Review: The Kill Order

The Kill Order by James Dashner Series: The Maze Runner 0.5 Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on August 5th, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads When sun flares hit the Earth, intense heat, toxic radiation and flooding followed, wiping out much of the human race. Those who survived live in basic communities in the mountains, hunting for food. For Mark and his friends, surviving is difficult, and then an enemy arrives, infecting people with a highly contagious virus. Thousands die, and the virus is spreading. Worse, it's mutating, and people are going crazy. It's up to Mark and his friends to find the enemy - and a cure - before the Flare infects them all ... James Dashner wrote a compelling...

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Review: The Rule of Thoughts

The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner Published by Random House Books for Young Readers on August 4th, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Michael completed the Path. What he found at the end turned everything he’d ever known about his life—and the world—completely upside down.    He barely survived. But it was the only way VirtNet Security knew to find the cyber-terrorist Kaine—and to make the Sleep safe for gamers once again. And, the truth Michael discovered about Kaine is more complex than they anticipated, and more terrifying than even the worst of their fears.    Kaine is a tangent, a computer program that has become sentient. And Michael’s completing the Path was the first stage in turning Kaine’s master plan,...

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Review: Damage Done

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.Damage Done by Amanda Panitch Series: Stand Alone Published by Random House Books for Young Readers on July 21st 2015 Genres: Family, Young Adult-Contemporary Pages: 304 Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads 22 minutes separate Julia Vann’s before and after. Before: Julia had a twin brother, a boyfriend, and a best friend. After: She has a new identity, a new hometown, and memories of those twenty-two minutes that refuse to come into focus. At least, that’s what she tells the police. Now that she’s Lucy Black, she's able to begin again. She's even getting...

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Review: Nowhere But Here

This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry Published by Harlequin on July 24, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father--the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent--but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a...

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Review: The Heir

The Heir by Kiera Cass Published by HarperTeen on July 23, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story...but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought. So after reading The One by Kiera Cass I thought I was done with the triology, I had to say goodbye to America, and goodbye to the selection but no sooner did I finish did I hear another book was coming out. I knew I needed the book, and I...

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Review: Never Forgotten

I received this book for free from Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Never Forgotten by Kelly Risser Published by Clean Teen on July 22, 2015 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads How can one day go so very wrong? One minute Meara Quinn is making plans for how she will spend the Summer before her senior year and the next she's finding out that her mother's cancer has returned and they are moving away from the only home she's ever known. Now every day is a struggle as Meara is trying to cope with her mother's illness, being forced to move to another country to live with grandparents-whom...

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