Title: Otherkin (Otherkin #1) Author: Nina Berry Genre: Paranormal romance, shifters, magic Publisher: Kensington Publication Date: July 2012 (I received this book as a digital ARC from NetGalley) Pages: 320 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I thought I knew myself. Then I met Caleb. Dez is a good girl who does as she’s told and tries not to …
Title: Adorkable Author: Sarra Manning Genre: Contemporary, Chick Lit Publisher: Atom Publication Date: May 2012 Pages: 387 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Jeane Smith is seventeen and has turned her self-styled dorkiness into an art form, a lifestyle choice and a profitable website and consultancy business. She writes a style column for a Japanese teen magazine and …
Title: The Goddess Legacy (The Goddess Test #2.5) Author: Aimee Carter Genre: Paranormal Romance, Mythology, Novella compilation Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: July 2012 (I received this book as a digital ARC from NetGalley) Pages: 395 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): For millennia we’ve caught only glimpses of the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus. Now …
Title: The Awakening (Darkest Powers Trilogy #2) Author: Kelley Armstrong Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Publisher: HarperCollins; Atom Publication Date: April 2009 Pages: 360 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl — someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I’m as far …
Title: Delirium (Delirium #1) Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Dystopia, sci-fi, romance, young adult Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (an imprint of Hachette), HarperCollins Publication Date: 2011 Pages: 393 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): What if love were a disease? There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to …
Title: Marked (House of Night #1) Author: P.C and Kristin Cast Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Vampires Publisher: Atom also St Martins. Press (an imprint of Macmillan) Publication Date: May 2007 Pages: 306 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, …
Title: Temptation (Temptation #1) Author: Karen Ann Hopkins Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: June 2012 (I received this book as a digital ARC from NetGalley); released in Australia in August. Pages: 380 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Your heart misleads you. That’s what my friends and family say. But I love Noah. And he …
Title: Thirteen Reasons Why Author: Jay Asher Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Teen Suicide Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: October 2007 Pages: 288 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded …
Title: Confessions of a Vampire’s Girlfriend (Ben and Fran #1-2) Author: Katie Maxwell (aka. Katie MacAlister) Genre: paranormal romance, vampires, witches, demons, ghosts, contemporary Publisher: NAL Trade (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: November 2010 Pages: 355 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Meet Francesca. She’s in Europe, working in a traveling faire along with psychics, magicians, …
Title: Florence Author: Ciye Cho Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance Publisher: self published (I received an e-copy from the author) Publication Date: July 2012 Pages: 336 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Seventeen-year-old Florence Waverley is out of her depth. Literally. Kidnapped and taken below the waves to the mer world of Niemela, she is the ultimate gift for merman Prince …