Mundie Moms

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Book Review- Clarity

Published by Scholastic Point
Released on February 24th, 2011
Source- Book from publisher to review
4 stars- I enjoyed it

When you can see things others can't, where do you look for the truth?

This paranormal murder mystery will have teens reading on the edge of their seats.

Clarity "Clare" Fern sees things. Things no one else can see. Things like stolen kisses and long-buried secrets. All she has to do is touch a certain object, and the visions come to her. It's a gift.

And a curse.

When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case--but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk. Then Clare's brother--who has supernatural gifts of his own--becomes the prime suspect, and Clare can no longer look away. Teaming up with Gabriel, the smoldering son of the new detective, Clare must venture into the depths of fear, revenge, and lust in order to track the killer. But will her sight fail her just when she needs it most?

A fun, addicting, murder mystery with a twist.

I can't pin point exactly what it was about Clarity that made me devour the book in one sitting. I'm not sure if it was the murder mystery with a twist, Kim's engaging writing style, Clarity and the great cast of characters or the laid back setting of a small coastal town the sucked me in. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this fun, quick read.

Clarity is written in such a fun way. She's quirky, snarky, witty, upbeat and a character I enjoyed getting to know. Not to mention she has a cool paranormal power, which just happens to run in the family. She's a psychic, her mom's a telepath and her brother Perry is a medium. I loved Clarity's family and their close knit relationship. They all work together and seem to always have each other's backs, especially when Perry becomes the main suspect in a murder.

I thought Kim did a great job in writing her murder mystery. I suspected everyone Clarity did, from the cheating ex-boyfriend, to the new hot, mysterious boy Gabriel, to the guys that have always picked on Clarity. I really liked the way Kim introduces each of these guys. Just as I think I figured out who the killer is, she reveals more about each character and then throws another twist into the plot. Along with my suspicions with who committed the murders, was who Clarity was falling in love with. I'll admit, as much as I wanted to dislike Justin, the ex boyfriend, the more I got to know him, the more I liked him. Than there's Gabriel who I still have my suspicions about, but it's not hard to like this bad boy. I can't forget the ending.... let me just say that while Clarity was able to solve the murder mystery, she hasn't solved who her heart belongs to. I'm just going to throw this out there that I'm all for Clarity falling in love with Nate, her brothers best friend. No that's not a spoiler, as there's nothing romantic between the two. Nate is a character I wanted to know more about.

This is a fun, fast paced read that I recommend picking up. There is some mentions of sex, but no graphic scenes. I think this is a book readers 14 yrs & older would enjoy. I am really looking forward to reading Perception, the sequel to Clarity.

Waiting on Wednesday- Shift

Published by Simon Pulse
To Be Released on May 3rd, 2011

Aura’s life is anything but easy. Her boyfriend, Logan, died, and his slides between ghost and shade have left her reeling. Aura knows he needs her now more than ever. She loves Logan, but she can’t deny her connection with the totally supportive, totally gorgeous Zachary. And she’s not sure that she wants to.

Logan and Zachary will fight to be the one by her side, but Aura needs them both to uncover the mystery of her past—the mystery of the Shift.

As Aura’s search uncovers new truths, she must decide whom to trust with her secrets…and her heart.

We are big fans of Jeri Smith-Ready and loved Shade. We're really looking forward to reading her sequel Shift, which releases NEXT WEEK!!! Next week we'll have Jeri on MM's for an interview, I'll also share my review of Shift and next month we're having Jeri on for a live author chat!!

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine.
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Mundie Moms is taking part in an awesome blog tour for Shift. Each stop will not only have a unique post, but will also be giving away 2 copies of SHIFT, plus an extra surprise gift!! Each blog who's hosting their own giveaway will end those giveaways 24 hrs AFTER they made their post. That's not all. There is an amazing Grand Prize to be won which includes annotated copies of Shade, Shift AND an ARC of the third book in the series from Jeri. Plus, an ipod shuffle! I know, AWESOME Grand Prize that one lucky person who follows the tour will get to win. To enter, and the reason why I'm posting this now is because the blog tour kicked off yesterday!! To enter, you need to comment on EACH of blogs on the tour.

Tuesday, April 26: For What It’s Worth – Kickoff, Guest post: presentation of Logan’s “Sucks to Be a Ghost (Sometimes)” playlist

Wednesday, April 27: Mountains of Instead – Guest post: All Things Scottish (especially Zachary)

Thursday, April 28: He Followed Me Home – Guest post: Deleted Scene from SHIFT

Friday, April 29: What’s on the Bookshelf – Guest post: Loving the Love Triangle

Sunday, May 1: Addicted 2 Novels – SHIFT review

Monday, May 2: Book Smugglers – Video guest post: Newgrange & the Mysteries of Ireland

Wednesday, May 4: Mundie Moms – Interview with Jeri

Thursday, May 5: Postmortem (Jackie Morse Kessler) – Death Interviews Logan

Friday, May 6: BBooks, Sweets and Other Treats – Group Interview with Zachary by the "Fab 4": Books, Sweets and Other Treats, Bookworms Haven, Booking it with Hayley G, and BrookeWorm

Sunday, May 8: Just Another Book Blog – SHIFT Review

Monday, May 9: YA Book Queen – Interview with Jeri

Tuesday, May 10: The Book Junkies – Guest post: SHIFT playlist and Writing with Music

Wednesday, May 11: For What It's Worth - Wrapup and grand prize giveaway
Special Events:

Tuesday, May 3: Bitten By Books – Launch Day party! Live author Q&A all day long, big prizes

Saturday, May 7: Twitter Chat on #UFchat, hosted by Ink Gypsy, 6-7:30pm Eastern


Rules:
1. Contest open to International entries
2. To enter the daily contests, simply comment on that day's post. After 24 hours, a winner will be drawn for the daily prize. All daily contest commenters will be automatically entered in the grand prize drawing.
Winner will be chosen for the Grand Prize Contest will be drawn using a random number generator.

3. Odds of winning depend upon the number of participants.
4. Names of daily winners will be posted on the hosting blog's page the next day. Follow their directions for claiming prize.

5. Grand prize drawing will take place Wednesday, May 11th, and will be announced in a blog post on Wednesday, May 11th on For What It's Worth. The winner will have one week to claim his or her prize by contacting me via e-mail at fwiw DOT kea AT gmail DOT com. If the winner does not contact me by that time, I will draw another name at random.
6. No purchase is required.

You can find all this information, HERE, which is where I quoted the tour schedule and rules from.

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