This was my first time reading something from this author, and as luck would have it, it is a not a book in the middle of a series. I hate picking up a book, getting into it, and then learning that it is book three in a series. Then you feel compelled to go back [… read more]
Proxima Five by Missouri Vaun While the romance is okay in this story, I was more interested in the dystopian world created by Vaun for this story. In fact the romance could have been even less prominent and this story would have been just as good. It is the standard sci-fi story where the earth [… read more]
I know you’re not supposed judge a book by its cover, but we all do it. This cover, while not bad, had one thing that stuck out and seemed to grab my attention (good thing, right?) that really bugged me. The subtitle: “What would you take to avoid the dark?” bugged the heck out of [… read more]
What’s Left of Me Kat Zhang Rating: C- Synopsis: What’s Left of Me tells the story of a fifteen-year-old girl fighting for her right to survive in a world where two souls are born into each body and one is doomed to disappear. Pitched as The Golden Compass meets Girl, Interrupted. Eva and Addie started out the same [… read more]
Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi Rating: A+ This review can also be found at http://falln2books.blogspot.com/2013/01/unravel-me-by-tahereh-mafi.html Synopsis: tick, tick, tick, tick, tick it’s almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She’s finally free from The [… read more]
Destroy Me Tahereh Mafi Rating: A+ This review can also be found at http://falln2books.blogspot.com/2012/10/destroy-me-by-tahereh-mafi.html Synopsis: Perfect for the fans of Shatter Me who are desperately awaiting the release of Unravel Me, this novella-length digital original will bridge the gap between these two novels from the perspective of the villain we all love to hate, Warner, the [… read more]
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]
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]
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]