Review: Element Keepers

I received this book for free from Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Element Keepers: Whispers of the Wind by E.P. Marcellin Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on November 9, 2010 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads Rhet guts fish for a living, content in obscurity until the day he is plucked from the wharves by nine exotic strangers and carted across the continent to a life-sentence of imprisonment. Though he has done nothing (as far as he knows) to warrant such capture, his captors are certain he will one day destroy the world if they do not prevent him. Though it is true...

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Review: But I Love Him

But I Love Him by Amanda Grace Series: Stand Alone Published by Flux on May 8th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Goodreads "Tonight was so much worse than anything before it. Tonight he didn't stop after the first slap. At the beginning of senior year, Ann was a smiling, straight-A student and track star with friends and a future. Then she met a haunted young man named Connor. Only she can heal his emotional scars; only he could make her feel so loved — and needed. Ann can't recall the pivotal moment it all changed, when she surrendered everything to be with him, but by graduation, her life has become a dangerous high wire act. Just one mistake could trigger Connor's rage, a senseless storm of cruel words and violence damaging everything — and...

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Review: Being

Being by Tamara Mousner Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on March 8th 2011 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Goodreads For elite extraterrestrial pilot EBN-Reyoz-X, awaiting rescue while hiding out in a trailer park is a grueling nightmare. She’s injured, lacks proper supplies and can’t blend in with the indigenous population because she’s seven feet tall and can’t control the trail of wildflowers blooming in the wake of her footsteps. She’s unprepared to begin sexual maturity in the alien land and when she develops feelings for Shale, the mute teenage boy next door, she’s convinced circumstances can get no worse.   Except rescue never comes and once word spreads that her touch holds miraculous healing...

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Review: Dream Smashers

Dream Smashers by Angela Carlie Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on April 4th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Sixteen-year-old Autumn has spent her entire life worrying about others. Her ailing grandma, meth-addicted mom, and a best friend who is always in trouble. She's spent the last few years attempting to worry less, to be carefree, without success. Enter Evan, whose radiant attitude is an Autumn magnet. With Evan at her side, Autumn's able to let some of her worries go as they trudge through life's difficulties and fall for each other in the process. A girl who no longer wants to care and a boy who cares enough for the both of them, Dream Smashers is a...

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Review: Aurora Undefined

I received this book for free from Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Aurora Undefined by Kate Hinderer Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on March 10, 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads Aurora is entering her senior year and everything around her seems to be falling apart. Her best friend has joined the cool crowd and she struggles to grapple with the loss. But when tragedy strikes, Aurora realizes what loss is really all about and how moving on becomes a fight of the will, mind and heart. I though this book was beautiful. Simply Beautiful. I loved how the main...

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