Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Publishing Date: February 12 2013 Genre: YA, Paranormal, Romance Format: e-ARC Page count: 432 (paperback) My rating: Sydney is torn between two major duties in this novel: using her developing magic powers to save young covenless witches from being hunted by a life-sucking witch stealing youth and power, and her need to uncover an Alchemist […]
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Project Animorphs: Book #6 The Capture
Book 6: The Capture Publishing Date: February 1997 Narrator: Jake My rating: In Animorphs Book #6: The Capture, Jake and the Animorphs find out that the Yeerks are taking over a local hospital in the hopes of infesting the future President of the United States. They decide to shut the operation (pun HA HA) down but […]
ARC Book Review: Fractured Soul (Fractured Light #2) by Rachel McClellan
Publisher: Sweetwater Books Publishing Date: April 12 2013 Genre: YA, Paranormal Format: e-ARC Page count: 336 (paperback) My rating: Fractured Soul (an adept name, too!) is the sequel to Fractured Light, and finds our resident Aura Llona Reese (an Aura is someone who is basically a descendent of Light itself, and they are good people and their purpose in […]
Project Animorphs: Book #5 The Predator
Book 5: The Predator Publishing Date: December 1996 Narrator: Marco My rating: In Book #5, newly rescued Andalite cadet Ax decides he’d like to go home, so the group decide to hijack a Yeerk Bug fighter. Marco’s first time narrating an Animorphs book is another one you really don’t want to miss. There are two stand-out […]
Audio Book Review: Adorkable by Sarra Manning
Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Publishing Date: 1 Jun 2012 Genre: Contemporary Format: Audio Book (unabridged) My rating: Jeane Smith has half a million followers on Twitter, runs her own lifestyle brand based on being dorky, but lives on her own and has no real-life friends. Michael Lee is handsome, athletic, has good grades, and doesn’t see the point in […]
Project Animorphs: Book #4 The Message
Book 4: The Message Publishing Date: October 1996 Narrator: Cassie My rating: Cassie’s our gentle, empathetic narrator in Book #4: The Message. She’s been having weird dreams, like someone familiar is calling to her from the ocean. Tobias has been having the dreams as well. The Animorphs decide it’s a lost Andalite and go off to […]
Project Animorphs: Book #3 The Encounter
Book 3: The Encounter Publishing Date: August 1996 Narrator: Tobias My rating: Book #3 is Tobias’ time to shine. I don’t know why he was selected as the third character in our merry-go-round of narrators, but it’s a good spot in the story. He’s been a hawk for about a month, and he’s struggling with the […]
Project Animorphs: Book #2 The Visitor
Book 2: The Visitor Publishing Date: June 1996 Narrator: Rachel My rating: In Book #2: The Visitor, the Animorphs decide to infiltrate the suburban home of one of Visser Three’s top-ranked Controllers, Assistant Principal Chapman, using the family cat as a morph. It’s a genius move: after all, who would suspect a kid can turn into […]
Project Animorphs: Book #1 The Invasion
Book 1: The Invasion Publishing Date: June 1996 Narrator: Jake My rating: I’ve been thinking about this review for a while. There’s two major difficulties: it’s often hard to write a great review of an amazing book, and how does one review a book one has read a billionty times since one was ten years old? […]
ARC Book Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
Celaena Sardothian is rescued from a death camp by a handsome prince – but she’s an assassin, and must compete in a series of tests alongside other equally criminal hardened men for the chance to become the King’s Champion, a hero for hire for four years before earning her freedom once more. Sarah J Maas’ […]