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Book Review: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Title:  Alice in Zombieland  Author:  Gena Showalter Series:  White Rabbit Chronicles, #1 Pages: 404 Publisher:  MIRA Ink Date of Publication:  5th October 2012 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone. Her father was right. The monsters are real…. To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies…. I wish I could go back and do a thousand things diffe...

Book Review: Speechless by Hannah Harrington

Title:  Speechless Author:  Hannah Harrington Series:  Standalone Pages:  288 Publisher:  Harlequin Teen Date of Publication:  28th August 2012 Source:  Publisher through NetGalley* Synopsis from Goodreads: Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep a secret. Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she's ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse. But there's strength in silence, and in the new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way—people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she's done. If only she can forgive herself. My Thoughts: Having read and loved Saving June by Hannah Harrington last year, as soon as I saw Speechless up on...

Book Review: The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

Title:  The Immortal Rules  Author:  Julie Kagawa Series:  Blood of Eden, #1 Pages:  485 Publisher:  MIRA Ink Date of Publication:  24th April 2012 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die… or become one of the monsters. Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad. Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the di...

Book Review: Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz

Title:  Spellcaster Author:  Cara Lynn Shultz Series:  Spellbound, #2 Pages:  384 Publisher:  Harlequin TEEN Date of Publication:  27th March 2012 Source:  NetGalley* Synopsis from Goodreads: Finding your eternal soulmate - easy. Stopping a true-love-hungry evil - not so much… After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although...it's not easy dealing with the jealous cliques and gossip that rule her exclusive Upper East Side prep, even for a sixteen-year-old newbie witch. Having the most-wanted boy in school as her eternal soul mate sure helps ease the pain-especially since wealthy, rocker-hot Brendan Salinger is very good at staying irresistibly close.... But something dark and hungry is using Emma and Brendan's deepest fears to reveal damaging secrets and destroy their trust in each other. And Emma's crash course in über-spells may not be enough to keep them safe…or t...

Book Review: Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter

Title:  Goddess Interrupted Author:  Aimee Carter Series:  Goddess Test, #2 Pages:  304 Publisher:  HarlequinTEEN Date of Publication:  27th March 2012 Source:  netGalley* Synopsis from Goodreads: Kate Winters has won immortality. But if she wants a life with Henry in the Underworld, she'll have to fight for it. Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he's becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate's coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to...

Book Review: New Girl by Paige Harbison

Title:  New Girl  Author:  Paige Harbison Series:  Standalone Pages:  304 Publisher:  HarlequinTEEN Date of Publication:  31st January 2012 Source:  netGalley Synopsis from Goodreads: They call me 'New Girl'... Ever since I arrived at exclusive, prestigious Manderly Academy, that’s who I am. New girl. Unknown. But not unnoticed—because of her. Becca Normandy—that’s the name on everyone’s lips. The girl whose picture I see everywhere. The girl I can’t compare to. I mean, her going missing is the only reason a spot opened up for me at the academy. And everyone stares at me like it’s my fault. Except for Max Holloway—the boy whose name shouldn’t be spoken. At least, not by me. Everyone thinks of him as Becca’s boyfriend but she’s gone, and here I am, replacing her. I wish it were that easy. Sometimes, when I think of Max, I can imagine how Becca’s life was so much better than mine could ever be. And maybe she’s still out there, wa...

Book Review: Saving June by Hannah Harrington

Title:  Saving June Author:  Hannah Harrington Series:  Standalone Pages:  336 Publisher:  Harlequin Date of Publication:  22nd November 2011 Source:  netGalley Synopsis from Goodreads: ‘If she’d waited less than two weeks, she’d be June who died in June. But I guess my sister didn’t consider that.’ Harper Scott’s older sister has always been the perfect one so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone’s sorry, but no one can explain why. When her divorcing parents decide to split her sister’s ashes into his-and-her urns, Harper takes matters into her own hands. She’ll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going California. Enter Jake Tolan. He’s a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Harper’s sister. But Jake had a connection with June, and when he i...

Book Review: The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

Title:  The Iron Knight Author:  Julie Kagawa Series:  The Iron Fey #4 Pages:  386 Publisher:  Harlequin Teen Date of Publication:  25th October 2011 Source:  NetGalley Synopsis from Goodreads: Ash, former prince of the Winter Court, gave up everything. His title, his home, even his vow of loyalty. All for a girl… and all for nothing. Unless he can earn a soul. To cold, emotionless faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought. Then Meghan Chase—a half human, half fey slip of a girl— smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life. Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive. With the (unwelcome) company of his archrival...

Book Review: Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz

Title: Spellbound Author: Cara Lynn Shultz Series: N/A Pages: 384 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Date of Publication: 28th June 2011 Source: NetGalley Synopsis from Goodreads: What's a girl to do when meeting The One means she's cursed to die a horrible death? Life hasn't been easy on sixteen-year-old Emma Conner, so a new start in New York may be just the change she needs. But the posh Upper East Side prep school she has to attend? Not so much. Friendly faces are few and far between, except for one that she's irresistibly drawn to—Brendan Salinger, the guy with the rock-star good looks and the richest kid in school, who might just be her very own white knight. But even when Brendan inexplicably turns cold, Emma can't stop staring. Ever since she laid eyes on him, strange things have been happening. Streetlamps go out wherever she walks, and Emma's been having the oddest dreams: visions of herself in past lives—visions that warn her to stay awa...