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 dream child. A straight A student with the world at her feet, one bad decision places her life on a far different course than she ever imagined. She succombs to a popular Continue Reading
Reviews: Name of the Star and The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
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 southern girl’s journey to London where she has chosen to attend school for a year. The first book in the series, The Name Of The Star , introduces us Continue Reading
Review: Pack of Lies by Sara Dailey and Staci Weber
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. After her third fight of the year, her mom sits her and her brother down for a long talk. Apparently, Allison and her brother Aiden are werewolves. Their mother fled her pack Continue Reading
Review: Crimson Frost by Jennifer Estep
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 halls of Jennifer Estep’s Mythos Academy in her latest release, Crimson Frost, and found myself living every single moment as though I was a part of the storyline itself. By the Continue Reading
Review: The Believing Game by Eireann Corrigan
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 school for troubled teens. Greer does her best to obey the strict rules and participates in the therapeutic “help” sessions in order to gain access to Continue Reading
Review: The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
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 her journey into Nevernever to save her kidnapped brother and secure her place as the Iron Queen. Her brother, Ethan, has suffered for his time Continue Reading
Review: Velveteen by Daniel Marks
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 the mortal plains to haunt him. Velvet’s need for justice though is causing problems for Purgatory. Her constant crossings between the land of the living and Continue Reading
Review: Death and the Girl Next Door by Darynda Jones
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 a few friends when offered a chance to read her debut YA series-Death And The Girl Next Door. I’m not proud of my actions, but I can live Continue Reading
Review: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
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 of the future and she is part of prophecy dating back to the beginning of time. Very Hunger Games oriented, the first chapter opens to Continue Reading
Review: Hanging by a Thread by Sophie Littlefield
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 Winston, California, having moved away as a child. After her parents get divorced, she and her mother move back into the “haunted” family home and are Continue Reading