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Review by Elisa   RIDERS by Veronica RossiPublisher: Tor Teen (February 16, 2016)Publication Date: February 16, 2016 Sold by: Macmillan  Goodreads  | Amazon For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does. Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself

Review by Elisa THE GOLDEN YARN By Cornelia Funke Series: MirrorWorld #3 Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Breathing Books (December 1, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon  Jacob Reckless continues to travel the portal in his father's abandoned study. His name has continued to be famous on the other side of the mirror, as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. His family and

Review by Elisa  FORGET TOMORROWby Pintip DunnAge Range: 12 and up Series: Forget Tomorrow (Book 1)Hardcover: 400 pagesPublisher: Entangled: Teen (November 3, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon Imagine a world where your destiny has already been decided...by your future self. It's Callie's seventeenth birthday and, like everyone else, she's eagerly awaiting her vision -- a memory sent back in time to

by Elisa The Man-Eating Horses of Autumn: Having moved to the sunny shores of San Diego, I haven’t yet become used to the mild weather. Unsurprisingly, it just didn’t click that it was the Fall. To help me beginning to enjoy pumpkin lattes, I decided to listen to the Scorpio Races to get me in an autumnal mood. The season for man-eating water horses to climb onto shore begins in October and

Review by Elisa CRIMSON BOUNDby Rosamund HodgeHardcover: 448 pagesPublisher: Balzer + Bray (May 5, 2015)Language: EnglishAmazon | Goodreads An exhilarating tale of darkness, love, and redemption inspired by the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood and the extravagant court of Versailles, from the author of Cruel Beauty. A doomed warrior and the king's most notorious bastard must join

Review by Elisa DARKNESS BRUTAL by Rachel A. Marks Series: The Dark Cycle (Book 1)Paperback: 422 pagesPublisher: Skyscape (July 1, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon  Aidan O’Linn’s childhood ended the night he saw a demon kill his mother and mark his sister, Ava, with Darkness. Since then, every three years the demons have returned to try to claim her. Living in the gritty,

Review by Elisa WALK ON EARTH A STRANGERby Rae CarsonSeries: Gold Seer Trilogy (Book 1)Hardcover: 448 pagesPublisher: Greenwillow Books (September 22, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon The first book in a new trilogy from acclaimed New York Times-bestselling author Rae Carson. A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold must flee her home, taking her on a

Review by Elisa A GIFT OF POISON by Kate Avery Ellison Paperback: 286 pagesPublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (October 24, 2014)Language: English FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED Goodreads | Amazon As the orphaned niece of a cruel lord, Briand is the scapegoat of the castle. She has few friends and even fewer options, and every day is a struggle to stay ahead of

Review by Elisa Dream a Little Dreamby Kerstin GierAge Range: 12 - 18 yearsGrade Level: 7 and upSeries: The Silver Trilogy (Book 1)Hardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (April 14, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she’s

Review by Elisa SUSPICION by Alexandra Monir Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 304 pagesPublisher: Delacorte Press (December 9, 2014) Amazon | Goodreads “There’s something hidden in the maze.” Seventeen-year-old Imogen Rockford has never forgotten the last words her father said to her, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her

Review by Elisa ATLANTIAby Ally CondieAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Dutton Juvenile (October 28, 2014) Goodreads | Amazon Can you hear Atlantia breathing? For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamed of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all Rio’s hopes for the future are shattered

Review by Elisa  THESE BROKEN STARSAge Range: 12 - 18 yearsGrade Level: 7 - 12Series: Starbound (Book 1)Hardcover: 384 pagesPublisher: Disney-Hyperion; 1ST edition (December 10, 2013)Goodreads | Amazon It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and

Review by Elisa HEIR OF FIREby Sarah J. MaasSeries: Throne of GlassHardcover: 576 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (September 2, 2014)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could change her life—

Audiobook review by Elisa  DREAMS OF GODS & MONSTERSWritten by: Laini Taylor Narrated by: Khristine Hvam Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins Series: Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Book 3 Format: Unabridged Release Date:04-08-14 Publisher: Hachette Audio Program Type: Audiobook Audible In this thrilling conclusion to the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, Karou is still not ready to forgive Akiva

Reviewed by Elisa SINNERA Shiver Novelby Maggie StiefvaterSeries: Shiver (Book 4)Hardcover: 368 pagesPublisher: Scholastic Press (July 1, 2014)Goodreads | Amazon A standalone companion book to the internationally bestselling Shiver Trilogy. Sinner follows Cole St. Clair, a pivotal character from the #1 New York Times bestselling Shiver Trilogy. Everybody thinks they know Cole's story.

Review by Elisa  THE KISS OF DECEPTIONby Mary E Pearson Series: Remnant Chronicles (Book 1)Hardcover: 496 pagesPublisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (July 8, 2014)Goodreads | Amazon In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a

Review by Elisa @AverageAdvocate and Katie @ The Book Sphere  The Shadow Prince Into the Dark #1 by Bree Despain Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up Series: Into the Dark Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: EgmontUSA (March 11, 2014) Amazon | Goodreads Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, has been sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the

Review by Elisa The Lovely and the Lost Book The Dispossessed #2 “Darkness Dwells in Every Heart” Page Morgan Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up Series: The Dispossessed Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Delacorte Press (May 13, 2014) Goodreads Amazon Ingrid and Gabby Waverly moved to France expecting a quiet reprieve from London gossip, but the truth they face in their new home has

Reviewed by Elisa THE DARK WORLD Dark World #1 by Cara Lynn Shultz Series: A Dark World Novel (Book 1) Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Harlequin Teen (May 27, 2014) Goodreads Amazon Paige Kelly is used to weird—in fact, she probably corners the market on weird, considering that her best friend, Dottie, has been dead since the 1950s. But when a fire demon attacks Paige in detention, she has

Reviewed by Elisa Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up Series: Unwind Dystology (Book 2) Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (August 28, 2012) Mark on Goodreads Buy on Amazon Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa—and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp—people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of