Review: Hollow City

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Published by Quirk Books on March 24, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them—but she’s trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary journey that began in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. And before Jacob can deliver the peculiar children to safety, he must make an important decision about his love for Emma Bloom. Like...

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Review: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

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.THE DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger Series: Stand Alone Published by Little Brown, Poppy on September 7th 2010 Genres: Emotions & Feelings, Family, Young Adult Pages: 280 Source: Bought Goodreads Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “the Duff,” she throws her Coke in his face. But things aren’t so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends...

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Review: Afterworlds

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld Published by Simon Pulse on December 29, 2014 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy, Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she's made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and fledgling writers who take her under their wings… Told in alternating chapters is Darcy's novel, a suspenseful thriller about Lizzie, a teen who slips into the 'Afterworld' to survive a terrorist attack. But the Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead and as Lizzie drifts between our world and that of the Afterworld, she discovers that...

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Review: 100 Sideways Miles

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.100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith Published by Simon & Schuster on December 18, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Realistic Fiction Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he’s ever loved. Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling...

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Review: The Young Elites

The Young Elites by Marie Lu Published by Putnam Juvenile on December 16, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction/Dsytopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are...

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