When I first saw the covers for Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls series, I almost didn’t buy them. The covers seem, at first glance, maybe a little young. But then I kept thinking about how clever all of the titles to the books were and I changed my mind. Boy am I glad I did. The…

Today we bring you our very first joint review. And we’re jumping to the fourth book of the Penguin Five, and trust me, you do not want to miss this one.  Christine and I were lucky enough to each pick up a copy of Matched by Ally Condie recently when we were together. Caitlin: It’s…

Before we get to today’s review and giveaway we have to announce the winner of the Clockwork Angel giveaway! And the winner is… <imagine a drumroll> Magan Bagan! Congratulations! We’ll be contacting you shortly for your information and then the book will be winging its way to you. Thank you so much to everyone who…

Back before our awesome redesign, I started almost every review with a comment on the cover of the book. Covers are important to me – they are, I’ll admit, 90% of the reason I often buy books and 90% of the reason I won’t buy one. I loved the cover of Prophecy of the Sisters,…

This marks our second day of giveaways and we have a very special treat. Not only is it an ARC of Beautiful Darkness by the equally lovely Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, but it’s a signed ARC. And two Beautiful Darkness gel bracelets! It had been awhile since I read Beautiful Creatures, and as it’s…

We wanted to do something special for our first post from our new site. Not just a review, and not just a “welcome, here is our blog…please read” – but something that would celebrate our love of YA literature and have you celebrate with us. And what better way to celebrate and rejoice than giving…

This week I had a HUGE surprise waiting for me in my mailbox! Cassandra Clare mailed me an ARC of Clockwork Angel for my birthday! Let me preface this by saying this review is spoiler free! I wouldn’t dream of taking one drop of surprise away from you, so rest assured you can read on…

So, firstly, I want to say that my favourite thing about these books, and all of Suzanne Collin’s writing, is that she writes for and about children as if they are capable and intelligent people. Even the two year old in the books is treated as a character with depth and growth and understanding. The…

Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, is probably one of my favourite authors. In the Percy series he did such a good job of weaving together educational facts, humour, plot, and good characters. And he’s done it again with The Red Pyramid. The story starts off with Carter Kane, a 14 year old…

Now, I read a fair number of books. I’ve been known to read upwards of three in one day. So, when I say this is the best book I’ve read this year believe me when I say it had competition. And it blew that competition out of the water. Finnikin of the Rock is a…