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 This week I got to go to a book launch in London.  It was so amazing, and I shall be doing a full report on it soon.

Here are the bookish goodies I got this week....

Bought

 The Way We Fall By Megan Crewe

This is sounds pretty awesome.  Do love me some dystopia

The Poison Diaries: Nightshade By Maryrose Wood

I found this is a charity shop, so snapped it up.

Received

 The Demon's Watch By Conrad Mason

I got this from the Great People at Random House.  This is aimed at slightly younger age group than YA, but those tend to be even more adventuresome.  Plus how cool is that cover??

Lenobia's Vow By P.C & Kristin Cast

I got this from the lovely ladies at ATOM.  Sadly I am really behind on this series, so fear I would be a bit lost reading this

 These Bits were from the book launch of

The Other Life By Susanne Winnacker .

We got a few goodies, plus a copy of

Mockingbird By Kathryn Erskine

For the release of CINDER By Marissa Meyer, there was a party on twitter where we had to tweet pictures of ourselves wearing red shoes, I of course took part and won this lovely bits

Hoping that your book week treated you well?

Review - Cinder By Marissa Meyer

"A forbidden romance.
A deadly plague.
Earth's fate hinges on one girl . . .
CINDER, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation.
Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal. Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future.
This is not the fairytale you remember. But it's one you won't forget."

I heard about this recently and was instantly excited by the idea of it.  All girls grow up hearing the fairy tales of Cinderella, Snow White, etc.  We all know the stories so well, so finding out that the story is being retold but with a futuristic twist is beyond exciting!!  I wasn't sure when I was going to get the opportunity to read this, but looked through the UK Book Tours blog and found they were touring a copy - OMG I had to get on board with that and literally JUST finished reading it!!

The UK cover is still undecided I believe, but this cover seems to be the only one on show.  I really do hope it is picked as the UK cover as it pretty much is perfect.  It tells you exactly what you need to know about the book and is a great opener to the story.

I must admit when I started to read this, although I was really excited by it, I wasn't that keen.  It just felt too strange having the mix of fairytale and sci-fi.  But I was determined to carry on and I'm so glad I did, as I enjoyed it more and more.

I was a little concerned at the beginning of the story that this would go exactly on the same lines as the original fairytale, meaning that there would be no surprises.  Once again I am thrilled to say my concerns were unwarranted.  You don't lose any of the wonderfulness of 'Cinderella' but just get a whole load of new and fantastic parts that actually fit in with the original premise.  For me it just made this tale completely fresh.

You are left with somewhat of a cliffhanger, again this is really exciting.  I'm so eager to read what is going to develop, but also how the tales of Red Riding Hood, Snow White & Rapunzel are going to be woven in.

Rating 4 Out Of 5

This Is Published In The UK By Puffin

Due For Release January 2012

This Can be Pre-Ordered HERE and will be available from good book retailers