Review: Undercurrent

Undercurrent by Tricia Rayburn Series: Siren # 2 Published by EgmontUSA on July 12th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads The sirens are back, but Vanessa may be the biggest threat of all. . . .   Nothing has been normal since Vanessa Sands learned that her sister was murdered by sirens—femme fatales of the watery depths—and that everything she believed about her family was a lie. Her boyfriend Simon’s been the only person Vanessa feels she can really trust. But now there are some secrets she can’t tell even him. And when Vanessa finds herself in the sights of Parker, Hawthorne Prep’s resident charmer, she needs someone to confide in more than ever. Doubting her relationship with Simon, unsure of Parker’s...

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Review: Want To Go Private?

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.Want To Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman Series: Stand Alone Published by Scholastic Press on August 1st 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Abby and Luke chat online. They've never met. But they are going to. Soon. Abby is starting high school--it should be exciting, so why doesn't she care? Everyone tells her to "make an effort," but why can't she just be herself? Abby quickly feels like she's losing a grip on her once-happy life. The only thing she cares about anymore is talking to Luke, a guy she met online, who understands. It feels dangerous and yet good to chat with Luke--he is her...

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Review: Crush

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.Crush by Nicole Williams Series: Crash # 3 Published by HarperCollins on April 23rd 2013 Genres: New Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Football glory. A giant diamond. A wandering eye. Jude and Lucy are happily engaged . . . but that doesn't mean life's a bed of roses. Once again, Jude and Lucy are torn apart by football training and a summer job that creates new tensions. This time Jude's the one with trust issues. Will Lucy's life-changing news bring them back together or end their relationship for good? Can love triumph forever? Ya’ll. I did it. I finally finish this series.  It was hard to...

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Review: Forgiven

Forgiven by Janet Fox Series: Faithful # 2 Published by Speak on June 2nd 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Kula Baker never expected to find herself on the streets of San Francisco, alone but for a letter of introduction. Though she has come to the city to save her father from a cruel fate, Kula soon finds herself swept up in a world of art and elegance - a world she hardly dared dream of back in Montana, where she was no more than the daughter of an outlaw. And then there is the handsome David Wong, whose smiling eyes and soft-spoken manner have an uncanny way of breaking through Kula's carefully crafted reserve. Yet when disaster strikes and the wreckage threatens all she holds dear, Kula realizes that only...

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Review: Faithful

Faithful by Janet Fox Series: Faithful # 1 Published by Speak on May 13th 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Maggie Bennet's life is in tatters. Her mother has disappeared, and is presumed dead. The next thing she knows, her father has dragged Maggie away from their elegant Newport home, off on some mad excursion to Yellowstone in Montana. Torn from the only life she's ever known, away from her friends, from society, and verging on no prospects, Maggie is furious and devastated by her father's betrayal. But when she arrives, she finds herself drawn to the frustratingly stubborn, handsome Tom Rowland, the son of a park geologist, and to the wild romantic beauty of Yellowstone itself. And as Tom...

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