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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Review: Tangled

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.Tangled by Carolyn Mackler Series: Stand Alone Published by HarperTeen on December 29th 2009 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Paradise wasn't supposed to suck. Not the state of being, but a resort in the Caribbean. Jena, Dakota, Skye, and Owen are all there for different reasons, but at Paradise their lives become tangled together in ways none of them can predict. Paradise will change them all. It will change Jena, whose first brush with romance takes her that much closer to having a life, and not just reading about those infinitely cooler and more exciting. It will change Dakota, who...

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Review: Steel

Steel by Carrie Vaughn Series: Stand Alone Published by HarperTeen on March 15th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads It was a slender length of rusted steel, tapered to a point at one end and jagged at the other, as if it had broken. A thousand people would step over it and think it trash, but not her. This was the tip of a rapier. Sixteen-year-old Jill has fought in dozens of fencing tournaments, but she has never held a sharpened blade. When she finds a corroded sword piece on a Caribbean beach, she is instantly intrigued and pockets it as her own personal treasure. The broken tip holds secrets, though, and it transports Jill through time to the deck of a pirate ship. Stranded in the past and surrounded by...

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Review: So Much Closer

So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti Series: Stand Alone Published by Viking Juvenile on May 3rd 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads When Brooke's crush, Scott, moves from their suburban town to New York City, she decides to follow him there. Living with her formerly estranged dad and adapting to a new school are challenging, and things go from bad to worse when Brooke learns that Scott already has a girlfriend. But as she builds her new life, Brooke begins to discover a side of herself she never knew existed. And as she finds out, in the city that never sleeps, love can appear around any corner... Since I’m currently on a kick for contemp reads, I picked up another book I bought a while back. It certainly wasn’t what...

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Review: Charmfall

Charmfall by Chloe Neill Published by NAL Trade on January 3rd 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads High school can be a battlefield, but for Lily Parker, surviving at St. Sophia’s School for Girls is a matter of life and death... Protecting Chicago from the dark side can be an exhausting job, especially when you’re a junior. So when the girls of St. Sophia’s start gearing up for Sneak, their fall formal, Lily decides to join in on some good, old-fashioned party prep—even if it means not giving demons, vampires and the twisted magic users known as Reapers her undivided attention. But when a Reaper infiltrates the school, Lily doesn’t forget what she’s sworn to protect. She reaches deep into herself to draw out her...

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