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 […]
Blink Once by Cylin Busby
Blink Once Author: Cylin Busby Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Bloomsbury Release Date: 9-4-12 West is a high school senior who has everything going for him until an accident leaves him paralyzed. Strapped down in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, West is terrified and alone. Until he meets Olivia. She’s […]
Dark Companion by Marta Acosta
Dark Companion Author: Marta Acosta Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Tor Release Date: 7-3-12 When foster teen Jane Williams is invited to attend elite Birch Grove Academy for Girls and escape her violent urban neighborhood, she thinks the offer is too good to be true. She’s even offered her own living quarters, the groundskeeper’s cottage in […]
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, […]
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
We first meet Ismae as she is married off by her cruel father to an equally cruel (and disgusting) man. She is completely powerless, but soon finds that she does have power. Quite a lot of it, actually. I heard many people talk about how wonderful Grave Mercy was and I have to say […]
The Girl In The Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross
The Girl In The Clockwork Collar (The Steampunk Chronicles #2) Author: Kady Cross Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release Date: 5-22-12 In New York City, 1897, life has never been more thrilling – or dangerous. Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her “straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue […]
Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
Illuminate (Gilded Wings #1) Author: Aimee Agresti Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: 3-6-12 Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is awarded a prestigious internship in […]
The Girl In The Steel Corset by Kady Cross
The Girl In The Steel Corset (The Steampunk Chronicles #1) Author: Kady Cross Genre: Young Adult Format: Hardcover Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release Date: 5-24-11 In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the “thing” inside her.When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no “normal” Victorian […]
The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
This is a review for the third book in The Body Finder series. To learn more about the series, go here. The Last Echo (The Body Finder #3) Author: Kimberly Derting Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: 4-17-12 Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her […]