Review/Giveaway: Integration by Imogen Rose

Title: Integration
Series: Bonfire Academy #2
Author: Imogen Rose
Published: July 2012
Format: Print Copy provided by author & publicist for review, later for tour

Second haiku warning:

A boyfriend missing
A lover must pay in blood
A princess must die


Welcome back to Bonfire Academy.

BONUS!  Check out the TOUR WIDE giveaway at the end of this review for a chance to win a KINDLE FIRE!!!

For this review I wrote down my thoughts before I started.  Having read Initiation, I was very excited to get on with this book.  I was excited to get reacquainted with all of the characters, and I had high hopes for this book.  I was not disappointed! And something special if you manage to snag a print copy of this book, in the back there are character interviews with some of the characters!

Trust No One

Really, that’s it.  That’s the only rule when you attend Bonfire Academy.  Heck, anywhere in life if you are one of these paranormal beings.  Integration brings Cordelia back, and this time she is on the staff at Bonfire Academy, along with Quinn, Jagger, and some other graduates.  Right away, I love Cordelia again.  She is inquisitive enough to get into trouble…lots of trouble.  But she is intelligent and brave, too.  Now, if you read Initiation, you know she and Jagger are synched.  Jagger is a faery, and now they are together.  The belong together, and will forever.  It doesn’t matter that she is a pus dripping demon and he is a faery, their hearts recognize each other and stake claim.  But by this time, Cordelia still hasn’t told Quinn, her demon boyfriend. This was so frustrating for me!!  I found myself chanting in my head “Drop Quinn Drop Quinn Drop Quinn”.  Really, I have a thing for Jagger, he is my flavor of the week.  I do have to note here the only disappointment I had in this entire story was that Jagger did not get as much face time as I would like to see.

Faustine is back in school, and she seems like she has matured a bit.  She doesn’t know all of the truths about her own life yet, and that’s a bit frustrating. I want someone to tell her about Ryker, for Pete’s sake!  I swear, these paranormals take the whole confidentiality thing so far, I just want to scream!

And Mason is back, and it seems that money bought his way in.  Now, if you are new to this series and don’t know who Mason is, you are out of luck because I am not telling you. J  But he is a jerk, and I want him gone.  Someone needs to tar and de-feather that bird.

This time around there are death threats left in the form of haiku poems on some of the doors of our favorite characters.  Yes, there is a little cheese factor in that.  But when you take in the picture as a whole, all of these characters are quite dramatic, so threats in this form only follow the traditions that have already been set.  Nothing is normal at Bonfire Academy.

There were a few new characters introduced during Integration, and I am very excited to see more of them in the future, along with the old characters.  I can’t tell you the end without spoiling the whole story, but suffice it to say the secrets at Bonfire Academy run deep, and really there is just one thing to remember.

Trust No One

I loved this story, and I am super glad that I got to participate in its tour, since I first participated in Initiation’s tour also.  As with the first book, these are characters that you can easily identify with and care for.  There was plenty of action, and some of it was really gross lol.  But everything altogether makes a fantastic story.  Imogen Rose’s writing is fabulous and she really has a knack at grabbing your attention and keeping it.  The storyline runs smoothly and I couldn’t put the book down.  I still just have one request for Ms. Rose – More Jagger!  Oh, and I’d love so much to see some artist renderings of Faustine and Cordelia in their demon forms.  They are some nasty disgusting demons, and I love them!

Meet Imogen Rose

Imogen Rose is the author of the bestselling YA series, the Portal Chronicles. She was born in a small town in Sweden and moved to London in her twenties. After obtaining a PhD in immunology from Imperial College, she moved with her family to New Jersey, where she’s been based for the past ten years.

For as long as she can remember, Imogen has dreamt stories. Stories that continued from night to night, from dream to dream. So, even as a child, going to bed was never an issue, just an anticipation of the story to come.

PORTAL, Imogen’s first novel, would have remained in her imagination, to be shared only with her daughter, Lauren, had her eight-year-old not insisted that she write it down. In the course of a month, Imogen typed while Lauren waited eagerly by the printer for the pages to appear, and a novel took shape.

The warm reception PORTAL received encouraged her to continue with the story and the Portal Chronicles. The Bonfire Chronicles is Imogen’s new YA paranormal series.

Imogen is a self-confessed Hermès addict who enjoys shopping, traveling, watching movies and playing with her dog, Tallulah.

Website    Blog    Facebook    Twitter

Previously Reviewed:

Initiation

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Review/Giveaway: Integration by Imogen Rose

Title: Integration
Series: Bonfire Academy #2
Author: Imogen Rose
Published: July 2012
Format: Print Copy provided by author & publicist for review, later for tour

Second haiku warning:

A boyfriend missing
A lover must pay in blood
A princess must die


Welcome back to Bonfire Academy.

BONUS!  Check out the TOUR WIDE giveaway at the end of this review for a chance to win a KINDLE FIRE!!!

For this review I wrote down my thoughts before I started.  Having read Initiation, I was very excited to get on with this book.  I was excited to get reacquainted with all of the characters, and I had high hopes for this book.  I was not disappointed! And something special if you manage to snag a print copy of this book, in the back there are character interviews with some of the characters!

Trust No One

Really, that’s it.  That’s the only rule when you attend Bonfire Academy.  Heck, anywhere in life if you are one of these paranormal beings.  Integration brings Cordelia back, and this time she is on the staff at Bonfire Academy, along with Quinn, Jagger, and some other graduates.  Right away, I love Cordelia again.  She is inquisitive enough to get into trouble…lots of trouble.  But she is intelligent and brave, too.  Now, if you read Initiation, you know she and Jagger are synched.  Jagger is a faery, and now they are together.  The belong together, and will forever.  It doesn’t matter that she is a pus dripping demon and he is a faery, their hearts recognize each other and stake claim.  But by this time, Cordelia still hasn’t told Quinn, her demon boyfriend. This was so frustrating for me!!  I found myself chanting in my head “Drop Quinn Drop Quinn Drop Quinn”.  Really, I have a thing for Jagger, he is my flavor of the week.  I do have to note here the only disappointment I had in this entire story was that Jagger did not get as much face time as I would like to see.

Faustine is back in school, and she seems like she has matured a bit.  She doesn’t know all of the truths about her own life yet, and that’s a bit frustrating. I want someone to tell her about Ryker, for Pete’s sake!  I swear, these paranormals take the whole confidentiality thing so far, I just want to scream!

And Mason is back, and it seems that money bought his way in.  Now, if you are new to this series and don’t know who Mason is, you are out of luck because I am not telling you. J  But he is a jerk, and I want him gone.  Someone needs to tar and de-feather that bird.

This time around there are death threats left in the form of haiku poems on some of the doors of our favorite characters.  Yes, there is a little cheese factor in that.  But when you take in the picture as a whole, all of these characters are quite dramatic, so threats in this form only follow the traditions that have already been set.  Nothing is normal at Bonfire Academy.

There were a few new characters introduced during Integration, and I am very excited to see more of them in the future, along with the old characters.  I can’t tell you the end without spoiling the whole story, but suffice it to say the secrets at Bonfire Academy run deep, and really there is just one thing to remember.

Trust No One

I loved this story, and I am super glad that I got to participate in its tour, since I first participated in Initiation’s tour also.  As with the first book, these are characters that you can easily identify with and care for.  There was plenty of action, and some of it was really gross lol.  But everything altogether makes a fantastic story.  Imogen Rose’s writing is fabulous and she really has a knack at grabbing your attention and keeping it.  The storyline runs smoothly and I couldn’t put the book down.  I still just have one request for Ms. Rose – More Jagger!  Oh, and I’d love so much to see some artist renderings of Faustine and Cordelia in their demon forms.  They are some nasty disgusting demons, and I love them!

Meet Imogen Rose

Imogen Rose is the author of the bestselling YA series, the Portal Chronicles. She was born in a small town in Sweden and moved to London in her twenties. After obtaining a PhD in immunology from Imperial College, she moved with her family to New Jersey, where she’s been based for the past ten years.

For as long as she can remember, Imogen has dreamt stories. Stories that continued from night to night, from dream to dream. So, even as a child, going to bed was never an issue, just an anticipation of the story to come.

PORTAL, Imogen’s first novel, would have remained in her imagination, to be shared only with her daughter, Lauren, had her eight-year-old not insisted that she write it down. In the course of a month, Imogen typed while Lauren waited eagerly by the printer for the pages to appear, and a novel took shape.

The warm reception PORTAL received encouraged her to continue with the story and the Portal Chronicles. The Bonfire Chronicles is Imogen’s new YA paranormal series.

Imogen is a self-confessed Hermès addict who enjoys shopping, traveling, watching movies and playing with her dog, Tallulah.

Website    Blog    Facebook    Twitter

Previously Reviewed:

Initiation

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Initiation - Imogen Rose - Giveaway/Excerpt/Review

For my stop on the tour I am featuring a review, an excerpt, and there is also a tour wide giveaway, so make sure you enter your information in the Rafflecopter below.  Please note that Fictional Candy will not be picking or announcing the winner

Title: Initiation (Bonfire Academy #1)

Author: Imogen Rose

Format: ebook provided by Bewitching Blog Tours for Review

From Goodreads:
Welcome to Bonfire Academy. Set in the foothills of the alpine mountains in St.Moritz, this exclusive private school caters to a special kind of student. Enter at your own risk... but if you are human, you may not want to enter at all. 

This is part one of the prequel series (Bonfire Academy) in the Bonfire Chronicles. Book two, INTEGRATION, will be released summer 2012

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As a book blogger I have a very hectic “book life”.  My “To Be Read” pile is enormous.  I wanted in this tour as soon as I saw it on the Bewitching Blog Tours site.  Then I got the book, and paid it no mind until it was time to read.  Then I opened it up on my kindle.  Over 400 pages! My first thought was “oh no, what have I got myself into???”  Seriously, I was worried.

And that was the most useless thought I’ve had in a very long time because – no joke – this book had me hooked from the very first page, and I barely put it down until I was finished.  Less than 24 hours later (which includes work, some sleep, and a bit of time with my daughter) and I was done. 

So lets start, eh?  This is a super power / paranormal private school type book.  But that’s about where the similarities to any other private school book end.  Perhaps this book is YA, but it’s definitely on the higher end.  There is violence and swearing, and there is some steam, but not outright steam.  Got it? 

Cordelia is a third year student at Bonfire Academy, which is an ultra posh paranormal prep school in Switzerland (interesting note – that’s where the author is from!). She isn’t required to attend this year, but she does so that she can focus on tennis a bit more.  Because demons have interests outside of being well, demonic.  That’s when Jagger, uber hot Student Council President fae, assigns her to a new student as a mentor.  It should be easy, since both girls are demonic princesses.  Yep, I told you it was an ultra posh school! The new student is Faustine, and she’s only 12.  But she is rare in the fact that she is half human.  The paranormal beings often procreate outside their own race, but hardly ever with us humans. 

               

                “My words were supposed to come out in a firm demonic growl, but instead, they slithered out in an unfortunate raspy whisper”

Then something happens between Jagger and Cordelia that is 1) totally unexpected, and 2) totally life changing.  And I loved every minute of it!!  If there is one thing I could wish for this book, or this series, is more Jagger and Cordelia!!  Of course, Cordelia has a boyfriend, Quinn, but who cares??  He is clearly not the one for her.  She needs to drop him like a hot demon potato and get with some hunky fae Student Council President action!

This book has a lot going on.  You’ve got vampires, weres, shifters, demons, fae and even more.  And here’s something great – they don’t all get along!  And this creates a ton of drama and mystery at school.  You expect that you can go to school and feel safe walking down the hallway, but at Bonfire, things are more than a little different!

Something else that I absolutely loved – when demons or shifters shift into their paranormal form, it doesn’t mean that they turn into some 7 foot beautiful demigod of a being. Nope.  Some of them are downright ugly and repulsive.  Perfect!!  It was surprise after surprise in this book, and I love how Imogen Rose has not only bent the rules, she’s downright broken and rewrote them.

Cordelia, that poor girl haha.  She really takes a beating in this book.  I hope the rest of her life doesn’t go on like her third year at Bonfire, because she’s spent so much time in the infirmary she should get a personal room there!  Anyhow, she is a wonderful character.  She has heart and a conscience, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t a demon. 

And there is a myriad of colorful characters to choose from.  Mysterious Jagger, helpful Quinn, naïve Faustine, mile a minute Martha, and Ryker – another mystery.  You will definitely not get bored reading this book, and I couldn’t recommend it any more than this!  Read it! Love it!  Come back here and tell me what you thought, cause I love to dish about my favorite books.  And that’s where this book is going, my favorites list!