Review: Jessica Rules The Dark Side

Title: Jessica Rules The Dark SideSeries: Jessica # 2Genre: Young Adult- Fantasy/ParanormakAuthor: Beth FantaskeyPublisher: Harcourt Children’s BookRelease Date: January 10, 2012Book: FC copy sent by publisher “It’s one thing to find out you’re a vampire princess. It’s a whole other thing to actually rule. Newly married Jessica Packwood is having a hard enough time feeling regal with her husband, Lucius, at her side. But when evidence in the murder of a powerful elder points to Lucius, sending him into solitary confinement, Jessica is suddenly on her own. Determined to clear her husband’s name, Jessica launches into a full-scale investigation, but hallucinations and nightmares of betrayal keep getting in her way. Jessica knows that with no blood to...

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Review: Jekel Loves Hyde

Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey Series: Stand Alone Published by Harcourt Children's Books on May 3rd 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction Source: Bought Goodreads Jill Jekel has always obeyed her parents’ rules – especially the one about never opening the mysterious, old box in her father’s office. But when her dad is murdered, and her college savings disappear, she's tempted to peek inside, as the contents might be key to a lucrative chemistry scholarship. To better her odds, Jill enlists the help of gorgeous, brooding Tristen Hyde, who has his own dark secrets locked away. As the team of Jekel and Hyde, they recreate experiments based on the classic novel, hoping not only to win a prize, but to save Tristen’s sanity. Maybe his life. But Jill’s...

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Review: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey Published by Harcourt Children's Books on February 1st 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads The undead can really screw up your senior year ... Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious...

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