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Review by Krista... SISTERS OF SALT AND IRON By Kady Cross Series: The Sisters of Blood and Spirit #2 Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Harlequin Teen Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Lark Noble is finally happy. She’s trying to move on and put the events of the past behind her: the people who avoided her because she talked to the ghost of her dead twin sister, the parents who

Review by Krista PEARL by Deirdre Riordan HallPaperback: 352 pagesPublisher: Skyscape (March 1, 2016)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Run fast and run far, unless you’re fearless. Unless you’re courageous. I’m not, but I’d like to be. Pearl Jaeger is seventeen and homeless after drugs, poverty, and addiction unraveled the life she shared with JJ, her formerly glamorous rock star mother.

 Review by Krista BURNINGby Danielle RollinsHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (April 5, 2016)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Tucked away, deep in the woods, Brunesfield Correctional Facility's cold walls and empty hallways keep dangerous girls away from the world . . . girls like Angela Davis, whose fate was determined by one bad decision. After a few years in juvie

Review by Krista Glass Sword (Red Queen #2) by Victoria Aveyard Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins  Narrated By Amanda Dolan   Series: Red Queen, Book 2  Release Date: 02-09-16  If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal

Review by Krista  STONE FIELDby Christy LenziInspired by Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Hardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Roaring Brook Press (March 29, 2016)Language: English Goodreads | Amazon A stunning debut novel that offers a new look at a classic love story about soul mates torn apart by the circumstances of their time.Catrina Dickinson is haunted by her past and

Review by Krista... INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD By Jamie Kain Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (December 8, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon  He prepared their family for every natural disaster known to man—except for the one that struck.When Nicole Reed’s father forces her family to move to a remote area of the Sierra Foothills, one without any modern

Review by Krista  ENDURE by Sara B. Larson Series: Defy #3 Hardcover: 320 Publisher: Scholastic Press (December 29, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon The remarkable third novel in Sara B. Larson's bestselling Defy series!At last, Alexa and King Damian are engaged to be married. But their lives are far from safe. The kingdom of Antion is under siege, and Rylan is a prisoner of the

Review by Krista CUT BOTH WAYS by Carrie Mesrobian Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (September 1, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Will Caynes never has been good with girls. At seventeen, he’s still waiting for his first kiss. He’s certainly not expecting it to happen in a drunken make-out session with his best friend, Angus. But it does and now Will’s conflicted—he

Review by Krista THE UNQUIET by Mikaela Everett Kindle Edition, 464 pages Published September 22nd 2015  by Greenwillow Books  Goodreads | Amazon For most of her life, Lirael has been training to kill—and replace—a duplicate version of herself on a parallel Earth. She is the perfect sleeper-soldier. But she’s beginning to suspect she is not a good person. The two Earths are identical in

Review by Krista The Good Sister by Jamie Kain Hardcover, 304 pages Published October 7th 2014  by St. Martin's Griffin   Goodreads | Amazon The Kinsey sisters live in an unconventional world. Their parents are former flower-children who still don’t believe in rules. Their small, Northern California town is filled with free spirits and damaged souls seeking refuge from the real world.

Review by Krista Made to Kill (The LA Trilogy #1) by Adam Christopher Hardcover, 237 pages Published November 3rd 2015 by Tor Books  Goodreads | Amazon It was just another Tuesday morning when she walked into the office--young, as I suspected they all might be, another dark brunette with some assistance and enough eye black to match up to Cleopatra. And who am I? I'm Ray, the world's last

Review by Krista (The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch #1) by Daniel Kraus Hardcover, 656 pages Published October 27th 2015 Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers  Goodreads | Amazon May 7, 1896. Dusk. A swaggering seventeen-year-old gangster named Zebulon Finch is gunned down on the shores of Lake Michigan. But after mere minutes in the void, he is mysteriously resurrected.His second life

Review by Krista Flashes (Flashes) by Tim O'RourkeHardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Chicken House (October 27, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon A brilliant detective thriller with a supernatural twist! Charley has visions... Flashes of things she can't explain. A girl in trouble. The sound of trains. She feels certain they are clues to a crime. But no one will believe her. Until

Review by Krista  The Nest by Kenneth Oppel Expected publication: October 6th 2015 by Simon & Schuster Goodreads | Amazon Steve just wants to save his baby brother—but what will he lose in the bargain? This is a haunting gothic tale for fans of Coraline, from acclaimed author Kenneth Oppel (Silverwing, The Boundless) with illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen. For some kids

Review by Krista The Secrets of Lake Road by Karen Katchur Hardcover, 320 pages Published August 4th 2015 by Thomas Dunne Books   Goodreads | Amazon A haunting story about the destructive power of secrets, this accomplished and gripping suspenseful women's fiction debut is perfect for fans of Lisa Scottoline and Heather GudenkaufJo has been hiding the truth about her role in her high

Review by Krista What We Knew by Barbara Stewart Hardcover, 256 pages Published July 14th 2015 by St. Martin's Griffin Goodreads | Amazon    When a local myth starts to seem like a dangerous reality, two girls are set on a path that could change their lives forever"When I was little, I imagined a monster: Scaly hands. Pits for eyes..."When Tracy and her best friend, Lisa, were kids, stories

Mindwalker (Mindwalker #1) by A.J. Steiger Hardcover, 400 pages Published June 9th 2015 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Goodreads | Amazon At seventeen, Lain Fisher has already aced the Institute's elite training program for Mindwalkers, therapists who use a direct neural link to erase a patient's traumatic memories. A prodigy and the daughter of a renowned scientist-whose unexplained

Reviewed by Krista Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas Hardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (June 2, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon In a stunning literary debut, two boys on opposite ends of the world begin an unlikely friendship that will change their lives forever.Ollie and Moritz are best friends, but they can never meet. Ollie is allergic to

Review by Krista Atlantis in Peril (Atlantis Saga #2) by T.A. Barron Age Range: 10 and up Grade Level: 5 and upSeries: Atlantis Saga (Book 2)Hardcover: 272 pagesPublisher: Philomel Books (May 5, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon The second in the Atlantis trilogy by New York Times bestselling author T. A. Barron In Atlantis Rising, Promi and Atlanta saved their homeland by transforming it into the

Reviewed by Krista  Sweet (Sweet #1) by Emmy LaybournePrint Length: 286 pagesPublisher: Feiwel & Friends (June 2, 2015)Publication Date: June 2, 2015 Sold by: Macmillan Goodreads | Amazon   *People would kill to be thin.*Solu’s luxurious celebrity-filled “Cruise to Lose” is billed as “the biggest cruise since the Titanic,” and if the new diet sweetener works as promised—dropping five

Review by Krista FIGby Sarah Elizabeth Schantz File Size: 2115 KBPrint Length: 352 pagesPublisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (April 7, 2015) Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc Goodreads | Amazon Love and sacrifice intertwine in this brilliant and provocative debut of rare beauty about a girl dealing with her mother’s schizophrenia and her own mental illness. Fig’s world lies

Reviewed by Krista SISTERS OF BLOOD AND SPIRITby Kady CrossSeries: Sisters of Blood and Spirit (Book 1)Hardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Harlequin Teen (March 31, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon Wren Noble is dead—she was born that way. Vibrant, unlike other dead things, she craves those rare moments when her twin sister allows her to step inside her body and experience the world of the living. Lark

Review by Krista All That Burns by Ryan GraudinPaperback: 464 pagesPublisher: HarperTeen (February 10, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon All That Glows author Ryan Graudin returns with the fantasy novel's sequel, rife with intense romance and riveting action. As this alluring mortal-prince-meets-immortal-fairy love story continues, this urban London tale serves up irresistible chemistry