This is a review of book two in the Fire and Thorns series. You can read my review of The Girl of Fire and Thorns here. The Crown of Embers Author: Rae Carson Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books Release Date: 9-18-12 Elisa is the hero of her country. She led her people to victory […]
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Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin
This is a review of book two in the Birthright series. You can read my review of All These Things I’ve Done here. Because It Is My Blood Author: Gabrielle Zevin Category: Young Adult Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 9-18-12 Since her release from Liberty Children’s Facility, Anya Balanchine is determined to follow […]
Unspoken By Sarah Rees Brennan
There is nothing better than a smart, funny heroine who likes to solve mysteries and Unspoken delivers a story that has all that and much more. From the start of the story, you know that there is definitely something not right about the Lynburns, but you don’t know exactly what it is. That mystery […]
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
Monstrous Beauty Author: Elizabeth Fama Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 9-4-12 Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences. […]
Every Day By David Levithan
Every Day Author: David Levithan Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Release Date: 8-28-12 Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines […]
Girl Of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
**If you have read Anna Dressed In Blood, this review is spoiler free** Girl Of Nightmares Author: Kendare Blake Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Tor Teen Release Date: 8-7-12 It’s been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood […]
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Throne Of Glass Author: Sarah J. Maas Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Bloomsbury Release Date: 8-7-12 After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must […]
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Insurgent Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 5-1-12 One choice can transform you–or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves–and herself–while grappling with haunting questions of […]
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
My Life Next Door Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Dial Release Date: 6-14-12 The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs […]
Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols
Such A Rush Author: Jennifer Echols Category: Young Adult Publisher: MTV Books Release Date: 7-10-12 High school senior Leah Jones loves nothing more than flying. While she’s in the air, it’s easy to forget life with her absentee mother at the low-rent end of a South Carolina beach town. When her flight instructor, Mr. Hall, […]