Review: Misguided Angel
Title: Misguided AngelSeries: Blue Bloods # 5Genre: Young Adult-ParanormalAuthor: Melissa De La CruzPublisher: HyperionRelease Date: October 26, 2010Book: FC sent by publisher “After inheriting the dark Van Alen Legacy, Schuyler fled to Florence with her forbidden love, Jack. Now the two of them must embark on the mission Schuyler was destined to complete: to find and protect the five remaining gates that guard the earth from Lucifer, lord of the Silver Bloods. Back in New York, Mimi has been elected Regent of a crumbling coven. Struggling with her heartache over the loss of Kingsley and with her overwhelming desire to destroy Jack, she must focus all of her energy on a perilous new threat. Vampires are being abducted and their captors are planning to burn...
Read MoreReview: Personal Demons
Title: Personal DemonsSeries: Personal Demons # 1Genre: Young Adult-SupernaturalAuthor: Lisa DesrochersPublisher: TorRelease Date: September 14, 2010Book: Bought “Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She’s spent years keeping everyone at a distance—even her closest friends—and it seems her senior year will be more of the same…until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can’t seem to stay away from him. What she doesn’t know is that Luc works in Acquisitions—for Hell—and she possesses a unique skill set that has the King of Hell tingling with anticipation. All Luc has to do is get her to sin, and he’s as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn’t stand a chance....
Read MoreReview: Tyger, Tyger
Title: Tyger, TygerSeries: Tyger, Tyger # 1Genre: Young Adult-FantasyAuthor: Kersten HamlitonPublisher: Clarion BooksRelease Date: November 15, 2010Book: Netgalley “Teagan Wylltson’s best friend, Abby, dreams that horrifying creatures–goblins, shape-shifters, and beings of unearthly beauty but terrible cruelty–are hunting Teagan. Abby is always coming up with crazy stuff, though, so Teagan isn’t worried. Her life isn’t in danger. In fact, it’s perfect. She’s on track for a college scholarship. She has a great job. She’s focused on school, work, and her future. No boys, no heartaches, no problems. Until Finn Mac Cumhaill arrives. Finn’s a bit on the unearthly beautiful side himself. He has a killer accent...
Read MoreReview: Contagion
Contagion by Joanne Dahme Series: Stand Alone Published by Running Press Kids on October 5th 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads "In her fourth novel Joanne Dahme creates another page-turning tale in which a youngwoman named Rose strives to rid Philadelphia’s water of the deadly typhoid bacteria. Set in the late 19th century, Rose Dugan is a young wife who is actively involved in her community. But when her best friend is killed while working at Philadelphia’s Water Works' gardens, the mystery around her death pulls Rose in. Will she save the city from a deadly typhoid outbreak that is threatening the city’s water system? Will Rose unravel the mystery behind her best friend’s murder—a fate...
Read MoreReview: It Started with a Dare
Title: Its Started with a DareSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-ContemporaryAuthor: Lindsay Faith RechPublisher: GraphiaRelease Date: September 13, 2010Book: Netgalley “Self-proclaimed nobody CG Silverman sees her move to an upscale new school as her chance to be somebody different. Her devil-may-care attitude attracts the in-clique, and before CG realizes it, a routine game of truth or dare launches her to iconic status. While this rebel image helps secure CG’s newfound popularity, it also propels her through a maze of unprecedented chaos, with each new lie and every dare opening doors that, in most cases, were better off left shut. CG is on a collision course with disaster. Will she be able to keep up the façade? Or will the whole world find out she’s a...
Read MoreReview: Firelight
Title: FirelightSeries: Firelight # 1Genre: Young Adult – FantasyAuthor: Sophie JordanPublisher: HarperRelease Date: September 7, 2010Book: Bought “With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s rebelliousness leads her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can’t resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she’s risking not only her life but the draki’s most closely guarded secret.” Holy Moly! This book is so hott is make me want to manifest. From the very first page I was stunned. I...
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