Series: The Testing, #2 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Publish Date: January 7th, 2014 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – Surprise, surprise! Even better than the first one! About the book: In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of […]
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Review: The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond
Publisher: Strange Chemistry Publish Date: September 3rd, 2013 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – A great standalone, but my favorite element was absolutely the worldbuilding. About the book: The more things change… Five years ago, the gods of ancient mythology awoke all around the world. The more things stay the same… This morning, Kyra Locke is […]
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Series: The Bone Season, #1 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publish Date: August 20th, 2013 Source: ARC provided by Audible Audible Rating: 4.5/5 – This is the beginning of a beautiful bookish obsession. About the book: It is the year 2059. Several major world cities are under the control of a security force called Scion. Paige Mahoney works […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
Series: For Darkness Shows the Stars, #2 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publish Date: October 15th, 2013 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars – A fantastic continuation of this wonderfully imagined future-Earth. About the book: Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Once We Were by Kat Zhang
Series: The Hybrid Chronicles, #2 Publisher: HarperCollins Publish Date: September 17th, 2013 Source: ARC Goodreads About the book: “I’m lucky just to be alive” Eva was never supposed to have survived this long. As the recessive soul, she should have faded away years ago. Instead, she lingers in the body she shares with her sister soul, […]
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Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Publish Date: July 16th, 2013 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – An interesting concept and an action packed pace made for an unforgettable read. About the book: The personification of Aryan purity, Ellyssa’s spent her whole life under her creator’s strict training and guidance; her purpose is to eradicate inferior beings. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Partials by Dan Wells
Series: Partials Sequence, #1 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publish Date: February 28th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – The pacing was a little up and down but overall this was a great scifi read! About the book: The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Reboot by Amy Tintera
Series: Reboot, #1 Publisher: HarperTeen Publish Date: May 7th, 2013 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – Not quite what I was expecting but still a really fun read! About the book: Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Series: The Last Survivors, #4 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Publish Date: Ausgust 13th, 2013 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 2.5/5 – I’m still not entirely sure what I thought of this book. Some good, some awful. About the book: It’s been more than two years since Jon Evans and his family left Pennsylvania, hoping to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
Series: Monument 14, #2 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publish Date: May 28th, 2013 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 3.5/5- Started out a little rough, but by the end I couldn’t put it down. Synopsis: The world hasn’t ended…yet. In this sequel to MONUMENT 14, the group of survivors, originally trapped together in a superstore by a series of […]
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