Review: A Touch Mortal

A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford Series: A Touch Mortal # 1 Published by Greenwillow Books on February 22, 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Eden didn't expect Az. Not his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick-up line. Not the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings. Yeah. So long, happily-ever-after. Now trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch, Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven. She may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most. But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else's game. Her heart is her own. And...

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Review: Drought

Drought by Pam Bachorz Published by EgmontUSA on January 25, 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction/Dsytopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Ruby Prosser dreams of escaping the Congregation and the early-nineteenth century lifestyle that’s been practiced since the community was first enslaved. She plots to escape the vicious Darwin West, his cruel Overseers, and the daily struggle to gather the life-prolonging Water that keeps the Congregants alive and gives Darwin his wealth and power. But if Ruby leaves, the Congregation will die without the secret ingredient that makes the Water special: her blood. So she stays. But when Ruby meets Ford, the new Overseer who seems barely older than herself, her desire for freedom is too strong. He’s sympathetic,...

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Review: End of Days

End Of Days by Max Turner Published by St. Martin's Griffin on September 28, 2010 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Zachariah Thomson has spent the past year getting used to the idea that his best friend, Charlie, and the lovely Luna are now vampires, like him. As they learn to cope with the changes this brings, a mysterious creature appears. Likened to the Beast of the Apocalypse, it begins to dismantle the network of support around Zack, who discovers he is more than just an orphaned vampire – he is the subject of an ancient prophecy that relates to the End of Days. As friends and enemies, old and new, throw his world into chaos, he is forced to re-examine what it means to be good at a time when it seems that only the strong...

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Review: Bitten

Bitten by R.L. Stine Series: Dangerous Girls # 1-2 Published by HarperTeen on September 1, 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "You'll love them—to death.  Twin sisters Destiny and Livvy Weller return home from summer vacation with a dark secret . . . and an inhuman desire to drink blood. What have they become? Can they ever turn back? As their deadly secret becomes harder to keep, more questions arise and loyalties are tested. And as one sister descends into darkness, the other must find a way to save her—and herself. Who will live to see the glow of the next full moon? Which sister will survive" I love R.L. Stine. I remember when I was little I would always ask the librarian for his books and could not wait till the next one...

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Review: Across The Universe

Across The Universe by Beth Revis Series: Across The Universe # 1 Published by Razorbill on January 11, 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone - one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship - tried to kill her. And if Amy...

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