Afterworlds

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld (2014)

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YA Fiction | Contemporary | Paranormal

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Blurb:

“Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and fledgling writers who take her under their wings…  Continue reading

The Calling

The Calling (Endgame #1) by James Frey (2014)

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YA Fiction | Sci-Fi3.5 StarsBlurb:

“Twelve thousand years ago, they came. They descended from the sky amid smoke and fire, and created humanity and gave us rules to live by. They needed gold and they built our earliest civilizations to mine it for them. When they had what they needed, they left. But before they left, they told us someday they would come back, and when they did, a game would be played. A game that would determine our future.

This is Endgame.  Continue reading

Drought

Drought by Pam Bachorz (2011)

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YA Fiction | Horror-Thriller3.5 StarsBlurb:

“A young girl thirsts for love and freedom, but at what cost?

Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation. Escape from slaver Darwin West and his cruel Overseers. Escape from the backbreaking work of gathering Water. Escape from living as if it is still 1812, the year they were all enslaved. 
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Ignite Me

Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) by Tahereh Mafi (2014)

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YA Fiction | Paranormal Romance5-starsBlurb:

“The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, called “a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love.”

With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Continue reading

Shatter Me

Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi (2011)

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YA Fiction | Sci-Fi | Romance5-starsBlurb:

I have a curse
I have a gift

I am a monster
I’m more than human

My touch is lethal
My touch is power

I am their weapon
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Into the Still Blue

Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky #3) by Veronica Rossi (2014)

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YA Fiction | Dystopian3.5 StarsBlurb:

“The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do—and they are just as determined to stay together.  Continue reading

Monsters of Men

Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3) by Patrick Ness (2010)

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YA Fiction | Sci-Fi5-starsBlurb:

“War,” says the Mayor. “At last.” Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they’re so hopelessly outnumbered? And if war makes monsters of men, what terrible choices await? But then a third voice breaks into the battle, one bent on revenge – Continue reading

Seraphina

Seraphina (Seraphina #1) by Rachel Hartman (2012)

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YA Fiction | Fantasy
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“In her New York Times bestselling and Morris Award-winning debut, Rachel Hartman introduces mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and science-fiction readers of all ages. Eragon-author Christopher Paolini calls them, “Some of the most interesting dragons I’ve read in fantasy.”

Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty’s anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.  Continue reading