Title: Revolution 19Author: Gregg Rosenblumgoodreads Publisher: HarperTeen Genre: Dystopian/Science Fiction Published: 8th January 2013 Rating: 2 of 5 StarsSource: ARC from publisher via Edelweiss Twenty years ago, the robots designed to fight our wars abandoned the battlefields. Then they turned their weapons on us. Headstrong seventeen-year-old Nick has spent his whole life in a community [...]
Author: Kasie Westblog | twitter | goodreads Title: Pivot PointSeries: Pivot Point #1 Publisher: HarperTeen Genre: Science Fiction/Paranormal Published: 12th February 2013 Rating: 4 of 5 StarsSource: ARC from publisher via Edelweiss Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the [...]
December 6, 2012
|| Posted in 2012, Dystopian, Paranormal, Review || 25 comments
Author: Elizabeth Richards website | twitter | facebook | goodreads Title: Black CitySeries: Black City #1 Publisher: Putnam’s Genre: Fantasy/Dystopian Published: 13th November 2012 Rating: 4 of 5 Stars A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war. In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the [...]
Author: Ingrid Paulson website | blog | twitter | facebook | goodreads Title: Valkyrie RisingSeries: Valkyrie #1 Publisher: Harper Teen Genre: Paranormal/Young Adult Published: 9th October 2012 Rating: 4 of 5 Stars Nothing ever happens in Norway. But at least Ellie knows what to expect when she visits her grandmother: a tranquil fishing village and long, slow summer days. And maybe she’ll [...]
December 3, 2012
|| Posted in 2012, Historical, Review || 5 comments
Author: Madeline Miller website | blog | twitter | facebook | goodreads Title: The Song of Achilles Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Historical/Mythology Published: 2011 Rating: 5 of 5 Stars Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. [...]
Author: Janet Edwards website | blog | twitter | goodreads Title: Earth GirlSeries: Earth Girl #1 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopian Published: 16th August 2012 Rating: 5 of 5 Stars 2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. While everyone else portals between worlds, 18-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on [...]
August 2, 2012
|| Posted in Review, Romance, Young Adult || 27 comments
Author: Courtney Cole website | facebook | twitter | goodreads Title: Dante’s GirlPublisher: Lakehouse Press Genre: Contemporary Romance; YA Published: June 22nd by Source: ARC provided by the tour organizersget it: Amazon UK / Kindle US | Book Depository I have spent every summer since I was ten years old with my father in London. [...]
Author: Kate Avery Ellison website | twitter | goodreads Title: FrostSeries: The Frost Chronicles #1Publisher: Self-Published Genre: FantasyRating: 4/5 Stars Published: 29th March 2012Source: ARC provided by the tour organizers In the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, one wrong move and a person could end up dead—and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. [...]
July 22, 2012
|| Posted in 2012, Paranormal, Review, Romance || 9 comments
Author: Rebecca Maizelwebsite | blog | twitter | facebook | goodreads Title: Stolen NightSeries: Vampire Queen #2 Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books UK Genre: Paranormal Romance Published: July 5th 2012 UK Rating: 5 of 5 Stars Get it: Amazon UK Kindle | Book Depository Lenah Beaudonte should be dead. But having sacrificed herself to save another, she finds herself awakening with strange powers that are neither [...]
Author: Sarah J. Maas website | blog | twitter | facebook | pinterest | goodreads Title: Throne of GlassSeries: Throne of Glass #1 Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Fantasy Published: August 2th 2012 UK | Aug 7th US Rating: 5 of 5 StarsSource: ARC from publisher Get it: Amazon UK Kindle / US | Book Depository After serving out a year of hard labor in the [...]