Kiersten White creates such fun worlds and characters. The Chaos of Stars first drew me in because it deals with Egyptian mythology. This isn't an area I'm particularly knowledgeable in, but I have not encountered Egyptian mythology in Youn...
4 StarsAnother wonderful installment in the Penryn & the End of Days series. World After picks up immediately were Angelfall left off. Penryn wakes up to find herself in a convoy headed to the Resistance's new location. Also with her is her schizo...
4½ StarsThis is the 15th in The Morganville Vampires series and starts where the other left off. This one is jam packed with action twists and turns. No cliff hanging for fans of this series. I do think a lot of it was tied up a little too neatly....
4½ StarsMr. Jones created a wonderfully entertaining story that I think children of all ages will enjoy. His storyline was quite engrossing and I found myself rooting on Oz Chambers while he embarked on investigating his own family house. He firmly...
5 StarsMr. Crilley has created a pleasant steampunk mystery that kept me reading until the end. Like other books in the steampunk genre this book has the prerequisites of steam powered technology and the background setting of Victorian England alo...
3½ StarsI am a fan of Kami Garcia from her other book series with Margaret Stohl. However, I'm not so sure Mrs. Garcia went in the right direction with Unbreakable. At first I really enjoyed Kennedy and her best friend. I enjoyed their banter. I li...
3 StarsWhen sixteen-year-old Celia Macarty’s father is killed in Afghanistan while serving his country, her mom packs them up and moves them to New Orleans where her husband’s family lives. Celia doesn’t know this side of the family and is trying...
4 StarsThis engaging young adult title covers some pretty intense subject matter and is a little more graphic than I had anticipated but definitely offers an entertaining read. The complex and often painful lives that the main characters have expe...
4 StarsFirst off this is not a stand along read. When I read the summary on the back I was intrigued enough to want to read Sunblind. I, however, ran into a major problem with this tale. I did not know this was the second book in a series of books...
2½ StarsWhat a scary little story, Mr. Delaney wrote. I also thought the illustrations were fantastic. They added even more dimension to the already enjoyable story. We’re introduced to fifteen-year-old Billy Calder who is living in an orphanage. H...
5 StarsI've fallen into the two extremes with YA books lately; either I absolutely hate them or I love them irrevocably. With Skin, I felt neither. I was indifferent, bored and confused. I was feeling standoffish to a book, is that possible? I wou...
2½ StarsIn this story, we’re introduced to Olivia and her lovable Great Dane, Honey. When Olivia has to leave on a business trip, Honey has a petsitter stay with her in her house. Aside from having to deal with Olivia going away for business, Honey...
5 StarsThis is an awesome sequel that grabbed onto me and never let go. I loved the first book in this series but Shadow of the Mark totally blew the first one out of the water! The events that take place in this book will leave you wondering what...
4 StarsCasey Donovan is your normal high school senior. Her boyfriend Nate has begun his freshman year at college and is waiting for Casey to join him next year. Her parents are talking and may even get back together. Tim, her older brother is bei...
4½ StarsA remarkable story of friendship, heart and survival Into That Forest will take readers into a journey of life's greatest miracles. My introduction to Hannah, the heroine of the story. I found her sitting as an elderly woman of her seventie...
4½ StarsWhat a fabulous story. I have to admit I had looked at this book before but skipped over it because it is labeled YA and that is not my thing. I ended up reading it when it was picked for me in a challenge. I willingly admit......I was wron...
5 StarsI was so happy to grab Dark Talisman as I will be chatting with the author in Oct. This book is geared toward the Teen / Young Adult crowd but really reads as a go between from Middle School to Teen. It is a light fantasy read that children...
4½ StarsThe Social Code was very short. The writing was very good and well-paced and there are cliff hangers that will have you screaming for the next one! It seems that this book is a combo of three novellas that have been put into a new series wi...
4 StarsConfined to a wheelchair, Luna Prosser doesn’t always look on the bright side of life; it’s hard to when your football star boyfriend dumps you and everyone starts to treat you as an invalid. Despite the injury Luna is a spunky and outspoke...
4 StarsMs. Hodge has done an outstanding job with this inspirational coming of age novel. We’re introduced to sixteen-year-old Jazz Hooper and told how she and her mother were involved in a serious car accident. Unfortunately, her mother didn’t su...
5 StarsI didn't read the first book, Chasers, so I came in after the Alone series was already well on its way. I suggest you read Chasers first before reading Survivor. SURVIVOR takes up where CHASERS left off. The main character, Jesse is alone a...
3 StarsWhen Millroad Catholic Academy, a boarding school for grades 6-10 located in North Carolina, has to close a few days because of a student’s death, things start getting out of control for the school administrators. As the students return to...
4 StarsRose and Becca have been abandoned by their father. Their mother is in poor health and getting sicker every day. The snow is piling high on the ground and they are running out of food. When desperate measures have to be taken to ensure the...
4 StarsI absolutely love Melissa de la Cruz and I have to admit I never thought she could top her Blue Bloods series, but she definitely has with this book! It is everything I never knew I wanted in a book and more! In Frozen we have Natasha, a bl...
4½ StarsCan I just say, to begin, wow? I adore this series. Kallos Sorrow is the latest installment in this fabulous series. It has all the heart and drama of the previous books, and continues to build on the previous books in a way that I certainl...
4½ StarsFantasy, dragons, and magic! What more could a story need?! The Deepest Night was a one day read and was so good! Shana Abe is definitely an author that I am going to want to read more from! This is book two in the The Sweetest Dark series...
5 StarsA Short-Lived Apocalypse… Sixteen year old Jesse came to New York via Australia to attend a United Nations teen ambassador conference. What he got was a zombie apocalypse. Avoiding “Chasers” and “the Infected”, Jesse must convince a group o...
3 StarsIn the heartbreaking conclusion to the breathing series we pick up one year after the final events of Barely Breathing. Emma has been at Stanford University for a year and has found a new bond of friends to keep her distracted from the demo...
5 StarsMr. Fukada is a master at storytelling. In “The Trap” Fukada achieves a stellar ending for such an incredible beginning! Tight action sequences melded with wonderful descriptive passages make this an unforgettable novel. The intensity from...
5 StarsAphrodite's Curse is a novella that is part of the Kallos series of books. There are actually three novellas that build the basis for the series, this, Acidalia, and Sean and Ian. Aphrodite's Curse is a tragic story that introduces us to th...
4½ StarsThis is the third of three novellas in the Kallos series by Khelsey Jackson, and this one falls just before Kallos starts. I found it very sad, but very moving as well. It tells us quite a bit more about two characters we come to know very...
4½ StarsAfter the apocalyptic events of 2020, only 15% of the world's population remains. Those that are left must seek protection of the clans or live as nomads. Women are especially vulnerable, forced into subservient roles, living in households...
4 StarsI was really looking forward to reading this story and I saw that it was buzzing on Netgalley, so I wanted to see what all the hype was about. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a huge letdown for me. We’re introduced to Wren Gray and all h...
2½ StarsI am not one to get pulled into short stories very often. There just isn't enough space in them to let me come to know and love the characters and care about what they are going through. I don't read too many short stories for this reason....
4½ StarsI found Life's a Witch to be lackluster compared to What the Spell. What the Spell focused on a newly self-magically-made nerdy "glamazon" Brooklyn, this book focuses on the "its" clique queen bee herself Hadley. The magical realm clashes w...
3 StarsHave you ever had a dream where the setting transitions with no warning whatsoever and that one guy from the grocery store is sitting at your kitchen table and it all seems totally normal? And as soon as you wake up you realize nothing make...
3½ StarsI knew that I would enjoy reading this book by the title and the book description. I was captivated by the characters and all of the drama that surrounded each of them. This series has similar qualities to another favorite series of mine an...
4 StarsI've read pretty darn near every book Sarah Dessen has written, and I must admit this wasn't my favorite, however I did enjoy it if not for the fluffy beach setting. Perhaps my biggest issue with the story is there was no natural arc to the...
3 StarsI tried so hard to fall in love with this story. The ideas behind the Weather Witch drew me in. However, from the first page I found myself having to go back and reread sections so I would fully understand what was going on. This book is al...
3 StarsThis book absolutely gutted me. I honestly felt short of breathe after finishing it. I felt like I was drowning in emotion during Left Drowning (pun intended). Blythe suffered an irreparable tragedy four years ago and is barely skating by w...
4½ StarsI am going to start this review with a spoiler alert. If you have not read book 1 “Reason to Breathe”, then stop reading this and go pick that book up because it is an un-missable experience. Book one left me on the edge of my seat with Emm...
5 StarsJessie Darker has always wondered what it would be like to be a normal teen; but when your family owns a paranormal investigation agency, and you can clean up a poltergeist's cytoplasmic slime faster than you clean your room. Normal is just...
4 StarsI really liked Wrestling with Tom Sawyer. Not only did the kids get to meet Tom Sawyer, but they also used magic to bring him to the present. I thought that it was funny how stuff had changed. Tom did not know a lot of the inventions and Op...
5 StarsWhere Beauty Lies by Elle and Blair Fowler was a fun book with a villain that I never expected. The two main female characters were both great characters and the relationship between them was rock solid. The Contessa had me laughing so hard...
4 StarsHaving read a previous book by Robin Jones Gunn I had to read this one when I saw it. I also have all of her Glenbrooke series. I love the way Robin brings her characters to life and they have the same issues that a lot of young women can r...
4 StarsCasey is a typical 15 year old. Her parents are separated and her brother is a surly rude stranger who refuses to have anything to do with their father and is always giving their mother a hard time. She has a crush on Nate, the school footb...
4 StarsI am going to start this review with a spoiler alert. If you have not read book 1 “Ashes of Twilight”, then stop reading this and go pick that book up because it is amazing. Shadows of Glass picks up exactly where the huge climax of Ashes o...
4½ StarsTorn was very confusing! It switches from past to present and from dreams to reality. These transitions made it a very hard to follow book. A lot of the scenes made me keep wondering. I had to question did that really happen or was that a d...
2½ StarsThis exciting young adult paranormal series does an excellent job of providing a fun read about teens who have the typical issues of insecurity and a search for their place in society. The difference? These teens are related to gods and god...
4½ StarsThe Milk of Birds is a slow moving, but Powerful read! It deals with issues not normally seen in Teen/Ya books such as rape, genocide, and more. The authors writing and topic makes this a very powerful book! I was moved by the story of both...
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