Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber (Magic Most Foul #1) Historical Paranormal YA November 1, 2011 Reviewed by Mandi No one knows what to do with seventeen year old Natalie Stewart. Now that she is home from the Connecticut Asylum (a place for ailments of the ears and tongue, not the insane in the late 1800’s), where she was placed because she is a mute, she is glad to be home, but it still feels like a prison. Her father wants what is best for her, but he is not sure exactly what that Continue Reading
Review: The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey #4) by Julie Kagawa YA Paranormal Romance Paperback October 25, 2011 Harlequin Teen Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "I will be with her again, or I will die. There aren't any other options. Once upon a time a handsome dark prince of the Winter Court met and fell in love with the half human princess of the Summer Court. The law states though that Winter and Summer can never be together, so the pair were threatened with banishment and death if they did Continue Reading
Review: Torn by Erica O’Rourke
Torn by Erica O’Rourke (Torn Trilogy #1) Paranormal YA Paperback July 1, 2011 Kensington Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You want justice. It’s a hard thing, though, to stay focused on justice and not seek revenge in it’s place.” “There’s a difference?” “Justice is about making them pay for Verity’s pain. Revenge is making them pay for yours.” When Maura Fitzgerald wakes up in the hospital badly beaten and bruised all she can think is, “Where is Verity?” Continue Reading
Review: The Poisoned House by Michael Ford
The Poisoned House by Michael Ford Paranormal YA Paperback August 2, 2010 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Our story begins with 14 year old orphan Abigail Tamper running for her life-trying to escape the cruel housekeeper and de facto ruler of Greave hall. Mr. Ford admirably transcribes the harsh winter landscape of London and the impersonal way in which Abigail (Abi) is returned to the hall. Abi’s mother is dead and she has no known relatives. She is a servant at Greaves Hall and the Continue Reading
Review: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
Touch Of Frost (Mythos Academy #1) by Jennifer Estep Paranormal YA July 26, 2011 Paperback Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...this gypsy girl happens to have a grandma who can curse you so bad that your dick will fall off, so watch your step...” First off let me say I LOVE Jennifer Estep’s adult Elemental series. So when I heard she was writing a YA series I begged, pleaded, schemed, and had some “not so proud moments” in order to secure an ARC Of A Touch Of Frost. Continue Reading
Reviews: Nightshade and Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (Nightshade #1) YA Paranormal Romance June 14, 2011 (Paperback Edition) Penguin Reviewed by Tori Calla Tor is a 17 year old pack alpha Guardian who is commanded to marry another pack alpha, Ren, when she turns 18. When Calla comes across a human hiking in the woods, she saves his life; breaking pack rules. Calla is shocked when the human, Shay, appears at her school. She is even more shocked when he is almost kidnapped and she is now acting as a Continue Reading
Review: Illusions by Aprilynne Pike
Illusions (Wings #3) by Aprilynne Pike Paranormal YA May 3, 2011 Hardcover HarperCollins Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I closed my eyes....and imagined she was you.” In Illusions, Laurel is back in high school, being a normal teen, with her human boyfriend David. She made a choice between David and Tamani and has every intention of sticking to it. That is until Tamani shows up at her school as a foreign exchange student. He is a sentry and he has sworn to protect Laurel for Continue Reading
Review: Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz
Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz Paranormal Romance YA June 28, 2011 Paperback Harlequin Teen Favorite Quote: “Do I look like a freaking fairy-tale princess to you?” Reviewed by Tori Sixteen year old Emma Conner hasn’t had an easy life. Her mother and twin brother dies, leaving her alone with her abusive stepfather. When he almost kills her in a car accident, Emma goes to stay with her aunt in New York. Soon Emma is enrolled in a prestigious private school and the center of Continue Reading
Review: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
The Gathering (Darkness Rising #1) by Kelley Armstrong YA Paranormal Hardback April 12, 2011 Harper Collins Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Oh my God. What are you guys? Twelve?” “No. Just really, really, immature.” This is my first time reading Kelley Armstrong’s YA. Completely character driven, we watch and learn with our protagonist, Maya, about the small research town she lives in and the slow unraveling of it’s secrets. Maya is a great heroine in that she is Continue Reading
Review: Flying Blind by Deborah Cooke
Flying Blind by Deborah Cooke (The Dragon Diaries #1) YA Paranormal Romance June 7, 2011 Paperback New American Library Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Just as you are more then you seem to be, so is everyone else.” Zoe is your average teenage girl, concerned with school and boys but she also has an added stress. She is the first female dragon shifter to be born in centuries, destined to become the Wyvern. But Zoe’s powers aren’t manifesting and since there is no ‘how to’ Continue Reading