Review: The Assassin’s Blade

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Mass Series: Throne of Glass 0.1-0.5 Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens on August 6, 2015 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's most feared assassin. As part of the Assassins' Guild, her allegiance is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed prequel novellas - together in one edition for the first time - Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn's orders and could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery . . ....

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Review: The Kill Order

The Kill Order by James Dashner Series: The Maze Runner 0.5 Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on August 5th, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads When sun flares hit the Earth, intense heat, toxic radiation and flooding followed, wiping out much of the human race. Those who survived live in basic communities in the mountains, hunting for food. For Mark and his friends, surviving is difficult, and then an enemy arrives, infecting people with a highly contagious virus. Thousands die, and the virus is spreading. Worse, it's mutating, and people are going crazy. It's up to Mark and his friends to find the enemy - and a cure - before the Flare infects them all ... James Dashner wrote a compelling...

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Review: The Rule of Thoughts

The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner Published by Random House Books for Young Readers on August 4th, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Michael completed the Path. What he found at the end turned everything he’d ever known about his life—and the world—completely upside down.    He barely survived. But it was the only way VirtNet Security knew to find the cyber-terrorist Kaine—and to make the Sleep safe for gamers once again. And, the truth Michael discovered about Kaine is more complex than they anticipated, and more terrifying than even the worst of their fears.    Kaine is a tangent, a computer program that has become sentient. And Michael’s completing the Path was the first stage in turning Kaine’s master plan,...

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Review: Nowhere But Here

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.Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry Published by Harlequin on July 24, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father--the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent--but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a...

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Review: The Heir

The Heir by Kiera Cass Published by HarperTeen on July 23, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story...but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought. So after reading The One by Kiera Cass I thought I was done with the triology, I had to say goodbye to America, and goodbye to the selection but no sooner did I finish did I hear another book was coming out. I knew I needed the book, and I...

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