Book Review: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

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 …

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Book Review: Crewel by Gennifer Albin

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 …

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Book Review: Frostbite by Richelle Mead

Title: Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: April 2008 Pages: 327 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose… It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything …

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Book Review: A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty

Title: A Corner of White (The Colours of Madeline #1) Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Adventure Publisher: Macmillian Australia Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 432 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Madeleine Tully lives in Cambridge, England, the World – a city of spires, Isaac Newton and Auntie’s Tea Shop. Elliot Baranski lives in …

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Book Review: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

I’m not usually someone who buys more than one book in a series before I start it – just in case I end up not liking it. But when I saw a boxed set of the first four Vampire Academy books on sale I just couldn’t help myself. I liked Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid adult paranormal …

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Book Review: Confessions of a Vampire’s Girlfriend by Katie Maxwell

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, …

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Book Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Title: Insurgent (Divergent #2) Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopia, Sci-Fi, Post Apocalypse Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: May 2012 Pages: 525 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those …

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Book Review: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

Title: Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy #1)  Author: Jennifer Estep Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Mythology Publisher: KTeen (an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp.) Publication Date: July 2011 Pages: 350 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy — a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even …

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Book Review: Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

Title: Saving Francesca Author: Melina Marchetta Genre: Contemporary, Coming of Age Publisher: Viking Publication Date: March 2003 Pages: 243 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Francesca is stuck at St. Sebastian’s, a boys’ school that pretends it’s coed by giving the girls their own bathroom.  Her only female companions are an ultra-feminist, a rumored slut, and an …

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Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

I have a term for books that I am so into I stop for nothing. Not food, nor sleep, nor anything else. These books are my cereal-for-dinner books – the ones where I don’t even want to take a break for a decent meal but rather I just pour a bowl of whatever I have …

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