If you’re reading this review, I’m going to assume two things: first, that you’ve read the first book called Just One Day. And that you’re like me and obsessed about what-happens-after-he-opens-the-door ending of that book and couldn’t wait to get your hands on this followup. And you won’t be totally disappointed. This is the…
Heroines Who Rock: Attia from Incarceron
Imagine a living prison so vast that it contains corridors and forests, cities and seas. Imagine a prisoner with no memory, who is sure he came from Outside, even though the prison has been sealed for centuries and only one man, half real, half legend, has ever escaped. Imagine a girl in a manor house…
Review: Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill
Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill Publisher: Delacorte Books | 304 Pages | Buy It Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question. It’s one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia…
Editor’s Pick: Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Just One Day by Gayle Forman Publisher: Dutton | 368 pages | Buy It A breathtaking journey toward self-discovery and true love, from the author of If I Stay When sheltered American good girl Allyson “LuLu” Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there’s an undeniable…
Editor’s Pick: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterPublisher: Scholastic | 416 pages | Buy it “There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love … or you killed him.” It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent…
Editor’s Pick: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty’s anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high. Seraphina Dombegh has…
Editor’s Pick: Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr
In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the…
Editor’s Pick: ‘White Cat’ by Holly Black
Cassel comes from a family of Curse Workers – people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists. But not Cassel. He hasn’t got magic, so he’s an outsider,…
Editor’s Pick: The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen
“The Fine Art of Truth or Dare” by Melissa Jensen Release date: Feb. 16, 2012 Publisher: Penguin, 272 pages Ella is nearly invisible at the Willing School, and that’s just fine by her. She’s got her friends – the fabulous Frankie and their sweet cohort Sadie. She’s got her art – and her idol,…
Editor’s Pick: Gallagher Girls Series by Ally Carter
Even after reading and enjoying both “Heist Society” books, (and on the edge of my seat for the third one, thank you) I was reluctant to start Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls series. They sounded really, well, corny. But facing a long daily commute will change a girl, so I checked out the first audiobook…