Review: The Winner’s Crime

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 Crime by Marie Rutkoski Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on March 3rd 2015 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love. The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even...

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Review: Love Letters To The Dead

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.Love Letters To The Dead by Ava Dellaira Series: Stand Alone Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on April 1st 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more; though she never gives a single one of them to...

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Review: Second Star

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.Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel Published by Straus and Giroux (BYR) on May 13, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A twisty story about love, loss, and lies, this contemporary oceanside adventure is tinged with a touch of dark magic as it follows seventeen-year-old Wendy Darling on a search for her missing surfer brothers. Wendy’s journey leads her to a mysterious hidden cove inhabited by a tribe of young renegade surfers, most of them runaways like her brothers. Wendy is instantly drawn to the...

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Review: The Fury

The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith Series: The Fury # 1 Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on July 23rd 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads From the creator of the Escape from Furnace series, a ferocious epic of supernatural terror, perfect for Stephen King fans  Imagine if one day, without warning, the entire human race turns against you, if every person you know, every person you meet becomes a bloodthirsty, mindless savage . . . That’s the horrifying reality for Cal, Brick, and Daisy. Friends, family, even moms and dads, are out to get them. Their world has the Fury. It will not rest until they are dead. In Alexander Gordon Smith’s adrenaline-fueled saga, Cal and the others must uncover the...

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Review: Because It Is My Blood

Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on September 18th 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads “Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in.”- Michael Corleone, The Godfather Since her release from Liberty Children's Facility, Anya Balanchine is determined to follow the straight and narrow. Unfortunately, her criminal record is making it hard for her to do that. No high school wants her with a gun possession charge on her rap sheet. Plus, all the people in her life have moved on: Natty has skipped two grades at Holy Trinity, Scarlet and Gable seem closer than ever, and even Win is in a new relationship.But when old friends return demanding that...

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