#BookBirthdayTuesday: Ice Like Fire (Snow Like Ashes Trilogy, #2) by Sara Raasch

Ahahahahahahahaha!!!

The day has FINALLY arrived!!

The sequel to the AWESOME, Snow Like Ashes, is OUT!!!

*Squeals* *giggles* *jumps around*

We LOOOOOVED the first book in the trilogy and have been counting down the days until ICE LIKE FIRE would be published!! 

If you have not started this trilogy yet then we suggest to go to your nearest bookstore and grab copies of both the first and second books! 

We cannot wait to DEVOUR this book! *hehe*

CONGRATS to Author Sara Raasch!!

Ice Like Fire (Snow Like Ashes Trilogy, #2)

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Synopsis: It’s been three months since the Winterians were freed and Spring’s king, Angra, disappeared—thanks largely to the help of Cordell.

Meira just wants her people to be safe. When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria’s lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity—with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra. But Meira fears the danger the chasm poses—the last time the world had access to so much magic, it spawned the Decay. So when the king of Cordell orders the two on a mission across the kingdoms of Primoria to discover the chasm’s secrets, Meira plans to use the trip to garner support to keep the chasm shut and Winter safe—even if it means clashing with Theron. But can she do so without endangering the people she loves?

Mather just wants to be free. The horrors inflicted on the Winterians hang fresh and raw in Januari—leaving Winter vulnerable to Cordell’s growing oppression. When Meira leaves to search for allies, he decides to take Winter’s security into his own hands. Can he rebuild his broken kingdom and protect them from new threats?

As the web of power and deception weaves tighter, Theron fights for magic, Mather fights for freedom—and Meira starts to wonder if she should be fighting not just for Winter, but for the world.

Also, BIG BOOK BDAY SHOUTOUT to:

The Rose Society (The Young Elites Series, #2) by Marie Lu

Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Sthol 

Blue Voyage by Diana Renn

Extra Life by Derek Nikitas

MARTians by Blythe Woolston

No True Echo by Gareth P. Jones

The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones

Truly, Madly, Famously by Rebecca Serle

#CoverLoveMonday: Frozen Tides (Falling Kingdoms #4) by Morgan Rhodes

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Release Date: December 15, 2015

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OUR THOUGHTS: Saying we are HUGE fans of Morgan Rhodes is like saying we like chocolate when we LOVE chocolate! The Falling Kingdoms Series is a series we are OBSESSED with and with every book that comes out, we just grow in our love for the series! So you can just imagine our IMMENSE excitement when Morgan Rhodes announced the cover for FROZEN TIDES. Just like the covers of the other books within the series, the fourth book is GORGEOUS! The ice in the background, the fog in the air, the snow covering the trees--we can already feel the chill of something dangerous coming. The kingdom in the background, devoid of color, adds an eerie feel. The girl on the cover--we can't decide who she is--draped in a lovely green cloak (Bridget's favorite color *squeal*) and holding flame in her hand is alluring and powerful. If we weren't already fans, we'd pick up the series just because we can't stop being drawn by the cover. 

End of the Year Wrap Up: 2014!!

LATE POST: The New Year has officially begun but we're a little late saying goodbye to 2014 *smiles sheepishly* Hey! We have kids and families and holidays to celebrate, so sometimes things get done a little later than expected *shrugs*

2014 a fun year full of crazy and full of some REALLY awesome books!

Top 6 Favorite Author

1) Morgan Rhodes

2) Lisa Mantchev

3) Victoria Schwab

4) Rachel Hawkins 

5) Jena Leigh 

6) Emmy Laybourne 

Top 6 Favorite Book Covers

1) Jackaby by William Ritter

2) Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White

3) Michael (Sons of Old Trilogy, #2) by Annabell Cadiz

4) The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski 

5) A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

6) Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch 

Top 6 Favorite Kickbutt Female Leads

1) Josie from Monument 14 Trilogy by Emmy Laybourne

2) Zahara and Becca from Sons of Old Trilogy by Annabell Cadiz

3) Celaena Sardothien from the Throne of Glass Series by Sara J. Mass

4) Princess Cleo from The Falling Kingdoms Series by Morgan Rhodes 

5) Harper Price from Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins 

6) Evie Greene from The Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole 

Top 6 Favorite Book/Series/Trilogy

1) Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes

2) Vicious by V.E. Schwab

3) Panic by Lauren Oliver

4) White Hot Kiss by Jennifer Armentrout 

5) Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch 

6) Rites of Passage by Joy N. Hensley

Top 6 Favorite Movies

1) Maleficent

2) How to Train Your Dragon 2

3) Guardians of the Galaxy

4) Captain America 

5) If I Stay 

6) X-Men: Days of Future Past

Girls Rule Friday: Interview with Author Bridget Strahin (Blood Pact Trilogy)

A Human Among Wolves

By: Levi Kingston

Dark Moons Magazine

It’s a beautiful, crisp day. Golden light streams in through the windows around the small café—Crescent Moons Café—and bounces off the enclosed glass shelves displaying an assortment of macaroons, brownies, cupcakes of different flavors, and tons of other freshly baked pastries. Every table is filled; voices clamoring throughout the room as patrons stuff their faces with sweets and coffee.

It’s not exactly a place that screams werewolf but if you were to pass through Roanoke, Maine, and decided to stop by Crescent Moons, you would find yourself smack dab in the middle of werewolf country. Humans can come into town but they still have no idea werewolves exist. Today, I will be interviewing one of the only humans allowed to know the inside secrets of our town. The one and only Bridget Strahin, author of the upcoming BLOOD PACT TRILOGY, who depicted what happened to this small town in nowheresville.

The bell above the door rings happily, piercing through the loud chatter and in walks the authoress herself. She’s dressed in a cream-colored, sleeveless dress that falls to her knees; lace accents all along the chest. Her usual blonde hair has been dyed red and cut to just above her shoulders, spun into bouncy curls. Golden sandals with crisscrossing straps adorn her feet. Red glasses frame her face. She sees me sitting at a table in the back and smiles, adding a wave. I wave and smile in return. She starts to make her way toward me, stopping every so often as patrons call out to her, asking for an autograph or picture or just to catch up. A good five minutes pass before she’s able to pull herself away and flops down in the chair opposite me. “Whew! Sorry about that!” She offers then takes a deep breath and her warm smile returns as she settles into the cushioned, wooden chair.

“No worries,” I assure her. “You seem to be very popular among my kind,” I add and grin.

Bridget giggles and shrugs. “Can’t be helped when you’re this awesome.”

A waitress comes along and sets a cup of caramel coffee in front of Bridget. She thanks the waitress by name (Jessica) then lifts up her coffee, takes a deep breath, sighs with contentment, and takes a sip. “Coffee equals happiness.”

I chuckle and shake my head. “You ready to get started?”

Bridget sits up straighter and nods. “Lay it on me, Kingston!”

Levi Kingston: Your upcoming debut novel, BETRAYED (BLOOD PACT TRILOGY, #1), tells the story of our pack here in Roanoke, Maine, and specifically about our Alpha, Declan Pierce. How did you convince Declan to agree to letting you write a book about the events that just passed?

Bridget Strahin: Well, it wasn’t without effort. Declan, as you already know and readers will learn while reading BETRAYED, is a very stubborn man-wolf. I will admit, that I groveled, begged, and pleaded, and when that didn’t work, I threatened to blackmail him. He wasn’t always the tough Alpha he is today. I know things, ya know? Things his pack would never let him live down. He eventually caved. *Throws a mischievous smile my way*

Read more of this fun and in-depth interview here!

TeamNerd Reviews End of the Year Wrap Up: 2013!

Seeing as how the year 2013 will be coming to an end soon and the new year will be stepping in, it's time for our End of the Year Wrap Up of our favorite books, characters and authors we just couldn't help but stalk, fall in love with, and gawk it throughout the year!

Top 5 Favorite Authors

1. Megan Curd

2. Jodi Lynn Anderson

3. Morgan Rhodes

4. Kresley Cole

5. Gretchen McNeil

Top 5 Covers We LOVED to Look At!

1. Horizon by Alyson Noel

2. Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes

3. Splintered by A.G. Howard

4. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

5. The Midnight Affair by Mindee Arnett

Top 5 Favorite Books

(not necessarily published THIS year but READ this year)

1. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

2. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

3. Lucifer (Sons of Old Trilogy, #1) by Annabell Cadiz 

4. Steel Lily (Periodic Series, #1) by Megan Curd

5. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Top 5 Male Leads That Make Your Heart Beat Faster!

1. Jack (Warrior Heir)

2. Dex (School Spirits)

3. Jaxon Pierce (Steel Lily)

4. Jonas (Falling Kingdoms)

5. Chaol Westfall (Throne of Glass)

Top 5 Female Leads Who Rock!

1. Izzy Brannick (School Spirits)

2. Bridget Liu (Possess) 

3. Zahara (Sons of Old Trilogy)

4. Aria Rose (Mystic City)

5. Tiger Lily (Tiger Lily)

Top 5 Best Friends/Sidekicks We Can't Help But Love!

1. Becca (Sons of Old Trilogy)

2. Grom (Of Triton)

3. Cassie (Revival)

4. Luke (Dead Jed)

5. Priest (Unbreakable)

So that's our list! What books and characters did you guys love in the year 2013? What books are you looking forward to the most for 2014?

End of the Year Wrap Up for 2012!

As the year 2012 comes to an end, we gals at TeamNerd Reviews, felt we couldn’t go out without celebrating in our top favorite reads throughout the year and recognizing our support team for the AMAZING people they are!

Here’s our 2012 End of the Year Wrap Up!

Top 5 Favorite Authors

Kami Garcia and Magaret Stohl

Lisa Mantchev

Anna Banks

S.L. Scott

Melissa Marr

Top 5 Favorite Books 

(not necessarily published this year, but read this year)

 1. Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

2. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead

3. Balthazar by Claudia Gray

4. Something Deadly This Way Comes by Kim Harrison

5. Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr

Top 5 Covers We LOVE to Look At!

 Lucifer (Sons of Old Trilogy, #1) by Annabell Cadiz

Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus Series, #3) by Rick Riordan

Incarnate (Newsoul Series, #1) by Jodi Meadows

Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter ofSmoke and Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor

 A Shimmer of Angels (Angels Sight Series, #1) by Lisa M. Basso

Top 5 Male Leads

1. Charlie Adams (Naturally, Charlie Series)

2. Barnabas (Madison Avery Series)

3. Tucker (Unearthly Series)

4. Galen (Of Poseidon Series)

5. Ariel (Theatre Illuminata Trilogy)

Top 5 Female Leads:

1. Lena (Caster Chronicles)

2. Sydney (Bloodlines Series)

3. Kelly McGinnis (Kelly and Umber Series)

4. Alexia Tarabotti (Parasol ProtectorateSeries)

5. Rayna Evans (The Angel Sight Series)

Top 5 Bad Boys We Try SO Hard to Hate:

 1. Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines Series)

 2. Cas Lowood (Anna Dressed in Blood)

 3. Archer (Hex Hall Trilogy)

 4. Asher (Beautiful Dark Series)

 5. Naji (The Assassin's Curse Series)

 Special Thank You Shoutout

Shelley and Kathryn from Tsk, Tsk What to Read for all their support and love throughout the year! These ladies are NERDALICIOUS!

Jessica from The Library Mouse for all her kindness, encouragement, and cheerleading all the way from across the pond. You are a NERD-AWESOME friend!

Lizze Groski from My Life Beyond Labels. We were so grateful to have met Lizze this year and have the privilege of calling her friend. She has such a big heart and always ready to offer support to every author who comes her way.

Katy Sozaeva from Now is Gone. She’s not only a TERRIFIC editor but a great friend and supporter of not only TeamNerd Reviews but authors everywhere.

Jennifer Rainey from Independent Paranormal and RADTASTIC author! She is beyond kind, wonderfully friendly, and has a beautiful soul.

Rola from XO Reads. She is as cute as a button and perfectly silly. She's as much as a book-a-holic as us and has such a beautiful soul. Definitely glad to call her friend!

Raine Thomas, author and friend. She has been nothing but supportive and encouraging from the moment we met her and we can’t thank her enough!

Marilyn Almodovar, author and friend. She is blunt, sarcastic and sassy. Three traits, we gals at TeamNerd Reviews, share and welcome *hehe* She’s always been supportive and a cheerleader.

Grandma Tina, happily adopts all those who come to her and freely offers whatever support you need. She’s got more sass and grit in her little finger than any cowboy we’ve ever met! Thank you, Tina, for all the laughs and all the love!

Jessica Wentz from Jess's Book Blog. She has not only help to promote all things TeamNerd Reviews and participate in many of the themes we've hosted, but she's also been wonderfully kind and sweet.

Brendan from Untreed Reads Publishing, who has not only put up with our constant request for stories, but lengthy emails about life. He has a WICKED sense of humor, too!

Bill Blais, author and friend. His constant encouragement, wisdom, and support has been so very much appreciated.

H.A. Goodman, author and friend. Right from the beginning, Hal not only offered unfailing support but ridiculous and wonderful humor. He’s also a BIG nerd and a weirdo so he fits right in with us here at TeamNerd *hehe*

Special Message from Annabell: I Heart You Shoutout

To my familia: Ana, Nelson, Omar, Xiomara, Jackie, Nitsu, Cris and Natalie. Y’all drive me crazy every day but you definitely keep life interesting and everything good that I accomplish in my life, big or small, wouldn’t matter nearly as much if you guys weren’t with me. Thank you for all the laughs and love. (But seriously, is five minutes of silence so much to ask for?! Maybe the new year will bring me some LOL)

To Bridget Strahin and Eve Coke, two of my best friends and my BIGGEST supporters (outside of God and my parents whom I LOVE greatly). You guys have been AMAZING friends and without your unyielding support, cheerleading, love, and patience, getting TeamNerd Reviews off the ground as well as LUCIFER (SONS OF OLD TRILOGY, #1) wouldn’t have happened quite as well as it has.

We also want to thank EVERY author who has stop by TeamNerd Reviews for reviews, interviews, and guest posts. We APPRECIATE so much the chance to get to read your work and to know each of you. We wish all of you even MORE success in the coming new year and even MORE LOVE!

And BIG thank you to ALL of our supporters! Whether you just stop by on occasion to check out what’s going on with TeamNerd Reviews or actively follow us on the blog, Twitter or Facebook, we are so GRATEFUL to have you and look forward to sharing a whole new year of TeamNerd Reviews with each of you =D

We hope everyone has a FANTASTIC New Year’s celebration with loved ones and friends! God Bless!

~Annabell + Bridget