by Alyssa B. Sheinme, Ann Brashares, Elizabeth Fama Genres: Parallel Realities, Romance, Sci-Fi, Young Adult Ah … We’ve all been there. Books you picked up and truly wanted to love, but then.. ended up not loving them, at all! So here are a few books that had lots of potential but weren’t just books for […]
Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith Published by Harper Collins, Katherine Tegen Books on May 28th 2013 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Format: eBook Source: Publisher Goodreads Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away: 1. You will remember to water the azaleas. 2. You will take detailed, accurate messages. 3. You will […]
The Last Academy by Anne Applegate Published by Point on Published April 30th 2013 Genres: Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads What is this prep school preparing them for? Camden Fisher arrives at boarding school haunted by a falling-out with her best friend back home. But the manicured grounds of Lethe […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
