Review: Extranormal

I received this book for free from Author, Blog Tour, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Extranormal by Suze Reese Series: Extranormal # 1 Published by Valarian Press on April 2nd 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Author, Blog Tour, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Mira Johns is pretty much like any other teenage girl. Except that she knows how to harness electro-magnetic energy to communicate without words. And she’s really, really far from home. Her assignment as an emissary to Earth sounds fairly simple: blend in, observe, and stay away from the planet’s primitive males. But after she finds one mysterious boy too irresistible...

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Review: Bloodrose

Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer Published by Philomel on January 3rd 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads "Calla has always welcomed war. But now that the final battle is upon her, there's more at stake than fighting. There's saving Ren, even if it incurs Shay's wrath. There's keeping Ansel safe, even if he's been branded a traitor. There's proving herself as the pack's alpha, facing unnamable horrors, and ridding the world of the Keepers' magic once and for all. And then there's deciding what to do when the war ends. If Calla makes it out alive, that is." With my tbr pile getting so big, I decided to put book reviews  aside for a bit and pick up  book from my own tbr pile. The Nightshade series is one of my faves. Once I started the series I was...

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Review: Chosen

Chosen by Sarah Swan Published by Self-Published on December 10th 2011 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads "Could you live your whole life feeling empty? A NEW LIFE Seventeen-year-old Tracy Bachman feels that something is missing in life. Despite a normal upbringing, she can't help but yearn for more. That is why she decides to transfer to a new boarding school, in a move that takes her all the way across the country. AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE When Tracy arrives at her new school, she expects an ordinary enough life. But what she finds there instead changes her in ways she could never expect. A love interest she did not ask for. A power she does not know she holds. And a clique of mysterious, popular girls hell-bent on entangling Tracy in their...

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Review: Asphodel

I received this book for free from Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Asphodel by Lauren Hammond Series: The Underworld Trilogy # 1 Published by S.B. Addison Books on December 20, 2011 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Goodreads "Persephone has been running for her entire life. Running from the humans to keep her immortality a secret. And running from a man who haunts her dreams. Not a man but a god, who will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants. And what he wants most, is her. Trapped in the realm of the dead, Persephone plans to return to the land of the living. The underworld is a terrifying place...

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Review: Born Wicked

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood Published by Putnam Juvenile on February 7th 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books Goodreads "Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship--or an early grave."     I picked up this book anticipating it. I was so excited to read something fresh and new. It gave me exactly what I wanted .The feel of  history flowing through my fingers as I turned each page. What I loved most about this book is the plot line. I love historical books. Falling into...

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