Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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.Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Published by Quirk on June 7, 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal, Young Adult-Mystery Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads A horrific family tragedy sends Jacob 16 to a remote island off Wales, to the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, where he finds unusual old photographs. The children, one his grandfather, were more than peculiar, perhaps dangerous, quarantined for good reason - and maybe still alive. I have only heard or seen Ransom Riggs...

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Review: The School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani Published by HarperCollins on May 14, 2013 Genres: Middle Grade-Fantasy/Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away. This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are...

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Review: Snakeroot

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.Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer Published by Philomel on December 10, 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Bosque Mar haunts the dreams of both Adne and Logan, trying to escape for the Nether, where Calla, Shay and the other Guardians trapped him in the final battle in the War of All Against All. Will he turn Adne to the dark side? Will Logan reclaim his birthright? And will darkness take over our world? I was so happy to hear the Nightshade series was returning but I was also a little curious to see...

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Review: Ashes To Ashes

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.Ashes To Ashes by Melissa C. Walker Published by Katherine Tegen Books on December 23rd 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads If I Stay meets the movie Ghost in this first book in a teen duology about a teenage-girl-turned-ghost who must cling to the echoes of her former life to save the people she left behind. Ashes to Ashes is author Melissa Walker's sweeping, romantic, and emotionally rich story about the things that torment and tempt us, even from the Great Beyond. This book is perfect for...

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Review: Dead Set

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.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.Dead Set by Richard Kadrey Series: Stand Alone Published by Harper Voyager on October 29th 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads After her father’s funeral, Zoe and her mother moved to the Big City to start over. But life’s not so easy, the money is tight, and a new school brings trials. Fortunately, she has an escape: her dreams. A world of freedom and solace removed...

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