Tuney Tuesday: Heart Attack by Demi Lovato

Heart Attack by Demi Lovato
Record Label: Hollywood Records
Genre: Pop
Album: Demi
Release Date: February 25, 2013
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Lyrics
Puttin’ my defences up
‘Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I’d have a heart attack

Never put my love out on the line
Never said yes to the right guy
Never had trouble getting what I want
But when it comes to you, I’m never good enough

When I don’t care
I can play ‘em like a Ken doll
Won’t wash my hair
Then make 'em bounce like a basketball

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear high heels
Yes, you make me so nervous
And I just can’t hold your hand

You make me glow, but I cover up
Won’t let it show, so I’m

Puttin’ my defences up
'Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I’d have a heart attack [x3]

Never break a sweat for the other guys
When you come around, I get paralyzed
And every time I try to be myself
It comes out wrong like a cry for help

It's just not fair
Pain's more trouble than love is worth
I gasp for air
It feels so good, but you know it hurts

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear perfume
For you. Make me so nervous
And I just can’t hold your hand

You make me glow, but I cover up
Won’t let it show, so I’m

Puttin’ my defences up
'Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I’d have a heart attack [x3]

The feelings are lost in my lungs
They’re burning, I’d rather be numb
And there’s no one else to blame
So scared I take off in a run
I’m flying too close to the sun
And I burst into flames

You make me glow, but I cover up
Won’t let it show, so I’m

Puttin’ my defences up
‘Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I’d have a heart attack [x5]
—AZLyrics.com

Review
Heart Attack is the first Demi Lovato song I've listened to in quite some time, so at first I anticipated what I usually do from Demi: a fantastic performance with her insanely strong voice. And she most definitely delivered. I always fall in love with Demi's songs, because she packs so much emotion into her music, because she's been through so much. She has bipolar disorder (which I didn't know until very recently) and she's just so strong. She's fallen down maybe ten times, but she's gotten up every time.

Not only are all of Demi's songs perfectly done, but they manage to get stuck in your head and soon you're bopping your head to the tune and constantly singing the lyrics that you know, and then you go back and listen to it again. And again. And again. And pretty soon, half of the video's page views are from you. The lyrics, as always, are catchy, and one of my brother's friends even admitted to saying that Heart Attack was a really catchy song when he found me singing along to it over the phone.

Heart Attack by Demi Lovato is an amazing song that, although is a dubstep-style song, will have you singing it to kingdom come. I'd highly recommend this for fans of emotional songs that are at the same time impossible not to love.

In Too Deep by Coert Voorhees

In Too Deep by Coert Voorhees
Publishing Company: Hyperion Teen
Genre: Young Adult—Thriller, Romance
Pages: 336
Release Date: July, 2013
Goodreads

Summary
Annie Fleet, master scuba diver and history buff, knows she can’t fight her nerd status as a freshman at her Los Angeles private school. And she doesn’t care—except for the fact that her crush, Josh, thinks she’s more adorable than desirable. Annie is determined to set him straight on their school trip to Mexico. But her teacher has other plans: he needs Annie to help him find Cortez’s lost-long treasure.

Suddenly, Annie finds herself scuba diving in pitch-black waters, jetting to Hawaii with Josh, and hunting for the priceless Golden Jaguar. But Annie and Josh aren’t the only ones lured by the possibility of finding the greatest treasure ever lost at sea. Someone else wants the gold—and needs Annie dead. In deeper danger than she ever imagined, can Annie get the boy and find the Jaguar, or is she in over her head?

Critically-acclaimed author Coert Voorhees delivers breathtaking romance and non-stop action in his newest novel, the spirited and captivating In Too Deep.
—Goodreads

A copy was provided for review purposes
Review
In Too Deep is actually a book that I would recommend to many history buffs who also enjoy young adult fiction. Coert Voorhees managed to combine the two fairly well, and although I am by no means interested in this subject matter, I found myself inexplicably drawn.

Combining romance and adventure, In Too Deep is unlike any novel I've read before. I can recall a few brief lessons on explorers and buried treasure, but bringing it in as the premise of a novel was completely unexpected and I didn't know what to make of it. I was pulled in by the excitement and possibilities of seeing how a romance would develop in the midst of a nearly impossible quest. Annie was determined and fun, which is what gave most of the story its spirit and heart. I actually didn't even know the author was a male until I finished and looked up the author. Coert actually managed to make Annie's voice fairly relatable—writing in the opposite gender with a compelling hand is a truly large feat.

However, besides Annie's well done character and the idea of treasure hunting, that's about where the enjoyment stopped. Don't get me wrong, I was so excited to see Josh and Annie's romance develop. They were so sweet together from a faraway vantage point, but as you neared them, the tender feelings I had slowly yet surely dissipated. Annie had always had a crush on Josh, but that's all we were given in terms of her attraction to him. I wanted them to learn more about each other, for there to be a solid foundation between the reason they liked each other so much. Josh was really boring, in my opinion, and I couldn't grasp what either of them saw in each other.

In Too Deep, while exceptionally creative in its incorporation of a modern treasure hunt, also lacked because of that same aspect. As mentioned above, I am not a history fan and I don't really care for much of this stuff. I was still excited, however, because I expected a lot of dangerous, high-stakes scenes to retrieve a clue. But I was wrong. Everything was pretty much handed to Annie and Josh on various occasions. I was yearning for where retrieving a clue was hard. Yes, there was this one instant, out of the three total clues, but the clues themselves were so easily puzzled out that the instances that did have my heart pounding started to fade into the distance.

While definitely worth the read, especially if you like learning about history and explorers, In Too Deep is ambitious and adventurous. I commend Coert Voorhees' job in executing a fairly tough novel to begin with and making it look seemingly effortless.

Blurred by Tara Fuller

Blurred by Tara Fuller
Publishing Company: Entangled Teen
Genre: Young Adult—Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 352
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Goodreads

Summary
Cash is haunted by things. Hungry, hollow things. They only leave him alone when Anaya, Heaven’s beautiful reaper, is around. Cash has always been good with girls, but Anaya isn’t like the others. She’s dead. And with his deteriorating health, Cash might soon be as well.

Anaya never breaks the rules, but the night of the fire she recognized part of Cash’s soul—and doomed him to something worse than death. Cash’s soul now resides in an expired body, making him a shadow walker—a rare, coveted being that can walk between worlds. A being creatures of the underworld would do anything to get their hands on.

The lines between life and death are blurring, and Anaya and Cash find themselves falling helplessly over the edge. Trapped in a world where the living don’t belong, can Cash make it out alive?
—Goodreads

A copy was provided for review purposes
Review
Definitely something I would recommend, Blurred by Tara Fuller is a reaper book oozing with romance and potential.

Don't confuse Blurred to be an overly dark or adventurous read. In fact, the semi-cuteness of it was one of the pros I loved. It has its moments where the plot thickened and got intense, which I loved as well, but it was a love story at its core. What Tara did so fully was create a full and rich plot, even with the dominant romance. Getting to learn more about the life of the reapers and seeing Finn and Emma in the aftermath of Inbetween was a bonus, but the biggest thing I loved was that it never felt a companion. Blurred wasn't a rearranging of the previous story, nor was it a regurgitated version of its predecessor. Somehow, it managed to stand out and bring originality to the plot that was set up in the very last events in Inbetween.

A companion of sorts to Inbetween, this time we explore Cash and Anaya as a couple, which brought most of its originality because it differed so much from Finn and Emma's romance. Their romance was a tiny bit insta-lovey, since they had this lusty attraction to each other from the first few chapters. Since Blurred is also slightly fluffier than your normal paranormal romance, you had the pressing issue of an ending that was too Happily Ever After. The solution happened way too easily, without much struggle to be had. For every single problem there was, something happened just out of the blue that solved the problem. Everything was too convenient, and conveniences happened for anonymous reasons.

Cash Cooper and Anaya were characters to be reckoned with. I loved Anaya's fierce loyalty and determination to those she loved, and I loved Cash's humor. He had a funny quip for everything life threw at him, and I found his sense of humor to be the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae. I was laughing aloud over the small remarks he made regarding the most serious things, and it would instantaneously lighten a dark or dreary mood. Cash was deliciously compelling, which I commend Tara for because very few can craft a totally different gender character without a lot of work and talent. Furthermore, both main characters had a strong back story that kept me intrigued, if solely to unearth their pasts and glimpse their futures.

A blend of many different aspects, all well done, Blurred is the stunning and adorable sequel to Inbetween, and anybody who enjoyed the first novel will fall head-over-heels for the second installment.