Review: Press Play

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.Press Play by Eric Devine Series: Stand Alone Published by Running Press Kids on October 28th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads Greg Dunsmore, a.k.a. Dun the Ton, is focused on one thing: making a documentary that will guarantee his admission into the film school of his choice. Every day, Greg films his intense weight-loss focused workouts as well as the nonstop bullying that comes from...

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Review: Get Even

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.Get Even by Gretchen McNeil Published by Balzer + Bray on October 16, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Mystery Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Bree, Olivia, Kitty, and Margot have nothing in common—at least that’s what they’d like the students and administrators of their elite private school to think. The girls have different goals, different friends, and different lives, but they share one very big secret: They’re all members of Don’t Get Mad, a secret society that anonymously takes revenge on the school’s bullies, mean...

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Review: of Scars and Stardust

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Of Scars and Stardusts by Andrea Hannah Published by Flux on September 7, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Mystery Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads After her little sister mysteriously vanishes, seventeen-year-old Claire Graham has a choice to make: stay snug in her little corner of Manhattan with her dropout boyfriend, or go back to Ohio to face the hometown tragedy she's been dying to leave behind.  But the memories of that night still haunt her in the city, and as hard as she tries to forget what her psychiatrist calls...

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Review: Anatomy of a Misfit

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Review: The Things You Kiss Goodbye

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.The Things You Kiss Goodbye by Leslie Connor Series: Stand Alone Published by Katherine Tegen Books on June 24th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads Bettina Vasilis can hardly believe it when basketball star Brady Cullen asks her out, and she just about faints when her strict father actually approves of him.But when school starts up again, Brady changes. What happened to the sweet boy she fell in love with? Then she meets a smoldering guy in his twenties, and this “cowboy” is everything Brady is not—gentle, caring, and...

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