Category: Reviews

Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Title: The 5th Wave Author: Rick Yancey Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Release Date: May 7, 2013 Pages: 480, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.15 stars My Rating: 5/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: The Passage meets Ender’s Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it’s the dawn of […]

Posted May 19, 2013 in Reviews / 7 Comments

Review: Blood of Dragons (The Rain Wild Chronicles #4) by Robin Hobb

Title: Blood of Dragons Author: Robin Hobb Publisher: Harper Voyager Release Date: April 8, 2013 Pages: 448, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.12 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: The dragons’ survival hangs in the balance in the thrilling final volume in the acclaimed River Wilds chronicles fantasy series The dragons and their dedicated band of keepers have at last found the lost city of Kelsingra. The magical creatures have learned to use their wings and are growing into their regal inheritance. Their […]

Posted May 12, 2013 in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review: The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd

Title: The Madman’s Daughter Author: Megan Shepherd Publisher: Balzer & Bray Release Date: January 29, 2013 Pages: 420, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 3.75 stars My Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: In the darkest places, even love is deadly. Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father’s gruesome experiments. But when […]

Posted May 3, 2013 in Reviews / 3 Comments

Review: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Title: Poison Princess Author: Kresley Cole Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Date: October 2, 2012 Pages: 369, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.21 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance. She could save the world—or destroy it. Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. […]

Posted April 29, 2013 in Reviews / 3 Comments

Review: Pivot Point by Kasie West

Title: Pivot Point Author: Kasie West Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: February 12, 2013 Pages: 352, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.12 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . . Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought. When Addie’s parents […]

Posted April 25, 2013 in Reviews / 4 Comments

Review: The Secret Circle Trilogy by L.J. Smith

Title: The Secret Circle Trilogy (The Initiation & The Captive Part I/The Captive Part II & The Power) Author: L.J. Smith Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 2008/2009 Pages: 396/390, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 4/4.15 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: THE CIRCLE’S POWER HAS LURED HER HOME… Forced to move from sunny California to gloomy New England, Cassie longs for her old life. Even so, she feels a strange kinship to a terrifying group of teens who seem to rule her school. […]

Posted April 15, 2013 in Random Reads, Reviews / 2 Comments

Review: Splintered (Splintered #1) by A.G. Howard

Title: Splintered (Splintered #1) Author: A.G. Howard Publisher: Amulet Books Release Date: January 1, 2013 Pages: 371, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.02 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life […]

Posted April 4, 2013 in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review: The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

Title: The Best of All Possible Worlds Author: Karen Lord Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: February 12th, 2013 Pages: 308, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 3.8 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: A proud and reserved alien society finds its homeland destroyed in an unprovoked act of aggression, and the survivors have no choice but to reach out to the indigenous humanoids of their adopted world, to whom they are distantly related. They wish to preserve their cherished way of life but come […]

Posted April 3, 2013 in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review: Requiem (Delirium #3) by Lauren Oliver

Title: Requiem (Delirium #3) Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books Release Date: March 5, 2013 Pages: 391, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 3.87 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: They have tried to squeeze us out, to stamp us into the past. But we are still here. And there are more of us every day. Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has been transformed. The nascent rebellion that was under way in Pandemonium has ignited into an […]

Posted April 2, 2013 in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review: Boundless (Unearthly #3)

Title: Boundless (Unearthly #3) Author: Cynthia Hand Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: January 22, 2013 Pages: 438, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.2 stars My Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary from Goodreads: The past few years have held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner could ever have anticipated. Yet from the dizzying highs of first love, to the agonizing low of losing someone close to her, the one thing she can no longer deny is that she was never meant to live a normal life. Since […]

Posted March 22, 2013 in Reviews / 2 Comments