ARC Review: Social Suicide (Deadly Cool) [Paperback]

I've finished "Social Suicide" the 2nd book in her Deadly Cool series by Gemma Halliday.

Product Description

Twittercide: the killing of one human being by another while the victim is in the act of tweeting.

Call me crazy, but I figured writing for the Herbert Hoover High Homepage would be a pretty sweet gig. Pad the resume for college applications, get a first look at the gossip column, spend some time ogling the paper's brooding bad-boy editor, Chase Erikson. But on my first big story, things went . . . a little south. What should have been a normal interview with Sydney Sanders turned into me discovering the homecoming queen –hopeful dead in her pool. Electrocuted while Tweeting. Now, in addition to developing a reputation as HHH's resident body finder, I'm stuck trying to prove that Sydney's death wasn't suicide.

I'm starting to long for the days when my biggest worry was whether the cafeteria was serving pizza sticks or Tuesday Tacos . . . . 

Product Details
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Tween (Tw) (April 16 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062003321
ISBN-13: 978-0062003324

My Review:

Hartley Featherstone is trying to get an exclusive with Home Coming Queen nominee Sydney Sanders to tell her side of the story of what happened in the first book Deadly Cool.  Sydney agrees to talk to Hartley but when she arrives at the designated spot she finds her dead.  Now she is in the middle of another murder and has to prove it's not suicide.

I really love the dynamics between Hartley and Chase because they work well together and you can see the sparks between them.  

This was a fun light hearted and humerous romantic YA read which makes pokes fun at the teenage speak and gadgets. 

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  Deadly Cool 

Thanks HarperCollins Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/Social-Suicide-Gemma-Halliday?isbn=9780062003324&HCHP=TB_Social+Suicide

MT Review: Play Nice [Hardcover]

I've finished reading "Play Nice the 1st book in her Anna Smith and Nick Dade mystery series by Gemma Halliday.

Play Nice (Anna Smith and Nick Dade Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Product Description

She faked her death to escape life as an assassin. But now her enemies have tracked her down, and this time they want her to stay dead.

Anya Danielovich was an assassin in her former life. But that was a long time ago. Today she’s just Anna Smith — a single, thirtysomething woman living in San Francisco with a simple desire to lead a better life. But she’s still haunted by her past — the people she killed, the mentor she betrayed, the woman she was. She’s taken care to cover her tracks, but she’s beginning to feel like she’s being watched …
Nick Dade is a hired gunman — the best of the best. He’s read Anya’s file and, after weeks of surveillance, he’s ready to pull the trigger … until someone else beats him to the punch. With his agenda shattered, Nick suddenly finds himself thrown together with the woman he’s been sent to eliminate. Who is she really? Who hired the second hit? And who can he trust? Together Nick and Anna find themselves embroiled in a web of deceit and desire as an unknown enemy closes in. To unravel the truth, Anna must face her past even if that means risking both Nick’s life and her own.

Product Details
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books (March 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312656076
ISBN-13: 978-0312656072

My Review:

Anya Danielovich in her past worked for the KOS a Yugoslavian intelligence agency as one of their best assassins.  In order to escape she killed vile General Federov and flees for her life with his bodyguards in pursuit.  She fakes her death by making her car explode.

Now she is living in a nice quiet neighborhood in San Francisco as Anna Smith a thirty-something woman with her dog Lenny.  Hit man Nick Dade has observed Anna and has read her file which makes him more aware of how deadly she can be.  He is hired to assassinate Anna and before he can pull the trigger someone beats him too it.  Now he is on the run with Anna determined to find out who pulled the trigger and hired him and the other party.

This first Anna and Nick book was fast paced and tension filled action with a hint of romance.  Lenny the dog provides the laughs.  The ending hints we will see Anna and Nick teaming up again very soon and I can't wait!

4/5

Thanks St. Martin's Press for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Scandal Sheet (Mass Market Paperback)

I've finished reading "Scandal Sheet" the 1st book in her Hollywood Headlines series by Gemma Halliday.

Product Description

Gossip columnist Tina is stopped in her tracks when she learns one of the celebrities she-s reported on wants her dead. Teamed with an oversized bodyguard, a bubbly blonde, and an alcoholic obituary writer, Tina sets off to find out which juicy piece of Hollywood gossip is worth killing over.
 
My Review:
 
I will write my review later on tonight, please check back, thanks!
 
3/5