My Review
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to review this book. I read a lot of books, and review a lot of them, too, and for the most part, as soon as I’ve finished reading I … Continue reading
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Synopsis
For as long as she can remember, Sarah’s family life has revolved around her twin sister, Annie—the pretty one, the social one, the girl who can do anything. The person everyone seems to wish Sarah—with her crippling shyness—could simply become.When Annie suddenly chops off her hair, quits beauty pageants, and gains weight, the focus changes—Annie is still the star of the family, but for all the wrong reasons. Sarah knows something has happened, but she too is caught in her own spiral after her boyfriend breaks up with her and starts hanging out with one of Annie’s old friends.
Annie is intent on keeping her painful secret safe. But when she and Sarah start spending time together again for the first time in years, walls start to break on both sides … and words that had been left unsaid could change everything.
This Ordinary Life Author: Jennifer Walkup Publication Date: October 1st, 2015 Publisher: Luminis Books, Inc. Summary from Goodreads: Sometimes Hope is the Most Extraordinary Gift of All. High-school radio host Jasmine Torres’s life is full of family dysfunction, but if … Continue reading
Very in Pieces Author: Megan Frazer Blakemore Publication Date: September 29th, 2015 Publisher: HarperTeen Summary from Very Sales-Woodruff is done being a good girl. Done being the only responsible one in a family that’s unraveling. Done being the obliging girlfriend … Continue reading
Synopsis
Murder.Fire.
Revenge.
That’s all seventeen-year-old Alice Monroe thinks about. Committed to a mental ward at Savage Isle, Alice is haunted by memories of the fire that killed her boyfriend, Jason. A blaze her twin sister Cellie set. But when Chase, a mysterious, charismatic patient, agrees to help her seek vengeance, Alice begins to rethink everything. Writing out the story of her troubled past in a journal, she must confront hidden truths. Is the one person she trusts only telling her half the story? Nothing is as it seems in this edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller from the debut author Emiko Jean.My Review
I’ve always had problems with books that label themselves as thrillers, mostly because they are so predictable and the author just tries too hard to make it believable or interesting. The characters usually lack depth, and they’re typically uninteresting, because … Continue reading
Em and Em Author: Linda Budzinski Publication Date: September 15th, 2015 Publisher: Swoon Romance Summary from Goodreads: The last thing sixteen-year-old Emily Slovkowski wants is to move away from her home at the Jersey shore, gorgeous surfer boyfriend Zach, and … Continue reading
Synopsis
In 1818 Geneva, men built with clockwork parts live hidden away from society, cared for only by illegal mechanics called Shadow Boys. Two years ago, Shadow Boy Alasdair Finch’s life shattered to bits.< His brother, Oliver—dead.
His sweetheart, Mary—gone.
His chance to break free of Geneva—lost.
Heart-broken and desperate, Alasdair does the unthinkable: He brings Oliver back from the dead.
But putting back together a broken life is more difficult than mending bones and adding clockwork pieces. Oliver returns more monster than man, and Alasdair’s horror further damages the already troubled relationship.
< Then comes the publication of Frankenstein and the city intensifies its search for Shadow Boys, aiming to discover the real life doctor and his monster. Alasdair finds refuge with his idol, the brilliant Dr. Geisler, who may offer him a way to escape the dangerous present and his guilt-ridden past, but at a horrible price only Oliver can pay…
My Review
I’m going to start off by saying that I’ve never read Frankenstein. Sure, I’ve heard of it, I know the general premise and what it’s about, but I’ve never actually read the book. While you don’t need to read it … Continue reading
Happy Wednesday! Here’s what I’m waiting on for this week! When We Collided Author: Emery Lord Publication Date: April 5th, 2016 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children Summary from Goodreads: Meet Vivi and Jonah: A girl and a boy whose love has … Continue reading
True Born Author: L. E. Sterling Publication Date: May 3rd, 2016 Publisher: Entangled Teen Summary from Goodreads: Welcome to Dominion City. After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated…and their genetics damaged beyond repair. The Lasters wait hopelessly … Continue reading
The Heartbeat Thief Author: A. J. Krafton Publication Date: June 12th, 2015 Summary from Goodreads: Haunted by a crushing fear of death, a young Victorian woman discovers the secret of eternal youth—she must surrender her life to attain it, and … Continue reading
Synopsis
Ever since Jackie moved to her uncle's sleepy farming town, she's been flirting way too much--and with her own cousin, Marcus.Her friendship with him has turned into something she can't control, and he's the reason Jackie lost track of her best friend, Ellie, who left for...no one knows where. Now Ellie has been missing for months, and the police, fearing the worst, are searching for her body. Swamped with guilt and the knowledge that acting on her love for Marcus would tear their families apart, Jackie pushes her cousin away. The plan is to fall out of love, and, just as she hoped he would, Marcus falls for the new girl in town. But something isn't right about this stranger, and Jackie's suspicions about the new girl's secrets only drive the wedge deeper between Jackie and Marcus--and deepens Jackie's despair.
Then Marcus is forced to pay the price for someone else's lies as the mystery around Ellie's disappearance starts to become horribly clear. Jackie has to face terrible choices. Can she leave her first love behind, and can she go on living with the fact that she failed her best friend?
My Review
This book made me want some hot chocolate. Aside from the fact that the characters in this book make tons of it, it seemed like a book that could pair well with a nice cup of hot chocolate with extra … Continue reading
