The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller Paranormal YA August 10, 2010 Hardcover, 416 Pages RazorbillReviewed by MandiSeventeen year old Haven Moore is known in her small town of Snopes City in Tennessee for being possessed by the demon. She likes to call it – reincarnation. Since she can remember, she has had fainting spells, where she sees visions of a man named Ethan, a man she deeply loves, but has never met in “real life.” Her grandmother has pushed her to the church, and her mother Continue Reading
Review:The Iron Daughter By Julia Kagawa
The Iron Daughter (Iron Fey #2) by Julia KagawaYoung AdultAugust 1, 2010Paperback, 304 Pages Harlequin TeenReviewed by ToriFavorite Quote: "Princess, it has been an honer. Were things different, I would gladly serve you till the end of time."Meghan Chase has kept her promise and allowed herself to be taken to the Winter Court. Upon arrival she finds she is to be a guest for an indeterminable length of time. As Meghan attempts to find her way in the court it is evident that her life and/or death Continue Reading
Review: The Iron King and Winter’s Passage by Julia Kagawa
The Iron King (Book one in the Iron Fey series) by Julie Kagawa Young Adult February 1, 2010 Paperback, 363 Pages Harlequin TeenReviewed by ToriFavorite Quote: "You have much to learn about the fey Meghan Chase. Everything has a price.Meghan Chase has never felt like she belonged. Now on the eve of her 16th birthday she'll find out why. When her brother is kidnapped, Meghan is suddenly thrust into a world she never knew existed. The world of Fairy. A world of filled Continue Reading
Review: Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely #4) YA Paranormal April 20, 2010 Hardcover, 352 Pages Harper Collins Reviewed by KatiAni is one of the Hounds of the Wild Hunt. What does that mean? She’s fae, and is a member of the Dark Court. She’s also different. Ani is able to do something that other members of the Dark Court cannot. She can feed off the emotions of not just humans, but other fae as well. As time has passed, Ani has become more powerful, more dangerous, and more Continue Reading
Review: Num8ers by Rachel Ward and Giveaway
Whenever Jem meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such an awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. But while they’re waiting to ride the Eye Ferris wheel, Jem notices that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today’s number. Today’s date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem’s Continue Reading
Review: Bad Blood by Mari Mancusi
Sunny McDonald is in the ultimate forbidden relationship. Her boyfriend Magnus is a vampire, and the leader of the Blood Coven. Their differences have never been an issue, until now… When the Blood Coven decides that Magnus needs a mate to be his co-ruler, Sunny’s humanity puts her out of the running. The Coven’s chosen candidate is Jane Johnson, a magna cum laude graduate of Oxford University who just happens to look like a vampiric celebutante. Sunny is suspicious of a Rhodes Scholar Continue Reading
Review: Firespell by Chloe Neill
As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face… When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building. The only thing keeping her Continue Reading
Review: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . .Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable Continue Reading
Evernight – Claudia Gray
(Love the cover)Evernight - Claudia GrayFebruary 10, 2009Young Adult Paranormal RomancePaperback, 336 pagesHarper CollinsThis book is hard to summarize because there is a twist 150 pages in and I read it and slammed the book down in bed next to my sleeping husband. Unfortunately he didn't wake up and I needed someone to discuss this turn of events. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't angry I was surprised - Claudia Gray is a very tricky woman. While I enjoyed the twist, the second half of the book kind Continue Reading
Marked – P.C.Cast and Kristin Cast
Marked - P.C. Cast and Kristin CastYoung Adult320 pages, PaperbackSt. Martin's PressI've been reading more Young Adult lately and really enjoying it. Marked is the first in The House of Night series and has been out for awhile. It is quite a popular series, my local bookstore tells me it is the second best selling series after Twilight in their store. However, of the YA that I have read, Marked seems to be written to a more juvenile audience.Zoey Redbird gets marked to become a vampyre (that is Continue Reading