I love Gayle Forman. I loved the emotional catharsis of reading If I Stay and Where She Went. Enjoyable days where I sobbed for hours and hours. Really, she writes the feel good books of the century. Also, she is fan of Jellicoe Road, and we all know how I feel about that particular book….

I love Brenna’s books. I love that she writes stand alone with mysteries and romance and real, characters that dig themselves into my head and don’t leave. Paper Valentine was no exception. The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are dying, petty crime is…

I read Ann Aguirre’s Enclave last year and have already talked about how much I liked it. It had zombies, which I love (which? whom? Two sentences into this review and I’m already feeling all existential). It also had a kickass heroine (Deuce), a boy I could root for her to be with (Fade), and…

So. A blogger friend of mine, Lindsay, was chatting with author Kathleen Peacock on twitter just before Christmas. Kathleen, being awesome, offered to send Lindsay a copy of Asunder. Lindsay, being confused, said no. I jumped in on this conversation and, well, both Lindsay and I have now read Asunder. And all’s well with the…

Here we are, once again at the end of the year (and, of course, because I was in charge of this post and I have been such a failure at updating this year, it is going up late. 2013 resolution: be a better blogger, Kate!). Anyway, once again (only this time after the actual new…

Few books turn me into a gasping, squeeing, over excited fangirl((that’s a complete lie. A lot of books do)) but this series is definitely one of them. Even thinking about it while I write this review is making it difficult for me to keep from FREAKING OUT. No one is like Daemon Black. When he…

As I have stated in my other reviews of this series, I do not understand why I love these books. The writing isn’t that great, the recap of previous books is tedious, and the plot truds along as if it were impersonating a snail. BUT I LOVE THEM!!!! I should have known that my first…

Falling Kingdoms has been touted quite a bit as “Game of Thrones for YA.” And it most certainly has the elements of that genre of fantasy. But it was so much more as well. In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms…

So, I may have teared up just writing the title of this book. Because, you know, I have problems. Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their…

I wanted to write reviews for some books I read during the summer, but I didn’t take any notes and all I really remember is general ~feelings. So, I thought I’d write a bunch of mini reviews. Mystic City by Theo Lawrence This one is very similar in premise to Black City but without so…