Book Review: Play With Me by Piper Shelly

Title: Play With Me (Grover Beach Team #1)  Author: Piper Shelly  Genre: Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance, Young Adult, Fun  Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: December 2012 Pages: 190 Rating: 3  stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Ryan Hunter’s parties are legend. And tonight she’s going to be there. Liza Matthews anticipates the return of her best friend and only love …

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Book Review: Here by Ella James

Title: Here (Here #1) Author: Ella James Genre: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Barkley’s Books Publication Date: February 2012 Pages: 210 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Milo Mitchell’s life used to be charmed, but that was before her father died, she went a little crazy, and her best friends started acting more like strangers. One Saturday …

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Book Review: A Wicked Kind of Dark by Jonathan K Benton

Title: A Wicked Kind of Dark (The Minaea Chronicles #1) Author: Jonathan K Benton Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult,  Publisher: Odyssey Books Publication Date: September 2013 Pages: 267 Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Robert Duncan no longer believes in magic. A mysterious call about a blood moon, however, leads him back to the magical world of his …

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2013 Debut Authors Bash: Q&A with Liz Fichera!

Today I’m delighted to a part of the 2013 Debut Authors Bash hosted by YA Reads. I’m very excited to introduce you all to Liz Fichera – the author of Hooked (click to read my review). If you’ve not heard of Hooked, it’s the story of Fred Oday – a young Native American girl who loves to play golf. When the coach …

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Cover Reveal: Darkness Watching by Emma L. Adams

Welcome to my cover reveal for today! Darkness Watching is the first novel is a new series by Emma L Adams. Demons and college life seems like a combination I’d love to read! Title: Darkness Watching (Darkness #1) Author: Emma L. Adams Publication Date: September 30th 2013 Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy Synopsis (goodreads): Seventeen-year-old Ashlyn …

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Book Review: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Title: Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) Author: Beth Revis Genre: Science Fiction, romance, dystopian, young adult Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: January 2011 Pages: 398 Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): AMY has left the life she loves for a world 300 years away. Trapped in space and frozen in time, Amy is bound for a …

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Book Review: Every Breath by Ellie Marney

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, …

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Blog Tour (with review): A Beautiful Fate by Cat Mann

Title: A Beautiful Fate Author: Cat Mann Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance Pages: 312 Rating: 3 stars Book Description (goodreads): Obsessive and driven by nightmares, Ava Baio is uprooted from her Chicago home after the untimely and tragic death of her loving mother. Taken across country by her antagonistic grandmother and placed as a boarding student …

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Book Review: If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Title: If I Stay (If I Stay #1) Author: Gayle Forman Genre: Realistic Fiction, contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: April 2009 Pages: 272 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. …

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Book Review: Rory by Ciye Cho

Title: Rory (The Ghosts of Palladino #1) Author: Ciye Cho Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Ghosts Publisher: self published  Publication Date: 10th August 2013  Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Far beyond heaven, earth and hell is a city known as Palladino, a place ruled by ghosts and filled with demons, magic, and all sorts of darkly beautiful things. …

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