**SPOILER ALERT – TASTE OF DARKNESS is the last in the Healer series. If you haven’t read the first, Touch of Power, you might want to head over to my review of that HERE instead. Looking for the second book, Scent…
Review: ‘Cracked’ by Eliza Crewe
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Meet Meda. She eats people. Well, technically, she eats their soul. But she totally promises to only go for people who deserve it. She’s special. It’s not her fault she enjoys it. She can’t…
Review: ‘The Immortal Rules’ by Julie Kagawa
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars To survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness . Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By…
Review: ‘Warm Bodies’ by Isaac Marion
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘R’ is a zombie. He has no name, no memories and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead. Amongst the ruins of an abandoned city, R…
YA Fiction Review: ‘Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters’ by Rick Riordan
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is finding his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson,…
YA Science Fiction Review: ‘0.4’ by Mike Lancaster
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Synopsis courtesy of GoodReads It’s a brave new world. ‘My name is Kyle Straker. And I don’t exist anymore.’ So begins the story of Kyle Straker, recorded on to old audio tapes. You might…
Festive YA Book Review: ‘Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares’ by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Synopsis courtesy of GoodReads “I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.” So begins the latest whirlwind romance…
YA Book Review: ‘The Name of the Star’ by Maureen Johnson
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many,…
YA Book Review: ‘This Is Not A Test’ by Courtney Summers
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 starsSynopsis It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it…
Review Minis: The YA Edition
If you missed my first collection of review minis, you can catch up on what the heck I’m playing at and see what I thought of some of my recent forays into crime fiction with the Mystery Edition here. I seem to…