Review: Nevermore

Title: NevermoreSeries: Nevermore # 1Genre: Young Adult-FantasyAuthor: Kelly CreaghPublisher: AtheneumRelease Date: August 31, 2010Book: Bought “Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project, which is due—so unfair—on the day of the rival game. Cold and aloof, sardonic and sharp-tongued, Varen makes it clear he’d rather not have anything to do with her either. But when Isobel discovers strange writing in his journal, she can’t help but give this enigmatic boy with the piercing eyes another look. Soon, Isobel finds herself making excuses to be with Varen. Steadily pulled away from her friends and her possessive boyfriend, Isobel ventures deeper and deeper into the dream world Varen has created through the...

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Review: Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books on August 31st 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Historical/Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads "Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still.   When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.   Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a...

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Review: Kiss Me Deadly

Title: Kiss Me DeadlySeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-Paranormal/RomanceAuthors: Sarah Rees Brennan              Becca Fitzpatrick              Caitlin Kitterdge              Karen Mahoney              Daniel Marks              Justine Musk              Diana Peterfreund              Michelle Rowen              Carrie Ryan              Maggie Stiefvater              Rachel Vincent              Daniel Waters              Michelle ZinkPublisher: Running Press TeensRelease Date: August 3, 2010Books: Received from Publisher “For those who thirst for accounts of paranormal romance, Trisha Telp has compiled some of the most thrilling tales of forbidden love in this collection. First crushes and last rites; dark spells and bright magic; forbidden lovers and enchanted...

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Review: Bleeding Violet

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon Pulse on January 5, 2010 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads "Love can be a dangerous thing....   Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna's tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas in search of a new home.   But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. As she tries to make a place for herself, she discovers dark secrets that would terrify any normal soul. Good thing for Hanna, she's far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen and no one...

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Review: Wake Unto Me

Title: Wake Unto MeSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-Supernatural Author: Lisa Cach Publisher: Speak Release Date: March 31, 2011Book:  ARC sent by Publisher “A haunted castle, a handsome young man dead for four hundred years, one heck of a scary portrait of a witch, and a treasure hunt — not to mention a princess for a roommate! — all await 15 year old American girl Caitlyn Monahan when she earns a scholarship to a French boarding school. There are secrets behind the stone walls of Chateau de la Fortune, buried for centuries along with the mystery of who killed Raphael, the charming ghost who visits Caitlyn at night. But as Caitlyn unearths the history of the castle, nothing scares her as badly as the secret she learns about herself, and the reason...

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Review: Winter Longing

Title: Winter LongingSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-ComtemporaryAuthor: Tricia MillsPublisher: RazorbillRelease Date:  August 18, 2010Book: Bought “A plane crash in Alaska takes Winter’s first love away forever . . . When Winter’s boyfriend is killed in a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness, she’s robbed of the future she’d only just allowed herself to believe might be hers. Winter and Spencer had been destined for one another. And after his death, Spencer’s presence continues to haunt her. But when her next-door neighbor becomes an unlikely friend, Winter begins to accept all that she can’t change. Can she open herself to a new future . . . and a possible new love?” This book was really romantic and fluffy. In a good...

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