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Screwed by Laurie Plissner YA Contemporary April 18, 2013 Merit Press Reviewed by Tori Screwed by Laurie Plissner is a modern YA version of Cinderella. That is, if Cinderella had gotten pregnant, her parents were the evil ones, and she learns that her original Prince Charming is a jerk. Grace, our Cinderella, is a parent’s [...]

Name Of The Star and The Madness Underneath (Shades of London #1 and #2) by Maureen Johnson YA/Paranormal Thriller Hardcover September 29, 2012/February 26, 2012 Putnam Juvenile Reviewed by Tori I read both books back to back and decided to combine them into a single review. Maureen Johnson’s Shades of London series follows a young [...]

Pack Of Lies (Red, Ridge Pack #1) by Sara Dailey & Staci Weber Paranormal Romance/YA April 6, 2012 Boroughs Publishing Company Reviewed by Tori Allison Wright is having a bad school year. All of a sudden the entire female student body hates her and the males seem to have the uncontrollable urge to grope her. [...]

Crimson Frost (Mythos Academy #4) by Jennifer Estep YA Urban Fantasy December 24, 2012 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “ Let me in…let me in…LET ME IN… “ *A tiny recap from Dark Frost, so be warned, this could spoil if you have not read the series* Once again, I have entered the hallowed [...]

The Believing Game by Eireann Corrigan YA Contemporary Romance December 4, 2012 Scholastic Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I chose to serve my time with broken people.“ Greer Cannon has pushed the envelope too far when she is caught shoplifting for the upteenth time. Her parents decide to send her to McCracken Hall, a private [...]

The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call Of The Forgotten #1) by Julie Kagawa Paranormal Romance-YA Released: October 21, 2012 Harlequin Teen Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “No one ever leaves the Nevernever completely sane. In the original Iron Fey series, we read the extraordinary story of Meghan Chase, the half breed Summer Princess, and [...]

Series: Velveteen #1 Released: October 9, 2012 YA/Paranormal Delacorte Books for Young Readers Reviewed by Tori Velveteen (Velvet) Monroe was killed in her teenage prime by a serial killer. Trapped in Purgatory, a never ending sea of gray grimy ash, Velvet’s anger demands revenge on her killer and soon she finds a way to cross [...]

Death And The Girl Next Door (Darklight #1) by Darynda Jones Paranormal Romance/YA October 2, 2012 St. Martin’s press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Turtles are not the innocent, harmless creatures everyone thinks they are. Mark my words.” Darynda Jones hooked me solid with her adult Charley Davidson series, so I jumped quickly and trampled [...]

Poison Princess (Arcana Chronicles #1) by Kresley Cole YA Paranormal Releases: October 2, 2012 Simon & Schuster Reviewed by Tori Poison Princess is Kresley Cole’s debut into Young Adult. An interesting premise of a world pushed into an apocalypse (referred to as the Flash) and a young girl’s realization that her “hallucinations” are actually visions [...]

Hanging By A Thread by Sophie Littlefield Paranormal YA September 11, 2012 Delacourte Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I wondered if I could live with the version of me that Rachel was trying to create.” Clare, a budding fashion designer and clothing repurposer, doesn’t remember a whole lot about the sleepy seaside town of [...]