RITES OF PASSAGE is a compelling and addictive read with a painfully honest view of what it's like inside a high school military academy. The author herself went to military school, so it's safe to say what we're getting is a front row sea of the sorts of things that can ...
Archives for September 2017
Book Review – A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess
The follow-up to Jessica Cluess's magical young adult fantasy, A Shadow Bright and Burning (read my review), is equally as compelling and dramatic. A POISON DARK AND DROWNING continues Henrietta Howel's journey in the magical society of the Order, but she harbors a secret to ...
Audiobook Review – Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
I first started reading the Bloodlines series back in 2012 (I think) when I discovered the amazingness of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series. I read The Indigo Spell shortly after its release but never got around to finishing the next book, The Fiery Heart. So when I ...
Book Review – There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Stephanie Perkins moves away from contemporary young adult romance in the horror-like story of a small town terrorized by a serial killer. THERE'S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE has several suspenseful moments, but when it comes to finding out why this person was slaughtering ...
Book Review – Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Reading this series almost 5 years later, I still love the books just as much now. Over the course of six books, I came to love these characters, despite the mistakes they make along the way. LAST SACRIFICE was a great way to end this series and say goodbye to the world ...
Audiobook Review – Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren
Dating You / Hating You is a Christina Lauren-fied love-to-hate romance between two rival co-workers in an LA-based talent agency. My reading relationship with Christina Lauren's novels have been hit or miss. Some of their steamy contemporary romances are ones I revisit ...
Audiobook Review – I See You by Clare Mackintosh
Clare Mackintosh's sophomore novel brings terror and unease to your front door. While not as addictive and compelling as her debut, I See You will certainly make you look over your shoulder before you carry out habitual daily routines again. When someone asks you to think ...
Book Review – Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
Richelle Mead brings on the intensity in SPIRIT BOUND by taking our characters to the emotional brink. In Spirit Bound, Rose becomes a guardian after years of training, leaving Vampire Academy behind. Her heart still aches for Dimitri but she starts to move on with someone ...
Audiobook Review – You Were Here by Gian Sardar
** This review does contain some slight spoilers. I don't give away the ending or the ultimate resolution in either storyline but I do reveal some things that happen along the way. YOU WERE HERE tells the story of a fifty-year mystery of a love affair gone wrong and the ...
Audiobook Review – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
"Sometimes, just when you think everything’s gone, you find a way.” Mia racked her mind for an explanation. “Like after a prairie fire. I saw one, years ago, when we were in Nebraska. It seems like the end of the world. The earth is all scorched and black and everything ...