Review: Wild Awake + Giveaway!

Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith Series: Stand Alone Published by Katherine Tegen Books on May 28th 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away: 1. You will remember to water the azaleas. 2. You will take detailed, accurate messages. 3. You will call your older brother, Denny, if even the slightest thing goes wrong. 4. You and your best friend/bandmate Lukas will win Battle of the Bands. 5. Amid the thrill of victory, Lukas will finally realize you are the girl of his dreams. Things that actually happen: 1. A stranger calls who says he knew your sister. 2. He says he has her stuff. 3. What stuff? Her stuff. 4. You tell him your...

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Interview with Janet Gurtler

How I Lost You by Janet Gurtler Series: Stand Alone Published by Sourcebooks Fire on April 23rd 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Buy on Amazon Goodreads There are a few things Grace Anderson knows for sure. One is that nothing will ever come between her and her best friend, Kya Kessler. They have a pact. Buds Before Studs. Sisters Before Misters. But in the summer before senior year, life throws out challenges they never expected. And suddenly the person who's always been there starts to need the favor returned. Grace and Kya are forced to question how much a best friend can forgive. And the answer is not what they expected. Hello and welcome! Today I have a great interview with Janet Gurtler! Why do you write for teens? I love writing about this time in...

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Review: Catherine

Catherine by April Lindner Series: Stand Alone Published by Poppy on January 2nd 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A forbidden romance. A modern mystery. Wuthering Heights as you’ve never seen it before. Catherine is tired of struggling musicians befriending her just so they can get a gig at her Dad’s famous Manhattan club, The Underground. Then she meets mysterious Hence, an unbelievably passionate and talented musician on the brink of success. As their relationship grows, both are swept away in a fiery romance. But when their love is tested by a cruel whim of fate, will pride keep them apart? Chelsea has always believed that her mom died of a sudden illness, until she finds a letter...

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Review: White Lines

White Lines by Jennifer Banash Series: Stand Alone Published by Putnam Juvenile on April 4th 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads A gritty, atmospheric coming of age tale set in 1980s New York City. Seventeen-year-old Cat is living every teenager’s dream: she has her own apartment on the Lower East Side and at night she’s club kid royalty, guarding the velvet rope at some of the hottest clubs in the city. The night with its crazy, frenetic, high-inducing energy—the pulsing beat of the music, the radiant, joyful people and those seductive white lines that can ease all pain—is when Cat truly lives. But her daytime, when real life occurs, is more nightmare than dream. Having spent years suffering her mother’s emotional and...

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Review: Crash

Crash by Nicole Williams Series: Crash # 1 Published by HarperCollins on 12/18/2012 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Pages: 384 Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Fickle. Explosive. A hazard to girls everywhere. Lucy Larson, meet Jude Ryder. Being the new kid is the last thing Lucy wanted for her senior year, especially after her hot encounter with Southpointe's bad boy Jude Ryder has her labeled a slut on her first day. But her sights are set on becoming a ballerina, and she won't let anything get in her way. Until she stumbles into Jude again. Jude's got a rap sheet—an actual rap sheet—that runs longer than a senior thesis and moods that swing from delectable to dangerous. He's had his name sighed, shouted, and cursed by...

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