Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label May 2013

Book Review: Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan

Title:  Invisibility Author:  Andrea Cremer and David Levithan Series: ~ Pages:   358 Publisher:  Penguin Date of Publication:  7th May, 2013 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: Stephen is used to invisibility. He was born that way. Invisible. Cursed. Elizabeth sometimes wishes for invisibility. When you’re invisible, no one can hurt you. So when her mother decides to move the family to New York City, Elizabeth is thrilled. It’s easy to blend in there. Then Stephen and Elizabeth meet. To Stephen’s amazement, she can see him. And to Elizabeth’s amazement, she wants him to be able to see her—all of her. But as the two become closer, an invisible world gets in their way—a world of grudges and misfortunes, spells and curses. And once they’re thrust into this world, Elizabeth and Stephen must decide how deep they’re going to go—because the answer could mean the difference between love and death. My Thoughts: I really, really enjoy...

Book Review: The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

Title:  The School for Good and Evil Author:  Soman Chainani Series:   The School for Good and Evil, #1 Pages:  488 Publisher:  HarperCollins Children's Books Date of Publication:  14th May 2013 Source:  Publisher, via NetGalley Synopsis from Goodreads:  “The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.” This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidna...