“And I’m falling in love with you,” he whispers. “But I would throw you in the water and watch crocodiles tear you to bits, if I thought that doing so would accomplish my goals. Do. Not. Trust. Anyone. Especially me.” The premise of this book really drew me in. It… Read more »
Tag: young adult
Review: Night Beach, Kirsty Eagar
I don’t want romance and stolen kisses and sweetness and hand holding. I want something so big it’s like two planets colliding, with an aftershock that I feel for the rest of my life. Where to start with this book. This is not a run of the mill Young Adult… Read more »
Review: The Immortal Rules, Julie Kagawa
We are vampires, Kanin had told me, on one of our last nights together. It makes no difference who we are, where we came from. Princes, Masters and rabids alike, we are monsters, cut off from humanity. They will never trust us. They will never accept us. We hide in… Read more »
Review: The White Oak, Kim White
After years of pretending at emotions, he’d grown to appreciate their mystery, their chaos and randomness. Sometimes they were predictable, one-dimensional, almost stupid – other times they were so confounding, complex, and exquisite that he was convinced humans really were as special as they thought themselves to be. The White… Read more »
Review: For Darkness Shows the Stars, Diana Peterfreund
Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring with happiness for another person, half mired in a well of self pity and pain. I chose to read this novel back in January for the Dystopian Challenge and all I remembered upon opening the… Read more »
Review: Unbreakable, Kami Garcia
This is a book to devour. Kami Garcia has brought together a fantastic combination of great proportions. In a world that involves secret societies and hidden clues we find the Legion. The Legion exists just as surely and soundly as the all the other hidden societies in the world and… Read more »
Review: Timeless, Alexandra Monir
“Sixteen long years of unbearable waiting. I can’t do it anymore. She was supposed to return—she always did—and now I see the cruelty in this helpless waiting, living at the mercy of Time. Dragging through the days, I ask myself why I bother when I know that the one place… Read more »
Review: The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.” An impressive debut… Read more »
Review: Kill Me Softly, Sarah Cross
You couldn’t hide from bad things and pretend they didn’t exist–that left you with a dream world, and dream worlds eventually crumbled. You had to face the truth. And then decide what you wanted. I’ve always loved fairytales. I remember in high school reading Beauty by Sheri S Tepper and… Read more »
Review: Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor
Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well. Wow, what a commanding start to a novel. That opening sentence hooked me in, it set the bar high and boy does Laini Taylor deliver! Daughter of Smoke and Bone tears down the… Read more »