Gypsy was taken in as a baby by a secret group that shelters (and experiments on) children with abilities, who they’ve dubbed the Cavies. But while Gypsy’s friends have impressive abilities like invisibility, super speed, and the ability to set things on fire, Gypsy can only see the age at which someone will die when she touches them. This ability is not only not particularly useful, but it makes Gypsy constantly feel like she’s walking […]
Title: 15 Minutes Series: Rewind Series #1 Author: Jill Cooper Release Date: June 2013 Pages: 234 Goodreads Rating: 4.08/5 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: YA (Nothing more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: I have 15 minutes to save my mother’s life…. 15 minutes is all the Rewind Agency gives you in the past, but for Lara Crane it’s enough time to race through the city, find her mother, and stop her from being killed in a mugging that happened over ten years […]
Tour Schedule Title: Missing Lily Author: Annette K. Larsen Release Date: May 15th, 2014 Pages: 259 Goodreads Rating: 4.32/5 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: PG (Nothing more than kissing; Some mild violence) Summary from Goodreads: “You don’t know who I am,” I whispered. He didn’t move—either away from me, or closer—and after an interminable moment, I stepped back and hurried out of the house. He didn’t follow me as I fled into the night. Lylin is not used to being alone—much […]
Title: Sucker Literary Volume III Editor: Hannah R. Goodman Published: April 15, 2014 Pages: 204 Goodreads Rating: 4.00 Stars My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars My Content Rating: Mature YA (Some mature themes such as sex, abuse, LGBT, death, etc.) Summary from Goodreads: Bullied and alone, Ainsley seeks refuge in the arms of a strange boy. Time is slipping away for overachieving Sadie Lin, but reigniting an old flame might help. Scarred by a pressuring ex, Alexandra finally faces the rain. “Pasty and chubby” Charlotte […]
Title: Mine to Tarnish Series: Mine #0.5 Author: Janeal Falor Release Date: December 2, 2013 Pages: 128 Goodreads Rating: 3.9/5 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: 13+ (Nothing more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: Katherine’s place is the same as any woman’s—on the shelf next to the dresses and bolts of cloth. When she’s sold to a warlock, life grows even bleaker. Her new owner is as old and rancid as he is cruel, driving her to do the unthinkable: run. […]
Title: Chasing Forever Down Author: Nikki Godwin Release Date: March, 2013 Pages: 273 Goodreads Rating: 4.31 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: YA (Nothing more than kissing; Some language) Summary from Goodreads: After seventeen-year-old Haley Sullivan meets a mysterious stranger who plays by his own rules, she’s more than determined to learn every trick of the trade from the master himself. But her dream-chasing mentor disappears after that night, and according to the local newspapers, he’s been dead for years. Knowing […]
Title: Almost Author: Anne Eliot Release Date: 2012 Pages: 366 Goodreads Rating: 3.84 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars My Content Rating: Mature YA (Sexual Assault) Summary from Goodreads: At a freshman party she doesn’t remember, Jess Jordan was almost raped. …Almost. Very nearly. Not quite. Three years later, Jess has managed to make everyone believe she’s better. Over it. Because she is. …Almost. Very nearly. Not quite. Unfortunately, until Jess proves she’s back to normal activities, her parents won’t discuss college. So, she lands […]
Waterborn was my February Random Read selection. As you can see, I’m pushing my review right to the very end of the month as usual! I won this book awhile back and was looking forward to reading it – glad it was my RR choice! I’ve been eager to read a mermaid book for a while – and while the waterbreathers aren’t technically mermaids (no tails and they don’t live solely underwater), this book pretty […]
Title: American Girl on Saturn Series: Saturn #1 Author: Nikki Godwin Release Date: August 29, 2013 Pages: 341 Goodreads Rating: 4.25 stars My Rating: 5/5 stars My Content Rating: PG (Nothing more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: The summer after graduation is supposed to be that first real taste of freedom – but not for eighteen-year-old Chloe Branson. Just as that breeze of freedom is making its way into her galaxy, her secret-service-agent dad drops a meteor-sized bomb of bad news on her and her […]
Tour Schedule Title: That One Summer Series: Summer #3 Author: C.J. Duggan Release Date: December 17, 2013 Pages: 349 Goodreads Rating: 4.29 Stars My Rating: 5/5 Stars My Content Rating: Mature YA/NA (Sex – not super explicit, but described) Summary from Goodreads: Loving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted […]