Review:I cannot recommend this book too highly. Levithan succeeds in brilliantly reflecting both the thoughts and feelings of a young generation of boys with varied gay experience with his own Greek chorus of older AIDS era experiences. This is about as close to a tour de force as you're going to get. Bravo. Read more

Review:I love Richelle Mead and all things related to the world from the Vampire Academy series, so I couldn't force myself to give this less than five stars. That said, I felt like The Indigo Spell really slogged along at times. Nonetheless, the ending gave me hope for the next installment to be a little more engaging. Read more

Review:I loved this their installment of the Sage family drama. Still moving forward in her friendship and love affair with the dhampir and moroi Adrian, Sydney Sage tries to keep the peace and develop a budding romance and help a troubled sister.

The writing was as smooth as previous books; Fast pace and edge of seat. Read more

Review:The sisters of SISTERS RED by Jackson Pearce (2010) are quite a pair. Scarlett, the oldest, lives to hunt. She defended her sister against the Fenris (werewolves) from a vicious attack. Rosie, the youngest, owes Scarlett her life. They hunt down and fight Fenris side by side with a bond that feels unbreakable--making it feel like they have one heart.

Rosie is drawn to Silas, a young man from their home town, and feels as though she is betraying her sister. The three go on a mission to fin... Read more

Review:This uneven and meandering follow-up to Tithe has more of the same infantile adults (are there any other kind in Black's world?), misguided teen "rebels" and shocking content, along with a clunky attempt to address substance abuse.

Faerie drugs are bad, m'kay. We get it.

And, once again, most of the characters are so unlikable you don't really care what happens to them.

Somewhere in this mess of a story is a modern day Beauty and the Beast, only the beauty goes out of her w... Read more

Review:I wrote a four page review explaining why this is a good book and Holly Black is an artist. I doubt anyone would read all four pages, so here's my review: Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is the inverse of Twilight. It is the diamond you search through a mound of crap to find. It is well written and interesting, showing that some authors do still have integrity and don't throw out whatever BS they find in a bathroom (comparison necessary to show just how strongly I feel this). If you ... Read more

Review:Holly Black’s writing was my first introduction to fae fiction; as a kid, I was obsessed with all sorts of fae mythology, but typically was limited to nonfiction until the first time I saw Tithe on the “new” shelf at my library. I must have checked this book out and reread it four or five times within the first couple of years, but this was my first reread since I was a preteen, and I had no idea what to expect!

I had forgotten so much of the plot in this book, and the first thing that su... Read more

Review:I liked that the book starts with action and humor right away, with Cassel waking up on the roof in his underwear while the rest of the students at his boarding school are watching from the courtyard, egging him on to jump. Immediately, the reader gets this bond with Cassel: he may be conning the rest of the world, but he lets the reader know how and why he's doing it. For me, character likability is a major factor in how I form an opinion about a book. As those who read my review of Megan Wh... Read more

Review:Great series. Very reminiscent of Hunger Games. Excellent dialogue and plot twists that you won't see coming. First book in series starts out a little slow but once it picks up steam....there is no holding back. You will not be disappointed in this purchase. Read more

Review:I love contemporary YA novels with weird twists. I also have a weird, irrational fear of space disasters that couples nicely with a masochistic urge to read and watch things that make me feel like my chest is too tight for my heart to fit inside it. We All Looked Up managed to hit both of those sweet spots, which is something commendable all on its own. I've seen movies like this (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, anyone?) and even though I can't really name anything like it from before... Read more