Category: Coyer

Review: Lost in Chance by Lize Jacobs

Lost in Chance by Lize Jacobs Blurb: Recently divorced teacher, Chrisna, is stuck in her small-town life in South Africa. One day, she angrily tells her best friend that she would like to throw her wedding ring off the top of the Eiffel Tower. So her friend gifts her a five-day trip to Paris, for her thirtieth birthday, to do just that. Unsure of whether she would actually be able to do it, she sets off, unprepared for the life-changing adventure, quirky new friend, and romance that await her, as she gets lost in chance. My Review: I received a […]

Posted January 18, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Review, Romance / 16 Comments

Review: Crystal Cadets by Anne Toole and Katie O’Neill

Crystal Cadets (Crystal Cadets #1) by Anne Toole, Adam Staffaroni (Editor) and Katie O’Neill (Illustrator) Blurb: Zoe is a shy girl, struggling to fit in at her new school, when she finds a mysterious gem left to her by her birth mother. All of a sudden, darkness-spewing dragons are chasing her down in the schoolyard, and a squad of crystal-wielding girls is there to save her! What does this mean for Zoe? Find out in the all-new Crystal Cadets #1 My Review: I received a copy in exchange for an honest review Crystal Cadets is a fun and cute graphic […]

Posted January 16, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Indestructible by Emma L Adams

Indestructible (Indestructible #1) by Emma L. Adams Blurb: Two years ago, the fiends invaded, with a devastating explosion that split the world in two. Even now, energy blasts strike without warning, destroying everything in their paths. The fiends hunt anyone unlucky enough to escape. My name is Leah. An energy blast killed my group. It should have killed me, too. Instead, I woke up alone in the wilderness, stalked by the fiends. My only hope is the red-cloaked strangers who call themselves the Pyros. They can do the impossible and make flames shoot from their hands. Right now, my one […]

Posted January 12, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Review / 16 Comments

Review: Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

Thief of Lies (Library Jumpers #1) by Brenda Drake Blurb: Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels—magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the gateway books—rescue them from a demonic hound. Jumping into some of the world’s most beautiful libraries would be a dream […]

Posted January 6, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 20 Comments

Coyer Winter: Goal post

Coyer is back! This twice yearly reading challenge is one of my favourite challenges and I am really excited for this winter edition. Coyer stands for Clean Out Your E-Reads. The challenge will run from December 19th to March 4th. And is hosted by Fantasy is More Fun, Because Reading & Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My! and the goal is to clean out your free or nearly free E-reads! My Goals Here are my goals for this challenge: Read 20 e-books. Seeing as I read about 2 books each week and coyer runs for 11 weeks, this should be doable. […]

Posted November 24, 2015 by Lola in Challenges, Coyer / 18 Comments

Coyer Summer 2015: Recap Post

Ever since last summer when I joined Coyer for the first time this has been one of my favourite reading challenges in part thanks to all the hard work of the hosts and the awesome facebook group. Coyer is hosted by Michelle from Because Reading is Better Than Real Life, Berls from Fantasy is More Fun and Stormi from Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My! I am so sad that Coyer is over, I always have so much fun with this reading challenge. I had a crazy and busy summer this year and while I am glad summer is almost over, […]

Posted September 4, 2015 by Lola in Challenges, Coyer / 14 Comments

Review: Delinquent by Emma L Adams

Delinquent: An Alliance Novella (Alliance #0.5) by Emma L. Adams Blurb: Nineteen-year-old Kay Walker seems to have it all, including an assured future with the Alliance after he graduates from the prestigious Academy. But when he and his friends discover the lure of the Passages, the place between the worlds where monsters hide, they’re caught up in a contest with rival student Aric – which soon escalates into a deadly game. A perfect life hides lies, and Kay becomes a target for alluring yet deadly magic he has no way of understanding. Magic is a force on its own, and […]

Posted August 22, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments