Oh. My. Gosh. Guys, I just read The Crown’s Game yesterday (procrastination ftw) and I cannot CONTAIN my excitement about it! I absolutely adored it, and I am extremely happy to be a member of the Tsar’s Guard Parade! I was trying to figure out how I wanted to creatively show off my love for this book, and after pondering for a while, I suddenly had an idea! Without further […]
INTERVIEW How did you decide on the number 144 in terms of how many days Henry would have to decide whether to push the red button? Great question! Sometimes my brain goes off on these wild tangents. When I was thinking about the sluggers—who they were, what they were like, what their society was like—one of the things that occurred to me was that they needed some kind of counting […]
7 Days Eve Ainsworth Release Date: 02/05/2015 Publisher: Scholastic Synopsis: This bold, compelling and topical story about bullying is told from the perspective of the bully and the bullied. You won’t be able put it down until you’ve reached the conclusion. Jess’s life is difficult enough without Kez picking on her – it’s turning school from a safe place into a nightmare. Kez has plenty of problems too but she […]
How We Fall Kate Brauning Paperback Release Date: 11/1/2015 Publisher: Merit Press Synopsis: Ever since Jackie moved to her uncle’s sleepy farming town, she’s been flirting way too much–and with her own cousin, Marcus. Her friendship with him has turned into something she can’t control, and he’s the reason Jackie lost track of her best friend, Ellie, who left for…no one knows where. Now Ellie has been missing for months, and […]
Persuasion Martina Boone Release Date: 10/27/2015 Publisher: Simon Pulse Synopsis: Grieving the death of her godfather and haunted by her cousin Cassie’s betrayal, Barrie returns from a trip to San Francisco to find the Watson plantation under siege. Ghost-hunters hope to glimpse the ancient spirit who sets the river on fire each night, and reporters chase rumors of a stolen shipment of Civil War gold that may be hidden at […]
Deep Calling J. M. Lavallee Publisher: Morning Rain Publishing Synopsis: A quick death within Manannan’s hot embrace would be far easier to endure than a bitter life away from the sea, but Melanie is not the giving-in kind. Hailey’s Round is no longer safe, and 17-year-old Melanie Strickland is at the center of the turmoil. Raised by her fisherman grandfather, Melanie has always felt connected to the sea. […]
Hollywood Witch Hunter Valerie Tejeda Release Date: 07/20/2015 Publisher: Bloomsbury Spark Synopsis: From the moment she first learned the truth about witches…she knew she was born to fight them.Now, at sixteen, Iris is the lone girl on the Witch Hunters Special Ops Team. But when Iris meets a boy named Arlo, he might just be the key to preventing an evil uprising in Southern California. Together they’re ready to protect […]
Brutal Youth Anthony Breznican Release Date: 06/02/15 Summary from Goodreads: Three freshmen must join forces to survive at a troubled, working-class Catholic high school with a student body full of bullies and zealots, and a faculty that’s even worse in Anthony Breznican’s Brutal Youth. With a plunging reputation and enrollment rate, Saint Michael’s has become a crumbling dumping ground for expelled delinquents and a haven for the stridently religious when […]
If you’re a recent subscriber to ReadWriteLove28, you might have missed my glowing review of Damsel Distressed! If so, click HERE! I absolutely fell in love with Damsel Distressed from the moment that I started until the very end. Also, Kelsey Macke is one of the sweetest authors that I have met. <3 I am very excited to participate in the Six Month Bookiversary Bash! This post will contain an […]
The Orphan Queen Jodi Meadows Release Date: 03/10/2015 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Synopsis: Wilhelmina has a hundred identities. She is a princess. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom’s capital. Ten years later, they are the Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne. She is a spy. Wil and […]