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Book Review: Marie Lu’s Legend

Book Review: Marie Lu’s Legend

From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June’s brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Day is in a race for his family’s survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias’s death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

Posted September 24, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 1 Comment

Book Review: Chris Crutcher’s Period 8

Book Review: Chris Crutcher’s Period 8

Telling the truth can cause problems, and not minor ones. And as Paulie discovers, finding the truth can be even more problematic. Period 8 is supposed to be that one period in high school where the truth can shine, a safe haven. Only what Paulie and Hannah (his ex-girlfriend, unfortunately) and his other classmates don’t know is that the ultimate bully, the ultimate liar, is in their midst.


Book Review: Soman Chainani’s The School for Good and Evil

Book Review: Soman Chainani’s The School for Good and Evil

For two hundred years, a pair of students are kidnapped, and the good Sophie and villainous Agatha, best friends, are the latest to discover where all the lost children go. It’s a reversal of their expectations with Sophie forced to learn Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training while Agatha is pushed into classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication. Is it a mistake or is it the first clue?


Book Review: Rachel Caine’s Fall of Night

Book Review: Rachel Caine’s Fall of Night

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Fall of Nightby Rachel Caine urban fantasy in Hardcover edition that was published by New American Library (NAL) on May 7, 2013 and has 352 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Undone, Unknown, Ghost Town, Rachel Caine, Bite Club, Dark and Stormy Knights, Devil’s Bargain, Devil’s Due, Last Breath, Unseen, Hex Appeal, Unbroken, Black Dawn, Working Stiff, Two Weeks’ Notice, Bitter Blood, Kiss of Death, Daylighters, Kicking It, Prince of Shadows, Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, Ash and Quill, Killman Creek, Honor Among Thieves, Smoke and Iron, Honor Bound, Honor LostFourteenth in the Morganville Vampires urban fantasy series for Young Adults in which Claire goes off to college — out of Morganville, gasp! My Take Damn, it was a good story, but I’m still disappointed with the ending. I had visions of Claire experiencing life at MIT for a few years. And I was so happy that Shane was heading there, okay, it was behind Claire’s back, […]