Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange…
Review: ‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where…
Review: ‘Touch of Power’ by Maria V. Snyder
Date finished: 1 December 2011 Rating: 4.5 stars Format: eBook Source: From the Publisher via NetGalley Genre: YA/Adult Fantasy Published: by Mira Books on 20 December 2011 The Synopsis (taken from GoodReads.com) Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry…
Review: ‘The Inquisitor’s Apprentice’ by Chris Moriarty
Date finished: 1 November 2011Rating: 2.5 starsFormat: eBookSource: NetGalleyGenre: YA; Alternative History; SteampunkPublished: by Harcourt Children’s Books in October 2011The Synopsis (taken from Goodreads.com) Being an Inquisitor is no job for a nice Jewish boy. But when the police learn…
Review: ‘Fallen’ by Lauren Kate
Date finished: 03 October 2011 Rating: 2 stars Format: eBook Source: Bought Genre: Paranormal romance; Urban fantasy; YA Published: by Delacorte Press in December 2009 The Synopsis [taken from Goodreads.com] There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof,…
Review: ‘The Replacement’ by Brenna Yovanoff
Date finished: 07 July 2011 Rating: 3 stars Format: Paperback Source: Leant to me by my mother (yes, really…) Genre: YA fiction Published: by Simon & Schuster Childrens Books in January 2011 The Synopsis (taken from Waterstones.com) Mackie Doyle is…
Review: ‘The Betrayal of Maggie Blair’ by Elizabeth Laird
Date finished: 25 May 2011 Rating: 3 stars Format: eBook Source: NetGalley Genre: YA fiction; Historical fiction Published: by Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt in April 2011 The Synopsis (taken from Amazon.co.uk)In seventeenth-century Scotland, saying the wrong thing can lead to banishment—or…
Review: ‘Ghost of a Chance’ by Rhiannon Lassiter
Date finished: 27 April 2011 Rating: 3.5 stars Format: Paperback Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewers Genre: YA fiction; Mystery/Thriller Published: by Oxford University Press in January 2011 The Synopsis (taken from Waterstones.com) Last Chance …’You know that girl, the one in…
Review: ‘Shadowland’ by Rhiannon Lassiter
Rating: 2.5 stars Format: Paperback Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewer program Genre: YA/Fantasy/Science Fiction (Re)published: By Oxford University Press in July 2010 What the blurb said: ‘What happens here is real and dangerous. You have stumbled into a darkness you don’t…
Review: ‘Glass Houses’ by Rachel Caine
Rating: 3 stars Format: eBookSource: Gift Genre: YA/Supernatural fiction (or something to that effect…) Published: by Allison & Busby in May 2008 What the blurb said: College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the…