Tag Archives: Young Adult
One Moment by Kristina McBride
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Review e-book from Netgalley Genre: Young adult, chick-lit, mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: This was supposed to be the best summer of Maggie’s life. Now it’s the one she’d do anything to forget. Maggie Reynolds remembers hanging out at the gorge with her closest friends after a blowout [...]
Share on FacebookThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Review written by Kirsten! Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don’t live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol [...]
Share on FacebookMoonstone by Marilee Brothers
Addition: Review e-book from Netgalley Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 3 out of 5 Synopsis: A sickly mom. A tiny house trailer. High school bullies and snarky drama queens. Bad-guy dudes with charming smiles. Allie has problems. And then there’s that whole thing about fulfilling a magical prophecy and saving the world from evil. Geez. [...]
Share on FacebookWar Horse by Michael Morpurgo
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Paperback, borrowed Genre: Young adult, history Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: Joey is a warhorse, but he wasn’t always. Once, he was a farm horse and a gentle boy named Albert was his master. Then World War I came storming through and everything changed. Albert’s father sells Joey to [...]
Share on FacebookSwitched 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 [...]
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