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Deviation (The Sophisticates Book 1)
Deviation (The Sophisticates Book 1) by Christine Manzari How have I never heard of this book before?!?!?! I will never again judge a book by its cover. This is officially my new favorite read of 2015! And will be my go to recommendation for anyone who liked Divergent. A must read for dystopian fans. Deviation […]
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The Cresecren Chronicles: Novus
The Cresecren Chronicles: Novus by Crystal Marcos “I may never know what it feels like to lose a mate. As I watched Zira rock back and forth moaning, I wondered if love was worth what she felt. “ Adventure-packed experience with a Cinder-like feel and a iRobot-like storyline. Marcos takes you into a dystopian world […]
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Review: Zeroes
Zeroes Review By Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti Release Date: September 29, 2015 Zeroes is a new and exciting spin on your typical superhero story. Westerfeld, Lanagan, and Biancotti come together to create a character-driven tale of unlikely-hero, millennials bound together by a similar anomaly. Told in multiple point of view, each Zero […]
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Prophecy Review
Prophecy Review The Legacy Series Book 2 by Ellery Kane The Legacy Series is alive and well. I take back any hesitation I had over this series from my review of LEGACY. Ellery Kane’s captivating sequel to LEGACY is a novel that truly delivers – with suspense, mystery, deviance, secrets, betrayal, kidnapping and heartache perceived […]
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Armada Review
Armada by Ernest Cline Publisher: Crown Publishing Release Date: July 14, 2015 I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my opinion of the book, or the content of my review. Synopsis A few years into the future, life is pretty normal. […]
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The Archived Series Review
The Archived Series by Victoria Schwab Synopsis Everyone dies. But what happens to us then? Do we stick around? Do we move on? Mackenzie Bishop has those answers for you. On the outside, Mackenzie seems like a typical 16 year old. Like every teenager she has secrets. Her biggest secret is that she is a […]
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Pretties Review
Pretties (The Uglies Book 2) by Scott Westerfeld Sarah-Wa here! Before I get into this review, I have a very important questions. Are you Team Zane or Team David? #TeamZane From bogus to bubbly, PRETTIES is somehow even more amazing than UGLIES. Like a million trillion Helens. The world we were introduced to in the […]
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Polarity in Motion Review
Polarity in Motion Book Review Publisher: Red Adept Publishing Author: Brenda Vicars Polarity in Motion is an empowering, yet saddening realization of society from the eyes of a 15-year-old girl, Polarity. Vicars captures the flaws and obliviousness of today’s society, from racism to bullying, in a unique, self-reflecting way. “We, the privileged majority, talk about […]
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The Book Thief Book Review
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak One of the best reading experiences is when a book slowly and unexpectedly takes hold of your heart and whole being. Then when you finish the last page, you’re left in pieces. The Book Thief is one of those books. Synopsis This novel is told through the perspective […]
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The Legend Series
The Legend Series by Marie Lu So, here is the deal. I absolutely LOVED this entire series. However, it has been about 2 years since I read it, aka forgot a lot of details, but I NEED to give some hype to this series on the new blog. And, yes, I know you are probably […]
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Speak Book Review
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson Age Range: 12 – 18 years Grade Level: 7 and up Publisher: Square Fish Rating: FIVE STARS There are only a few books that I can say I read in one sitting…. And SPEAK is one of them. I saw this book at Goodwill and recognized the cover, so of […]
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The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Book Review
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl If you love YouTube and a scary story, you may have found your book. The Haunting of Sunshine Girl is based off the YouTube series of the same name that started in 2010. In the Youtube series, Paige McKenzie plays a girl named Francis aka Sunshine. It follows her story […]
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Blue Karma Book Review
Blue Karma – Book Review Author: J.K. Ullrich Publisher: J.K. Ullrich Release Date: May 2015 Rating: FIVE STARS Disclaimer: ebook copy received from the author in exchange for an honest review. Forget dystopian. Cli-fi is about to explode and BLUE KARMA is going to take it there. Cli-Fi is the new Dystopian, as Blue is […]
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee I think almost everyone has read or heard of To Kill a Mockingbird. I think most people now have read it because of a class they took at some point in their educational career, or because it’s a classic and it’s one of those books you feel you need […]
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The Uglies
The Uglies – Book Review THE UGLIES is an amazing book filled with adventure, rebellion, and HOVERBOARDS! More than your typical heroine vs. government book like Divergent, Hunger Games etc. THE UGLIES makes you take a deep look at how we as a society think – our culture’s continued obsession with physical perfection. Westerfeld creates […]
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Looking For Alaska
Looking For Alaska by John Green “I Go to Seek a Great Perhaps” Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called a “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. […]
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The Heir Review
The Heir by Kiera Cass The Selection Series Book 4 Kiera Cass continues America’s story in the best way possible…. twenty years later from the perspective of America’s daughter. Although you may feel a void in your heart where America and Maxon use to be, this void will soon be filled with their “who-run-the-world-GIRLS” daughter, […]
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Review: Afterimage
AFTERIMAGE The Enertia Trials Book 1 by J. Kowallis My feelings were torn about this book, and I have contemplated for a few weeks now what rating properly reflects this story. I am a HUGE fan of dystopian novels, and was kind of pumped to read a new, not overly hyped dystopian book. Let me […]
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The Martian Review
The Martian by Andy Weir Outer space. Mars. Stranded. Survival. The Martian by Andy Weir is the survival story of Mark Watney. Watney is a botanist of the Ares 3 crew on the spacecraft Hermes. Their mission is to travel to Mars to conduct research. They make it to Mars safely, but one day there […]
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Onyx: Lux Book #2
Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout (Lux Book #2) Five. Stars. Yes. This is me liking the SECOND book better than the first. After finishing Obsidian, I was skeptical about continuing. Not because I didn’t enjoy it, but because I didn’t know where it could possible go from there. I thought, OK, now we all know they […]
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The Young Elites Review
The Young Elites by Marie Lu Marie Lu has done something wonderful – taking an already known Renaissance times of kingdoms, aristocracy, and nobility and mashing it with her own unique spin to create a supernatural, yet realistic new world. The Young Elites is edgy, dark, intense thrillride. The “Blood Plague” has swept through the […]
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The Selection Review
The Selection by Kiera Cass “True love is usually the most inconvenient kind” An epic battle between young love. The Selection is set in a world where society is set into different castes from 1 (royalty) to 8 (servants). America, a 5, has her life figured out. She is in love with a boy from […]
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Cinder Review
Cinder by Marissa Meyer “Even in the future the story begins with ‘Once Upon A Time'”. A futuristic spin to the classic cinderella story. Do not be thrown-off if the disney princess stories are not your kind of read. Cinder is a brilliant retelling of the traditional fairy tale princess story with the perfect combination […]
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UnWind Dystology: Full Series Review
The Hunger Games was my first experience with YA Dystopian. (I had read The Giver prior to this, but didn’t consider it to be dystopian at the time.) That trilogy made me go, “WOW!” Behind Harry Potter, this is my favorite book series. Naturally, I had to read more dystopian – and YA in general. […]
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