Review: White Cat
White Cat by Holly Black Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books on May 4th 2010 Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads Cassel comes from a shady, magical family of con artists and grifters. He doesn't fit in at home or at school, so he's used to feeling like an outsider. He's also used to feeling guilty; he killed his best friend, Lila, years ago. But when Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white cat, and people around him are losing their memories, he starts to wonder what really happened to Lila. In his search for answers, he discovers a wicked plot for power that seems certain to succeed. But Cassel has other ideas and a plan to con the conmen. First off, I want to give my props to Holly Black because White Cat...
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I received this book for free from Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Ice Hotel by M.C. Foley Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on January 1st 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Goodreads To twin siblings Izzie and Poe McGarity, big brother Rossa is not just the eldest of three children. He is a hero, a leader, a king. Or rather... he was a king. Before his mistake. Before he died. Haunted by visions of Rossa wherever they turn, the twins and their parents accept an invitation to the legendary Ice Hotel, an enormous structure built entirely from snow and ice, thousands of miles to the...
Read MoreReview: Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch
I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch Series: Stand Alone Published by Harlequin Teen on July 1st 2010 Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Young Adult Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley, Publisher Goodreads My name is Kestrel. Kestrel Murphy. Never call me Susan. Who ever heard of a witch named Susan? A year ago, I was on the white-magic side. Lately, I've been leaning toward the black. I blame the universe. What's the point in being a nice little white witch in the universe I've got? If I could choose my own universe, I'd be a white witch in it. But black...
Read MoreReview: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
The Forest Of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on February 9th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Source: Bought Goodreads In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power. And, when the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. Now, she must choose...
Read MoreReview: Infinity
Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon Published by St. Martin's Griffin on May 25th 2010 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity. Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one: a world where the captain of the football team is a werewolf and the girl he has a crush on goes out at night to stake the undead. But...
Read MoreReview: Hex Hall
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins Published by Hyperion Book CH on March 2nd 2010 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father—an elusive European warlock—only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters. By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a...
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