Wool isn’t a young adult or even a new adult book but I felt like sharing my review on this blog anyway. Whilst not falling under the genre of YA fiction, I still think this series could be read and enjoyed by young adults or adults of any age. Title: Wool Omnibus (#1-5) Author: Hugh …
Title: Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1) Author: Michele Vail (aka. Michele Bardsley) Genre: paranormal, fantasy, zombies, mythology Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: November 2012 Pages: 272 pages Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird… Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, …
Title: Sam Cruz’s Infallible Guide to Getting Girls Author: Tellulah Darling Genre: New Adult; Contemporary Romance; Humour Publisher: Te Da Media Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 244 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Why the hell can’t chicks be more like guys? That question plagues high school senior Sam Cruz. Sam is perfectly happy being a …
This review does contain spoilers of the previous books in the series. It’s just impossible for me to talk about this book without mentioning pivotal events from the first three books of the series. Title: Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication …
Title: Commencement (Hellsbane 0.5) Author: Paige Cuccaro Genre: New Adult; paranormal; urban fantasy Publisher: Entangled Publishing Publication Date: September 2012 Pages: 87 pages Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn for frat guys… Emma Jane Hellsbane knows something evil is worming its way through her college campus—she can feel it. Literally. …
Title: What’s Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles #1) Author: Kat Zhang Genre: dystopia; sci-fi; fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: September 2012 Pages: 343 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I should not exist. But I do. Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling …
Title: Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: November 2008 Pages: 443 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): It’s springtime at St. Vladimir’s Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since making her first Strigoi kills, Rose hasn’t been …
Two teenagers, each facing the prospect of facing Christmas alone in New York City, embark on a city wide scavenger hunt involving a little red moleskin notebook. Dash, alone by choice, and Lily whose parents abandoned her to have their second honeymoon in tropical paradise, both find a new friend though this bizarre game of dare and …
Title: Crewel (Crewel World #1) Author: Gennifer Albin Genre: Dystopia; Fantasy; Sci-fi Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Faber Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 368 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Download the first five chapters for free: here Synopsis (from goodreads): Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a …
Sports novels (especially those regarding American sports) aren’t usually my thing – I don’t know the difference between a linebacker and an outfielder and that’s despite watching four seasons of Friday Night Lights – but I’ve been hearing nothing but good things about Miranda Kenneally’s young adult books set in Hundred Oaks High. So I decided …