With the world coming to an end tomorrow (or so TV is trying to tell me), I decided it would be appropriate to review an apocalyptic novel – and I’ve chosen Poison Princess written by one of my favourite paranormal authors, Kresley Cole. I love her Immortals After Dark series and have been wanting to read this book for …
Title: Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) Author: Morgan Rhodes (aka. Michelle Rowen) Genre: high fantasy, magic, romance Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: 11 December 2012 Pages: 412 pages Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power–brutally transforming …
Title: Touch of Power (Healer #1) Author: Maria V. Snyder Genre: paranormal, fantasy, magic, adventure Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: December 2011 Pages: 390 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The price of peace may well be her life… Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But …
My Review: Dawn has been training and waiting all her life to be given a mission – and finally that dream comes true. Her father, the Vampire President, sends her to organize and “reVamp” the four remaining Angel Creek vampires into the town’s guardians. Easy! Or so Dawn thought until she meets her newest recruits …
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: 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: 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 …
I’m always looking for new books to read. So a couple of months ago I was asking my friend Cam for recommendations and he suggested The Alchemyst. I bought it that night (I think that internet shopping is just feeding my book buying addiction) and then after it arrived in the mail it just sat on my …
Title: Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles #1) Author: Gena Showalter Genre: paranormal, fantasy, zombies, romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 404 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course …