Review: Promise
Title: PromiseSeries: Soul Savers #1Genre: New Adult-FantasyAuthor: Kristie CookPublisher: Ang’dora ProductionsRelease Date: July 30, 2010Book: Won “Alexis Ames has a life full of promise…but not all promises can be kept. When Alexis Ames is attacked by creatures that can’t be real, she decides it’s time she learns who she really is, with or without the help of her mother, who guards their family’s secrets closely. After meeting the inhumanly attractive, multi-talented Tristan Knight, however, Alexis retreats behind her façade of normalcy…until she discovers he’s not exactly normal either. Then their secrets begin to unravel. Their union brings hope and promise to her family’s secret society, the Angels’ army, and to the future of mankind. But it also...
Read MoreReview: Catching Fire
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Published by Scholastic Press on September 1st 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Source: Bought Goodreads "Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge." Did I think it was possible to have multiple heart attacks while reading this book? No. Did it happen? Hell Yeah! I...
Read MoreReview: The Hunger Games
Title: The Hunger GamesSeries: The Huger Games # 1Genre: Young Adult-DystopianAuthor: Suzanne CollinsPublisher: ScholasticRelease Date: October 1, 2008Book: Bought “Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don’t live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once…more Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don’t live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger...
Read MoreReview: Siren
Title: SirenSeries: Siren # 1Genre: Young Adult-FantasyAuthor: Tricia RayburnPublisher: EgmontRelease Date: July 13, 2010Book: Bought “Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Sands is afraid of everything—the dark, heights, the ocean—but her fearless older sister, Justine, has always been ther…more Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Sands is afraid of everything—the dark, heights, the ocean—but her fearless older sister, Justine, has always been there to coach her through every challenge. That is, until Justine goes cliff-diving one night near the family’s vacation house in Maine, and her lifeless body washes up on shore the next day. Though her parents hope that they’ll be able to find closure back in Boston, Vanessa can’t help feeling that her sister’s death wasn’t an...
Read MoreReview: Bad Girls Don’t Die
Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender Series: Bad Girls Don't Die # 1 Published by Disney-Hyperion on April 21st 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her parents' marriage; her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister...more Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her parents' marriage; her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister, Kasey; and even her own anti-social, anti-cheerleader attitude. When a family fight results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life is creeping from dysfunction into danger. Kasey is acting stranger than ever: her blue eyes go green sometimes; she uses...
Read MoreReview: Blood Feud
Blood Fued by Alyxandra Harvey Series: The Drake Chronicles # 2 Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens on June 22nd 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "The action and romance continue as the Drakes face a new vampire with a 200-year-old grudge. It’s been centuries since Isabeau St. Croix barely surv...more The action and romance continue as the Drakes face a new vampire with a 200-year-old grudge. It’s been centuries since Isabeau St. Croix barely survived the French Revolution. Now she’s made her way back to the living and she must face the ultimate test by confronting the evil British lord who left her for dead the day she turned into a vampire. That’s if she can control her affection for Logan Drake, a vampire whose bite is...
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