Title:  Double Crossed Author:  Ally Carter Series:   Gallagher Girls #5.5, Heist Society #2.5 Pages:   60 Publisher:  Orchard Books Date of Publication:  30th January 2013 Source:  Free on Kindle Synopsis from Goodreads: Macey McHenry—Glamorous society girl or spy-in-training? W.W. Hale V—Heir to an American dynasty or master thief? There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together is a tossup. Born into privilege, Macey and Hale are experts at mingling with the upper class. But even if they’ve never raised an eyebrow at the glitz, neither teenager has ever felt at home with the glamour. When Macey and Hale meet at a society gala, the party takes a dangerous turn. Suddenly they’re at the center of a hostage situation, and it’s up to them to stop the thugs from becoming hostile. Will Macey’s spy skills and Hale’s con-man ways be enough to outsmart a ruthless gang? Or will they have to seek out the ultim...

Title:  The Geography of You and Me  Author:  Jennifer E. Smith Series:   Standalone Pages:   352 Publisher:  Headline Date of Publication:  15th April, 2014 Source:  Publisher via NetGalley* Synopsis from Goodreads: Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, they spend a single night together, wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality. Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father. Lucy and Owen's relationship plays out across the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and -- finally -- a reunion in the city where they first met. A carefully charted map of a long-distance relationship, Jennifer E. Smith's new novel s...

Title:  More Than This Author:  Patrick Ness Series:   Standalone Pages:   479 Publisher:  Walker Books Date of Publication:  5th September, 2013 Source:  Gifted* Synopsis from Goodreads: A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. He dies. Then he wakes, naked, bruised and thirsty, but alive. How can this be? And what is this strange, deserted place? As he struggles to understand what is happening, the boy dares to hope. Might this not be the end? Might there be more to this life, or perhaps this afterlife. My Thoughts: First off I just want to say that this book is really strange. Don't get me wrong, I really liked it, but there are lots of moments in it that make you stop and think, "WHAT." when you read them.  I'm not entirely sure how to review it because of this, but I'm gonna do my best.  Bear with me! When this first came out in September last year, there was a huge amount of hype.  A...

Title:  Dandelion Clocks Author:  Rebecca Westcott Series:  Pages:   255 Publisher:  Puffin Date of Publication:  6th March, 2014 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from back of book: I gather up the first collection of photographs of my mum and flick through... What all these pictures have in common is they show how Mum lives every day - like it really, really matters. Mum's suddenly started giving me life's vital lessons: how to make Bolognese sauce, how to put on make-up, how to make rules my brother can cope with... She's even given me her old diaries. They're really funny - and actually sort of helpful. But I feel like there's something she's not telling me... My Thoughts: Dandelion Clocks is a really great book for young people. It's aimed a lot younger than my usual YA reads, but I enjoyed it hugely nonetheless. Despite tackling a difficult subject matter, Rebecca Westcott has written a brilliant debut that is heartbre...

Title:  The Blood List Author: Sarah Naughton Series:  Standalone Pages:  304 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books Date of Publication: 27th February, 2014 Source: Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: The year is 1646, tales of witches, murder and changelings are rife and a dark era is about to begin… Barnaby Nightingale is the perfect son; Strong, handsome, daring, everything his father wants him to be, and yet for his mother, Frances, he will never be the son she desires. Frances believes that her real son was taken from her as a baby by the local village folk who believed him to be a changeling, and Barnaby left in his place. Constantly disappointing his mother, Barnaby is spoiled by his father and despised by his younger brother, Abel. But when the beautiful and mysterious Naomi catches Barnaby's attention his world is thrown into chaos as superstition and dark folklore take hold of the small village and Naomi is accused of being a witch. Fea...

Another month is over - this year is going so quickly already! I've managed to read lots of books this month, however the reviewing has slowed down significantly... Ahh well, it seems you cannot have everything! Now, onto the books!       1. Top Girls by Caryl Churchill 2. The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith 3. Double Crossed by Ally Carter 4. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter 5. Echo Boy by Matt Haig 6. Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter 7. Fangirl   by Rainbow Rowell 8. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 9. The Blood List by Sarah Naughton Top Girls and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde were read for school, and while I absolutely despise  Top Girls and loathe it with every sense of my being, it's for coursework so I have to suffer through it. I was pleasantly surprised by Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde though, it's actually a good read. As you can probably tell I've read a lot of Ally Carter - I...

Title:  Fangirl Author:  Rainbow Rowell Series:   Standalone Pages:   459 Publisher:  Macmillan Children's Books Date of Publication:  30th January, 2014 Source:  Bought Synopsis from Goodreads: Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they're off to university and Wren's decided she doesn't want to be one half of a pair any more - she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It's not so easy for Cath. She's horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fan fiction she writes, where she always knows exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she's experienced in real life. Without Wren, Cath is completely on her own and totally outside her comfort zone. She's got a surly room-mate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classma...