Review: City of a Thousand Dolls

Cit Of A Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster Published by HarperTeen on February 5th 2013 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads An exotic treat set in an entirely original, fantastical world brimming with deadly mystery, forbidden romance, and heart-stopping adventure. Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier...

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Review: Cinder

Cinder by Marissa Meyer Published by Feiwel & Friends on January 3rd 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books Goodreads "Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom,...

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Review: Crewel

Crewel by Gennifer Albin Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux on October 16th 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads "Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all,...

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Review: Endlessly

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.Endlessly by Kiersten White Series: Paranormalcy # 3 Published by HarperTeen on July 24th 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Try as she might, Evie can’t seem to escape her not-so-normal past. And what was supposed to be a blissfully normal school break is ruined when a massive group of paranormals shows up at her house, claiming that Evie is the only one who can protect them from a mysterious, perilous fate. The deadly war between the faerie courts looms ever closer. The clock is ticking on the entire...

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Review: Endure

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.Endure by Carrie Jones Series: Need # 4 Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens on May 8th 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Zara is at the center of an impending apocalypse. True, she’s successfully rescued Nick from Valhalla, but it simply isn’t enough. Evil pixies are ravaging Bedford, and they need much more than one great warrior; they need an army. Zara isn’t sure what her role is anymore. She’s not just fighting for her friends; she’s also a pixie queen. And to align her team of pixies with the humans...

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