Review: Guardian
Guardian by Heather Burch on October 9, 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Buy on Amazon Goodreads Vigilance. The mission to safeguard Nikki Youngblood depends on the fragile alliance of two half-angel, half-human guardians, both struggling with intense feelings for the girl who has been assigned to their care. Mace, steadfast and deeply in love, wants to protect Nikki at all costs, while Raven's loyalty to Nikki finds him advocating for her independence and battling his own darker inclinations. At the same time, Nikki finds it harder and harder to choose between the two heavenly beings she may never have. Dangers intensify, and tensions between Mace and Raven flare as the purpose of their mission becomes clear. Can their defenses hold up to master...
Read MoreReview: Fear
Fear by Michael Grant Published by Katherine Tegen Books on April 3, 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads It's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone. Despite the hunger and the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is perhaps the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear. Within the FAYZ, life breaks down while the Darkness takes over, literally—turning the dome-world of the FAYZ entirely black. In darkness, the worst fears of all emerge, and the cruelest of intentions are carried out. But even in their darkest moments, the inhabitants of the FAYZ maintain a will to survive and a desire...
Read MoreGuest Post: How To Lead A Life Of Crime
Hello and Welcome! “A meth dealer. A prostitute. A serial killer.Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear.Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick’s old flame. They’ve been told only one of them will make it out of the Mandel Academy. Will they find a way to save each other—or will the school destroy them both?” Class is now in session at the Mandel Academy, the school for criminals in Kirsten Miller’s new book, How to Lead a Life of Crime!...
Read MoreReview: Spellcaster
Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz Series: Spellbound # 2 Published by Harlequin Teen on March 27, 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Netgalley Goodreads "After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although?it's not easy dealing with the jealous cliques and gossip that rule her exclusive Upper East Side prep, even for a seventeen-year-old newbie witch. Having the most-wanted boy in school as her eternal soul mate sure helps ease the pain—especially since wealthy, rocker-hot Brendan Salinger is very good at staying irresistibly close?.But something dark and hungry is using Emma's and Brendan's deepest fears to reveal damaging secrets and destroy their trust in each other. And Emma's...
Read MoreReview: The Turning
Title: The TurningSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-Paranormal MysteryAuthor: Francine ProsePublisher: Harper TeenRelease Date: September 25, 2012Book: Finished Copy sent by publisher A dark house. An isolated island. Strange dreams and even stranger visions . . . Jack is spending the summer on a private island far from modern conveniences. No Wi-Fi, no cell service, no one else on the island but a housekeeper and the two very peculiar children in his care. The first time Jack sees the huge black mansion atop a windswept hill, he senses something cold, something more sinister than even the dark house itself. Soon, he feels terribly isolated and alone. Yet he is not alone. The house has visitors—peering in the windows, staring...
Read MoreReview: Silence
Title: Silence Series: Hush, Hush # 3 Genre: Young Adult-Paranormal Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Date: October 4, 2011 Book: Bought “WHEN SILENCE IS ALL THAT’S LEFT, CAN THE TRUTH FINALLY BE HEARD?Nora Grey can’t remember the past five months of her life. After the initial shock of waking up in a cemetery and being told that she has been missing for weeks – with no one knowing where she was or who she was with – she tried to get her life back on track. Go to school, hang out with her best friend, Vee, and dodge mom’s creepy new boyfriend.But there is this voice in the back of her head, an idea that she can almost reach out and touch. Visions of angel wings and...
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