Review: Keys to the Repository

Keys To The Repository by Melissa de la Cruz Published by Hyperion Book CH on June 29th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads Lavish parties. Passionate meetings in the night. Bone-chilling murders. Midterms. The day-to-day life of Schuyler Van Alen and her Blue Bloods friends (and enemies) is never boring. But there's oh-so-much more to know about these beautiful and powerful teens. Below the streets of Manhattan, within the walls of the Repository, exists a wealth of revealing information about the vampire elite that dates back before the Mayflower. In a series of short stories, journal entries, and never-before-seen letters, New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz gives her hungry fans the keys to the Repository...

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Review: Forgive My Fins

Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs Series: Fins # 1 Published by Katherine Tegen Books on May 19, 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it’s not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you’re a normal teenage girl, but when you’re half human, half mermaid like Lily, there’s no such thing as a simple crush. Lily’s mermaid identity is a secret that can’t get out, since she’s not just any mermaid – she’s a Thalassinian princess. When Lily found out three years ago that her mother was actually a human, she finally realized why she didn’t feel quite at home in Thalassinia, and she’s been living on land...

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Review: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey Published by Harcourt Children's Books on February 1st 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads The undead can really screw up your senior year ... Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious...

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Review: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer Published by Brown For Young Readers, Little on June 5th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes, and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirt for blood...life before she became a vampire. All Bree knows is that living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don't draw attention to yourself, and above all, make it home by...

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Review: Once Dead, Twice Shy

Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison Published by HarperCollins on May 26th 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads My name is Madison Avery, and I'm here to tell you that there's more out there than you can see, hear, or touch. Because I'm there. Seeing it. Touching it. Living it. Madison's prom was killer—literally. For some reason she's been targeted by a dark reaper—yeah, that kind of reaper—intent on getting rid of her, body and soul. But before the reaper could finish the job, Madison was able to snag his strange, glowing amulet and get away. Now she's stuck on Earth—dead but not gone. Somehow the amulet gives her the illusion of a body, allowing her to toe the line between life and death. She still doesn't know why the dark...

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