Review: Marked

Marked by Kristen Cast, P.C. Cast Published by St. Martin's Griffin on May 1, 2007 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "After she is Marked, 16-year-old Zoey Redbird enters the House of Night and learns that she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite club, is mis-using her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny— with a little help from her new vampyre friends." This book is appealing to those who like the Twilight series. It has everything that a teenager deals with in it. From...

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Review: Nightlight A Parody

Nightlight: A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon Series: Stand Alone Published by Vintage on November 3rd 2009 Genres: Humorous Stories, Young Adult Source: Bought Goodreads About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him--which I assumed was wildly out of his control--that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me. And thus Belle Goose falls in love with the mysterious and sparkly Edwart Mullen in the Harvard Lampoon’s hilarious send-up of Twilight. Pale and klutzy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. She soon discovers...

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Review: Unleashed

Unleased by Kristopher Reisz Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon Pulse on February 19, 2008 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads What lies beneath Daniel Morning seems perfect -- handsome, charismatic, intelligent. But living up to everyone's expectations has cost him the right to make his own decisions. The urge to shatter those expectations is beginning to gnaw at his insides. Then Daniel meets Misty. She's smoky, rebellious, tender...and much more. She decides to let him into her pack of outcasts -- and in on their little secret: She and her friends have learned to shapeshift, and have been prowling the night as wolves. Daniel soon falls in love with the primal sensation of shifting, just as he's falling in love with Misty. The...

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Review: Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Published by EgmontUSA on June 8, 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Paranormal Pages: 448 Source: Bought Goodreads Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it. That doesn't mean that she's averse to breaking a rule or two. But when her curiosity gets the better of her and she discovers Chase, a new teen locked in a cage in her guardian's basement, and witnesses him turn into a wolf before her eyes, the horrific memories of her parents' murders return. Bryn becomes obsessed with getting her questions answered, and Chase is the only one who can provide the information she needs....

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