The Verve & Stacking the Shelves (5)

The Verve is our Sunday edition of the weekly memes "The Sunday Post," hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer,
and "Stacking the Shelves," hosted by Tynga's Reviews. We feature the books we bought, borrowed, were gifted and given for review,
as well as share blog news from the past couple weeks and what you might see in the next two.

Hi, LUVs! Thank you to everyone who participated in our first V Follower Appreciation Giveaway! Truly, we can't thank you enough for all the support, for following, commenting, and spreading all the LUV for our little blog over the years.

Congratulations to:
Emma H. and Botezatu P.!
They won a $50 Amazon gift card and choice of book, respectively.

Also, congratulations to Texas B.! She won the February New Release Giveaway.
** All winners have been confirmed. **

While you're here, check out our current giveaways HERE or in the right side bar. Quite a few of those end this week. Now, here's what you might have missed the past two weeks and what to expect in the next two, as well as what we're stacking on our shelves.

Recently reviewed:

Excerpts:
Forged in Grace  by Jordan E. Rosenfeld (Psychological Suspense)
Angel Bait  by Trisha Skinner (Urban Fantasy)
Souls of Darkness  by Eleanor T. Beaty (YA Fantasy)
Radiant  by Christina Daley (YA Paranormal Romance)
Time's Twisted Arrow  by Rysa Walker (YA Science Fiction)
Undertow  by Elle Chardou (New Adult Contemp Romance)
The Grimm Chronicles  by Ken Bronsky & Isabelle Fontaine (YA Urban Fantasy)
Shifting Dreams  by Elizabeth Hunter (Adult Paranormal Romance)
Voiltion  by Lee Strauss (YA Sci-fi Dystopia Romance)
Remembrance  by Michelle Madow (YA Paranormal Romance)

Author Interview:
Cathy Yardley, author of Temping Is Hell

Guest Posts:
Past Lives  by Eleanor T. Beaty
Real Chemistry  by Jen Minkman

Cover Reveals:
Drowning in You  by Rebecca Berto
An Endless Summer  by C.J. Duggan
The Wicked Within  by Kelly Keaton

Recently featured Fan Fics
Little Black Lies  by JB Rose | **Caius & Bella** | Review by Speklez

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Books Bought:

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Fuse  by Julianna Baggot
Unravel Me  by Tahereh Mafi
Let the Sky Fall  by Shannon Messenger

Oh! And I also pre-ordered these:

I couldn't help myself. I'm so EXCITED for these to release!!

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eBooks Bought

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Freebies*

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* Price subject to change without notice. Always check and confirm the price before purchasing *

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Won

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Thanks to Claudia Lefeve and Kismet Book Touring for The Travelers series

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Received for Review

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Much love and gratitude to Salima Korri, Joshua Tate, and Elle Strauss for their lovelies!

An enormous "Thank you!" to Ballantine Books, Random House Publishing Group, Harlequin Teen,
Random House Children's Books, and Scholastic Inc. for these pretties!

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Received to Review for Blog Tours

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Thanks to the authors, Xpresso Book Tours, and AToMR Tours for these!
And a huge thank you to Avon | HarperCollins for sending me a paperback copy of this to R&R for a tour:

Up for Review & the Reading Queue:

Bittersweet Blood  by Nina Croft (Adult Paranormal Romance)*
Strands of Bronze and Gold  by Jane Nickerson (YA Historical Fantasy)*
The Boys of Summer  by C.J.Duggan (NA Contemporary Romance)*
A Conspiracy of Alchemists  by Liesel Schwarz
The Nightmare Affair  by Mindee Arnett
The Culling  by Steven dos Santos
The Bane  by Keary Taylor

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Upcoming Tour Reviews:

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Upcoming Excerpts and Giveaways:

What did you haul in this week?

Link us to your recent Stacking the Shelves or Sunday Post, or share in a comment what you've added to your pile (book or fic).
Is there anything you'd like to see reviewed soon from our pile? Let us know. It's always wonderful hearing from you.
Until next time ...