Review: Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray (Luxury Reading Review)

  Title: Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates                  Pages: 313 
  Author: Eva Gray                                                  Source: Luxury Reading
  Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks                          Published: May 1, 2011
  Series: Tomorrow Girls #1                                      Purchase: Amazon
  Rating: 3 out of 5

Louisa lives in a world plagued with war. Nothing is the same, and it seems nothing will ever be the same again.

In order to protect her and her friend Maddie, Louisa's parents send them to a boarding school called Country Manor School, where they have to pretend to be twin sisters. But when they arrive, things just start getting weirder and weirder. First, they have to hand over all electronics and jewelry for "safe keeping." They are told that there are no phone towers or anything to power their electronics. No phone service, television service, or internet service.

Then, they are repeatedly called the "girls of Tomorrow" and are taught outdoor surviving skills like sharp shooting, archery, making a fire, and foraging for edible plants and berries. Louisa is enjoying all these new and exciting things to do, but Maddie is not.

Maddie becomes friends with a conspiracy theorist, Evelyn and starts feeding into all the theories that Evelyn spouts off. Maddie starts believing that CMS is not quite what it seems, either.

So are they just paranoid? Or is there something else going on?

I hadn't heard much about Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates, but I decided to give it a shot anyway, because the premise sounded very intriguing. I'm quite glad I did.

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I give Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates a 3 out of 5.

Review: Stay by Deb Caletti (Luxury Reading review)

  Title: Stay                                                      Pages: 313 
  Author: Deb Caletti                                         Source: Luxury Reading
  Publisher: Simon Pulse                                   Published: April 5, 2011
  Series: Standalone?                                        Purchase: Amazon
  Rating: 5 out of 5

Clara's never had a true boyfriend, only flings and dates. But when she meets Christian, that changes. Without even searching, it seems she's found someone she could be with forever.

And then the unthinkable happens. Christian becomes more and more jealous and more and more obsessive. Over Clara. He accuses her of looking at other guys, of wanting to be with them. He accuses her of wanting to leave and never believes she truly loves him, only him, no matter how many times she tells him.

When Clara realizes that their relationship is too far gone - that Christian is too far gone - she leaves the city and her friends behind to stay at Bishop Rock with her father, telling no one where she's going.

There, she breathes for the first time in a while and starts picking up the pieces of her life - or at least trying. She's still scared that she may have not run far enough.

I was drawn to Stay and its premise from the first time I read the summary. I love realistic fiction and Stay leads the pack.

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I give Stay a 5 out of 5.

In My Mailbox (13)

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren and is a weekly meme to showcase what you got over the week by buying, receiving, borrowing, stealing from a friend etc.

For Review (from Luxury Reading):

Tomorrow Girls: Run For Cover (#2) by Eva Gray

 

For Review:

Torrent (River of Time #3) by Lisa T. Bergren

So I received this in a box with two copies each of Waterfall and Cascade. I already had a copy each of Waterfall and Cascade, so I was pleasantly surprised! Check out the giveaway for these copies that I’m currently holding here.

 

Contests:

Abandon by Meg Cabot

 

Possession by Elana Johnson

 

Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky

 

The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson

I received the above four novels from a contest at Simply Ali and you were supposed to pick five novels you were looking forward to reading that had not come out yet. I picked the above four and Supernaturally, which she preodered for me. I was beyond ecstatic when I got the email saying I won. Uh, five books that I can’t wait to read? Duh I’m excited! Thank you so much Ali!

 

Dark Mirror by M.J. Putney

I actually won this quite a while ago from Small Review, but there must have been something that went wrong when it got mailed or something! But the lovely owner of Small Review contacted the publisher (where the book was being shipped from) and got it all worked out for me. Thank you Small Review!

 

Bought:

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

This was only $5.99 at Borders in their bargain books section! I didn’t even know they had a bargain books section, let alone that YA would be in it! I am now a new fan of Borders (they have pretty normal prices for books!)

 

Dark Visions Volume 1 (The Strange Power, The Possessed, and The Passion) by L.J Smith

This was only $3.99, also in the bargain section of Borders!

 

Stargazer (Evernight #2) by Claudia Gray

I do not have Evernight, but this was only $2.99 at Borders, I figured what the heck? I’ve been thinking about getting Evernight for a while anyway, this will give me an incentive lol.

 

Fallen by Lauren Kate

I’ve been eyeing this one for quite a while and decided to get it while I was book shopping. This is the only one I bought regular priced, but for $9.99 it wasn’t a bad price. I seriously thought Borders was this expensive bookstore like Barnes and Noble! I normally tried to find books online or Walmart or my local bookstore, but now I have another to shop at when I’m in the area :)

 

That’s all I got this week, what did you get in your mailbox?