Welcome to our relaxed Saturday Review, I hope you are all relaxed and had a great week! And now, take a coffee (or a tea) and let’s talk about Wild Awake. I’ve read a few amazing reviews about Wild Awake so was I was very enthused by finally getting a chance to read it.. *sigh* Just sometimes, some books just do not click with us right? As I really like…
The Last Academy comes with an intriguing blurb and a great mysterious cover. I addition, I love boarding schools so of course I jumped when I got a Review Copy. Upfront I admit that the book was sadly not what I expected. It starts with a very weird situation and then we jump ahead when Camden is leaving for this boarding school. The whole story is filled with all the…
From Ashes by Molly McAdams Genre: New Adult Contemporary Publication: December 11th 2012 by William Morrow Paperbacks Copy from Publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository Rating: From Ashes by Molly McAdams on goodreads: When Cassidy Jameson’s best friend Tyler took her to Texas with him when he left for college, she was expecting his cousin, their new roommate, to be a Stetson-wearing cowboy since his family owned a ranch; not this incredibly gorgeous…
Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook Genre: YA Contemporary Publication: January 29th 2013 by HarperTeen Copy from publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository Rating: Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook on goodreads: Bonnie and Clyde meets IF I STAY in this addictively heart-wrenching story of two desperate teenagers on the run from their pasts. They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run. Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will…
Rockoholic by C.J. Skuse Genre: YA Contemporary Publication: November 1st 2012 by Scholastic Copy from publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository Rating: Rockoholic by CJ Skuse on goodreads: She’s got it bad, and he ain’t good — he’s in her garage? “I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me…” Gonna have to face it: Jody’s addicted to Jackson Gatlin, frontman of The Regulators, and after her…
Dark Companion by Marta Acosta Genre: YA, Paranormal, Gothic Published July 3rd 2012 by Tor/Macmillan Copy received from publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository Format: eBook, Hardcover synopsis from goodreads Rating When foster teen Jane Williams is invited to attend elite Birch Grove Academy for Girls and escape her violent urban neighborhood, she thinks the offer is too good to be true. She’s even offered her own living quarters, the…
The Lost Code by Kevin Emerson (web, facebook, twitter) Book I in the The Atlanteans series Genre; YA, Dystopian, Paranormal/fantasy Published May 22nd 2012 by HarperCollins Children’s Books copy received from publisher Get your own: amazon | B&N | IndieBound format: Hardcover, eBook Rating: WHAT IS OLDEST WILL BE NEW, WHAT IS LOST SHALL BE FOUND.The ozone is ravaged, ocean levels have risen, and the sun is a daily enemy. But global climate change…
Illuminate by Aimee Agresti (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA, Contemporary, Paranormal Publication: March 6th 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book provided by publisher for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from goodreads Rating: Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is…
The absolute highlights were the dialogues which managed to entertain me enough to read on and not let go of the story.
Possessionby Elana Johnson (website, twitter)Published June 7th 2011 by Simon & Schustercopy received from publisher amazon (Hardcover & Kindle) synopsis from goodreads: Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have…
The Art of Forgetting by Camille Noe PaganPublished: June 9th, 2011Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and audiobook editions)Book provided by publisher through NetGalley for fair review Synopsis from Goodreads A moving and insightful debut novel of great friendship interrupted. Can the relationship survive when the memories are gone? Marissa Rogers never wanted to be an alpha; beta suited her just fine. Taking charge without taking credit had always paid…
Witherby Lauren DeStefanopublication: March 22nd by Simon & Schustercopy provided by publisher via GalleyGrab amazon (Hardcover and Kindle) goodreads What if you knew exactly when you would die? 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…
Today I am happy to say I have a co-writer with me. The one. The only. Danny!! *the crowd goes wild* Take a bow, my friend.*giggles* glad you invited me today! So what’s so special about today that two Bookworms are joining forces (much like the Avengers) to tackle a silly little cutie’s corner post?! Welllll, here’s the facts as we know them: 1. Danny’s worried that we tend to…
