The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (website, Facebook) Genre: YA Historical Romance Publication: November 20, 2007 by HarperCollins Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous […]
These Things Happen by Richard Kramer (Facebook, Twitter) Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publication: November 7th, 2012 by Unbridled Books Book provided by TLC Book Tours for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N synopsis from Goodreads Rating: A domestic story told in numerous original and endearing voices. The story opens with Wesley, a tenth grader, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Summer Son by Robert J. Duperre (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: Post Apocalypse Paranormal Horror Publication: July 24th, 2012 eBook purchased by reviewer Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: A small group of men and women who have survived the plague now find themselves trapped between Sam’s Children, a […]
The Diviners by Libba Bray (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: Historical Fiction Horror Publication: September 18th, 2012 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Audiobook provided by publisher for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to […]
Path of Beasts by Lian Tanner (website, Facebook) Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Publication: October 9th 2012 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers ARC won from author’s website Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: The city of Jewel is in peril once again, as it is held captive by the […]
Happy Friday, and welcome to the latest installment of our monthly feature where we review Children’s books. Fancy Nancy Super Sleuth By Jane O’Connor Illustrations by Robin Press Glasser Amazon / B&N / Indiebound / Website / Goodreads 124 pages (Hardcover, Paperback and Audiobook) Published April 3rd, 2012 by HarperChildren Book provided by publisher Nancy […]
Wake by Amanda Hocking Book 1- Watersong series Genre: YA, Paranormal Expected publication: August 7th 2012 by St. Martin’s Press Copy from publisher, BEA Get your own: amazon | BookDepository | audible Rating: Wake by Amanda Hockings on goodreads: Fall under the spell of Wake—the first book in an achingly beautiful new series by celebrated author Amanda Hocking—and lose yourself […]
Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) (Goodreads, Amazon) by Kendare Blake (Goodreads, Amazon, Audio, Website) Published August 2012 by Tor Teen Heather bought her hardcover copy, Pushy received an audiobook in exchange for an honest review from AudioGo. It’s been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and […]
Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Contemporary Science Fiction Publication: April 24, 2012 by Balzar + Bray Audiobook recieved from Harper Audio in exchange for an honest review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner […]
The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson and John Paterson (website, Facebook Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Publication: September 27th by Candlewick Press Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: A robust and wildly entertaining fairy tale, freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts’s 1910 fantasy and wryly retold by […]
Black Heart by Holly Black (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Fantasy Publication: April 3rd, 2012 by Margaret K. McElderry Books Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: In a world where Magic is illegal. Cassel Sharpe has the most deadly ability of all. With one touch, […]
