“In the dark beside me, she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla, and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette, but even in the dark, I could see her eyes – fierce emeralds. And not just beautiful, but hot too.” Alaska Young. Gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, screwed up –Continue reading “Review: ‘Looking For Alaska’ by John Green”
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Review: ‘Uprooted’ by Naomi Novik
Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, ambitious wizard known only as the Dragon to keep the Wood’s powers at bay. ButContinue reading “Review: ‘Uprooted’ by Naomi Novik”
Review: ‘Lumiere’ by Jacqueline Garlick
One determined girl. One resourceful boy. One miracle machine that could destroy everything. After an unexplained flash shatters her world, seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth sets out to find the Illuminator, her father’s prized invention. With it, she hopes to cure herself of her debilitating seizures before Professor Smrt—her father’s arch nemesis—discovers her secret and locks herContinue reading “Review: ‘Lumiere’ by Jacqueline Garlick”
Review: ‘Shattered Blue’ by Lauren Bird Horowitz
For Noa and Callum, being together is dangerous, even deadly. From the start, sixteen-year-old Noa senses that the mysterious transfer student to her Monterey boarding school is different. Callum unnerves and intrigues her, and even as she struggles through family tragedy, she’s irresistibly drawn to him. Soon they are bound by his deepest secret: CallumContinue reading “Review: ‘Shattered Blue’ by Lauren Bird Horowitz”
Review: ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas
A thrilling, seductive new series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending Beauty and the Beast with faerie lore. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers thatContinue reading “Review: ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas”
Review: ‘The Accident Season’ by Moira Fowley-Doyle
It’s the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom. The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara’s life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara’s family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives toContinue reading “Review: ‘The Accident Season’ by Moira Fowley-Doyle”
Review: ‘Red Queen’ by Victoria Aveyard
This is a world divided by blood – red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace.Continue reading “Review: ‘Red Queen’ by Victoria Aveyard”
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