Review: The Sea of Tranquility

The Sea Of Tranquility by Katja Millay Series: Stand Alone Published by Atria Books on November 13th 2012 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller, Young Adult-Romance Source: Edelweiss, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk. Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity,...

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Review: Flee

Flee by Miranda Kavi Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on November 30, 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads I can fly. I have to keep it a secret. Everything was fine, until I met him. I can’t stay away… Aurora Lockette has a supernatural ability she hides from the world. Gavyn Dhaval is a newly famous actor that shies away from the spotlight. When Aurora and Gavyn literally collide in a fender bender on her first day of law school, they are irresistibly drawn to each other. When Aurora’s secret is revealed, she has no choice but to abandon Gavyn to go into hiding to escape the media frenzy. A secret society of gifted humans contacts her to warn of dark forces that...

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Review: Hooked

Hooked by Catherine Greenman Series: Stand Alone Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on August 9th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Buy on Amazon Goodreads Thea Galehouse has always known how to take care of herself. With a flighty club-owner mom and a standoffish, recovering-alcoholic dad, Thea has made her own way in her hometown of New York, attending the prestigious and competitive Stuyvesant High School. But one chat with Will, a handsome and witty senior, and she's a goner—completely hooked on him and unable to concentrate on anything else. Always worried that she loves Will more than he loves her, Thea is pleasantly surprised when their romance weathers his move to college and Will goes out of his way to involve her in his life. But then,...

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Review:…Then I Met My Sister

Then I Met My Sister by Christine Hurley Deriso Series: Stand Alone Published by Flux on April 8th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads It's not exactly easy living in a shrine to your dead sister. Since birth, I've known that everyone loved Shannon. She was perfect--beautiful, smart, talented. And me? Not so much. My parents always expected me to live up to her greatness. But I could never measure up to her, so why even try? This summer, I've started reading the journal Shannon kept just before she died . . . and suddenly nothing is what I thought it was. The more secrets I learn about Shannon and our family, the more everything changes. And as it turns out, facing the truth is no cakewalk, either. Knocking off...

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Review: A Long Long Sleep

A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan on August 9th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction/Dsytopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads It should have been a short suspended-animation sleep. But this time Rose wakes up to find her past is long gone-- and her future full of peril. Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten subbasement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and utterly changed the world she knew. Now, her parents and her first love are long gone, and Rose-- hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire-- is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as...

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