Review: Forgiven

Forgiven by Janet Fox Series: Faithful # 2 Published by Speak on June 2nd 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Kula Baker never expected to find herself on the streets of San Francisco, alone but for a letter of introduction. Though she has come to the city to save her father from a cruel fate, Kula soon finds herself swept up in a world of art and elegance - a world she hardly dared dream of back in Montana, where she was no more than the daughter of an outlaw. And then there is the handsome David Wong, whose smiling eyes and soft-spoken manner have an uncanny way of breaking through Kula's carefully crafted reserve. Yet when disaster strikes and the wreckage threatens all she holds dear, Kula realizes that only...

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Review: A Mad, Wicked Folly

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller Series: Stand Alone Published by Viking Juvenile on January 23rd 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Welcome to the world of the fabulously wealthy in London, 1909, where dresses and houses are overwhelmingly opulent, social class means everything, and women are taught to be nothing more than wives and mothers. Into this world comes seventeen-year-old Victoria Darling, who wants only to be an artist—a nearly impossible dream for a girl. After Vicky...

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Review: Faithful

Faithful by Janet Fox Series: Faithful # 1 Published by Speak on May 13th 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Maggie Bennet's life is in tatters. Her mother has disappeared, and is presumed dead. The next thing she knows, her father has dragged Maggie away from their elegant Newport home, off on some mad excursion to Yellowstone in Montana. Torn from the only life she's ever known, away from her friends, from society, and verging on no prospects, Maggie is furious and devastated by her father's betrayal. But when she arrives, she finds herself drawn to the frustratingly stubborn, handsome Tom Rowland, the son of a park geologist, and to the wild romantic beauty of Yellowstone itself. And as Tom...

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Review: Never Too Late

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Never Too Late by A. Destiny, Rhonda Helms Series: Flirt # 2 Published by Simon Pulse on February 4th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Can acting in love lead to the real thing? This standalone addition to the Flirt series is sweet, fresh, and clean. Abbey couldn’t be more excited. The end of the school year is coming, as is the annual sophomore class renaissance faire…and the headlining theatrical performance, where Abbey will be starring as a lead. There’s only one problem: her costar, Jason Hardy....

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Review: Dorothy Must Die

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige Published by HarperTeen on April 1st 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know? Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a...

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Review: Arcadia Falls

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Arcadia Falls by Kai Meyer Published by Balzer + Bray on February 11th 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Mafia clan leader Rosa Alcantara's life is falling apart: everyone she loves is dead and everything she's ever known about her family is a lie. Even so, Rosa and her boyfriend, rival leader Alessandro Carnevare, refuse to give up on their love for each other. On the run from their adversaries and searching for answers, Rosa and Alessandro begin to unravel the secret behind the conspiracy to...

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