Genre: Dystopian

Review – The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle (Check it Out Before Book #2 Comes Out!)

Title: The Hallowed Ones Series: The Hallowed Ones #1 Author: Laura Bickle Release Date: Sept, 2012 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 311, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 4.03 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-16? (Some pretty grisly violence, sexual situations, but not much is really shown) Summary from Goodreads: Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can get a taste of the real world. But the real world comes to her in this dystopian tale […]

Posted August 30, 2013 in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review: The Selection by Keira Cass

Title: The Selection Author: Keira Cass Release Date: April 24, 2012 Pages: 327, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.1 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Content Rating: PG (Some kissing, but that’s about it) Summary from Goodreads: For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince […]

Posted July 4, 2013 in Reviews / 11 Comments

ARC Review: Viral Nation by Shaunta Grimes

Title: Viral Nation Author: Shaunta Grimes Release Date: July 2, 2013 Pages: 320, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 4.2 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Content Rating: PG Summary from Goodreads: After a virus claimed nearly the entire global population, the world changed. The United States splintered into fifty walled cities where the surviving citizens clustered to start over. The Company, which ended the plague by bringing a life-saving vaccine back from the future, controls everything. They ration the scant food and supplies through a lottery […]

Posted June 21, 2013 in Reviews / 13 Comments

Review: The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) by Julie Kagawa

If you haven’t read The Immortal Rules yet, go get it NOW (and then come back and read this review later—it contains spoilers from the first book in the series). Oh, Julie Kagawa, why do you torture me so? That ending, REALLY? REALLY?! Okay, I think I can calm myself enough to write a review now, but honestly it’s going to be hard. Let me start by saying, I could not wait for this […]

Posted June 2, 2013 in All-Time Favorites, Reviews / 10 Comments

Review: UnWholly (Unwind Trilogy #2) by Neal Shusterman

As the summary says, this is a sequel to the 2007 book, Unwind. If you haven’t read Unwind, run now to your nearest bookstore and see what you’ve been missing. It was an amazing book that Neal Shusterman originally planned as a stand-alone. But, here we are, five years later, and he decided that there was more to the story that needed to be told. All I can say is thank you, thank you, […]

Posted February 17, 2013 in All-Time Favorites, Reviews / 2 Comments