Book Review: Banish by Nicola Marsh

Title: Banish Author: Nicola Marsh Genre: Paranormal, Magic, Young Adult, Contemporary  Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 272 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Alyssa has one week to destroy her enemy, save her spirit… and save her soul. After her ex-boyfriend commits suicide and her mum’s alcoholism sparks yet another psychotic episode, seventeen-year-old Alyssa …

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Book Review + Giveaway: The Rig by Joe Ducie

Title: The Rig Author: Joe Ducie Genre: Thriller, Young Adult, Action, Mystery Publisher: Hot Key Books Publication Date: September 2013 Pages: 368 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of …

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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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Book Review + Giveaway: The Night Has Claws by Kat Kruger

I’m delighted today to be a part of The Night Has Claws blog tour hosted by Fierce Ink Press. I also have an ecopy of the book to give away so please make sure you keep reading right to the end of this post for details of how to enter! Title: The Night Has Claws (The Magdeburg …

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Book Review: Escape from Eden by Elisa Nader

Welcome to my stop on The Darkest Part blog tour hosted by YA Bound Book Tours.  Click HERE to see the full blog tour schedule! Title: Escape from Eden Author: Elisa Nader Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Thriller Publisher: Merit PressElise  Publication Date: 18th August 2013 Pages: 271 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Since the age of ten, Mia has lived under the …

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Book Review: Origin by Jennifer L Armentrout

Title: Origin (Lux #4) Author: Jennifer L Armentrout Genre: Paranormal Romance, Aliens, Sci-Fi, Contemporary  Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: 27 August 2013 Pages: 366 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Daemon will do anything to get Katy back. After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes …

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Book Review: Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Title: Two Boys Kissing Author: David Levithan Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, GLBT, Romance Publisher: Text Publishing Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 208 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Seventeen-year-olds Craig and Harry are trying to set a new Guinness World Record for kissing. Around them, Ryan and Avery are falling in love, Neil and Peter are falling …

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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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Book Review: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Title: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) Author: Sarah J Maas Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 432 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien is bold, daring and beautiful – the perfect seductress and the greatest assassin her world has ever known. But though she won the King’s …

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