Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon Pages : 320 Genre : YA Contemporary Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and...

The Young Elites by Marie Lu Narrated by Carla Corvo & Lannon Killea Pages/Time : 355/10h09 Genre : YA, fantasy Series : The Young Elites, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned...

Cinder by Marissa Meyer Pages : 390 Genre : YA, fantasy Series : The Lunar Chronicles, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a...

As I sat here waiting for my copy of Six of Crows to arrive, I kept thinking back to the Grisha series, and what an exciting time I had reading it, and how sad I was I had never taken the time to review it. But it’s not too late is it? I embarked on that fantastic adventure in December of last year, and it’s all still fresh enough in my memory. So let’s do this! (Since I didn’t review the books individually at the time,...

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang Pages : 175 Genre : Graphic Novel Stand Alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role-playing game where she spends most of her free time. It’s a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It’s a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. But things become a lot more complicated...

Nova by Margaret Fortune Pages : 320 Genre : Science Fiction, YA Series : Nova, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : *36:00:00* The clock activates so suddenly in my mind, my head involuntarily jerks a bit to the side. The fog vanishes, dissipated in an instant as though it never was. Memories come slotting into place, their edges sharp enough to leave furrows, and suddenly I know. I know exactly who I am. My name is Lia...

Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff Pages : 304 Genre : YA, Horror Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor’s peaceful suburban community is killing girls. For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian died six months ago, and Hannah just...

The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco Pages : 267 Genre : YA, Horror Stand alone My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night. A dead girl walks the streets. She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw...