Cress by Marissa Meyer is the third novel in her Lunar Chronicles, a series that has a legion of devoted fans who adore Marissa’s unique futuristic characters spun from classic fairytales. In this book, instead of being trapped in a tower s...
3½ StarsStolen started out really well. It has a fast paced start and it was going very well. But, somewhere along the way it got lost. The story took a turn for the worst and just started to drag. I really loved the story. It made me think about t...
3 StarsThe Terminals was supposed to be an action packed, pulse-thudding thriller. But, what I got was a water down story where people do things with no thought. This one started out so well. You have an enhanced girl trying to get away from the b...
2½ StarsOMG this book was so good! I really wish I would have had book one. I will definitely be grabbing it now! And although I was a little lost to start, I was quickly caught up with the story so far. Remy was a great character! She is well roun...
5 StarsPlease allow me to say this is a rare gem of a book (no pun intended). As a student and lover of the gemstone world, the title of this book alone caught my attention. The premise is what kept me hooked and drew me in. Author Ruth Roberts di...
4½ StarsAnimal lovers will find a series of short narratives about animals who have done some pretty remarkable things in this book. Although dogs are the featured animals, there are a range of other critters from lions protecting a kidnapped girl...
4 Stars"Ballet Spectacular" is an informative book, but what I love most is the stunning pictures. From little girls to grown women, all will love flipping through the pages to see the beautiful ballerinas and impressive costumes. I can imagine a...
5 StarsOkay this book is rather hard to review for me. I've never had a book do such a thing like this. This book is great in the beginning. The lead character is amazing, and not a 'the back says I'm not perfect and I'm trying so hard to be norma...
2¾ StarsThis is the third book, and possibly the last, in A Conquered Earth series. This series has a very complex world and has multiple story lines going on at the same time so it would be best to start this series at the first book to understand...
4 StarsDo you ever get tired of Gender roles? Ever say I want to do this but can’t because of my gender? Well this book can give you the courage you may need to do something about it. Color Song is about one girl whose only wish is to paint and sh...
3½ StarsWhen Meagan’s secret is found out, and she realizes there is no way to outrun her habit of cutting, she tries to work through it. But it's not as easy as it sounds. People don't seem to realize but cutting is a big thing and it's fast becom...
3 StarsI sometimes see pictures on Facebook that ask me what book has changed your life. This will forever be my go to book to share. This book was just so life changing. This book WILL make you cry! So you have been warned. This book was an emoti...
5 StarsWell this is my first book by author Diana Renn. I have to say that this will not be the last. I might go stalk her later today! This book is for the murder mystery reader. This book is full of mystery, suspense, and a YA murder. This is an...
5 StarsRebel Nation is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! Ok so when I grabbed this I was an idiot and didn't know that it was a book two. So I tracked down a copy of book one and read that as well. Then I devoured book two! O look at the cute puppy on the cover, ha...
5 StarsThe cover was the first thing that drew me in to A Time to Dance. And well that is not where it ended. The about this book section also dug deep within my heart. This is a story about a girl who loves to dance and then loses her leg. So as...
5 StarsThe tagline of this book had me pulled in, "Boy Meets Girl…Boy Charms Girl...For Someone Else". So going into this book I was thinking it was going to be some sappy romance book, but was surprised when it wasn't. Jesse is a fouled mouth jer...
4 StarsSo after the first two chapters I started to get really scared. I’ve had issues with books that are over like 2 POVs and this has 5! But that was fine. Each character had their own very distinct voice. So it didn't mess the story up and it...
5 StarsThis is one of those books that I really wonder how it got published. The book is very very slow. The characters go from being at deaths door to all of a sudden fighting. Things just didn’t make sense. This book is classified as Science Fic...
2½ StarsHave you ever wanted to know how it felt to be a teenager growing up in Berlin…after Hitler killed himself? What about during the time when the wall was just built? Or even when it finally opened the borders to everyone? If so I recommend y...
3½ StarsOMG I have to say that this book blew me away! I haven't read anything so funny in a while. Although I do think this book should have been updated for this time period instead of using things like The Brady Bunch etc. As I don't think most...
5 StarsUGH. Yup that one word. The story started out weird. It didn’t keep my attention and well it just didn’t work out well. The characters weren't fully developed and the plot started out in the middle of the story. I think it would have been b...
2½ StarsCrewel by Gennifer Albin is the first of three books published in this series. There are a lot of paranormal YA stories out there and to find a unique world is rare so I consider this book a real gem. The story is set in a place called Arra...
3½ StarsI did not finish this story due to the fact that it has some major problems including the world the author created for this story. Sadly it was such a mess it made it difficult to follow the storyline. The characters’ names themselves were...
2½ StarsWanted: Dead or In Love was a great and fast read! I couldn't put it down. I jumped at the chance to read a teen paranormal version of Bonnie and Clyde. I am not a fanatic ha-ha, but I loved the movie that was out a few months ago. So when...
4 StarsBlack Ice is a mystery right at the start. It is fast paced and we'll just plain yummy. It kept me guessing until the murderer was revealed. It did have a few boring parts that you could probably skip over. But all in all it was worth the r...
4½ StarsThese books are going to kill me one day! With their OMG cliffhanger’s one day you guys are going to find me dead! This is book two of the spin off series of Shadow Falls. These are all about our vamp Della and I have to say that I really h...
5 StarsHaving read both books 1 and 2 of the Angelfire series by author Ami Blackwelder, I knew Dumah’s Demons would be a perfect complement to the series. I was not disappointed in the least. This novella tells the story of Dumah, Kian’s troubled...
4 StarsFrostbitten is a well written paranormal story of a young girl who has had it rough. Enter a good looking male lead who just so happens to have a small secret. Well maybe not so small. He's a werewolf. Ms. Beck has done a great job of creat...
4 StarsI’m loving this new take on vampires! The main character is Arianna. Her whole life changed when she turned 16 and found out she is a Vampire aka Night Human. The author did a wonderful job of capturing my interest from the start. The image...
4½ StarsThis book has lots of descriptions of the teen characters experiencing lust and sexual desires. These are the parts that I thought the book could have done without. There are ways to write about physical attractions without being so explici...
3 StarsReady Player One by Ernest Cline is the perfect novel for those who are nostalgic for the 1980’s, even as readers are transported to the year 2044, where most of the world prefers to spend their days in a virtual reality searching for a hid...
4 StarsScarlet by Marissa Meyer is the second story in the amazing Lunar Chronicles, which repackages classic fairytales in futuristic settings. There are two parallel storylines that will entertain readers, the continuing saga of Cinder and Princ...
4 StarsAlthough I had to get the cliff notes version of what the first three books were about. This one was ok at best. I think that there should have been more magic right off the bat. This is the long awaited conclusion to the Abhorsen series an...
2½ StarsThe Warrior, the final novel in Victoria Scott’s Dante Walker trilogy, is a compelling and satisfying finale to the series. Scott maintained the emotional depth with this novel. I felt a mixture of emotions. Grief, shock, joy! This novel re...
4½ StarsDouble Negative is just amazing. Reading it felt like being on emotional roller-coaster. So this is a story about Hutchinson McQueen and a group of teens who end up in the special program with him. All main characters are underdogs and alth...
4½ StarsFreeing Carter is my second book by Nyrae Dawn. I think she has become my favorite author. Both her characters and stories are realistic. She writes about really messy situations teens find themselves in. Somehow they manage to find a way o...
4 StarsMichelle works at a Gas-N-Go after school to take up her time. Bullied at school, ignored by her mom, she is prickly and lonely until she starts spending time with Nathaniel. He brings her out of her shell a little at a time and their relat...
3½ StarsMargaretha yearned for someone to love her for whom she was instead of her title. So she looked forward to her newest suitor, Lord Claybrook. He was to be that man, but when an injured man was brought to the castle her life took a drastic t...
4 StarsWatch Out, Hollywood is a sequel to Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child, but it reads well as a standalone. The author made multiple mentions of events from book one, so it was easy to piece together the events that have led up to Watch...
5 StarsFinally! This book has been long awaited and wished for! Stephanie Perkins really knows how to strike the heart strings with her characters. Isla has been in love with Josh since her freshman year. But she feels like she's never been notice...
4 StarsOnly a few months ago, Eric's father was killed by a drunk driver, and Eric feels the loss of his father keenly know that football season has started again. At each practice, he looks for and misses his father who once helped him train. To...
4 StarsGirl on a Wire was a slow story with a blend of magic/paranormal. The story is told through the eyes of talented 16 year old Jules. Girl on a Wire takes us through the life of two circus families that have been rivals for years. I thought t...
3½ StarsPieces of Love is a coming of age story with romantic elements. Readers will follow the life changing trip of sixteen year-old Alexis Hartman. When I started reading this story I was constantly waiting for something really bad to happen to...
3½ StarsViolet is tall and skinny. In fact, she is so tall and skinny that she has been made fun of most of her time in school. She's never been with the in crowd but she has two really good friends since 1st grade so school's not that bad. Plus, s...
3½ StarsBen is a soldier who cannot remember anything about his life. Rachel is his friend, a young girl that motivates him to talk about what is going on in his head during the group meetings that she runs. Jet is a teenager, fed up with her paren...
3½ Stars“God didn’t put you and me here just so we can survive through hard times. He put us here to thrive, to dig deep and reach out,” explains Mark Hall, author and lead singer of Casting Crowns. Thrive is a very engaging read that will encourag...
4½ StarsCaitlin Ricci does it again, in the second book of The Song of the Sea series. This time we are brought into Ippy's world a little more, getting a deeper look into his psyche and what makes him so unique. We get to delve deeper into his aut...
4 StarsI have to say that after reading book one I picked up book two and finished it in less than a day. This book, book two in the Chronoptika series is an amazing sequel. I loved it even more than the first book. The Slanted Worlds is faster pa...
5 StarsWell I'm sad to say that this one didn't go over any better than book one for me. It was the same old pointless no plot story with a twisted friendship. This one says that it is a retelling of Persephone, but I couldn't find any similaritie...
2½ StarsCaitlin Ricci takes us into the paranormal world, through the eyes of young Hannah Glass. Hannah is a teenager living among the wolves, with her two Dads and best friend Ippy. She can see paranormal beings for what they truly are, unlike no...
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