Review: Bitten

Bitten by R.L. Stine Series: Dangerous Girls # 1-2 Published by HarperTeen on September 1, 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "You'll love them—to death.  Twin sisters Destiny and Livvy Weller return home from summer vacation with a dark secret . . . and an inhuman desire to drink blood. What have they become? Can they ever turn back? As their deadly secret becomes harder to keep, more questions arise and loyalties are tested. And as one sister descends into darkness, the other must find a way to save her—and herself. Who will live to see the glow of the next full moon? Which sister will survive" I love R.L. Stine. I remember when I was little I would always ask the librarian for his books and could not wait till the next one...

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Review: Crescendo

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick Series: Hush, Hush #2 Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on October 19th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "Feisty teen Nora Grey somehow survived the crises of Hush, Hush!, but dangers just as frightening loom in this standalone sequel. Patch, her guardian angel and love interest, appears to have a dark side and a wandering eye. Worse yet, he seems intent on obstructing Nora as she hunts for the truth behind her father's mysterious death. Even better than the first."   Crescendo means a passage played with a gradual increase in volume or intensity. That is what this book did. It intensified with each page turn, taking me on one heck of an emotional ride. It was so good...

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Review: Beautiful Darkness

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Published by Little Brown on October 12th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.  Sometimes life-ending. Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic...

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Review: Betrayals

Betrayals by Lili St. Crow Published by Razorbill on Novemeber 17, 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "She’s no angel . . .   Poor Dru Anderson. Her parents are long gone, her best friend is a werewolf, and she’s just learned that the blood flowing through her veins isn’t entirely human. (So what else is new?)   Now Dru is stuck at a secret New England School for other teens like her, and there’s a big problem— she’s the only girl in the place. A school full of cute boys wouldn’t be so bad, but Dru’s killer instinct says that one of them wants her dead. And with all eyes on her, discovering a traitor within the Order could mean a lot more than social suicide. . .   Can Dru survive long enough to find out who has betrayed her...

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Review: Dead Beautiful

Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon Published by Disney-Hyperion on September 21, 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books Buy on Amazon Goodreads "After Renee Winters discovers her parents lying dead in California’s Redwood Forest in what appears to be a strange double murder, her grandfather sends her off to Gottfried Academy in Maine, a remote and mysterious high school dedicated to philosophy, “crude sciences,” and Latin: the Language of the Dead. It’s here she meets Dante, a dark and elusive student to whom she feels inexplicably drawn. As they get to know each other better, Dante can’t seem to control his attraction either, and their desires gradually deepen into a complex and dangerous romance....

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