Review: Forgive My Fins

Jul 2
2010

Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs Series: Fins # 1 Published by Katherine Tegen Books on May 19, 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it’s not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but when you’re half human, half mermaid like Lily, there’s no such thing as a simple crush. Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid – she’s a Thalassinian princess. When Lily found out three years ago that her mother was actually a human, she finally realized why she didn’t feel quite at home in Thalassinia, and she’s been living on land...

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Review: Fallen

Jul 1
2010

Fallen by Lauren Kate Series: Fallen # 1 Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on December 8, 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move. Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate...

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Review: Jekel Loves Hyde

Jul 1
2010

Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey Series: Stand Alone Published by Harcourt Children's Books on May 3rd 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction Source: Bought Goodreads Jill Jekel has always obeyed her parents’ rules – especially the one about never opening the mysterious, old box in her father’s office. But when her dad is murdered, and her college savings disappear, she's tempted to peek inside, as the contents might be key to a lucrative chemistry scholarship. To better her odds, Jill enlists the help of gorgeous, brooding Tristen Hyde, who has his own dark secrets locked away. As the team of Jekel and Hyde, they recreate experiments based on the classic novel, hoping not only to win a prize, but to save Tristen’s sanity. Maybe his life. But Jill’s...

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Review: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

Jul 1
2010

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey Published by Harcourt Children's Books on February 1st 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads The undead can really screw up your senior year ... Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious...

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Review: Somewhere My Lass

Jun 30
2010

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.This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.Somewhere My Lass by Beth Trissel on May 23rd 2010) Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Goodreads Will Mora and Neil be too late to save a love that began centuries before? 'The MacDonald comes’ warns Mora Campbell when Neil MacKenzie finds the young Scotswoman lying unconscious at the top of his stairs after he discovers his murdered housekeeper slumped at the bottom. Mora’s claim that she’s his fiancé from 1602 and was chased to the future...

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Review: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Jun 28
2010

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer Published by Brown For Young Readers, Little on June 5th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes, and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirt for blood...life before she became a vampire. All Bree knows is that living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don't draw attention to yourself, and above all, make it home by...

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