Book Reviews (Page 2)

Title: Mockingjay Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Dystopian, Sci-Fi, Young adult Publisher: Scholastic Press   Synopsis (courtesy of GoodReads): Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadowsRead More →

Title: Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls Part One) Author: Victoria Foyt Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Teens, Science Fiction Publisher: Bookmasters published January 12, 2012 Format: I received a review copy from Netgalley ISBN: 9780983650324  Synopsis (courtesy of Netgalley) In a post-apocalyptic world where resistance to an overheated environment defines class and beauty, Eden Newman’s white skin brands her as a member of the lowest social class, the weak and ugly Pearls. Doomed unless she mates soon, Eden hopes a Coal from the dark-skinned ruling class will save her. But when she unwittingly compromises her father’s secret biological experiment, perhaps mankind’s only hope, Eden is cast out-intoRead More →

  Title: Lies Beneath Author: Anne Greenwood Brown Genre: Paranormal YA Format: I was provided an ARC through Netgalley Publisher: Delacorte for young readers expected publication June 2012   Synopsis (via Goodreads) Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother’s death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family’s homestead on the lake.Read More →

Title: Slayed  Author: Amanda Marrone  Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2011  Format: Print and Ebook  Genre: Young adult, Paranormal   The Van Helsing family has been hunting vampires for over one hundred years, but sixteen-year-old Daphne wishes her parents would take up an occupation that doesn’t involve decapitating vamps for cash. All Daphne wants is to settle down in one place, attend an actual school, and finally find a BFF to go to the mall with. Instead, Daphne has resigned herself to a life of fast food, cheap motels and buying garlic in bulk. But when the Van Helsings are called to a coastal town inRead More →

Title: Destined (House of Night #9) Author: P.C. and Kristin Cast Format: Ebook and Print Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: St. Martin’s Press 2011   In Destined, the forces of Light and Dark collide as their epic struggle focuses on Tulsa’s House of Night. Zoey is home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side and preparing to face off against Neferet. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx’s gift of a human form, he and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together if Rephaim can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free ofRead More →

  Title: Hallowed (Unearthly #2)  Author: Cynthia Hand  Publisher: Harper Teen 2012  Format: Ebook and Print  Genre: Young adult fantasy  For months part-angel Clara Gardner trained to face the raging forest fire from her visions and rescue the alluring and mysterious Christian Prescott from the blaze. But nothing could prepare her for the fateful decisions she would be forced to make that day, or the startling revelation that her purpose—the task she was put on earth to accomplish—is not as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her increasingly complicated feelings for Christian and her love for her boyfriend, Tucker, Clara struggles to make senseRead More →

Title: Bloodrose (Nightshade #3) Author: Angela Cremer Publisher: Philomel, 2012 Format: Ebook and Print Genre: Young adult fantasy/paranormal Calla has always welcomed war. But now that the final battle is upon her, there’s more at stake than fighting. There’s saving Ren, even if it incurs Shay’s wrath. There’s keeping Ansel safe, even if he’s been branded a traitor. There’s proving herself as the pack’s alpha, facing unnamable horrors, and ridding the world of the Keepers’ magic once and for all. And then there’s deciding what to do when the war ends. If Calla makes it out alive, that is. In the final installment of theRead More →

      Title: The Hunger Games   Author: Suzanne Collins   Published by: Scholastic 2008   Genre: Young adult, Dystopian   Format: Ebook and Print       Synopsis courtesy of GoodReads:   In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old KatnissRead More →