I’m reviewing Erica O’Rourke’s Bound at Smexybooks

Bound (Torn Trilogy #3) by Erica O’ Rourke
Paranormal YA
June 26, 2012
Kensington

Favorite Quote: “Not everything is fixable.”

Bound picks up about right where Tangled left off. Mo used her gifts to avenge her friend’s death and negotiate with her family for some much needed freedom. Thinking she is finally going to be free, her uncle flips the tables and pushes for more from Mo and isn’t above using her family and friends to get what he wants. Mo makes the ultimate sacrifice and gives up her dreams in order to keep everyone she loves safe. But not everyone appreciates her sacrifices. Mo’s inability to let things lay soon places her and Colin in discord. Mo soon finds herself pulled in different directions as her magic, the Arcs, and her family makes demands on her she can no longer ignore. As Mo tries to clean up her mess, she sets in motion a dangerous game that unless played just right, will destroy them all.

 

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I’m reviewing Erica O’Rourke’s Tangled at Smexybooks

Tangled (Torn Trilogy #2) by Erica O’ Rourke
YA
Paperback
January 31, 2012
Kensington

Favorite Quote: “For a second, I didn’t even feel the cut of his words, like when your slicing a loaf of bread, and the knife slips. You know something is wrong, you know you should be in pain, but the shock keeps you numb, even as you start to bleed.”

A month ago, Mo Fitzgerald risked her life to stop an ancient prophecy and avenge her best friend's murder. Now, she only wants to keep her loved ones safe. But the magic—and the Chicago Mob—have other plans. Mysterious, green-eyed Luc is back, asking for help—and a second chance. Colin, her strongest protector, is hiding a shocking secret. And inside Constance, the magic is about to go terribly wrong. Tangled in a web of love and betrayal, Mo must choose between the life she's dreamed of and the one she's destined for. (Goodreads)

Tangled picks up about three months after Torn left off. Mo used her gift as a vessel to avenge her friend’s death and negotiate with her family for some much needed freedom. When Verity’s sister Constance comes into her power early and violently, Mo calls upon the only one she knows can help Constance-Luc. When Luc arrives he brings his mother and father along. His father explains to Mo that in her attempts to fix the magic earlier, she has inadvertently triggered something and now the magic is more unstable then ever. He offers her a deal. Fix the magic and they will help Constance. No fix, no help. Mo knows nothing in the Arc is ever that simple but agrees for Constance’s sake. As Mo tries to understand and fix  the magic without killing herself, she begins to get pressure from her Uncle and his enemies that will soon require her to make a dangerous choice for all of them.

I’m reviewing Torn by Erica O’Rourke at Smexy Books

Favorite quote: “You want justice. It’s a hard thing, though, to stay focused on justice and not seek revenge in it’s place.”
“There’s a difference?”
“Justice is about making them pay for Verity’s pain. Revenge is making them pay for yours.”

When Maura Fitzgerald wakes up in the hospital badly beaten and bruised all she can think is, “Where is Verity?” When she finds out her dreams were real and her best friend Verity was indeed attacked and killed; quiet, unassuming Maura (Mo or Mouse to her friends) screams a vow of vengeance that will take her into a dangerous world of magic and deception where she will have to take her own fate into her own hands if she wants to survive.

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