Confessions Of An Angry Girl by (Confessions #1) by Louise Rozett YA-Fiction Released: August 28 2012 Harlequin Favorite Quote: “No fear. “ Rose Zarelli is fourteen, a freshman in high school, and seems to have the weight of the world on her shoulders. She feels as though everyone she loves has left her. Her father died over the summer, her brother has left for college, and her mother seems to have left life. When Rose runs into an old friend of her brother's, Jamie Forta, her Continue Reading
Review: Blackwood by Gwenda Bond
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond YA-Fantasy Released? September 4, 2012 Strange Chemistry Reviewed by Tori The mystery surrounding the Roanoke Colony, also referred to as The Lost Colony, has always fascinated me. Over one hundred settlers vanished from the small settlement of Roanoke; never to be seen again. The only clue left? The word Croatoan carved into a wooden post. Where did the settlers vanish to? Did they assimilate into surrounding tribes? Were they forced to flee to Croatoan Continue Reading
Review: Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (The Lynburn Legacy #1) Paranormal/Fantasy YA Released: September 11, 2012 Random House Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I wasn't going to be a world-famous journalist and if I didn't have such respect for truth and justice, I could be an amazing master criminal.” Kami Glass has always had an imaginary friend. He’s always been’ constant in her life, and she has never known a time he hasn’t been in her mind. She was never silent about this friend Continue Reading
Review: The Burning Star By Jessie Lane
The Burning Star by Jessie Lane YA Fantasy May 24, 2012 Pub It Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...just book me a train to crazyville, because apparently that’s where we are headed. “ Seventeen year old Kay is living under a death sentence. Diagnosed with cancer, she has been given six months to live. Her mother moves them to Asheville, NC, hoping to find a miracle. Instead Kay finds her life turned upside down when she meets the insanely gorgeous Ryan and learns she is a real life Continue Reading
Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Throne Of Glass (Throne Of Glass #1) by Sarah J Maas YA Fantasy August 7, 2012 Bloomsbury Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “- she crouched over his chest, the iron-coated tip of the staff at his throat. She brought her mouth close to his ear. "My name is Celaena Sardothien," she whispered.’ “ 18-year-old Celaena Sardothien was one of the most feared assassins in Andover until she was caught and transported to the deadly salt mines of Endovier. After a year of hard labor, she is Continue Reading
Review: Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot (Heather Wells #4) Chick-Lit July 10, 2012 William Morrow Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: I’ve come to the conclusion that, aside from Nazis, the Taliban, and possibly the honey badger, there is no one on the planet more merciless than a teenage girl once she’s decided she dislikes you. Heather Wells was a teenage pop star – playing malls and opening for the biggest boy band around starring her then boyfriend Jordan. That is, until Continue Reading
Review: Bound by Erica O’Rourke
Bound (Torn Trilogy #3) by Erica O’ Rourke Paranormal YA June 26, 2012 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Not everything is fixable.” Bound picks up about right where Tangled left off. Mo used her gifts to avenge her friend’s death and negotiate with her family for some much needed freedom. Thinking she is finally going to be free, her uncle flips the tables and pushes for more from Mo and isn’t above using her family and friends to get what he wants. Mo makes the Continue Reading
Review: Dark Frost by Jennifer Estep
Dark Frost (Mythos Academy #3) by Jennifer Estep YA Urban Fantasy May 29, 2012 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We are all just chess pieces to you, aren’t we? Little dolls you can move around and play with however you like. “ Dark Frost, the third book in Jennifer Estep’s action packed Mythos Academy series, starts off with a BANG as Gwen and her fellow Mythos Academy students find themselves at the mercy of Reapers when they all meet up at a museum for a school Continue Reading
Review: Until I Die by Amy Plum
Until I Die (Revenants #2) By Amy Plum YA Paranormal Romance May 8, 2012 HarperCollins Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I closed my eyes and wished nothing would ever change. That time would stop and we could stay like this forever.“ Until I Die is the second book in Ms. Plum’s luscious mythological world of revenants. Romantic and intriguing, this YA continues to capture the youthful voice of her characters without miring it down with over affected emo prose and the Continue Reading
Review: Silence by Michelle Sagara
Silence (Queen Of The Dead #1) Michelle Sagara Urban Fantasy YA May 1, 2012 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m surprised she’d ever want to speak to me again. She almost died there.“ “You almost died there as well.” “Yes, but I can’t get away from me.” Emma is your average normal teenager who has had more than her fair share of grief. First her father passes away, then she loses her boyfriend in a fatal car accident. Emma tries to gain some sense of peace by visiting the Continue Reading