Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK KINDLE Fated (Soul Seekers) By: Alyson Noël Published by: St. Martin’s Griffin Released On: 2012-05-22 ISBN: 0312664850 Pages: 368 Genre: YA, Paranormal Author’s Website: http://www.alysonnoel.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: paperback Source: review copy / or I won. Not sure. Recommendable for people who enjoy: ya, paranormal, Indian myths/legends Synopsis (from Amazon): The first book in a magnificent new series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead by #1 New…
Read MoreCategory: Young Adult Book Reviews
Velveteen by Daniel Marks
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK KINDLE Velveteen By: Daniel Marks Published by: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Released On: 2012-10-09 ISBN: 038574224X Pages: 304 Genre: YA Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Author’s Website: http://www.danielmarks.us/ http://www.youtube.com/dannymarksya Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: digital Source: ARC Recommendable for people who enjoy: YA Paranormal Romance Synopsis (from Amazon): Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem. The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s…
Read MoreEden’s Root by Rachel E Fisher
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK KINDLE Eden’s Root By: Rachel E Fisher Published by: CreateSpace Released On: 2012-04-08 ISBN: 1469902109 Pages: 380 Genre: YA, URBAN FANTASY/DYSTOPIAN, Medical Sci-fi Author’s Website: http://rachelefisher.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: paperback Source: review copy Recommendable for people who enjoy: dystopian, apocalyptic, drama Synopsis (from Amazon): It is 2033, and the world hovers on the edge of explosion as unexplained crop deaths lead to severe global food shortages. In the United States, the Sickness is taking lives slowly, creeping…
Read MoreGraveminder by Melissa Marr
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK KINDLE Graveminder By: Melissa Marr Published by: William Morrow Released On: 2011-05-17 ISBN: 0061826871 Pages: 336 Genre: fiction, paranormal Author’s Website: http://www.melissa-marr.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: hardback Source: gift Recommendable for people who enjoy: paranormal, zombie, mystery Synopsis (from melissa-marr.com): Three sips to mind the dead . . . Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the attention her grandmother Maylene bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the small town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn’t a funeral that Maylene…
Read MoreTorrent by Lisa T Bergren
Buy on Amazon Torrent: A Novel (River of Time Series) By: Lisa T. Bergren Published by: David C. Cook Released On: 2011-09-01 ISBN: 143476429X Genre: YA, Historical Fiction Pages: 400 Author’s Website: http://lisatawnbergren.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/LisaTBergren Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/lisa.t.bergren Recommendable for people who: action, adventure, ya, romance, series Synopsis (from Amazon): When Gabi and Lia finally learn to surf the river of time, they realize they must make hard choices about life and love in the third and final book in the River of Time series. Gabi and Lia Betarrini…
Read MoreDarwins Children by Natasha Larry
Buy on Amazon Darwin’s Children (Volume 1) By: Natasha Larry Published by: Penumbra Publishing Released On: 2011-06-08 ISBN: 1935563513 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 260 Author’s Website: Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/natashalarry Recommendable for people who: Enjoy ya, paranormal, action Synopsis (from Amazon): Life can get pretty complicated for any seventeen-year-old girl, but for a home-schooled telepathic black girl trying to survive in a prestigious private school in small-town Jonesborough, Tennessee, it can be maddening – especially when her telepathic father keeps eavesdropping on her thoughts! Jaycie Lerner’s family isn’t the usual mom-dad-kid…
Read MoreEnvy by Gregg Olsen
Buy on Amazon Envy (Empty Coffin) By: Gregg Olsen Published by: Splinter ISBN: 1402789572 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 304 Author’s Website: http://www.greggolsen.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/Gregg_olsen Series Website: http://www.emptycoffinseries.com/ Recommendable for people who: Enjoy mysteries, thrillers, teen drama Synopsis: Murder is such a dirty word…New York Times bestselling adult true crime author Gregg Olsen makes his YA debut with EMPTY COFFIN, a gripping new fiction series for teens based on ripped-from-the-headlines stories…with a paranormal touch.Crime lives–and dies–in the deceptively picture-perfect town of Port Gamble (aka “Empty Coffin”), Washington. Evil lurks…
Read MoreBeautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Buy on Amazon Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures, Book 2) By: Kami Garcia Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Released On: 2010-10-12 ISBN: 9780316077057 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 512 Facebook Fanpage: HERE Series Website: http://www.casterchronicles.com/ Author’s Website: http://www.kamigarciamargaretstohl.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/kamigarcia http://twitter.com/mstohl Recommendable for people who: Witches, Mysteries, Teens, Synopsis (from Amazon): Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had…
Read MoreBeautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Buy on Amazon Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures, Book 1) By: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Released On: December 2009 ISBN: 0316077038 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 592 Facebook Fanpage: HERE Series Website: http://www.casterchronicles.com/ Author’s Website: http://www.kamigarciamargaretstohl.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/kamigarcia http://twitter.com/mstohl Recommendable for people who: Witches, Mysteries, Teens, Synopsis (from Amazon): Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even…
Read MoreWither by Lauren Destefano
Buy on Amazon Wither (The Chemical Garden Trilogy) By: Lauren DeStefano Published by: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Released On: 2011-03-22 ISBN: 9781442409057 Genre: YA, Dystopian Pages: 368 Author’s Website: http://www.laurendestefano.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenDeStefano Author’s Facebook FanPage: http://www.facebook.com/LaurenDeStefanoFan The Series Site: http://thechemicalgardentrilogy.com/ Recommendable for people who: enjoy dystopian fiction, drama Synopsis (from Amazon): By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of…
Read More