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Book Review: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

January 12, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell Genre: Time Travel, YA, Fantasy Gwenyth Shepherd comes from a family with the gift of time travelers. According to everything she knows, though, the gene has missed her.  The time traveler is expected to be Gwen’s beautiful, educated (though…

Book Review: Silver In The Blood by Jessica Day George

January 6, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Silver In The Blood by Jessica Day George Genre: Fantasy, YA, Historical Fiction In 1890 Dacia and Lou are girls of high society and their biggest concerns are their European tour and the handsome young men they encounter.  On the occasion of their seventeenth birthdays, they are required…

Book Review: The Quantum Door by Jonathan Ballagh

December 26, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Quantum Door by Jonathan Ballagh Genre: YA, Sci-fi Brady and Felix have lived outside of a forbidden forest for as long as they can remember, but when a mysterious new neighbor moves in and fences spring up around the forest overnight, their curiosity knows no bounds.  When…

Book Review: Captive

December 17, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Captive by Aimee Carter (#2 in the Blackcoat Rebellion series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Ever since Kitty Doe was kidnapped and forced to take over the life of the Prime Minister’s niece, her frustration and irritability has been growing.  She hates everything about her new life–her fiancee, her diet,…

BOOK REVIEW: Pawn by Aimee Carter

November 2, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment
Review of: Pawn by Aimee Carter (#1 in the Blackcoat Rebellion series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Kitty Doe has just taken the test that reveals she will be a III for the rest of her life–Just low enough on the totem pole to have to work the worst jobs with little…

BOOK REVIEW: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

August 28, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments Series #2) Genre: YA, Fantasy City of Ashes is the second book in Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series.  You can read my review of the first book, City of Bones, here. Since the disappearance of her mother, and her own…

BOOK REVIEW: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

August 24, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (#1 in the Mortal Instruments series) Genre: YA, Fantasy The last thing Clary Fray expects to see when she heads out to the Pandemonium Club is somebody getting stabbed, but when the body vanishes into thin air and no trace of blood…

BOOK REVIEW: Thy Kingdom Come by Daniel Adorno

August 21, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Thy Kingdom Come by Daniel Adorno Genre: YA, Post-apocalyptic Dex Finnegan is one of a few survivors left on earth after a biotech virus (Navitas) laid waste to most of the human race and some of the animals, turning them into electricity-starved, feral versions of humans and dogs.…

BOOK REVIEW: Breaking Point by Kristin Simmons

August 17, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Breaking Point by Kristin Simmons (#2 in the ‘Article 5’ trilogy) Genre: YA, Dystopian Breaking Point continues the story begun in Article 5. You can read my review of Article 5 here. If you haven’t already read Article 5, consider yourself forewarned that parts of this review or…

BOOK REVIEW: Fever by Lauren DeStefano

August 3, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Fever by Lauren DeStefano (#2 in the Chemical Garden series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Fever is the second book in the Chemical Garden series by Lauren DeStefano. You can read my review of the first book in the series, Wither, here. Since it is the follow-up book, I can’t…