Review: Dark of the Moon

Dark of the Moon by Tracy Barrett Series: Stand Alone Published by Harcourt Children's Books on September 20th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Ariadne is destined to become a goddess of the moon. She leads a lonely life, filled with hours of rigorous training by stern priestesses. Her former friends no longer dare to look at her, much less speak to her. All that she has left are her mother and her beloved, misshapen brother Asterion, who must be held captive below the palace for his own safety. So when a ship arrives one spring day, bearing a tribute of slaves from Athens, Ariadne sneaks out to meet it. These newcomers don’t know the ways of Krete; perhaps they won’t be...

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Review: Beyond The Grave

Beyond The Grave by Mara Purnhagen Published by Harlequin Teen on August 30th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Goodreads "I can’t move forward with my life until I know my demons are confined to the past...  Being Charlotte Silver, the daughter of famous paranormal investigators, means my life isn’t like that of other teenage girls. Especially after what happened to my parents. Things changed. I missed prom and deferred my big college plans. But I still have my boyfriend, Noah. He’s everything I could want—if I can figure out what’s up with him. Suddenly Noah is secretive.  I fear it has something to do with what happened to us three months ago. The bruise Noah suffered during a paranormal attack...

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Review: Circle of Fire

Circle Of Fire by Michelle Zink Published by Little Brown on July 3rd 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads "With time dwindling but her will to end the Prophecy stronger than ever, Lia sets out on a journey to find the remaining keys, locate the missing pages of the Prophecy, and convince her sister Alice to help--or risk her life trying. Lia has her beloved Dimitri by her side, but Alice has James, the man who once loved her sister--and maybe still does. James doesn't know the truth about either sister, or the prophecy that divides them. And Alice intends to keep it that way.   There are some secrets sisters aren’t meant to share. Because when they do, it destroys them. This stunning...

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Review: A Beautiful Dark

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Trade in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies Series: A Beautiful Dark # 1 Published by HarperTeen on September 27, 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Trade Buy on Amazon Goodreads On the night of Skye's seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites--like fire and ice--Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye's life into a tailspin. She has no idea what they want, or why they seem to follow her every move--only that their presence coincides with a flurry of strange...

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Review: Clarity

Clarity by Kim Harrington Published by Scholastic Point on March 1st 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "When you can see things others can't, where do you look for the truth? This paranormal murder mystery will have teens reading on the edge of their seats. Clarity "Clare" Fern sees things. Things no one else can see. Things like stolen kisses and long-buried secrets. All she has to do is touch a certain object, and the visions come to her. It's a gift. And a curse. When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case - but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk. Then Clare's brother - who has supernatural gifts of his own - becomes the prime suspect, and Clare can no longer look...

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