IN THE FUTURE LOVE WILL MAKE YOU A TRAITOR

                                                  📕BOOK REVIEW 📕

OPEN THIS BOOK TO A WORLD SET IN THE FUTURE SO DRIVE INTO LOVE AND BETRAYAL.

                                            CONFIGURED by JENETTA PENNER


SYNOPSIS:

        

IN THE FUTURE, LOVE WILL MAKE YOU A TRAITOR.

120 years after a virus decimated earth’s population the survivors 

thrive in safety, away from the death and destruction of the 

Outerbounds. But there is a price. Divided into three levels of intellect, 

Citizens focus solely on duty. Emotions are pointless, even dangerous.

Due to her advanced intelligence, seventeen-year-old computer genius, 

Avlyn Lark is separated from her twin brother at birth and raised by 

adoptive parents. She gains privilege, the ideal future. He dies. 

Avlyn barely knew him yet he remains bound to her memory. 

But following a string of rebel intrusions on the city, Avlyn receives a cryptic message.

 After which, she begins seeing visions of her dead twin, not to mention a 

strange power she doesn't understand starts to emerge. The mysterious 

radical who urges Avlyn to join their fight becomes her link to answers. 

Freedom. Love. Opportunity calls, but if she says yes will she lose it all? 

Configured is the first novel in a Configured trilogy that poses the 

question: does humanity need love for survival? 

Fans of Divergent, Matched, and the Maze Runner will love this world 

of dark secrets, intrigue and thirst for a better tomorrow.                                                                                                   

         

                                                                                                        

         Configured Jenetta Penner                       

         (Book #1 in the Configured Trilogy) 

         Genres: Sci-Fi/Dystopian, Young Adult

MY THOUGHS:

The author Jennetta Penner writes a convincing story that you want to just dive into. Her world is set into the near distance future, where things don't seem as they should be. I was on the edge of my seat, wondering what would happen next. " One more page, just one more". The characteristics of the characters just jump off page at you as their story is told. The story reads quickly with its twists, turns and many, many surprises. With the many dystopian depicted worlds written today, I feel that Jennetta Penner's story throws down the gauntlet with the best of them.

I highly recommend this dystopian trilogy. I give it a 4 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Author Bio: I'm Jenetta and a lifetime lover of Sci-Fi (thx Dad). I had a weird LONG stint (declaring HOW long would give away too many age secrets... and eh hem... a girl never tells) where I read almost no books for pleasure (the horror!). Near the end of 2014 I picked up Hunger Games, and I was off like a rocket. That next year I read about 40 YA books (mostly Sci-Fi/dystopian) and a couple months into it got the idea to write a book (with no prior experience or even desire) about children who were not allowed to be raised by their biological parents. You see, I am an adoptive mama of two lovely daughters from foster care. That story grew into what Configured is today. It has been a HUGE journey with a lot of ups and downs and it took WAY longer than I anticipated. But it is finally here. 

Website ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter

To plunge ourselves into something old made new again!

We dive into the old world of comics, and renew it with such vibrants colors in these graphic novels. It will open the world to some of your favorite novels and bring them to life on these masterly drawn pages. For some it makes reading a book easier to have pictures before them.

🐲 PUT A TOE INTO THE WATER OF ONE OF THESE OUT OF THIS WORLD NOVELS 🐉

                                               NIMONA BY NOELLE STEVENSON

SYNOPSES:

Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from Noelle Stevenson. Featuring an exclusive epilogue not seen in the web comic, along with bonus conceptual sketches and revised pages throughout, this gorgeous full-color graphic novel has been hailed by critics and fans alike as the arrival of a “superstar” talent (NPR.org).

Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are.

But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.

MY THOUGHTS:

The author does an excellent way of telling the story in graphic novel form. Noelle Stevenson is both author and illustrator, she demonstrates humor, over coming unfortunate events in ones life. To try and find way to survive, to fit in with everyone around you. That is hard enough without being a shapeshifter at the same time. Is the hero bad and the villain good? Or are they a little of both. You must submerge yourself into the adventurous story that touches on hardships and trying to over come them, gay love. I find this graphic novel very entertaining to read. I would recommend this novel to anyone who loves a good story. If you enjoy Noelle Stevenson's work in this book 📚. I highly recommend you run out and pick up her other series Lumberjanes vol. 1 & 2.

I highly recommend this graphic novel, I give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4 out of 5 stars.

Next Book 📚 Coming Up:     The Flight of Bonnie Prince Charles by Hugh Doughlas &

                                                                                                                             Michael J. Stead

                                                                             

Let's spring board off and dive into another fabulous book!

📘 A Fantastic Book On An Adventure Through An Unknown World 📕

So come along with me and unlock 🗝 the door 🚪 into the wonderful world this 

author has created!!  When we open the door 🚪 as we step through into a magical fantasy of 

the elven city of Elvorium. Follow me through this spectacular book and come treasure troving with me!

KINGS OR PAWNS ( STEPS OF POWER: THE KINGS BOOK 1) BY J. J. SHERWOOD 

SYNOPSES:

The elven city of Elvorium has become corrupted to the core by politics. With his father dead and The Royal Schismatic his back, Prince Hairem becomes the king of the elven world on Sevrigel. Young and daring, Hairem is determined to undo the council's power, but quickly finds his loyal council members brutally murdered by an assassin loosed within the city. 

As corruption and death threaten to tear the city apart from within, the warlord Seabellus threatens the city from without, laying siege to Sevrigel's eastern capital. With the eleven world crumbling around him, Hairem finds himself in a dangerous political balance between peace and all out war.

MY THOUGHTS:

This is J.J. Sherwood's first novel, along with that she has done a marvelous job at the world building and characterization of the characters. I had the pleasure to be a part of her blog tour and also took part in reviewing this amazing world in this book. If you love the dynamics of the Lord of the Rings you will love Kings or Pawns with the different classifications of the elvens. The story plunges you into the political ring with the division of elves and other clans of species. 

The author J.J. Sherwood pulled together these characters out of her hat and poured them on to the page with such ease. That we can picture them within our minds eye, as we get to know these diverse characters quite well within their Elvorium setting. We see this world unfold around us like a piece of paper that we have folded into a million folds.

 Kings or Pawns story is hard to figure out at first who plays those roles, as for the King himself he's a pawn in the political setting of the Elvorium council. What the king Hairem must do to balance his world with the council. As we progress in this amazing adventure into an unseen world that emerges before us, it slowly builds up to many events that you may not see coming. What? "Bam," did that just happened? Wow yes, yes it did! I kept wanting to turn the page again and again. Always wanting to know what happens next, never to be disappointed in the end. I was completely shocked in the end because the author J.J. Sherwood crafted the story so well that it kept me guessing till the very end. I can not wait to continue this series unto the next book Heroes or Thieves ( Steps of Power: The King  Book 2).

I highly recommend this book series and give this book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5 stars!!

An Amazing Giveaway going on over at  StepsofPower.com run by JJ Sherwood for her book series Kings or Pawns.   For a Signed hardcopy of her first two books:  The Steps of Power: The Kings Book 1 and 2 - Kings or Pawns, Heroes or Thieves 

         🎉🎉🎉Giveaway runs from July 25 - September 10 🎉🎉🎉

             HURRY AND ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The next layover stop on this amazing journey through the books will be:

   
Where will my travels take me but along the way to a incredible book by an awesome author. How could not pass by a book by this author but then again I could not pass up any book!!!

           ANGELS & DEMONS : A NOVEL ( ROBERT LANGDON ) BY DAN BROWN 

SYNOPSIS:

        When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol - seared into the chest of a murdered physicist - he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.   Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival. Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation. Find out what happens in this thriller adventure.                        

MY THOUGHTS:

I thought it was well written with all its twists and turns. It kept you guessing until the very end. How deep into the Vatican will Robert Langdon have to go? We find out the many secrets of the church and the length they go to hide them. Are we angles and do good in the world or demons always doing bad things. We are both, just like the priest character in this book. When he does not get what he wants he goes about to destroy that very thing he has grown to love. Why do we always seem to go down that damaging road of distortion. I liked the influential aspect of the priest in his struggle with the church and the way the clues are exposed to Robert Langdon's character. How we ride along bit by bit to unearth the real killer with in the story. Love the ancient aspects that pull you in and won't let you go until the end. Yes I quite enjoyed this book and cannot wait to move ahead with the series to find out what happens next for Robert Langdon.  

I give this mystery thriller 4 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

~~AN AMAZING GIVEAWAY GOING OVER AT StepsofPower.com RUN BY JJ SHERWOOD FOR BOOK SERIES KINGS AND PAWNS. FOR A SIGNED HARDCOPY OF HER FIRST TWO BOOKS: KINGS AND PAWNS, HEROES AND THIEVES ~~

📔 GIVEAWAY RUNS FROM JULY 25 - SEPTEMBER 10 📔

🎉 HURRY AND ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN !!! 🎉

                                          

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Next Coming For Review:

See the amazing books I come across along the way!

Come along for the ride to see where my journey takes me! Hey, look over there! Do I see an amazing book on the eve of discovery! Why yes I do. So here we go!

 The Devil's Queen : A Novel of Catherine de Medici by Jeanne Kalogridis 

In this book, Catherine de Medici is born into one of the most powerful family of Florence and seems to have everything a young girl could want but soon a violent conflict erupts in the country. She then find herself in the hands of her enemies only to end up in prison.  Later Catherine is forced to marry the handsome Prince Henry of France but is soon overshadowed by his mistress the much older and conniving Diana de Poitier. Having a hard time conceiving children Catherine decided to turn to the dark arts of sorcery,  when she teams up with astrologer Cosimo Ruggieri. She then must deal with the consequences of her actions by paying the price of what she had done.  With Catherine's blood-soaked visions for the future, Kalogridis reveals great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband Henry and the shear determination to keep her sons on the throne of France.

I found this book a joy to read. Going a long for the ride as the author Jeanne Kalogridis brings Catherine de Medici a live through the pages of history again. It shows the hardships Catherine had to go through as a young girl growing up into adulthood. I loved driving into the French court and knowing the ins and outs of what Catherine had to do to achieve to become one of the most famous monarchs in France. I feel that the author did a fabulous job creating these characters, and the quality of each person who lived during those times. She developed the story line as it made you feel like you were stepping back in time and immersing yourself into the French country side. I think the last chapter could of been a little longer but the author has a section at the end to wrap up Catherine de Medici's time line until her death. If you want a glimpse into French history in the 16th century and love a good historical novel this book might be for you.

I gave this historical fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 out of 5 stars. Loved it.

              NEXT BOOK FOR REVIEW:    COMING SOON!!