Review: Dark of the Moon

Dark of the Moon by Tracy Barrett Series: Stand Alone Published by Harcourt Children's Books on September 20th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Ariadne is destined to become a goddess of the moon. She leads a lonely life, filled with hours of rigorous training by stern priestesses. Her former friends no longer dare to look at her, much less speak to her. All that she has left are her mother and her beloved, misshapen brother Asterion, who must be held captive below the palace for his own safety. So when a ship arrives one spring day, bearing a tribute of slaves from Athens, Ariadne sneaks out to meet it. These newcomers don’t know the ways of Krete; perhaps they won’t be...

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Review: Entwined

Entwined by Heather Dixon Published by Greenwillow Books on March 29, 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it. The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation. Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest. But there is a cost. The Keeper likes to keep things. Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.   I really enjoyed this book. There were many great elements in this...

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Review: Dark Parties

Dark Parties by Sara Grant Series: Stand Alone Published by Brown For Young Readers, Little Brown on August 3rd 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Sixteen-year-old Neva has been trapped since birth. She was born and raised under the Protectosphere, in an isolated nation ruled by fear, lies, and xenophobia. A shield "protects" them from the outside world, but also locks the citizens inside. But there's nothing left on the outside, ever since the world collapsed from violent warfare. Or so the government says... Neva and her best friend Sanna believe the government is lying and stage a "dark party" to recruit members for their underground rebellion. But as Neva begins to uncover...

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Review: Entangled

Entangled by Cat Clarke Series: Stand Alone Published by Quercus Publishing Plc on January 6, 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads The same questions whirl round and round in my head: What does he want from me? How could I have let this happen? AM I GOING TO DIE? 17-year-old Grace wakes up in a white room, with table, pens and paper - and no clue how she got there. As Grace pours her tangled life onto the page, she is forced to remember everything she's tried to forget. There's falling hopelessly in love with the gorgeous Nat, and the unravelling of her relationship with her best friend Sal. But there's something missing. As hard as she's trying to remember, is there something she just can't see? Grace must face...

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Review: Dead Spell

Dead Spell by Belinda Frisch Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on April 28th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Goodreads "17-year-old Harmony Wolcott is slowly succumbing to the haunting darkness of a forgotten memory. Afraid to ask for help or admit what's happening to her and around her, Harmony looks for the truth while trying to escape what it's done to her family. Dead Spell is about a ghost with a past and a girl that would die to forget it." This book automatically started with a punch. Opening scene of a crazy girl was just grabbing at you. As  I continued to read I saw the world in a whole new way. I think the craziness of this book it was got me hooked. Seeing ghost, going crazy,...

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