Teaser Tuesday: Sacrifice by Stacey Rourke

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of 

Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"He turned and gaped. 'Blimey! They're like zombies!'"

~Teaser from Sacrifice~

(Gryphon Series Book 3)

By:  Stacey Rourke

The author was kind enough to send me review copies of the whole series so I've been trying to get caught up the past couple of weeks. (See my reviews of books one and two.) I just started book three, Sacrifice. I've really been enjoying the whole series!

Review: Embrace by Stacey Rourke

Title: Embrace

Series: Gryphon (#2)

Author: Stacey Rourke

Genre: YA Fantasy

Source: Review copy provided by author in exchange for honest review.

Find more Embrace info on Goodreads.

See my review of The Conduit, Book 1 in the Gryphon series here!

OMG--the end. What? It was totally left on a cliff hanger! I love/hate cliff hangers. I love that it left me wanting, no needing, more of the story. BUT...it just left me thinking what the what!? 

How...can...you...just...end...the...book...there??? 

Luckily I have the next book but if I didn't I'd be ticked! 

There is a lot going on in this short book. There are supernatural creatures of assorted varieties including shapeshifters, Titans, demons, and even a pirate! 

Embrace is a story about your average teen to 20 somethings trying to save the world and maintain a normal life at the same time and juggle their new super powers. Whatevs, right? Ha!

I like the main character, Celeste. She's strong and has taken over her new world savior role without much  complaint. But I swear this girl has got to have the WORST taste in guys. EVER. I mean literally, the guys she picks are DEMONS, for cripes sake!

I'm really digging author, Stacey Rourke's writing style. It's a little snarky, a little sexy and a lot suspenseful. Seriously, there were a few times I got frustrated that somebody would just TELL me what was really going on!! But I think that's a good thing that I want, no NEED, to know what's going on!

This is a good series. I care about the characters and the series and I REALLY want to know what is going to happen NOW. I give Embrace 4 out of 5 stars. It has me coming back for more!

Review: The Conduit by Stacey Rourke

Title: The Conduit

Series: Gryphon Series

Author: Stacey Rourke

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Source: Review copy from the author

Find The Conduit on Goodreads.

For some unknown reason, it took me forever to get around to reading The Conduit. This was a mistake. I should have got to reading it much sooner! I really enjoyed this book! 

The Conduit is a story with strong familial relationships, mythical creatures, hard hitting action and a dash of romantic interest. It's really a good mix that made for good reading. 

The main character, Celeste Garrett, finds out she is the "chosen one" to save the world and her siblings are her sentries. I really liked Celeste's family. She has a good relationship with her older brother and younger sister. And her Grams is fabulous! She just seems so awesome. I hope, if I ever get to the grandmother stage, that I am like Grams.

I think middle children everywhere will rejoice reading this book. How often is that the middle sibling gets to be the big hero? I loved the relationship between Gabe and Celeste. (Gabe is 21 and Celeste is 18.) It just seemed they were a great big bro/younger sis team. They razzed each other but you knew they really had each other's back too. The youngest sibling was Kendall or Keni for short (who, btw is 15). She kinda got on my nerves. She's the annoying little sister who is way too perfect to really be likable to me. 

Celeste's love interest is a young reporter type college boy named Alec. I don't trust Alec. Just something about him I that I just don't like, I can't put my finger on it yet. But I'm not sure he's all he seems to be. (So, I'm a cynical reader. Hopefully, I'm wrong about him...maybe.)

My only real qualm this read was I thought the kids, especially Celeste, really "accepted" there supernatural-ness much better than I ever would have. It was kinda like, "Really? REALLY? Well, okay. Let's train with this other random other worldly creature in the remote mountains." I just think there would be A LOT more freaking out if it was me learning I had to save the world for some Aslan type creature of some unknown Narnia type mythical place.

I gave the Conduit 4 out of 5 stars. I've already begun book 2 of the Gryphon series, Embrace. I think my qualm maybe getting addressed. I haven't read much into yet but I'm excited to continue the series and see what's in store for the Garrett family!

Teaser Tuesday: Embrace

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of 

Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This week's teaser comes from Embrace by Stacey Rourke. The author was kind enough to send me the book to review. So far, I'm digging this series!

"The girls that had nodded now sneered in my general direction, as if they too found my comments ridiculous. Traitors."

Embrace (The Gryphon Series, Book 2) 

By: Stacey Rourke