This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.

When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.

He lifts three fingers to countdown. "Mysterious. Rebellious. Troubled. All those qualities women find irresistible."

“Little blossom in peach and red

Trapping boys with your pretty head;

Tease and play, be coy and smart

For you will one day break his heart” 

Hockey-obsessed tomboy Eleanor Westley has never been the object of a guy's affection before. So when the hottest boy she's ever seen moves in across the street and starts treating her like she's the center of his universe, naturally she's going to be a little skeptical. But everything starts to make sense when girls who look just like Ellie start dying all around the city. Obviously the new guy is the killer, and of course he only likes her because he wants to slice her into tiny pieces. Right? The more Ellie gets to know Seth the more she's convinced he's a psychopathic killer. Problem is, he's the sweetest psychopathic killer she's ever met. Not to mention he's brutally hot. No matter how hard she tries, she can't help but fall for him. Will Ellie find true love, or will her summer of firsts turn out to be a summer of lasts?

Do Min-joon is an alien that landed on Earth in the year 1609, during the Joseon Dynasty. As he tries to help a young girl, Yi-hwa, from falling off a cliff, he misses his trip back to his planet and is stranded on Earth for the next four centuries. He possesses a near-perfect appearance, enhanced physical abilities involving his vision, hearing and speed, and a cynical, jaded view regarding human beings. As time goes by, Min-joon is forced to take on a new identity every ten years, as his human appearance never ages.

In the present, he works as a college professor and finds out that due to a comet coming in three months, he will be able to return to his home planet. In the meantime, he accidentally meets famous actress Cheon Song-yi, the biggest Hallyu star in Korea, when she moves in next door to his luxurious apartment and also turns out to be attending his classes at college. Song-yi is an obnoxious, entitled attention seeker, someone who became a top star in her teens and never learned how to live a normal life. Min-joon finds out that Song-yi looks like the young girl he fell in love with in the Joseon era. He tries to keep himself away from her as he needs to leave the planet, but often finds himself failing to do so.

However, Song-yi gets entangled in the dangerous game of Lee Jae-kyung, the elder brother of Hwi-kyung, who has been her friend since middle school and is in love with her. As Jae-kyung tries to silence Song-yi, Min-joon finds himself saving her multiple times and eventually the neighbors fall for each other. But Jae-kyung turns out to be much more dangerous than Min-joon suspected and he mysteriously also starts to lose control over his superpowers, making his only friend and confidant, Lawyer Jang worried about his life and return to space.

• HOTTIE ALIEN ALERT!!!!!1111111
• He's character is not easy to understand. He's very distant from people and he's really a smarty-pants. COLD, that's him. He rarely talks and he keeps his face straight with no emotions most of the time BUT when he shows emotions and affection I AM A GONER!!!!!!!11 ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SMILES.................... O<-<
• He has super powers such as ability to teleport, stop time, psycho-telekinesis, but he doesn't have control over the four elements such as air, water, earth, fire. 
• HIS BANGS. YEP. I love his bangs. Dre @ Sporadic Reads has also a fetish over the bangs! HAHA
• KIM SOO HYUN played the role Do Min Joon, and he is another bane of my existence. I am not even sure if I like Do Min Joon or Kim Soo Hyun. Maybe both. Yes both. He's not new to me anymore, I've already watched his other dramas before, but while I was watching MLFTS, I was overwhelmed and astonished of how immensely he improved! AND how immensely I grew infatuated to him more. THE FEELS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. He's just so charming and swoon-worthy. He portrayed the role well and there's no need for any background music during the heavy drama scenes, for just one look at his sullen/sad/crying face, you'll burst into droplets of tears OR a very deep sad face =((((((((((( 

• People who hates narcissistic, obstinate and attention seeker characters will loathe her. But I guess, there is more than meets the eye in Song Yi's character. I liked her so much, she's confident and she knows what she wants in life. She knows when to fight and when to give up. She knows how to love herself and also to love others to point of being altruistic.  
• She's perfectly flawed, she's very vulnerable, but she conceals her weaknesses with a mask because of her status in Korea. Yep, she's not a very likable character at first, but as soon as the story deepened, she grew in me. I learned so much from her character. She's brave, she goes through A LOT of pain and disappointment, but she tenaciously keeps a solid wall inside her.
• She speaks of what other actresses have to go through everyday. The pressure that weighs on their shoulders is unbearable, but they have to carry it if they want to keep their title in this industry. 
• SHE'S FUNNY, RIDICULOUS (IN A GOOD SENSE), and really GOOFY. She entertained me with her funny antics, absurd and silly actions and especially the way she acts around Do Min Joon. What's not to like about that?
• She's desperate for affection, love, and life-long commitment because of what happened with her father, that's why it's really hard for her to open her heart for anyone unless she's sure. But man when cupid started to play its tricks, I greatly ache and empathize for her! 
• JI HYUN who played the role really did a great job. Actually, she's familiar to me because I already watched My Sassy Girl last 2006 BUT I barely remember her acting there. For crissake it's been 8 years. Anyway, the role came natural for her, I feel her emotion and she's very talented and flexible actress. When it comes to the heavy drama parts, the way she cried, the way she slowly muttered the words, the way she expressed emotions BAAAAM SO GOOD!

• I SHIP SONG YI AND MIN JOON SO HARD THAT IT TURNED TO A ROCKET SHIP.
• There was no rush in their relationship, it started really funny and a 'she is insufferable' & 'he is too hostile sometimes' kind that sometimes you just want them to talk to each other for a whole episode and watch them bicker over rubbish things. 
• The chemistry between the characters were PALPABLE.
• There are each others' rock when they are about to hit the bottom. Their relationship was bent and tested painfully because of  Do Min Joon's future departure. I AM NOT GOING TO CRY
• HARDSHIPS. Oh, there are a lot. expect ANGST!!!!!1111

   

There is a secret society that presides over every world. This society is so powerful that it can control a nation, strike fear into the bravest of men and bring turmoil onto the most unsuspecting of victims. 

. . .There is a dangerous society in Seoul that is plaguing Choi Yoori.

Her world is turned upside down when she is told that she bears a strong resemblance to the “Queen of the Underworld,” a notorious Underworld crime lord who died 3 years prior – the exact same time Yoori woke up with amnesia. The dangers of this new world is crashing in on her and Yoori's only grip on stability lies with the guidance from her crime lord boss and the secrets the Queen of the Underworld hid from her powerful society.

Welcome to a world where “Gods” walk amongst humans. Where the heartless and vengeful are revered like Kings and Queens – and the weak, the distracted are punished without mercy.

It is a cruel world and once you’re in, the only exit is death.

 

Synopsis:

Life can change in a split second.

Addie hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she can manipulate and slow down time, too . . . but not without a price.

When Addie’s dad invites her to spend her winter break with him, she jumps at the chance to escape into the Norm world of Dallas, Texas. There she meets the handsome and achingly familiar Trevor. He’s a virtual stranger to her, so why does her heart do a funny flip every time she sees him? But after witnessing secrets that were supposed to stay hidden, Trevor quickly seems more suspicious of Addie than interested in her. And she has an inexplicable desire to change that.

Meanwhile, her best friend, Laila, has a secret of her own: she can restore Addie’s memories . . . once she learns how. But there are powerful people who don’t want to see this happen. Desperate, Laila tries to manipulate Connor, a brooding bad boy from school—but he seems to be the only boy in the Compound immune to her charms. And the only one who can help her.

As Addie and Laila frantically attempt to retrieve the lost memories, Addie must piece together a world she thought she knew before she loses the love she nearly forgot . . . and a future that could change everything.

 

That was my initial thought upon finishing Split Second. It was a pleasure to read another fun, entertaining, swoon inducing book from Kasie West!!! And come on, what's not to like? There's TRE freaking VOR

Synopsis:

Pepper has been hopelessly in love with her best friend’s brother, Hunter, for like ever. He’s the key to everything she’s always craved: security, stability, family. But she needs Hunter to notice her as more than just a friend. Even though she’s kissed exactly one guy, she has just the plan to go from novice to rock star in the bedroom—take a few pointers from someone who knows what he’s doing.

Her college roommates have the perfect teacher in mind. But bartender Reece is nothing like the player Pepper expects. Yes, he’s beyond gorgeous, but he’s also dangerous, deep—with a troubled past. Soon what started as lessons in attraction are turning both their worlds around, and showing just what can happen when you go past foreplay and get to what’s real…

Synopsis:
In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.

When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.

Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.

Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?

Synopsis:When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.
When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.

“Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.” 

Synopsis:
At the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy’s instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. If they can fight their way through the Gaea’s forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors both sides and prevent the giants from raising Gaea. But, Leo wonders, if the Doors are sealed, how will Percy and Annabeth be able to escape?
They have no choice. If the demigods don’t succeed, Gaea’s armies will never die. They have no time. In about a month, the Romans will march on Camp Half-Blood. The stakes are higher than ever in this adventure that dives into the depths of Tartarus.

Sure, I’m pissed off. But my actions are not entirely without thought. I might regularly open my mouth without thinking, but I never start a fight without consulting my brain. For this one, I figured I’d won as soon as I made the first move. Intimidation tactics like his are common among bullies. The smaller, weaker opponent is supposed to cringe and back off.

“Apparently,they’ve decided that’s a gray zone. It could get them all burned.” Then he adds in a whisper, almost to himself, “But the fire can be tempting.”

“Are you really an archangel?” I whisper.

He gives me a cocky grin. “Impressed?”

“No,” I lie. “But I have some complaints I’d like to file about your personnel.”

“Talk to middle management.”

"If you help me find my sister, you can have these back. I saved them for you."

"Thanks," he croaks, surveying the wings. "They'll look great on my wall.

"How long did you resist?" asks Uriel. "Did you push her away? Did you tell her she meant no more to you than any other animal? Oh, Raffe, did she die thinking you didn’t care about her? How tragic. That must just tear you to pieces."

Raffe looks up with murder in his eyes. "Don’t. Talk. About. Her."