Tag «Young Adult»

Series Review: Revenants by Amy Plum

Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: Synopsis for Die for Me (from Goodreads): In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity. When …

Single Sundays: Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill

Synopsis for Meant to Be (from Goodreads.com): Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question. It’s one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia may be accident prone, but she’s queen of following …

Series Review: First Things by Rucy Ban

Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: Series: First Things Author: Rucy Ban # of Books: 3 (All my Life, Wear You Down) Book Order: Connected Complete?: Unsure, Someone Out There has not been published Genre: Young/New Adult, Romance, …

Single Sundays: Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret… In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, …

Movie Mondays: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Movie Mondays: On Mondays, I will review a book series or novel that has been made into a movie. I will then answer the question that everyone asks: which is better, the movie or the book? Here is this week’s offering: Book: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins | Movie: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) …

Series Review: The Pledge Trilogy by Kimberly Derting

SERIESous’ Top Book Series: Favourite reads of 2012 (The Pledge) Series: The Pledge Trilogy Author: Kimberly Derting # of Books: 3 (The Pledge, The Essence, The Offering) Complete?: Yes Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction Heat Rating: lukewarm Point of View: Multiple POV (combination of First Person and Third Person) Thoughts: I read Kimberely Derting’s Body …

Single Sundays: Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): The prettiest people often have the ugliest secrets… Eighteen-year-old Maggie Darlington has turned into an entirely different person. The once spirited teen is now passive and reserved. A change Lord and Lady Darlington can’t help but be grateful for. It’s 1912, and the Darlingtons of Wentworth Hall have more than just the …