Title: The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) Author: Samantha Shannon Genre: Fantasy, Dystopia, Science Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 466 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. …
Title: Loving Your Lies Author: Piper Shelly Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Paranormal Publisher: self-published Publication Date: January 2013 Pages: 404 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Julian is drop-dead gorgeous, annoyingly provocative, and he’s fast becoming her best friend. But he also has a secret that makes the little hairs on her arms stand on end… My …
Title: Origin (Lux #4) Author: Jennifer L Armentrout Genre: Paranormal Romance, Aliens, Sci-Fi, Contemporary Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: 27 August 2013 Pages: 366 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Daemon will do anything to get Katy back. After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes …
Title: Two Boys Kissing Author: David Levithan Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, GLBT, Romance Publisher: Text Publishing Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 208 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Seventeen-year-olds Craig and Harry are trying to set a new Guinness World Record for kissing. Around them, Ryan and Avery are falling in love, Neil and Peter are falling …
Title: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) Author: Sarah J Maas Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 432 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien is bold, daring and beautiful – the perfect seductress and the greatest assassin her world has ever known. But though she won the King’s …
Title: The Inevitability of Stars Author: Kathryn R. Lyster Genre: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Grief Publisher: Harlequin Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 304 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): A modern-day Romeo and Juliet set amongst the beauty of Byron Bay and the grind of Sydney. Rip and Sahara have always been together. Primary school friends …
Title: The Originals Author: Cat Patrick Genre: Science-Fiction, Contempoary, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: May 2013 Pages: 298 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Ella, Betsey and I look like sisters: triplets, you might think. But that’s not what we are at all. We are clones in hiding. We split our lives and …
Title: Piece of Cake (from the Smitten series) Author: Kate Forster Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Realistic, Fun Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 235 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): On the morning that Lola is due to fly to London, her dad’s in an accident. There’s no time to whinge about ruined plans …
Title: Every Breath Author: Ellie Marney Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Suspense Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication Date: September 2013 Pages: 352 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Rachel Watts is an unwilling new arrival to Melbourne from the country. James Mycroft is her neighbour, an intriguingly troubled seventeen-year-old genius with a passion for forensics. Despite her misgivings, …
Title: Finding Cassie Crazy (Ashbury /Brookfield #2) Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Epistolary Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Publication Date: November 2003 Pages: 383 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Told entirely through letters, diary entries, emails, and other writing, Moriarty’s novel introduces us to Emily, Lydia, and Cassie — all students at Ashbury High — …