Review: Fathomless
Title: Fathomless Series: Fairytale Retellings # 3 Genre: Young Adult-Paranormal Author: Jackson Pearce Publisher: Little, Browns Books For Young Readers Release Date: September 4, 2012 Book: Finished Copy sent by publisher “Celia Reynolds is the youngest in a set of triplets and the one with the least valuable power. Anne can see the future, and Jane can see the present, but all Celia can see is the past. And the past seems so insignificant — until Celia meets Lo.Lo doesn’t know who she is. Or who she was. Once a human, she is now almost entirely a creature of the sea — a nymph, an ocean girl, a mermaid — all terms too pretty for the soulless monster she knows she’s becoming. Lo clings to shreds of her former self, fighting to...
Read MoreGust Post: The Shadow Society
“Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn’t happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.As if she were his enemy.When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate...
Read MoreBook Haul: Austin Teen Book Festival
Hello! A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending The Austin Teen Book Festival. I finally filmed my book haul and all my goodies!!Check It Out!Please comment, rate, and subscribe! Happy...
Read MoreReview: Surviving High School
Title: Surviving High School Series: No Genre: Young Adult-Contemporary Author: M. Doty Publisher: Poppy Release Date: September 4, 2012 Book: Finished Copy sent by publisher “What’s the secret to surviving your freshman year of high school?Emily Kessler thinks she has it all figured out. She eats, sleeps and trains for competitive swimming. All she has to do is keep her grades high and swim times short — short enough to live up to her sister Sara’s. But walking the crowded maze of unfamiliar high school hallways is like diving headfirst into shark-infested waters. Shark #1: Dominique, her biggest competition on the swim team and all-around mean girl. Shark #2: The adorable and popular Ben Kale… Emily can’t resist his smile no...
Read MoreReview: Decked With Holly
Decked With Holly by Marni Bates Series: Stand Alone Published by Kteen on September 25th 2012 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Holly Dayton is about to go way out of her comfort zone. . . Spending Christmas vacation on a cruise with her two cousins from hell isn't Holly's idea of a good time. And when in a moment of seasick-fueled desperation she lurches into an open suite--she's greeted with an eyeful of pepper spray. The culprit? A gorgeous guy calling himself Nick. But when Holly goes to make her exit, she gets the shock of her life: a corridor crammed with screaming teenage fans. Because Nick just happens to be Dominic Wyatt, drummer for ReadySet--one of the hottest bands in...
Read MoreReview: The Dead Girls Detective Agency
Title: The Dead Girls Detective Agency Series: No Genre: Young Adult- Paranormal/Mystery Author: Suzy Cox Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: September 18, 2012 Book: Edelweiss “Pop quiz: What would you do if you had to solve your own murder to get anywhere in death?Maybe if I hadn’t slept through my alarm, slammed into Kristin–my high school’s reigning meangirl–or stepped in a puddle, destroying my mom’s new suede DVF boots (which I borrowed without asking), I wouldn’t have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, and I wouldn’t have been pushed in front of that arriving train. But I did, and I was.When I came to, I was informed by a group of girls that I’m dead. And that because I died under mysterious...
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