Waiting on Wednesday was started by Breaking the Spine and serves to showcase those pesky books that aren’t released yet, but that we’re eagerly awaiting! You can click the title to add to Goodreads. This week, my WoW is…

Title: Origin Of Darkness (Daeva #2)
Author: Daniel A. Kaine
Published: November, 2012

Mikhail and the gang believe the war between vampires and humans to be over. They hope that the two sides can begin to bridge the gap and work together once more. What they are about to realise, is that they’ve only just hit the tip of the iceberg.

As the characters try to move on from the war, they find themselves uncovering secrets and painful memories that reveal new motives and hidden agendas, and all while trying to stave off an evil that has been trapped for over three millenia.

How will the gang deal with the aftermath of the war? What new dangers lie in store for them as darkness threatens to consume their world once more? And how will they cope when a secret is outed that one member thought was buried for good?

I really enjoyed the first book in this vampiric dystopian series late last year, so it’s no wonder that I can’t wait to get my hands on its sequel. With a horribly awesome cliffhanger, it’s been a torturously long wait already. There are mumurs of that date moving forwards though–let’s hope so!

Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Titles link back to Goodreads
• Ashes by Isla J. Bick (library)
• Touch Of Frost by Jennifer Estep (library)
• Looking For Alaska by John Green (library)
• The Bonehill Curse by Jon Mayhew (thanks to Publisher)
• Shadow Bound by Rachel Vincent (purchased)
• Ascend by Amanda Hocking (purchased)
• Stefan’s Diaries: The Compelled by Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec (purchased)
• Dawn Of Darkness by Daniel A. Kaine (purchased)

I tried reading yesterday, but only got through about 80 pages of City Of Lost Souls before I got distracted and let procrastination take over the rest of my Saturday. I’m going to try and get back to it today, though. Just watching the PopAsia music video show at the moment, then time for reading. I’m really liking the cover for Shadow Bound, plus it’s a Rachel Vincent book, which is another big turn on–love her stuff. I’m hoping I can find time to read John Green’s book before it’s due back at the library, because I really loved The Fault In Our Stars. I haven’t read my copy of Torn yet, but I saw a heap of copies of Ascend on the end of a rack at the shops this week and grabbed myself one. I also got a tub of gummi bears as well, but that’s beside the point. Anyway, time to get back to my Sunday kpop. What did you get this week?

Here are my latest reviews if you want to check them out:
Lord, Gabrielle Conspiracy 365 #10-12, October to December

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Touch Jus Accardo	Warm Bodies Isaac Marion	Dawn Of Darkness Daniel A. Kaine
If I Die Rachel Vincent	Stick Andrew Smith	Burn Bright Marianne de Pierres
Forever Maggie Stiefvater	Black Swan Rising Lee Carroll	All These Things I’ve Done Gabrielle Zevin
Raised By Wolves Jennifer Lynn Barnes	The Demon’s Surrender Sarah Rees Brennan	White Cat Holly Black
Alpha Rachel Vincent	City Of Fallen Angels* Cassandra Clare	Unraveled* Gena Showalter

* Review not available

In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by The Story Siren, which allows bloggers to share what books they’ve received in the past week. They can be from stores, contests, tours or publishers!

• Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite (purchased)
• Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride (purchased)
• Evermore by Alyson Noel (library)
• Blue Moon by Alyson Noel (library)
• Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel (purchased)
• My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey (purchased) – My Review
• Hades by Alexandra Adornetto (won – thanks Lisa @ Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me)
• Divergent by Veronica Roth (purchased)
• Dawn of Darkness by Daniel A. Kaine (purchased – eBook) – My Review

It’s been a couple weeks since my last mailbox. I haven’t really been anywhere, or spent much money lately, which has been good. Just reading and studying. I preordered Dearly, Departed a couple months ago, it’s one I plan on reading over summer. I haven’t got a copy of Halo at the moment, so I’ll have to hurry up and get myself one because Hades is looking lonely on my shelves. The two Evermore books were borrowed from the library because I wasn’t sure whether I’ll like them enough to spend my money on them yet. The other four I ordered at an online discount bookstore for around $2 – $4 each. I’ve been wanting Hold Me Closer, Necromancer for a while. It’s meant to be like the short-lived TV series Reaper, which was a favourite of mine, so I was excited when I found this one cheap.

Here are my latest reviews if you want to check them out:
Johnson, Maureen Shades of London #1, The Name of the Star
Kaine, Daniel A. Daeva #1, Dawn of Darkness
Shirvington, Jessica Violet Eden Chapters #1, Embrace
Smith, Andrew, Stick
Vincent, Rachel Soul Screamers #5, If I Die

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Title: Dawn of Darkness (Daeva #1)
Author: Daniel A. Kaine
Published: October, 2011
Pages: 318
Rating:  
Purchase: Amazon // Smashwords

Unburdened by the pain of loss and heartbreak, Mikhail is content with his life of solitude. But everything began to change the day he realised he has a psychic ability — the power to alter the emotions of those around him.

Ushered into the Military Academy with others like him — other Daevas — Mikhail does his part to help tip the scales of war against the vampires that destroyed the world and plague what remains of humanity. But after going up against his first vampire, Mikhail starts to question everything he thought to be true.

To discover the truth and expose the lies he once believed, Mikhail will set out on a journey of discovery, and learn some things about himself in the process.

Final Thoughts:
Evil vampires, questionable vampires, an apocalypse and supernaturally gifted humans thrown into the military…sounds like fun, right? Lots of paranormal action and conspiracies coupled with a gay romance you won’t want to put down. It’s both erotic and endearing. The character development simply hooks you. But the twists, take it from me, starting it before bed may be hazardous to your mental health and your sleeping pattern.