Review: Looking For Alaska

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.Looking for Alaska by John Green Series: Stand Alone Published by Speak on December 28th 2006 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and...

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Review: My Life Next Door

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.My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick Published by Dial Books for Young Readers on June 14th 2012 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads "One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time." The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, messy, affectionate. And every day from her rooftop perch, Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs up next to her and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely for each other, stumbling through the awkwardness and awesomeness of...

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Review: Racing Savannah

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.Racing Savannah by Miranda Kenneally Published by Sourcebooks Fire on December 3rd 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads They’re from two different worlds. He lives in the estate house, and she spends most of her time in the stables helping her father train horses. In fact, Savannah has always been much more comfortable around horses than boys. Especially boys like Jack Goodwin—cocky, popular and completely out of her league. She knows the rules: no mixing between the staff and the Goodwin family. But Jack has no such boundaries. With her dream of becoming a horse jockey, Savannah isn’t...

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Review: Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line by Katie McGarry Published by Harlequin Teen on April 1, 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Lila McCormick, Echo's best friend from Pushing the Limits, first met Lincoln Turner when tragedy struck both their lives. But she never expected their surprise encounter would lead to two years of exchanging letters—or that she’d fall for the boy she’s only seen once. Their relationship is a secret, but Lila feels closer to Lincoln than anyone else. Until she finds out that he lied to her about the one thing she depended on him for the most. Hurting Lila is the last thing Lincoln wanted. For two years, her letters have been the only thing getting him through the day. Admitting his feelings would cross a...

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Review: Heartbeat

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott Series: Stand Alone Published by Harlequin Teen on January 28th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Pages: 240 Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books Buy on Amazon Goodreads Life. Death. And...Love? Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be herself with. But Emma can't tell her mother anything. Because her mother is brain-dead and being kept alive by machines...

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