Title: Hemlock Author: Kathleen Peacock Genre: Young Adult Fantasy/Paranormal Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: May 8, 2012 Hardcover: 416 pages Where’d Ashley Get It: For review from the publisher. Synopsis (From Goodreads): Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Since then, Mac’s life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her […]
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
August 8, 2012 by ·
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
August 4, 2012 by ·
You know those books that are talked about and spotlighted and there’s so much hype that every time you turn around you’re hearing about the bloody thing…so you buy it because OHMIGOSH everyone loves it…and then it SUCKS? Yeah, this isn’t one of those books. The hype was there, the twittery fluffy hyper flurry of crazy talk was there, and the book kind of lived up to it. Was it perfect? No. Was it pretty awesome, anyway? Yes.
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
August 3, 2012 by ·
“I won’t tell anyone, Echo. I promise.”Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since someone touched me like he did. Why did it have to be Noah Hutchins?His dark brown eyes shifted to my covered arms. “You didn’t do that-did you? It was done to you?”No one ever asked that question. They stared. They whispered. They laughed. But they never asked.
Frost – Wendy Delsol
August 1, 2012 by ·
After the drama of finding out that she’s a Stork, a member of an ancient and mystical order of women, and that her boyfriend, Jack, is a descendent of the Winter People able to control the weather, Katla Leblanc is delighted when all signs point to a busy and peaceful Christmas. That is, until the snowstorm Jack summons as a gift to Katla turns into the storm of the century…
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares
July 30, 2012 by ·
Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together-and he remembers it all. Daniel has “the memory”, the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he’s previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. A love always too short.
The Art of Forgetting by Camille Noe Pagan
July 26, 2012 by ·
Title: The Art of Forgetting Author: Camille Noe Pagan Genre: Women’s Fiction/Chick Lit Publisher: Dutton/Penguin Group Publication Date: May 14, 2011 Hardcover: 284 pages Where’d I Get It: Bought it. Synopsis (From Goodreads): Marissa Rogers never wanted to be an alpha; beta suited her just fine. Taking charge without taking credit had always paid off: vaulting […]
Frost by Kate Avery Ellison
July 25, 2012 by ·
In the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, one wrong move and a person could end up dead—and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running despite the freezing cold and threat of monster attacks or risk losing her siblings to reassignment by the village Elders.
