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…
Back in September, I posted my very first ever review on this here blog. I raved about how much I loved Carrie Ryan’s The Forest of Hands and Teeth and how excited I was for the sequel. The Dead Tossed Waves is technically released today, but I was fortunate enough to find it in my…
I bought Incarceron by Catherine Fisher right when they released it into US bookstores (it was already released in England 2 years ago), but I had some other stuff I wanted to read first and I kind of forgot about it. Big mistake. I’m going to do my best to talk about this without spoiling…
I was recommended Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver on twitter well before it was released. I immediately trotted off to Amazon to check it out and fell in love with 1) the cover (obviously) and 2) the premise. I was fortunate enough to find it at my local Barnes & Noble last Thursday (since…