Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Rating: A+ Synopsis from goodreads.com: Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. [… read more]
Mystic City by Theo Lawrence Rating: A- Synopsis: For fans of Matched, The Hunger Games, X-Men, and Blade Runner comes a tale of a magical city divided, a political rebellion ignited, and a love that was meant to last forever. Book One of the Mystic City Novels. Aria Rose, youngest scion of one of Mystic City’s [… read more]
Slide by Jill Hathaway Grade: A Description from goodreads.com: Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth—her sister’s friend Sophie didn’t kill herself. She was murdered. Vee knows this because she was there. Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn’t actually fall asleep during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody [… read more]
Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel Rating: C- Synopsis: Can the living coexist with the living dead? That’s the question that has New Victorian society fiercely divided ever since the mysterious plague known as “The Laz” hit the city of New London and turned thousands into walking corpses. But while some of these zombies are mindless [… read more]
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel Rating: B Synopsis from goodreads.com: Love can never die. Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie? The year is 2195. [… read more]
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard Rating: A Synopsis from goodreads.com: The year is 1876, and there’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia… Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any [… read more]
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin Rating: B+ Synopsis from goodreads.com: Everything is in ruins. A devastating plague has decimated the population. And those who are left live in fear of catching it as the city crumbles to pieces around them. So what does Araby Worth have to live for? Nights in the Debauchery [… read more]
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross Rating: A- Synopsis from goodreads.com: In New York City, 1897, life has never been more thrilling – or dangerous. Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her “straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper [… read more]
Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross Rating: B- Synopsis from goodreads.com: In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one except the “thing” inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable [… read more]
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare Grade: A Synopsis from goodreads.com: In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa [… read more]