2013

Volcrian’s Hunt

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Volcrian’s Hunt (The Cat’s Eye Chronicles #3) by T.L. Shreffler (2013)

Volcrian's Hunt

YA Fiction | Dark Fantasy
4 Stars
Blurb:

“A plague is spreading across the land. Crops are rotting. People are dying in the streets. Sora, with the help of her magical Cat’s Eye necklace, is the only one who can stop it.

She must travel overseas to the Lost Isles, a place of legend and mystery. Only there can she destroy the bloodmage, Volcrian, putting an end to the curse. She is accompanied by Crash, a lethal assassin who once threatened—and saved—her life. But Sora is beginning to question her dark companion. He seems to be carrying a secret; a hidden past that could endanger them all. Continue reading →

Of Beast and Beauty

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Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay (2013)

Of Beast and Beauty

YA Fiction | Romance | Fantasy/Sci-Fi4.5 starsBlurb:

“In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret…

In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to both their worlds.  Continue reading →

The Last Relicuin

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The Last Relicuin by Hargus Montgomery (2013)
-NetGalley Review-

The last relicuin
Fiction | Sci-Fi | History | FBI
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“In the 22nd century, twelve percent of the world’s population chooses history. Safe inside the guarded borders of living museums, museum dwellers resist attempts by Metro leaders to seize their lands and force them back to the cities. When Alexander Kane, (son of a powerful Metro Senator) leaves the protection of the City to enter the Federal Museum Academy, he becomes the target of a growing political struggle. Crossing borders into the 12, 18th, and 20th centuries, The Last Relicuin follows three generations of a family torn between the past and the future.”
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The Keeper’s Realm

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The Keeper’s Realm by Bre Faucheux (2013)
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the keeper's realm
YA Fiction | Paranormal | Romance
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“Ashlyn Drakes doesn’t know if her ability is a gift or a curse. Since she was a child she could see things no one else could, the memories of those long past. Scenes of violence and human atrocity display before her as if she has stepped back in time to witness them.

That is until Damien appears, and tells her the truth. She’s a Keeper, a guardian of the Realm of the Living, charged with closing portals so darker forces can’t be released.

But Damien has a past, one that could haunt and potentially devastate Ashlyn’s very existence.”
–Goodreads  Continue reading →

Siege and Storm

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Siege and Storm (The Grisha #2) by Leigh Bardugo (2013)

Siege and Storm

YA Fiction | Fantasy
3.5 StarsBlurb:

“Darkness never dies.

Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long.  Continue reading →

The Fall of Five

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The Fall of Five (Lorien Legacies #4) by Pittacus Lore (2013)

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YA Fiction | Paranormal: Aliens3.5 StarsBlurb:

“The Garde are finally reunited, but do they have what it takes to win the war against the Mogadorians?

John Smith—Number Four—thought that things would change once the Garde found each other. They would stop running. They would fight the Mogadorians. And they would win.  Continue reading →

The Devil’s Flower

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The Devil’s Flower (The Eternal Beings #1) by Lisa Collicutt (2013)

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NA Fiction | Paranormal Romance | (TV-14)2.5 StarsBlurb:

“Killing isn’t exactly on Rosalie Lockwood’s list of things to do when she runs away from home. But despite her search for peace; guns and motorcycles become her latest fashion accessories as Divine interference leads her to Steele, co-leader of the Fallen Paladins motorcycle club. Continue reading →

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Between…#1)
by April Genevieve Tucholke (2013)

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YA Fiction | Horror-Thriller4 StarsBlurb:

“You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand…

Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard.  Continue reading →

More Than This

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More Than This by Patrick Ness (2013)

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YA Fiction | Sci-Fi3 StarsBlurb:

“A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. He dies.

Then he wakes, naked and bruised and thirsty, but alive.

How can this be? And what is this strange deserted place?  Continue reading →

Allegiant

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Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth (2013)

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YA Fiction | Dystopian2 StarsBlurb:

“The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered – fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.  Continue reading →