Review: Positively Beautiful

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.Positively Beautiful by Wendy Mills Series: Stand Alone Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens on March 3rd 2015 Genres: Emotions & Feelings, Family, Young Adult-Contemporary Pages: 368 Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads 16-year-old Erin is a smart if slightly dorky teenager, her life taken up with her best friend Trina, her major crush on smoky-eyed, unattainable Michael, and fending off Faith, the vision of perfection who’s somehow always had the knife in for Erin. Her dad, a pilot, died when she was very young, but Erin and her mom are just fine on...

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Review: Invincible

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.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.Invincible by Amy Reed Published by Katherine Tegen Books on December 30, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Evie is living on borrowed time. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer several months ago and told that by now she’d be dead. Evie is grateful for every extra day she gets, but she knows that soon this disease will kill her. Until, miraculously, she may have a...

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Review: Afterworlds

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld Published by Simon Pulse on December 29, 2014 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy, Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she's made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and fledgling writers who take her under their wings… Told in alternating chapters is Darcy's novel, a suspenseful thriller about Lizzie, a teen who slips into the 'Afterworld' to survive a terrorist attack. But the Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead and as Lizzie drifts between our world and that of the Afterworld, she discovers that...

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Review: 100 Sideways Miles

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.100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith Published by Simon & Schuster on December 18, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Realistic Fiction Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he’s ever loved. Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling...

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Review: Dont Touch

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.Don't Touch by Rachel M. Wilson Series: Stand Alone Published by HarperCollins on September 2nd 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads A powerful story of a girl who is afraid to touch another person’s skin, until the boy auditioning for Hamlet opposite her Ophelia gives her a reason to overcome her fears. Step on a crack, break your mother’s back. Touch another person’s skin, and Dad’s gone for good. Caddie can’t stop thinking that if she keeps from touching another person’s skin, her parents might get back together......

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