There are few things I like better than a good revenge story. Mortal Danger had all of the right set-up elements for a good one: a hopeless teen, an irresistible offer, and a transformation that came at a steep cost. Edie’s experience with being bullied were truly awful and at the beginning of the […]
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Salt & Storm By Kendall Kulper
Salt & Storm had a great plot and a lot of potential but I was left mostly disappointed by the end. Avery comes from a along line of witches and is ready to take her rightful place on the island when her mother takes her from that life and binds anyone from helping her return […]
The Taking By Kimberly Derting
We meet Kyra shortly before she disappears for five years, and then after when she wakes up to discover that her whole life has changed without her. The journey she goes on to find out the truth takes her back to old loves, new loves, a new family, and a father whose “crazy” theories […]
Complicit By Stephanie Kuehn
Complicit is a book that tells you one story, and then kicks the foundation out from under you so that you aren’t sure what the story is or who should be telling it. Jamie is a good kid with a tragic past. It is the classic trope of one sibling “making it” while the […]
After The End By Amy Plum
After The End Author: Amy Plum Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 5-6-14 World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They’ve survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature, and hiding from whoever else […]
All That Glows By Ryan Graudin
All That Glows Author: Ryan Graudin Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 2-11-14 Emrys—a fiery, red-headed Fae—always embraced her life in the Highlands, far from the city’s draining technology, until she’s sent to London to rejoin the Faery Guard. But this isn’t any normal assignment—she’s sent to guard Prince Richard: Britain’s notorious, partying […]
Ignite Me By Tahereh Mafi
Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) Author: Tahereh Mafi Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: 2-4-14 Juliette now knows she may be the only one who can stop the Reestablishment. But to take them down, she’ll need the help of the one person she never thought she could trust: Warner. And as they work […]
Witch Finder By Ruth Warburton
Witch Finder Author: Ruth Warburton Category: Young Adult Publisher: Hachette Release Date: 1-2-13 London. 1880. In the slums of Spitalfields apprentice blacksmith Luke is facing initiation into the Malleus Maleficorum, the fearsome brotherhood dedicated to hunting and killing witches. Luke’s final test is to pick a name at random from the Book of Witches, a […]
See Jane Run By Hannah Jayne
See Jane Run Author: Hannah Jayne Category: Young Adult Publisher: Sourcebooks Release Date: 1-7-14 When Riley first gets the postcard tucked into her bag, she thinks it’s a joke. Then she finds a birth certificate for a girl named Jane Elizabeth O’Leary hidden inside her baby book. Riley’s parents have always been pretty overprotective. What […]
The 100 by Kass Morgan
The 100 Author: Kass Morgan Category: Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Release Date: 9-3-13 In the future, humans live in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth’s toxic atmosphere. No one knows when, or even if, the long-abandoned planet will be habitable again. But faced with dwindling resources and a growing populace, government leaders know they […]