Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Published: May 3, 2016 My copy: Hardcover, 519 pages (bought from Vroman's Bookstore and signed by the author) My rating: 5/5 stars Summary: Andie had it all planned out. When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially … Continue reading REVIEW: The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
REVIEW: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
Genre: Young Adult/Children's, Fantasy, Mythology Series: The Trials of Apollo #1 Published: May 3 2016, Disney Hyperion My copy: Hardcover, 361 pages My rating: 4/5 stars Summary: How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in … Continue reading REVIEW: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
REVIEW: The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal Series: The Raven Cycle #4 Published: April 26 2016, Scholastic My copy: Hardcover, 438 pages My rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary: For years, Gansey has been on a quest to find a lost king. One by one, he’s drawn others into this quest: Ronan, who steals from dreams; Adam, whose … Continue reading REVIEW: The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
REVIEW: Bright Lights, Dark Nights by Stephen Emond
Genre: Young Adult, Realistic, Contemporary, Romance Published: August 2015, Roaring Book Press My copy: Hardcover, 384 pages My rating: 4.75/5 stars Summary: Walter Wilcox has never been in love. He just wants to finish high school under the radar with his 2.5 friends and zero drama. And then there’s Naomi Mills, an adorably awkward harpist … Continue reading REVIEW: Bright Lights, Dark Nights by Stephen Emond
REVIEW: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance Series: Grisha Trilogy #2 Published: 2013, Square Fish My copy: Paperback, 435 pages (bought at Barnes & Noble) My rating: 4/5 stars Summary: Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in … Continue reading REVIEW: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
REVIEW: Chasing the Milky Way by Erin E. Moulton
Genre: Young Adult, Realistic, Mental Illness Published: June 12, 2014, Philomel Books My copy: Hardcover, 288 pages, personally signed My rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary: Lucy Peevy has a dream--to get out of the trailer park she lives in and become a famous scientist. And she's already figured out how to do that: Build a robot … Continue reading REVIEW: Chasing the Milky Way by Erin E. Moulton
REVIEW: Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar
Genre: Young Adult, Realistic Published: March 8, 2016, Candlewick Press My copy: Hardcover (from my local library) My rating: 4.75/5 stars Summary: While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina — Carol — is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather … Continue reading REVIEW: Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar
REVIEW: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance Series: The Raven Cycle #3 Published: 2014, Scholastic My copy: Paperback, 391 pages My rating: 4.75/5 stars Summary: There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, … Continue reading REVIEW: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
REVIEW: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance Series: The Raven Cycle #2 Published: 2013, Scholastic Inc My copy: Paperback, published 2014 My rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary: If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take? Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself. One secret: Ronan can bring things … Continue reading REVIEW: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
REVIEW: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Genre: Young adult, fantasy, romance Series: Grisha Trilogy, #1 Published: 2012, Square Fish My copy: Paperback, 372 pages My rating: 4/5 stars Summary: Alina Starkov doesn't expect much from life. Orphaned by the Border Wars, she is sure of only one thing: her best friend, Mal--and her inconvenient crush on him. Until the day their army … Continue reading REVIEW: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo