Review : Too Good to be True

Review : Too Good to be True

Too Good to be True by Kristan Higgins Pages : 379 Genre : Chicklit, Romance My Rating :  From the Back of the Book : When Grace Emerson’s ex-fiancé starts dating her younger sister, extreme measures are called for. To keep everyone from obsessing about her love life, Grace announces that she’s seeing someone. Someone wonderful. Someone handsome. Someone completely made up. Who is this Mr. Right? Someone…exactly unlike her...

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Review : The Chosen One

Review : The Chosen One

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Pages : 213 Genre : YA, Fiction My Rating :  What it’s about : Kyra is 13. All of her life, she’s lived with her father, his three wives and numerous brothers and sisters. Isolated in her community, she’s never known much about the world – until the Mobile Library on Wheels appeared on the road close to her home. Through the books, she discovers a whole new world, but her...

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Review : Specials

Review : Specials

Specials by Scott Westerfeld Pages : 372 Genre : YA, Dystopia, Futuristic My Rating : SPOILER ALERT! I can’t summarize or review this book without spoiling it a little. Although I won’t be giving spoilers about the plot itself, if you haven’t read the first two books, this will be somewhat spoilery to you! From the back of the book : Tally thought they were a rumor, but now she’s one of them. A Special. A super-amped...

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Review : Bad Girls don’t Die

Review : Bad Girls don’t Die

Bad Girls don’t Die by Katie Alender Pages : 346 Genre : Horror, YA My Rating :  Lately, Alexis’ sister has been acting weirder and weirder. Let alone the fact that her eyes inexplicably seem to change color from time to time, she’s been acting strange, using words she normally wouldn’t and loosing track of time. Soon, Alexis realizes something evil is taking over her sister, and she’ll need all the help she can...

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Review : Shiver

Review : Shiver

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Pages : 390 Genre : YA, Romance, Werewolves My Rating :  What it’s about : Grace has known Sam for the most part of her life, except she doesn’t know it : for years now, when winter comes, Sam has been changing into a wolf and spending the cold season in the forest. Grace only recognizes the wolf, her wolf, and she’s ready to protect him no matter what. When Sam turns up in her yard, shivering and...

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Review : Blood Bound

Review : Blood Bound

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs Pages : 292 Genre : Urban Fantasy My Rating :  From the back of the Book : Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary-and neither is the demon inside of...

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Review : Leviathan

Review : Leviathan

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, illustrations by Keith Thompson Pages : 440 Genre : YA, Steampunk, Fantasy My Rating :  I couldn’t summary this better than the book did, so here it is, from the back of the book : Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men. Deryn Sharp is a commoner,...

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Review : Sophomore Switch

Review : Sophomore Switch

Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald Pages : 297 Genre : YA My Rating :  What it’s about : Natasha is an American college girl who enjoys boys and partys a little too much. After what’s to be known as the “Hot Tub Incident” that now plasters the tabloids, she leaves for England where she’s hoping to start a new phase of her life.= Emily, a studious British girl, has her life all planned out and a hard time not being...

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