City of Ghosts plays upon the idea that I have always sensed about old places…they are haunted! In Cassidy’s world, she is able to sense and see ghosts to the point that her BFF Jacob is actually a ghost. Her parents, one skeptic and one believer, play an appropriately background role while providing a little […]
Publisher: Scholastic
Average Rating: 4.45
The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielson
The Traitor’s Game has a couple of things that are catnip for me: second chance friendship/romance and dual point of view. Kestra and Simon grew up together at the palace, although they were in vastly different circle of existence. She, a princess and he, a serving boy. Their childhood friendship took a dark turn […]
Turn It Up By Jen Calonita
A lesson that I have learned again and again in my life is that, when it comes to groups or teams, you are stronger together. This goes for friendships, romantic relationship, or even politics! In Turn It Up, I saw this theme reappear with a story about two girls whose friendship becomes fractured and one […]
See How They Run By Ally Carter
No one writes about spies and espionage quite like Ally Carter, and after enjoying All Fall Down, I was very excited to read See How They Run. We get to meet Grace’s brother in See How They Run, and he was n interesting character. Obviously, after what they went through as a family, […]
Sanctuary By Jennifer McKissack
Cecelia’s return to Sanctuary is not a happy one. Her uncle, a truly terrible person, forces her back by withholding school tuition and Cecelia finds herself at the mercy of his increasingly insane whims and, it seems, the spirits that linger on the Island. It is clear that since the deaths of her sister, […]
Waiting On Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. Who doesn’t love a Gothic novel, right? Add this one to your list because it looks like it’s going to be soooo good!
Ex Libris Audio: Sinner
I resisted reading The Wolves of Mercy Falls series for a long time, so when I finally relented, I decided to listen to all of the books on audio. I can see why people were so taken with this series. All of the books were compelling, romantic, and just really damn good. So, while I […]
All Fall Down By Ally Carter
There’s a lot of contrast in Grace’s world. On one hand, she is a teenager who is mourning her mother, trying to figure out how to move on, and missing her military dad who is stationed overseas. On a more unusual front, she is staying with her grandfather who is the American ambassador […]
Blue Lily, Lily Blue By Maggie Stiefvater
Blue, Gansey, Adam, Ronan, and Noah are quickly becoming my favorite literary gang of all time. The Dream Thieves was really more Ronan’s story, but in Blue Lily, Lily Blue we return to the structure of The Raven Boys. We are back with the whole group, getting a more global view of the story as […]
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
As soon as the ley line was woken up once again, things started to change almost immediately. Blue and “her Raven boys” started feeling the effects and seeing the consequences of their efforts. The missing piece of the Cabeswater puzzle is the center of this book and, of course, Gansey isn’t the only one looking. […]