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NOT A DROP TO DRINK by Mindy McGinnis
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis published by Katherine Tegen BooksRegret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.
Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes …
Review: Darkness Before Dawn
Title: Darkness Before DawnAuthor: JA London
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Rating: 2 of 5 owls
Summary
Only sunlight can save us.
We built the wall to keep them out, to keep us safe. But it also makes us prisoners, trapped in what's left of our ravaged city, fearing nightfall.
After the death of my pa…
Review: Fallen in Love
Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate201 pp PLUS excerpt of prologue/chapter one of Rapture
Hardcover/$15.99 USD
Unexpected. Unrequited. Forbidden. Eternal. Everyone has their own love story.
And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories combine over the course of a romantic Valentine's Day i…
Review: Abandon
ABANDON by Meg CabotNew from #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a dark, fantastical story about this world . . . and the underworld.
Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet …
Review: Wolfsbane
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremersynopsis, via Goodreads:
When Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemies, she's certain her days are numbered. But then the Searchers make her an offer, one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the pack and the man sh…
Review: The Visibles by Sara Shepard
Title: The VisiblesAuthor: Sara Shepard
Format: paperback ($15.00 US)
from Goodreads:
The only piece of information that Summer Davis takes away from her years at Peninsula Upper School -- one of the finest in the Brooklyn Heights-to-Park Slope radius, to quote the promotional materials -- is the con…
Ultraviolet review -- RJ Anderson
Title: UltravioletAuthor: RJ Anderson
Format: UK paperback (in my school library. In the US. Coincidence? I THINK NOT)
At first, the concept of ULTRAVIOLET fascinated me: a girl with synesthesia being the main character? Totally going to be an awesome book!
However, the concept of group confinement f…
The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater (2 owls)
Title: THE SCORPIO RACESAuthor: Maggie Stiefvater
Pages: 408
Publisher: Scholastic
Format: Hardcover
From Goodreads:It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others d…
Deep Storm review -- Lincoln Child
This was another hand-me-down airport novel donated from the lovely mother. Here's the deal with Deep Storm: while reading it, I felt super conflicted. It was written really well, the story was interesting enough, and the plot moved at a whiplash-breakneck-pace, yet I couldn't have wanted t…
DARKNESS BECOMES HER Review -- Kelly Keaton
Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly KeatonMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Any book that has the sick-to-your-stomach combination of Greek mythology, vampires and shapeshifters is doomed to go down the crapper.
Seriously, this book was like the Gods of mythology and supernatural creatures all vomited into a cup …