Once Bitten, Twice Shyby Jennifer Rardin9780316043540, Orbit Books (Hachette), $7.99This is the first book in a supernatural/urban fantasy series. Meet Jaz Parks. That’s Jasmine Parks, CIA operative, one of the most lethal killers on the planet. She’s just been teamed up with Vayl, a top CIA assassin, and did I mention vampire? Jaz doesn’t have … Continue reading Book Review: Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
Category: Genre: fantasy
Book Review: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret StohlHardcover: 9780316042673, Hachette, $17.99Lena Duchannes is forever the new girl in town, jumping from place to place to conceal her power and the curse on her family. Ethan Wate is forever a townie, determined to leave yet fated to always be a part of Gatlin, South Carolina. Lena longs … Continue reading Book Review: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller9781595143082, Penguin, $18.99, Pub. Date: August 2010I admit I don't tend to like lovey-dovey YA, but Haven's voice, and that of her gay best friend Beau, kept me hanging in there. As did the unique premise –love as the cause for reincarnation.Haven Moore lives in Tennessee but can describe New … Continue reading Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Book Review: The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal 9781606840795, $16.99, Egmont (Random House), Pub. Date: July 2010 This debut novel was a delight! Very strong writing, a satisfactory conclusion, love, danger, intrigue, magic, a prophecy, and three princesses. After turning sixteen, Princess Nalia of Thorvaldor learns she is not the true heir. A prophecy made before her … Continue reading Book Review: The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
Book Review: Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book Two: The Basilisk’s Lair by R.L. LaFevers
Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book Two: The Basilisk's Lairby R.L. LaFevers, illustrated by Kelly Murphy9780547238678, $15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pub. Date: June 2010I'm so excited about this series! It's the perfect blend of text and pictures, adventure and fun, risk but happy endings.In this second book, Nathaniel and Aunt Phil (who's really a cousin), and of … Continue reading Book Review: Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book Two: The Basilisk’s Lair by R.L. LaFevers
Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta 9780763643614, $18.99, CandlewickI love Melina Marchetta's writing. As proof, I offer up my former post concerning (also by her) at my bookstore's blog here, as well as the fact that I read Jellicoe Road a couple of times a year and sob my way through it each time, … Continue reading Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Book Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Mistwoodby Leah Cypess9780061956997, $16.99, Greenwillow Books (Harper), Pub. Date: May 2010Isabel doesn't remember her life before they came for her. She was living in the forest, that much she knows, and apparently, not as a human. The new king (Rokan) and his brother (Will) found her there. The king's sister (Clarisse) does not approve. The … Continue reading Book Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Three Short Book Reviews
Here are three short book reviews I've been meaning to get to.All three books are teen reads. Two are sci-fi/fantasy, one is action-adventure. All three books have strong male and female characters. Though I hate to "gender" books, I will say that the third book, The Devil's Breath, is great for teenage guys, in particular. … Continue reading Three Short Book Reviews
Book Review: Worldshaker by Richard Harland
Worldshaker by Richard Harland Hardcover: 9781416995524, Simon & Schuster, $16.99, Pub. Date: May 2010 Tween read: Ages 10-14 More steam-punk to add to your list!Worldshaker is a constantly traveling machine known as a juggernaut, the size of a small city. Classes exist within a rigid hierarchy complete with regal figureheads Queen Victoria and her consort … Continue reading Book Review: Worldshaker by Richard Harland
Book Review: Hearts at Stake & Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey, The Drake Chronicles, Books 1 & 2
Hearts at Stake & Blood Feud, The Drake Chronicles Books 1 & 2 by Alyxandra HarveyThese are the first two novels in a new vampire series. I know, I know, how many more do we need? But this one is worth it, and I'll tell you why. To begin with, they are the perfect mix … Continue reading Book Review: Hearts at Stake & Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey, The Drake Chronicles, Books 1 & 2
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