An intriguing YA Novel about a princess who has a great destiny ahead of her. Elisa has a godstone in her navel. This only appears once every hundred years and means the person who has it is born to do God’s will. Elisa doesn’t feel special, in fact she feels anything but. When she is [...]
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Posted in fantasy, teen on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Serpent’s Coil by Christy Raedeke
Posted in fantasy, teen on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the sequel to Prophecy of Days, Caity Mac Fireland is still rolling on with her mission. In book one she discovered she was part of an ancient prophecy and that she has to get the world ready for December 12, 2012 at which point the Mayans prophesied that the world would experience a shift [...]
Clarity by Kim Harrington
Posted in fantasy, teen on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Another intriguing YA book. Clare is part of a family of freaks. She, her mom and her brother all have abilities. Clare can touch something and get images, her brother can talk to ghost and her mom is telepathic. They work together as a psychic family reading service on Cape Cod. But when a gruesome [...]
Forgotten by Cat Patrick
Posted in science fiction, teen on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Very clever YA book. London cannot remember her past, only her future. Because of memory impairment, she sees glimpses of the future, but cannot remember what happens the previous day. She leaves herself little notes and reminders to help her get her through her day, but it is still hard. Enter Luke, a handsome boy [...]
Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Posted in fantasy, teen on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The second book in the trilogy, Trial by Fire is about Bryn’s life as alpha of her werewolf pack. Don’t worry, she is still human, but she is all alpha. It was a good book, but not as gripping as the first in the series. However, you really see Bryn coming into her own with [...]
The Demon Glass by Helen Grant
Posted in fantasy, teen on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A well wrought tale. Lin moves wither family to Germany where her father, a medieval scholar, is in search of a series of stained glass windows that will hopefully make his career. But the glass is supposedly possessed by a demon and Lin starts to believe it might be true. The reason Lin starts to [...]
The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
Posted in audiobook, fantasy, teen on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This book got great reviews and I was anxious to listen to it. The audio was read by Mandy Williams who is a phenomenal narrator. When I red Entwined, it was her narration that kept me listening to the book, not the actual story. In this story, we meet Sinda, who at 16, discovers that [...]
Passion by Lauren Kate
Posted in teen on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The most recent offering in the Fallen series, this book sees Luce traveling through time to find out why she and Daniel have been cursed to love but never be together. She travels to many different points throughout history and slowly unravels the reason behind the curse that keeps them apart. I enjoyed this one, [...]
Compulsion by Heidi Ayarbe
Posted in teen on October 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jake has OCD and takes to counting to get through the day. But he hides it from his family and friends so no one, except his little sister, knows anything is wrong. He is a soccer champ and only needs to make it through a few more days to get to the perfect day when [...]
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Posted in fantasy, teen on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gwen was not supposed to be the special one, her cousin was. But, at 16 years old, Gwen finds out that she is the one that has inherited the time travel gene, not Charlotte. Soon she is zipping through time and trying to figure out how to blend in. This was clearly the beginning [...]
