The other night I sat down to read a chapter or two of Cracked Up to Be before bed, and ended up reading the entire book in one sitting. That’s how much this book pulled me in. Parker was a puzzle and I had to solve her, and the only way to do that was…
Remember when vampires were cool and sexy? Aren’t you glad that’s pretty much over? Well, I am. I remember from my youth vampires being the bad guys. The ones you hid from and tried to kill before they killed you. Sure, there were the sympathetic ones whose ability to restrain themselves was admirable, but for…
Going into this book I knew one thing about. Assassin Nuns. And, really, that’s all one needs to know. Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death…
I picked up this book at ALA in January and was both excited and wary of it. Excited because I love sci-fi and love seeing it in YA books. Wary because the cover was not my cup of tea and it kind of gave me the impression of love triangles and drama. I was so…
Christine and I picked up Enchanted by Alethea Kontis because of how cute it sounded. And we were not disappointed! Fairy tales, family drama, political intrigue, and a dashing frog-prince. What’s not to love? Caitlin: So, I picked up this book based solely on its potential to be adorable. And it did not disappoint. Christine:…
On the weekend of May 4th -6th I will be participating in my friend Alita’s reviewathon! If you are a blogger I highly suggest you do as well. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I always love talking to other bloggers about the reviews they are writing. This will be my homebase…
I don’t even know where to start with this review. I read Graceling when it first came out and have been waiting for this book for so long that now that I’ve read it, I’m not sure how to feel about it or what to think or what I should with my life now. It’s…
When I first heard about this book I was very excited. A dystopian starring descendants of the current English royalty? Awesome. Royalty in danger, hiding amongst the common people to save their family and retake the throne? It’s like the what I love about fantasy in a dystopian setting. Yes please. A series of natural…
Recently the wonderful folks at Penguin Young Readers Canada hooked me up with a copy of The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead. I may or may not have actually jumped up and down and squeed. Maybe done a little dance. I was gleeful at any rate. And immediately after reading it, I had to send…
Quite independently of each other, Christine and I recently read Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis. When we discovered that we’d both read and both liked it we thought we’d review together. This, good people, is that review. Caitlin: This is the second of three “idyllic town on surface, crazy evil magic below,” books I’ve read recently….