Category Archives: Young Adult
Switched by Amanda Hocking
THIS REVIEW CONTAINTS SPOILERS! Addition: Review paperback Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn’t until eleven years later that Wendy finds out her mother might’ve been telling the truth. With the help [...]
Share on FacebookThe Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
Addition: Review e-book from Netgalley Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: Ash, former prince of the Winter Court, gave up everything. His title, his home, even his vow of loyalty. All for a girl… and all for nothing. Unless he can earn a soul. To cold, emotionless faery prince Ash, love [...]
Share on FacebookPride and Premiership by Michelle Gayle
Addition: Review book, paperback Genre: Young adult, chick lit Rating: 3/5 Synopsis: This is the diary of Remy Louise Bennet, age 17-1/2. Remy Louise Bennet has one goal in life – to be a WAG. And as every true wannabe WAG knows, there are rules. One: pretend you don’t know he’s a footballer. Two: Don’t [...]
Share on FacebookIt Started With a Dare by Lindsay Faith Rech
REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Review e-book from NetGalley Genre: Young adult chick-lit Rating: 3 out of 5 Synopsis: Self-proclaimed nobody CG Silverman sees her move to an upscale new school as her chance to be somebody different. Her devil-may-care attitude attracts the in-clique, and before CG realizes it, a routine game of truth or dare [...]
Share on FacebookHunger by Jackie Kessler
CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Review e-book from NetGalley Genre: Young Adult Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: “Thou art the Black Rider. Go thee out unto the world.” Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How will an anorexic seventeen-year-old girl from the suburbs fare [...]
Share on FacebookThis Girl is Different by J.J. Johnson
Addition: Review e-book from NetGalley Genre: Young adult, chick-lit Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: This girl is different… That’s what Evie has always told herself—and it’s true. Home-schooled by her counter culture mom, she’s decided to see what high school is like for the first time—for her senior year. And what a year it is. As it [...]
Share on FacebookButterflies in May by Karen Hart
Addition: Review e-book from netGalley Genre: Young adult, chick-lit Rating: 3/5 Synopsis: Ali Parker, a high school senior, plans to major in journalism at a prestigious college. Her Mr. Perfect boyfriend, Matt Ryan, is a talented artist. Their future possibilities seem endless. Then the inconceivable happens–Ali becomes pregnant. This compelling, inspiring, and enlightening story engages [...]
Share on FacebookThe Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Addition: Review e-book Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: My name is Meghan Chase. I thought it was over.That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that [...]
Share on FacebookLast Chance by Sarah Dessen
Original Title: Keeping the Moon Addition: Library Book Genre: Young adult, romance Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: Never in one place long enough to make friends or put down roots, Colie doesn’t expect her trip to the North Carolina coast to change a thing. Always the outcast, she’s resigned to a holiday with only her eccentric aunt [...]
Share on FacebookMaximum Ride by James Patterson
Addition: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: In James Patterson’s blockbuster series, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it’s like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the “flock”–Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel–are just like ordinary kids–only they have wings and can fly. It may seem [...]
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