Review: Ruin and Rising

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo Published by Henry Holt and Co. BYR on June 17th 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: Bought Goodreads The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives. Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers....

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Review: As I Wake

As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott Series: Stand Alone on September 15th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There's only one problem: Ava can't remember any of them - and can't shake the eerie feeling that she's not who they say she is.Ava struggles to break through her amnesiac haze as she goes through the motions of high-school life, but the memories that surface take place in a very different world, where Ava and familiar-faced friends are under constant scrutiny and no one can be trusted. Ava doesn't know what to make of these visions, or of the boy who is at the center of them all, until he...

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Review & Giveaway: Burn Out

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.Burn Out by Kristi Helvig Series: Burn Out # 1 Published by EgmontUSA on April 8th 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads A futuristic blend of Beth Revis's Across the Universe and Lenore Appelhans's Level 2, Burn Out will satisfy the growing desire for science fiction with a thrilling story of survival, intrigue, and adventure. Most people want to save the world; seventeen-year-old Tora Reynolds just wants to get the hell off of it. One of the last survivors in Earth's final years, Tora yearns to...

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Blog Tour: The Remnants

Season Of Wonder by Lisa Tawn Bergren Series: The Remnants # 1 Published by Zondervan on April 8th 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: Blog Tour Buy on Amazon Goodreads In the first book of the new futuristic dystopian series from author Lisa T. Bergren, the chosen remnants must work to redirect humanity’s course. The year is 2095. Gifted teens known as Remnants have been chosen and trained to act as humanity’s last hope to rectify the horrors that are now part of everyday life. The Community has trained these teens as warriors and assigned them Knights of the Last Order as protectors. Together, they are a force that will be difficult to bring down. But the Sons of Sheol, of course, are determined to do just that. As the Remnants begin their...

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Review: The Winner’s Curse

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.The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux on March 4th 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Winning what you want may cost you everything you love. As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy...

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