Review: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

Format Read: HardbackNumber of Pages: 178Release Date: 5 June 2010Publisher: MT BooksFormats Available: Ebook, Hardback Purchasing Info:  Author’s Website,  Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK

Book Blurb:

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits.

Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood… life before she became a vampire.
All Bree knows is that living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: …

All YA Love: My Favourite Series

Hey everyone! It’s YA time again. This week I will tell you my Top 3 favorite  YA series of all time… toughy, but also easy in a way. I will count this one down so that we can save the best for last ;P. 

3rd Place: A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

Whoever has read the entire series of unfortunate events (against the author’s repeated warnings) either ended up very sad, very content, or very confused. Based around the adventures of Violet, Klaus and Sunny in their constant struggle to defeat Count Olaf an evil man after their fortune. When I was a kid I actually looked up to see if the Baudelairs were real…that’s how much I loved them. But I never figured out what the question mark on the radar was …

Review: Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 302Release Date: 27 March 2007Publisher: AtomFormats Available: Paperback, Ebook, HardbackPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website,  Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK

Book Blurb:

THEY’RE YOUNG, FABULOUS AND FANGED…

And they rule Manhattan from the trendy uptown clubs to the downtown boutiques. Fifteen-year-old Schuyler Van Allen has never quite fit in at her exclusive prep school – she’s more of a vintage than a Versace girl – but that’s all about to change…

Because Schuyler has just found out she’s a Blue Blood. The Blue Bloods are the city’s glamorous and secret vampire elite. They’re young, beautiful and powerful. But now they’re being murdered. And Schuyler must find out who – or what – is …

Review: A Season of Eden by J.M Warick

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 234Release Date: 20 October 2008Publisher: Grove Creek PublishingFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository.com, Book Depository.co.uk

Book Blurb:

HE’S MY TEACHER. I SHOULDN’T BE ALONE WITH HIM. BUT I CAN’T HELP THAT HE’S IRRESISTIBLE.I let the door silently close at my back. He stared at me, and a taut quiet stretched between us.“I like hearing you play,” I said, moving toward him.He turned, in sync with my slow approach. He looked up at me but didn’t say anything. I rested my clammy hand on the cold, slick body of the baby grand. “May I?”The muscles in his throat shifted, then he swallowed. “Eden.”My knees weakened, like a soft tickling kiss had just been blown against …

Review: Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 348Release Date: 1 July 2010Publisher: OrbitFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website, Goodreads, BookDepository.com,   BookDepository.co.uk, Amazon,

Book Blurb:

JANE TRUE HAS ALMOST COME TO TERMS WITH HER SUPERNATURAL HERITAGE…ALMOST.

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and Ryu – Jane’s bloodsucking boyfriend – can’t let a major holiday go by without getting all gratuitous. An overwhelming dose of boyfriend interference and a last-minute ticket to Boston later, and Jane’s life is thrown off course.
Ryu’s well-intentioned plans create mayhem, and Jane winds up embroiled in an investigation involving a spree of gruesome killings. All the evidence points towards another Halfling, much to Jane’s surprise…

My Thoughts:

Back into the crazy world of Jane True, and the story is only getting better. Our story picks up about four months on since …

All YA Love: My Favourite YA Couples + a winner

Before I talk about this weeks topic we have a winner to proclaim. The winner of Birthmarked  by Caragh M. O’Brian is….
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Giada M
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When I think of my favourite couples in YA, it’s not because of their hotness, kick-ass status or sheer awesomeness. The perfect couple in YA is a mature one, and one that betters both parties. One sidedness in anything doesn’t work for me, and lack of growth or change doesn’t work either.

Which is why I have picked the following couples, they went in either broken or lost and came out whole with a partner that not only complimented them, but helped them to become a better person.

Alex and Brittany – Perfect Chemistry

A perfect example, and …

Review: Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 198Release Date: 24 October 2006Publisher: Simon PulseFormats Available: PaperbackPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website, Goodreads, BookDepository US, BookDepository UK, Amazon,

Book Blurb:

In a quiet fishing village, one lone fisherman rescued a child from the sea seventeen years ago. He and his wife raised the girl, Pearl, as their own daughter, never allowing themselves to wonder long about where she came from — or notice her silver hair, usually pale skin, and wide, dark blue eyes.

Pearl grows from a mysterious child into an unusual young woman, not always welcomed in the village. As all the other girls her age find husbands, …

Review: Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 418Release Date: 27 MayPublisher: DefinitionsFormats Available: PaperbackPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website, Goodreads, BookDepository US, BookDepository UK, Amazon,Book Blurb: 

“You’ve always been my best friend, my soul mate, and now I’ve fallen in love with you too. Why is that such a crime?”

She is pretty and talented – sweet sixteen and never been kissed.
He is seventeen, gorgeous and on the brink of a bright future.
And now they have fallen in love. But…
They are brother and sister.

My Thoughts:

Warning: This book is NOT suitable for younger teens.

That was possibly the most horrifyingly moving book I have ever read.

The Whitely kids don’t have it easy. …

Review: White Cat by Holly Black

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 310Release Date: 4 MayPublisher: GollanczFormats Available: Hardcover, PaperbackPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website; Goodreads; BookDepository US, BookDepository UK, Amazon,

I purchased this book with my own funds

Book Blurb:

CASSEL IS CURSED

Cursed by the memory of the fourteen year old girl he murdered. Life at school is a constant trial. Life at home even worse. No-one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. No-one at home is ever going to forget that he isn’t a magic worker. And now he is being haunted by a white cat…

Cassel’s family are magic workers. Ever since magic was prohibited in 1929 magic workers have been …

Review: Twilight: The Graphic Novel Vol1 by Stephanie Meyer, Young Kim

Format Read: HardcoverNumber of Pages: 224Release Date: 16 March 2010Publisher: Yen PressFormats Available: HardcoverPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website; Goodreads; BookDepository.com, BookDepository.co.uk, Amazon,

I purchased this book with my own funds Book Blurb:

I’ve never given much thought to how I would die – though I’d had reason to in the last few months…
Surely it was a good way to die…in the place of someone else, someone I love.

When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep …