Goodreads Monday – Page 2 – Sincerely Karen Jo

goodreadsmondays Hello to all my amazing bookish friends!! Time for another Goodreads Monday, which is a weekly meme by Lauren’s Page Turners’ blog!

To participate, just choose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. For this meme, I’ll be focusing on a random book that I don’t own (hardcopy or ebooks) on my Goodreads “want-to-read” page.

vendetta

Published February 24, 2015 by Chicken House Ltd

Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Mystery

Pages: Hardcover 352 pages

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Blood Will Spill, Hearts Will Break: With a fierce rivalry raging between two warring families, falling in love is the deadliest thing Sophie could do. An epic debut set outside modern-day Chicago.

For Sophie, it feels like another slow, hot summer in Cedar Hill, waitressing at her family’s diner and hanging out with her best friend Millie. But then someone moves into the long-abandoned mansion up the block–a family of five Italian brothers, each one hotter than the last. Unable to resist caramel-eyed Nicoli, Sophie finds herself falling for him — and willfully ignoring the warning signs. Why are Nic’s knuckles cut and bruised? Why does he carry an engraved switchblade? And why does his arrogant and infuriating older brother, Luca, refuse to let her see him? As the boys’ dark secrets begin to come to light, Sophie is confronted with stinging truths about her own family, too. Suddenly, she’s torn between two warring dynasties: the one she’s related to and the one she’s now in love with. She’ll have to choose between loyalty and passion. When she does, blood will spill, hearts will break. Because in this twisted underworld, dishonor can be the difference between life and death.

I don’t remember when I first saw this book, but I’ve been meaning to read the series for a while now. Any retellings of Romeo and Juliet will always appeal to me. This one sounds really intriguing and fun with a lot of drama and conflict — two things I really love in books. Of course, there’s going to be a forbidden romance so that’s definitely going to be exciting and swoony. Hopefully I’ll get to this book and series really soon…

What’s on your Goodreads Monday this week? Have you read this book? Did you love it or hate it? Let me know in the comments!

sincerelykarenjo2

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Hello to all my amazing bookish friends!! I’m a little late posting my Goodreads Monday, but here it is!!! Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme by Lauren’s Page Turners’ blog!

bookjumper

Published January 3rd 2017 by Feiwel & Friends (first published February 16th 2015)

Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy

Pages: Hardcover 371 pages

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Amy Lennox doesn’t know quite what to expect when she and her mother pick up and leave Germany for Scotland, heading to her mother’s childhood home of Lennox House on the island of Stormsay.

Amy’s grandmother, Lady Mairead, insists that Amy must read while she resides at Lennox House—but not in the usual way. It turns out that Amy is a book jumper, able to leap into a story and interact with the world inside. As thrilling as Amy’s new power is, it also brings danger: someone is stealing from the books she visits, and that person may be after her life. Teaming up with fellow book jumper Will, Amy vows to get to the bottom of the thefts—at whatever cost.

I was immediately drawn to this book because of the cover and title. When I read the synopsis and saw that it was taking place in Scotland (and in fictional worlds), I was itching so bad to grab a copy. Plus, the concept seems really fun and exciting. No one needs to tell me twice to read books… and being able to go into different stories sounds absolutely amazing and a dream come true. Well, this book somehow got forgotten in my long list of Goodreads TBR. Definitely going to try and get to this book this year.

Have you read this book? Did you love it or hate it? Let me know in the comments!

sincerelykarenjo2