Review: Crusade

Crusade by Debbie Viguie, Nancy Holder Series: Crusade # 1 Published by Simon Pulse on September 7, 2010 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Goodreads "For the past two years, Jenn has lived and trained at Spain’s Sacred Heart Academy Against the Cursed Ones. She is among the few who have pledged to defend humanity or die trying. But the vampires are gaining power, and the battle has only just begun. Forced to return home after death takes a member of her family, Jenn discovers that San Francisco is now a vampire strong-hold. As a lone hunter apart from her team, Jenn is isolated — and at risk. She craves the company of her fighting partner, Antonio: his protection, his reassurance, his touch. But a relationship with Antonio comes with its own dangers,...

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Review: Angelfire

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton Series: Angelfire # 1 Published by HarperCollins on February 15, 2011 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads A mysterious boy named Will reveals she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior, the only one capable of wielding swords of angelfire to fight the reapers, and he is an immortal sworn to protect her in battle. Now that Ellie's powers have been awakened, a powerful reaper called Bastian has come forward to challenge her. He has employed a fierce assassin to eliminate her - an assassin who has already killed her once. While balancing her dwindling social life and reaper-hunting duties, she and Will discover Bastian is searching for a dormant creature believed to be a true soul reaper....

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Review: Beautiful Darkness

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Published by Little Brown on October 12th 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.  Sometimes life-ending. Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic...

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Review: Everlasting

Everlasting by Angie Frazier Published by Scholastic Press on June 1st 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Historical/Fantasy Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Sailing aboard her father’s trade ship is all seventeen-year-old Camille Rowen has ever wanted. But as a girl of society in 1855 San Francisco, her future is set: marry a man she doesn’t love, or condemn herself and her father to poverty.   On her final voyage before the wedding, the stormy arms of the Tasman Sea claim her father, and a terrible family secret is revealed. A secret intertwined with a fabled map, the mother Camille has long believed dead, and an ancient stone that wields a dangerous—and alluring—magic.   The only person Camille can depend on is Oscar, a handsome young sailor whom she is...

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Review: Betrayals

Betrayals by Lili St. Crow Published by Razorbill on Novemeber 17, 2009 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Goodreads "She’s no angel . . .   Poor Dru Anderson. Her parents are long gone, her best friend is a werewolf, and she’s just learned that the blood flowing through her veins isn’t entirely human. (So what else is new?)   Now Dru is stuck at a secret New England School for other teens like her, and there’s a big problem— she’s the only girl in the place. A school full of cute boys wouldn’t be so bad, but Dru’s killer instinct says that one of them wants her dead. And with all eyes on her, discovering a traitor within the Order could mean a lot more than social suicide. . .   Can Dru survive long enough to find out who has betrayed her...

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