, very clever.

Other than those plot holes, the book was excellent! A job very well done to Cat Winters!

Have a wonderfully fantastic day everyone!

Bayli

P.S. I'm working on finding topics for my next vlog thingie - hopefully it shall be recorded and uploaded soon!