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CLICK HERE TO READ AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW!  Scarlet by Marissa Meyer  Series:   The Lunar Chronicles #2  Source:  Paperback copy Publisher:  Puffin Books Publication Date:  February 7th 2013 Age Genre: Young Adult This is not the fairytale you remember. But it’s one you won’t forget. Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. The police have closed her case. The only person Scarlet can turn to is Wolf, a street fighter she does not trust, but they are drawn to each other. Meanwhile, in New Beijing, Cinder will become the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive – when she breaks out of prison to stay one step ahead of vicious Queen Levana. As Scarlet and Wolf expose one mystery, they encounter Cinder and a new one unravels. Together they must challenge the evil queen, who will stop at nothing to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner . . . You see, I had a plan . I didn't just wait to read Scarlet until now. I had a very meticulous, w...

CLICK HERE TO READ THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW! Unearthly by  Cynthia Hand Series:   Unearthly #1  Source:  Kindle copy Publisher:  HarperTeen Publication Date:    April 2011 Age Genre: Young Adult In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy. Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side. As Clara tries to find her way i...

Nowhere but Here by Katie McGarry Series:   Thunder Road #1 Source:  Kindle Version Publisher:  Harlequin Teen Publication Date: June 1st 2015 Age Genre: Young Adult Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both. Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good guys. They protect people. They're…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member—is in town, he'...

The Libby Garrett Intervention by Kelly Oram Series: Science Squad #2 Source:  arc Publisher:  Bluefields Publication Date: October 24th 2015 Age Genre: Young Adult Libby Garrett is addicted to Owen Jackson's hot lovin'. But the sexy, popular college basketball player doesn't appreciate all of Libby's awesomeness. He refuses to be exclusive or even admit to people that they're dating. The relationship is ruining Libby and she's the only one who can't see it. When Libby's behavior spirals completely out of control, her best friend Avery Shaw and the rest of the Science Squad stage an intervention hoping to cure Libby of her harmful Owen addiction. They put her through her very own Twelve Step program—Owen's Anonymous—and recruit the help of a sexy, broody, hard as nails coffee man to be her official sponsor. ... Adam Koepp has watched Libby Garrett for years. How could he not notice the sassy girl with the purple skateboard and helmet plastered wit...

Whispered Visions by Tammy Blackwell Series:   Shifters & Seers #3 Source:  Kindle version Publisher:  Indie Publication Date: September 8th 2015 Age Genre: Young Adult Where do you go when there is nowhere left to run? For years the Society for Human Preservation has been waging a quiet war against the Shifters & Seers of the world, and now they've taken two of the Alpha Pack's own. With the ability to See inside a person's mind, Lizzie Anders is one of the most powerful Seers in the world, but all that power comes with the responsibility of protecting herself and others from what she can do. And now, after years of suppressing her Sight, the SHP is intent on tearing down the walls she's carefully constructed to further their cause. Layne Hagan is the boy no one wanted. Abandoned by his mother when he was a baby and orphaned by his father in Scout's battle to become Alpha Female, he was handed off by his grandparents to live with Charlie and the rest of t...

Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock Series:   Hemlock #1 Source:  Kindle Version Publisher:  Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date:  May 8th 2012 Age Genre: Young Adult MACKENZIE AND AMY WERE BEST FRIENDS. UNTIL AMY WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED. Since then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac's hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy's killer: A white werewolf. Lupine syndrome - also known as the werewolf vius - is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control. Wanting desperately to put an end to her nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy's murder herself. She discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy's boyfriend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her life at risk. Kathleen Peacock...

CLICK HERE TO READ THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW!  Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Series:   The Grisha #1 Source:  Kindle Edition Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication Date:   June 5th 2012 Age Genre: Young Adult Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire k...

CLICK HERE TO READ AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW!  The Maze Runner by James Dashner Series:   The Maze Runner #1 Source:  Bought Paperback Publisher:  Ember Publication Date: August 24th 2010 Age Genre: YA "If you ain't scared, you ain't human." When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers--boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out--and no one's ever made it through alive. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying. YES, I finally read The Maze Runner ! *happy dance* This book has been on my shelves for ages. I've been meaning to read it ever since Dylan was announced to play Thomas, basically. 'Cause I'm a Dylan O'Brian fangirl and I feel no shame at that! Anyways... as you can see by the rating, I wasn't head over heels ...

The Alchemyst by  Michael Scott Series:   The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1 Source:  bought paperback Publisher:  Corgi Publication Date:  August 5th 2010 Age Genre: MG-YA The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in 1418. But his tomb is empty. The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects — the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. That's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power ...

A Thousand Pieces of You by  Claudia Gray Series:   Firebird #1 Source:  Bought hardback Publisher:  HarperTeen Publication Date:  November 4th, 2014 Age Group: Young Adult Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray. Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him. Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers...

Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley Series: Not announced Source: Bought Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: April 28, 2015 Aza Ray is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of her medication. But Aza doesn't think this is a hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name. Only her best friend, Jason, listens. Jason, who’s always been there. Jason, for whom she might have more-than-friendly feelings. But before Aza can consider that thrilling idea, something goes terribly wrong. Aza is lost to our world—and found, by another. Magonia. Above the clouds, in a land of trading ships, Aza is not the weak and dying thing she was. In Magonia, she can breathe for the first time. Better, she has immense power—and as she navigates her new life, she discovers...

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater Series:   The Raven Cycle #3 Source:  Bought signed Hardcover Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: October 21st 2014 Age Genre: Young Adult There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things though, is how easily they can be lost. Friends can betray. Mothers can disappear. Visions can mislead. Certainties can unravel. "...But what she didn't realize about Blue and her boys was that they were  all  in love with one another. She was no less obsessed with them than they were with her, or one another, analyzing every conversation and gesture, drawing out every joke into a longer and longer running gag, spending each moment eithe...