Publisher: Harper Teen Publish Date: September 1st, 2008 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Lightning Storms Summary: Not much happens in Claire’s sleepy beach town, but that’s okay. All she wants is to hang out with her best friend, make the high school swim team, and convince Nate, the guy of her dreams, to stop calling her “Dude.” […]
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Publish Date: October 2nd, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Tarot Cards Synopsis: Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: The Exceptionals by Erin Cashman
Publisher: Holiday House Inc. Publish Date: February 1st, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Hawks Synopsis: Born into a famous family of exceptionally talented people, 15-year-old Claire Walker has deliberately chosen to live an average life. But everything changes the night of the Spring Fling, when her parents decide it’s high time she transferred to Cambial Academy–the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang
Publisher: HarperCollins Publish Date: September 18th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Secret Twins Synopsis: What’s Left of Me tells the story of a fifteen-year-old girl fighting for her right to survive in a world where two souls are born into each body and one is doomed to disappear. Pitched as The Golden Compass meets Girl, Interrupted. Eva and Addie started […]
Read the rest of this entry »Minder- Kate Kaynak
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Maddie Dunn is special, but she needs to figure out how to use her new abilities before somebody else gets hurt. Ganzfield is a secret training facility full of people like her, but it’s not exactly a nurturing place. Every social interaction carries the threat of mind-control. A stray thought can burn a building […]
Read the rest of this entry »False Memory- Dan Krokos
Synopsis: Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn’t at all surprised by Miranda’s shocking ability. Left with no choice but to trust this stranger, Miranda discovers she was trained to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Cursed- Jennifer L. Armentrout
Synopsis: Dying sucks–and high school senior Ember McWilliams knows firsthand. After a fatal car accident, her gifted little sister brought her back. Now anything Ember touches dies. And that, well, really blows. Ember operates on a no-touch policy with all living things–including boys. When Hayden Cromwell shows up, quoting Oscar Wilde and claiming her curse […]
Read the rest of this entry »Shadow Bound- Rachel Vincent
Synopsis: If you live in the dark long enough, you begin to forget the light… Kori Daniels is a shadow-walker, able to travel instantly from one shadow to another. After weeks of confinement for betraying her boss, she’s ready to break free of the Tower syndicate for good. But Jake Tower has one final job […]
Read the rest of this entry »Blood Promise- Richelle Mead
The recent attack on St. Vladimir’s Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose’s neck, a mark that says she’s killed far too many Strigoi to count. But only one victim matters . . […]
Read the rest of this entry »Shadow Kiss- Richelle Mead
Synopsis: Is Rose’s fate to kill the person she loves most? It’s springtime at St. Vladimir’s Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since Mason’s death, Rose hasn’t been feeling quite right. She has dark flashbacks in the middle of practice, can’t concentrate in class, and has terrifying dreams about Lissa. But Rose […]
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