Review: Pretty Girl-13

Review: Pretty Girl-13
Mar 14
2013

Title: Pretty Girl-13 Series: Stand-AloneGenre: Young Adult-ThrillerAuthor: Liz ColeyPublisher: Katherine Tegen BooksRelease Date: March 19, 2013Book: ARC sent by publisherVideo Review: HERE “Reminiscent of the Elizabeth Smart case, Pretty Girl-13 is a disturbing and powerful psychological mystery about a girl who must piece together the story of her kidnapping and captivity.Angie Chapman was thirteen years old when she ventured into the woods alone on a Girl Scouts camping trip. Now she’s returned home…only to find that it’s three years later and she’s sixteen-or at least that’s what everyone tells her.What happened to the past three years of her life?Angie doesn’t know.But there are people who do—people who could tell Angie...

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Review: The Rules

Review: The Rules
Mar 13
2013

Title: The Rules Series: Project Paper Dolls # 1Genre: Young Adult-Dystopian/Science FictionAuthor: Stacey KadePublisher: Disney HyperionRelease Date: April 23, 2013Book: ARC sent by publisherVideo Review: HERE “1. Never trust anyone.2. Remember they are always searching.3. Don’t get involved.4. Keep your head down.5. Don’t fall in love.Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. Ariane’s survival—and that of her adoptive father—depends on her ability to blend in among the full-blooded humans in a small Wisconsin town, to hide in plain sight at her high school from those who seek to recover their lost (and expensive)...

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Review: Light Of The Moon

Review: Light Of The Moon
Mar 8
2013

Title: Light Of The Moon Series: Legend Of The Dreamer # 1Genre: Young Adult-Fantasy/SupernaturalAuthor: David JamesPublisher: CS PublishingRelease Date: November 6, 2012Book: AmazonVideo Review: HERE “Stars. Fire. Blood. Magic.One night long ago, a constellation disappeared and fell from the sky in the form of a boy.Secrets are being kept in the sleepy town of Lakewood Hollow, Colorado. Nothing but pools of blood and dripping words are left where bodies once were, and no one but Calum Wade seems to be worried. Life unfolds in shades of red for Calum, until a mysterious girl named Kate Black enrolls at his school and everything changes. Suddenly a dangerous world of dream demons, elemental enchanters, and blood witches unfurls before Calum. He learns that...

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Review: Taken

Review: Taken
Mar 4
2013

Title: Taken Series: Taken # 1Genre: Young Adult-DystopianAuthor: Erin BowmanPublisher: HarperTeenRelease Date: April 16, 2013Book: ARC sent by publisherVideo Review: HERE “There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends…and he’s gone.They call it the Heist.Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one can cross and survive.Climbing the...

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Review: The 39 Deaths Of Adam Strand

Review: The 39 Deaths Of Adam Strand
Mar 2
2013

Title: The 39 Deaths Of Adam Strand Series: Stand AloneGenre: Young Adult-ContemporaryAuthor: Gregory GallowayPublisher: Dutton JuvienileRelease Date: February 21, 2013Book: ARC sent by publisherVideo Review: HERE “A groundbreaking YA from the award-winning author of As Simple as SnowAdam Strand isn’t depressed. He’s just bored. Disaffected. So he kills himself—39 times. No matter the method, Adam can’t seem to stay dead; he wakes after each suicide alive and physically unharmed, more determined to succeed and undeterred by others’ concerns. But when his self-contained, self-absorbed path is diverted, Adam is struck by the reality that life is an ever-expanding web of impact and forged connections, and that nothing—not even death—can...

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Review: The Goddess Inhertiance

Review: The Goddess Inhertiance
Jan 22
2013

Title: The Goddess Inheritance Series: The Goddess Test # 3Genre: Young Adult-Paranormal/FantasyAuthor: Aimee CarterPublisher: Harlequin TeenRelease Date:Book: ARC sent by publisherVideo Review: HERE “Love or life.Henry or their child.The end of her family or the end of the world.Kate must choose.During nine months of captivity, Kate Winters has survived a jealous goddess, a vengeful Titan and a pregnancy she never asked for. Now the Queen of the Gods wants her unborn child, and Kate can’t stop her–until Cronus offers a deal.In exchange for her loyalty and devotion, the King of the Titans will spare humanity and let Kate keep her child. Yet even if Kate agrees, he’ll destroy Henry, her mother and the rest of the council. And if she...

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