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...

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Review: Purity

Title: PuritySeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-Contemporary Author: Jackson Pearce Publisher: Little, Brown for Young Readers Release Date: April 24, 2012 Book: FC sent by publisher “A novel about love, loss, and sex — but not necessarily in that order. Torn between Promises One and Three, Shelby makes a decision — to exploit a loophole and lose her virginity before taking the vow. But somewhere between failed hookup attempts and helping her dad plan the ball, Shelby starts to understand what her mother really meant, what her father really needs, and who really has the right to her purity.” Torn between Promises One and Three, Shelby makes a decision — to exploit a loophole and lose her virginity before taking the vow. But somewhere...

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Review: Sweetly

Title: Sweetly Series: Fairytale Retellings # 2Genre: Young Adult- FantasyAuthor: Jackson PearcePublisher: Little, Brown Release Date: August 23, 2011Book: Finished Copy sent by publisher “Twelve years ago, Gretchen, her twin sister, and her brother went looking for a witch in the forest. They found something. Maybe it was a witch, maybe a monster, they aren’t sure—they were running too fast to tell. Either way, Gretchen’s twin sister was never seen again. Years later, after being thrown out of their house, Gretchen and Ansel find themselves in Live Oak, South Carolina, a place on the verge of becoming a ghost town. They move in with Sophia Kelly, a young and beautiful chocolatier owner who opens not only her home, but her heart to Gretchen and Ansel. Yet...

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