Review: Bleeding Violet

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon Pulse on January 5, 2010 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads "Love can be a dangerous thing....   Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna's tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas in search of a new home.   But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. As she tries to make a place for herself, she discovers dark secrets that would terrify any normal soul. Good thing for Hanna, she's far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen and no one...

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Review: Forget You

This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.Forget You by Jennifer Echols Series: Stand Alone Published by MTV Books and Pocket Books on July 20, 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads WHY CAN’T YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU FORGET . . .  AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER? There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention...

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Review: The Ice Hotel

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.The Ice Hotel by M.C. Foley Series: Stand Alone Published by Self-Published on January 1st 2012 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Author, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Goodreads To twin siblings Izzie and Poe McGarity, big brother Rossa is not just the eldest of three children. He is a hero, a leader, a king. Or rather... he was a king. Before his mistake. Before he died. Haunted by visions of Rossa wherever they turn, the twins and their parents accept an invitation to the legendary Ice Hotel, an enormous structure built entirely from snow and ice, thousands of miles to the...

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Review: Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch Series: Stand Alone Published by Harlequin Teen on July 1st 2010 Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Young Adult Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley, Publisher Goodreads My name is Kestrel. Kestrel Murphy. Never call me Susan. Who ever heard of a witch named Susan? A year ago, I was on the white-magic side. Lately, I've been leaning toward the black. I blame the universe. What's the point in being a nice little white witch in the universe I've got? If I could choose my own universe, I'd be a white witch in it. But black...

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Review: Jekel Loves Hyde

Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey Series: Stand Alone Published by Harcourt Children's Books on May 3rd 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction Source: Bought Goodreads Jill Jekel has always obeyed her parents’ rules – especially the one about never opening the mysterious, old box in her father’s office. But when her dad is murdered, and her college savings disappear, she's tempted to peek inside, as the contents might be key to a lucrative chemistry scholarship. To better her odds, Jill enlists the help of gorgeous, brooding Tristen Hyde, who has his own dark secrets locked away. As the team of Jekel and Hyde, they recreate experiments based on the classic novel, hoping not only to win a prize, but to save Tristen’s sanity. Maybe his life. But Jill’s...

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