Review: Rites Of Passage

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Rites Of Passage by Joy N. Hensley Series: Stand Alone Published by HarperTeen on September 9th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads Sam McKenna’s never turned down a dare. And she's not going to start with the last one her brother gave her before he died.So Sam joins the first-ever class of girls at the prestigious Denmark Military Academy. She’s expecting push-ups and long runs, rope climbing and mud-crawling. As a military brat, she can handle an obstacle course just as well as the boys. She's even expecting...

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Review: The Hunt

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Hunt by Stacey Kade Published by Disney-Hyperion on April 22nd 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads Ariane Tucker has finally escaped GTX, the research facility that created her. While on the run, Zane Bradshaw is the only person she can trust. He knows who-and what-she is and still wants to be part of her life. But accepting Zane's help means putting him in danger.Dr. Jacobs, head of GTX, is not the only one hunting for Ariane. Two rival corporations have their sights set on taking down their...

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Review: Panic

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Panic by Lauren Oliver Series: Stand Alone Published by HarperTeen on March 4th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books Goodreads Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would...

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Review: Oliver and the Seawigs

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve, Sarah McIntyre on July 20, 2014 Genres: Middle Grade-Fantasy/Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Oliver grew up in a family of explorers - but his biggest adventure is about to begin! Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents. But before he can put his rescue plan into action there's the evil Stacey de Lacey and an army of greasy, green sea monkeys to contend with. This was...

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Review: Strange and Ever After

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard Published by HarperTeen on July 22nd 2014 Genres: Young Adult- Historical/Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads In the conclusion to the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a roaring—and addictive—gothic world,” Eleanor Fitt must control her growing power, face her feelings for Daniel, and confront the evil necromancer Marcus...all before it’s too late.He took her brother, he took her mother, and now, Marcus has taken her good friend Jie. With more determination than ever to bring this sinister man to...

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