Review: Winterspell

Review: Winterspell
Oct 9
2014

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Winterspell by Claire Legrand Series: Winterspell # 1 Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on September 30th 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads The clock chimes midnight, a curse breaks, and a girl meets a prince . . . but what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums. New York City, 1899. Clara Stole, the mayor's ever-proper daughter, leads a double life. Since her mother's murder, she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer. Then, on Christmas Eve,...

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Review: Black Ice

Review: Black Ice
Sep 29
2014

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on October 7th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads Sometimes danger is hard to see... until it’s too late. Britt Pfeiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her. Before Britt can explore her feelings for Calvin, an unexpected blizzard forces her to seek shelter in a remote cabin, accepting the...

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Review: Golden

Review: Golden
May 15
2013

Golden by Jessi Kirby Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on May 14th 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. So when fate drops a clue in her lap—one that might be the key to unraveling a town mystery—she decides to take a chance. Julianna Farnetti and Shane Cruz are remembered as the golden couple of Summit Lakes High—perfect in every way, meant to be together forever. But Julianna’s journal tells a different story—one of doubts...

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Review: Dark Inside

Review: Dark Inside
Nov 20
2011

Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on November 1, 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Since mankind began, civilizations have always fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs…Now it’s our turn. Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even more awful is happening. An ancient evil has been unleashed, turning everday people into hunters, killers, crazies. Mason's mother is dying after a terrible car accident. As he endures a last vigil at her hospital bed, his school is bombed and razed to the ground, and everyone he knows is killed. Aries survives an earthquake aftershock on a bus, and thinks the worst is over...

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Review: Choker

Review: Choker
Jan 17
2011

Choker by Elizabeth Woods Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on January 4th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Galley Grab Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Cara Lange has been a loner ever since she moved away from her best and only friend, Zoe, years ago. She eats lunch with the other girls from the track team, but they're not really her friends. Mostly she spends her time watching Ethan Gray from a distance, wishing he would finally notice her, and avoiding the popular girls who call her "Choker" after a humiliating incident in the cafeteria. Then one day Cara comes home to find Zoe waiting for her. Zoe's on the run from problems at home, and Cara agrees to help her hide....

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