Tag: book review
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Book Review: The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood
The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood Published July 2, 2012 Summary: The Bellwether Revivals takes place mainly at King’s College, and the surrounding area. (Don’t you love it already?) Oscar Lowe is an outsider who works in a nursing home nearby who falls in love with the privileged medical student. As he dives into her…
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Book Haul: June 7
I haven’t had time to update this feature in a while so I’m choosing my favorite galleys that have come in! Again, please remember that I will review as I am able and if a book doesn’t interest me enough to finish there will not be a review posted. The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost…
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Book Review: Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowan
Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowan Published June 1, 2012 Summary: Set in modern day city, Dark Kiss is reminiscent of Twilight with more lovable characters and a stronger narrative voice. Samantha is a teenager who runs into a mysterious homeless boy, Bishop. Bishop seems a little off but after he kills a man in front of Samantha she’s…
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Book Review: Matched by Allie Condie
Matched by Allie Condie Published September 2011 Summary: Set in a post-apocalyptic America, called the Society , the novel follows Cassia through her Matching ceremony. In this new world everything is laid out for citizens: their food is premeasured and send to them, their jobs are based on intense aptitude tests and their deaths are pre-planned. Matching…
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Book Review: Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock Published May 8,2012 Summary: In this slightly more believable version of supernatural YA, lupine syndrome (otherwise known as becoming a werewolf) is running rampant across the United States. Those infected are sent to containment camps where they live out their lives never able to see their families again. The novel opens after Mackenzie’s best friend…
The Library of Alexandra 