Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Paranormal Publication: January 15th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Three levels. Two loves. One choice. Debut novelist, Lenore Appelhans has written a thrilling otherworldly young adult novel about a place that exists between our world (Level 1) and what comes…
The Dead And Buried by Kim Harrington (website, twitter) Genre: YA Mystery, Paranormal element Expected publication: January 1st 2013 by Scholastic Point Copy from Publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository Rating: The Dead And Buried by Kim Harrington on goodreads: A haunted house, a buried mystery, and a very angry ghost make this one unforgettable thriller. Jade loves the house she’s just moved into with her family. She doesn’t even mind being the new girl…
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama (website, Twitter) Genre: Paranormal YA Romance Publication: September 4th 2012 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Audiobook provided by publisher for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes…
The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann (website, Twitter) Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Publication: September 18th, 2012 by HarperCollins/Greenwillow Audiobook provided by publisher Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Don’t get yourself noticed and you won’t get yourself hanged.In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings–Peculiars–and neither faeries nor humans want anything to…
The Dead Girls Detective Agency by Suzy Cox Genre: YA, Paranormal, Mystery Expected publication: September 18th 2012 by HarperTeen Copy from Publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository Rating: The Dead Girls Detective Agency by Suzy Cox title and author on goodreads: When Charlotte comes to after being pushed onto the subway tracks, she is informed by a group of teenage girls that she is dead…they all are. Meet the Dead Girls…
Let the Devil Sleep (Dave Gurney #3) (Goodreads, Amazon) by John Verdon (Goodreads, Amazon) 464 pages, Published July 24, 2012 by Crown Book provided by published for honest review for Book Tour with TLC Book Touring THRILLER In this latest novel from bestselling author John Verdon, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney puts under the magnifying glass a notorious serial murder – one whose motives have been enshrined as law-enforcement dogma…
Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal (website, Facebook | Twitter) Genre: Historical Fantasy Publication: April 10th, 2012 by Tor Books Finished copy received from publisher in exchange for an honest review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a…
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Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (website, Facebook | Twitter) Genre: Historical Paranormal Publication: August 3rd, 2010 by Tor Books Borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered…
Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner (website, Facebook) Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Publication: September 28th 2010 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Welcome to the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime. Goldie Roth has lived in Jewel all her life. Like every child in the city,…
Gone Girl (Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble) by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Web) Published June 5, 2012 by Crown Copy provided by publisher for honest review Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong….
The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA, Contemporary, Mystery, Paranormal Publication: September 29th 2011 by Putnam Juvenile Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound | Audible synopsis from Audible Rating: The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London…
Barking Mad by Jamieson Ridenhour Genre: Historical Paranormal Comedic Mystery Publication: June 6th, 2011 by Typecast Publishing Audiobook purchased by reviewer Amazon (Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook), Typecast Publishing Synopsis from goodreads The year is 1931. The scene is werewolfishly classic English fare. And tonight the moon hangs as full as a royal pie plate in this inaugural Reginald Spiffington mystery when the none too obsequious playboy, Reggie, sets out for…
