Review: Dragonswood

Review: Dragonswood
Dec 9
2011

Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey Published by Penguin Young Readers Genres: Young Adult- Historical/Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Library Thing Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Wilde Island is in an uproar after the recent death of its king. The uneasy pact between dragons, fairies, and humans is fraying, and a bloodthirsty witch hunter with a hidden agenda whips villages into frenzies with wild accusations. Tess, a blacksmith’s daughter from a tiny hamlet near the mysterious Dragonswood, finds herself caught in the crosshairs of fate when she is accused of witchery and has to flee for her life along with her two best friends. Not even Tess’s power to see the future can help the girls as they set off on their desperate journey, but she keeps having...

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Review: Bleeding Hearts

Review: Bleeding Hearts
Dec 8
2011

Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra Harvey Published by Walker Books for Young Readers on December 20th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Goodreads "As vampires from all over the world descend on the Drake farm for the Blood Moon gathering, security is ramped up. Lucy has been temporarily banned, for her own safety—and to allow Solange some time to adjust to her new existence. But their enemies realize how much Lucy means to the family, and plan to abduct her to use her for leverage against the new royal family. Instead, Lucy’s cousin Christabel is kidnapped by mistake—and Connor Drake immediately heads off in pursuit, but isn’t in time to prevent Christabel’s infection by the Hel Blar. He can’t save her...

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Review: The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers

Review: The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers
Dec 7
2011

Title: The Secret Sisterhood of HeartbreakersSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- FantasyAuthor: Lynn WeingartenPublisher: HarperTeenRelease Date: December 27, 2011Book: ARC sent by publisher “When her boyfriend breaks up with her on the first day of sophomore year, Lucy has no idea how she’s going to make it through homeroom, let alone the rest of her life. Enter three stunning girls with a magical offer Lucy can’t refuse. All she has to do is get a guy to fall in love with her in the next seven days, and then…break his heart and collect one of his brokenhearted tears. As the girls teach Lucy how to hook a guy (with the help of a little magic), she quickly discovers how far she is willing to go—and who she is willing to cross—to get what she wants. Fans of Lauren...

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Review: Kiss Crush Collide

Review: Kiss Crush Collide
Dec 6
2011

Title: Kiss Crush CollideSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- ContemporaryAuthor: Christina MeredithPublisher: Greenwillow BooksRelease Date: December 27, 2011Book: ARC sent by publisher “Leah has the life most high school girls would kill for—popularity, glowing grades, a rich, athletic boyfriend. So why does she feel like she can’t breathe? And why can’t she stop thinking about the boy from the country club? The one who isn’t her boyfriend, the one that her mother would never, ever approve of, the one that her perfect older sisters would never, ever look at twice. The one who is always looking back at her. Irresistible attraction, smoldering glances, the bad boy and the good girl—Kiss Crush Collide has everything that a steamy forbidden romance should, and then...

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Review: Brightest kind of Darkness

Review: Brightest kind of Darkness
Dec 4
2011

Brightest Kind Of Darkness by P.T. Michelle Series: Brightest Kind Of Darkness # 1 Published by Self-Published on June 27th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Goodreads "Nara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate…until she dreams a future she can’t ignore. After Nara prevents a bombing at Blue Ridge High, her ability to see the future starts to fade, while people at school are suddenly being injured at an unusually high rate. Grappling with her diminishing powers and the need to prevent another disaster, Nara meets Ethan Harris, a mysterious loner...

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Review: Under The Never Sky

Review: Under The Never Sky
Dec 3
2011

Title: Under The Never SkySeries: Under The Never Sky # 1Genre: Young Adult-Fantasy/DystopianAuthor: Veronica RossiPublisher: HarperCollinsRelease Date: January 3, 2011Book: Paragraphs Books/Netgalley “Aria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms, accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria enjoys the Realms and the easy life in Reverie. When she is forced out of the pod for a crime she did not commit, she believes her death is imminent. The outside world is known as The Death Shop, with danger in every direction. As an Outsider, Perry has always known hunger, vicious predators, and violent energy storms from the swirling electrified atmosphere called...

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