Title // SpellslingerAuthor // Sebastien de CastellPublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Hot Key (Bonnier)Genre // Young Adult, FantasyPrice // AUD $19.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭synopsis.How do you survive a mage's duel without magic? Kellen's about to risk everything: His family, his home, even his own life... When you're a Jan'Tep initiate approaching your sixteenth birthday, you'd better …
Book Review | Flame in the Mist
Title // Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist #1)Author // Renee Ahdieh Publication Date // May 2017Publisher // Hachette AustraliaGenre // Young Adult, Fairytale RetellingRating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place—she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is …
Book Review | Toward a Secret Sky
Title // Toward a Secret SkyAuthor // Heather MacleanPublication Date // April 4 2017Publisher // BlinkGenre // Young Adult, Paranormalsynopsis.Toward a Secret Sky by New York Times bestselling author Heather Maclean is a new breed of YA novel: an intelligent adventure-quest crossed with a sweeping, forbidden love story. A mix of reality and possibility, this fast-paced thriller will …
Book Review | The Crown’s Game
Title // The Crown’s Game (The Crown’s Game #1)Author // Evelyn SkyePublication Date // May 2016Publisher // Harper CollinsGenre // Young Adult, Magical Realismsynopsis.Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air.They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the …
Book Review | Defy the Stars
Title // Defy the StarsAuthor // Claudia GrayPublication Date // April 2017Publisher // HotkeyGenre // Young Adult, Science-Fictionsynopsis.A story of romance, rebellion and the stars from New York Timesbestselling author Claudia Gray. Noemi is a young and fearless soldier of Genesis, a colony planet of a dying Earth. But the citizens of Genesis are rising up …
Book Review | Every Heart a Doorway
Title // Every Heart a DoorwayAuthor // Seanan MaguirePublication Date // April 2016Publisher // TorGenre // Young Adult, Fantasysynopsis.Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward ChildrenNo SolicitationsNo VisitorsNo GuestsChildren have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old …
Book Review | Stalking Jack the Ripper
Title // Stalking Jack the RipperAuthor // Kerri ManiscalcoPublication Date // September 2016Publisher // Jimmy PattersonGenre // Young Adult, Mysterysynopsis.Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life.Against her …
Book Review | Two Boys Kissing
Title // Two Boys KissingAuthor // David LevithanPublication Month // 2013Publisher // The Text Publishing Company Genre // Young Adult, LGBTQIA+synopsis.New York Times bestselling author David Levithan tells the based-on-true-events story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record—all …
Book Review | A Shadow’s Breath
Title // A Shadow’s BreathAuthor // Nicole HayesPublication Month // January 2017Publisher // Penguin Random HouseGenre // Young Adultsynopsis.Then, things were looking up for Tessa. Her mum was finally getting her life back on track. Tessa had started seeing Nick. She was making new friends. She'd even begun to paint again.Now, Tessa and Nick are …
Book Review | Heartless
Title // HeartlessAuthor // Marissa MeyerPublication Month // 2016Publisher // Pan MacmillanGenre // Young Adult, Fantasysynopsis.Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But for her mother, …
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