Review: Dark Eyes

Dark Eyes by William Richter Published by Razorbill on March 15th 2012 Genres: Young Adult-Adventure/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Wally was adopted from a Russian orphanage as a child and grew up in a wealthy New York City family. At 15, her obsessive need to rebel led her to life on the streets. Now the 16-year-old is beautiful and hardened, and she's just stumbled across the possibility of discovering who she really is. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" for teens, this debut thriller introduces a new heroine." When I started reading this book I had no idea what to expect. I can tell you that once I started the book I liked it. It totally blew me away with a mystery that makes you run for your life! What I...

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Review: A Million Suns

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.A Million Suns by Beth Revis Series: Across The Universe # 2 Published by Razorbill on January 10, 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Godspeed was once fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos. It’s been three months. In that time, Amy has learned to hide who she is. Elder is trying to be the leader he’s always wanted to be. But as the ship gets more and more out of control, only one thing is certain: They have to get off the ship."   Okay, I admit. I was a bit skeptical picking up this...

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Review: Bloodlines

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.Bloodlines by Richelle Mead Published by Razorbill on August 23rd 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads "When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning. Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times...

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Review: Brother/Sister

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Library Thing in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Brother/Sister by Sean Olin Series: Stand Alone Published by Razorbill on June 9th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Library Thing Goodreads "Will and Asheley have a troubled past. Their father left them when they were little, and their mother has just been carted off to an alcohol treatment center. Now, they have the house to themselves, and an endless California summer stretching out before them. Through alternating perspectives, they tell the story of how and why their lives spun violently out of control - right up to...

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Review: Across The Universe

Across The Universe by Beth Revis Series: Across The Universe # 1 Published by Razorbill on January 11, 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone - one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship - tried to kill her. And if Amy...

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