Synopsis: Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it. That doesn’t mean that she’s averse to breaking a rule or two. But when her curiosity gets the better of […]
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Divergent- Book Discussion
Let me start with… THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!! SSPPPOOOIIILLLEEERRRRSSSS! Alright, you’ve been warned! I’ve wanted to do this for while now, actually get to talk about the ins and outs of a specific title, rather than just review it. If you’re looking for a review, you can find mine here. Probably should have put that […]
Read the rest of this entry »Two Moon Princess- Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban
Summary: In this coming-of-age story set in a medieval kingdom, Andrea is a headstrong princess longing to be a knight who finds her way to modern-day California. But her accidental return to her family’s kingdom and a disastrous romance brings war, along with her discovery of some dark family secrets. Readers will love this mix […]
Read the rest of this entry »Divergent- Veronica Roth
Title: Divergent Series: Divergent #1 Author: Veronica Roth Rating: 5/5 Factions Spoilers: None Synopsis: In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every […]
Read the rest of this entry »Gone- Michael Grant
Title: Gone Author: Michael Grant Series: Gone (#1) Rating: 5/5 Winged Snakes Spoilers: None! Synopsis: In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE. Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no […]
Read the rest of this entry »Wither- Lauren Destefano
Synopsis: Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Ooo, shiny new books
Earlier this week I filled in a little online quiz thing, that wanted me to identify part of covers from upcoming YA novels. I did a little research on goodreads and found a few, but overall my book identification skills left something to be desired. The of course I go into work and half of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hex Hall- Rachel Hawkins
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH Publish Date: March 2nd, 2010 Source: Borrowed Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Broomsticks Synopsis: Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It’s gotten her into a few scrapes. One of which gets her sent to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.Worse, Sophie […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Across The Universe by Beth Revis
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Series: Vampire Academy, #6 Publisher: Razorbill Publish Date: December 7th, 2010 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Feeder’s agree, this is a fantastic finish to this series. Synopsis: The astonishing final novel in Richelle Mead’s epic series! Murder. Love. Jealousy. And the ultimate sacrifice. Now, with Rose on trial for her life and Lissa first in line for […]
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