The Mystic Wolves Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥

Publisher: Moonstruck Media

Release Date: January 19th/2012

Pages: 300

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What It's About!

What would you do if a simple errand takes a deadly twist, turning you from cautious prey to dangerous predator?

Someone is trying to send a deadly message to Mason, arranging the deaths of those he loves and it puts the entire pack and Alpha on high alert. Darcy understands the primal instincts driving her beloved Mason's commands. With the help of those he sets as protectors, she learns about herself and the things she'll need to help support her Alpha and pack. When events turn dire however, one truth offers her strength - once given, oaths are unbreakable ... even if it means risking it all.

Review

The Mystic Wolves almost earned a 5 star rating, but because of the lack of story building in the beginning of the book, it only got 4. When I started reading it, I felt disconnected from the characters and the story, for the lack of back story. I kept waiting to find out how the pack came to be, why things were the way they were, etc, but it just never really happened. Going deeper into the book, though, the story started to build up and I was able to get into it more. By the middle of the book, I was fully hooked.

The pace of the book overall was very good. It had just the right amount of events to keep you on your toes. Almost right away, we lost a beloved character, and although we didn't know her for very long, I still felt like I lost a favorite character, just because of what the main character, Darcy, was going through. Mason and Darcy were the perfect couple, I couldn't flip the pages fast enough sometimes to see what was going to happen next.

As with every good story, we had a few little events that eventually led up to the big climax near the end, and everything flowed and came together really well. I read the last half of the book in one sitting, things just got so juicy I literally couldn't put the book down. I especially was NOT expecting the ending, which btw, is a total cliffhanger! I had originally read this first book because it was free on amazon and it was about werewolves (LOVE them!). I hadn't planned on reading the second book since it wasn't free (haha) but I bought the second book almost as soon as I finished The Mystic Wolves. The ending is so juicy and ended just when it was getting super good. The author did an amazing job sucking me in to having to read the second book.

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Neferet's Curse (House of Night Novella #3) by P.C. + Kristin Cast

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Release Date: February 19th/2013
Pages: N/A

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What It's About!

With more than 12 million books in print, rights sold in almost 40 countries, and over two years on the New York Times bestseller list, the House of Night series is an international publishing sensation. Now, the excitement continues as the Cast mother-daughter duo shares the back stories of a few of the House of Night's most important – and mysterious – characters.

In the third House of Night novella, the secret history we've all been waiting for is finally revealed...  Neferet, the Tulsa House of Night's darkly seductive High Priestess, wasn't always a powerful vampyre, but she has always been beautiful. Raised in turn-of-the-century Chicago in a motherless home, her beauty makes her the prey of unwanted attention and abuse, leaving her with scars that will never heal – and a Darkness that will eventually need to find its way out. But when she is Marked and gains strength, both physical and magickal, she turns her anger into power and looks for a way to regain what was stolen from her. From victim to High Priestess, beautiful young woman to powerful seductress, Neferet's journey begins...

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♥Cover Candie of the Month♥

This Month's Cover Candie: For Darkness Shows The Stars by Diana Peterfreund

Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Release Date: June 12th/2012
Pages: 402
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What It's About!

It's been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.

Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot's estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth--an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go.

But Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret--one that could change their society . . . or bring it to its knees. And again, she's faced with a choice: cling to what she's been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she's ever loved, even if she's lost him forever.

Inspired by Jane Austen's "Persuasion", "For Darkness Shows the Stars" is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.

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Cover Reveal: Doomed by Tracy Deebs

Publisher: Bloomsbury Walker

Release Date: Jan. 8th/2012
Pages: N/A

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What It's About!

Beat the game. Save the world.

Pandora’s just your average teen, glued to her cell phone and laptop, surfing Facebook and e-mailing with her friends, until the day her long-lost father sends her a link to a mysterious site featuring twelve photos of her as a child. Unable to contain her curiosity, Pandora enters the site, where she is prompted to play her favorite virtual-reality game, Zero Day. This unleashes a global computer virus that plunges the whole world into panic: suddenly, there is no Internet. No cell phones. No utilities, traffic lights, hospitals, law enforcement. 

Pandora teams up with handsome stepbrothers Eli and Theo to enter the virtual world of Zero Day. Simultaneously, she continues to follow the photographs from her childhood in an attempt to beat the game and track down her father, her one key to saving the world as we know it. Part The Matrix, part retelling of the Pandora myth, Doomed has something for gaming fans, dystopian fans, and romance fans alike.

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Wicked Jealous: A Love Story Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥

Publisher: Speak

Release Date: July 19th/2012

Pages: 272

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What It's About!

Simone never saw herself as the “cute girl”—she was always the chunky, band tee wearing, France-obsessed smart girl. But now that Simone’s a few pounds lighter and sporting a new retro style, things have gotten, well, weird. Her crush Jason seems to actually know she exists. And when Simone’s soon-to-be stepmonster Hillary stops ignoring her, Simone knows something is up. When Simone’s brother offers to let her move in with him and his six roommates on the beach for the summer, Simone jumps at the chance. But living with seven very different college boys isn’t exactly helping her land her very own happily ever after.

ARC was provided by Penguin Canada

  

Review

I haven't had much time to read lately, but this book has been one of the few that has gotten onto my summer reading list so far. It was a highly enjoyable, good summer read. When I had first started reading, I my first impression of Simone was that she was this wimpy, overweight girl that would do nothing for herself. Actually though, she took control of her life, and her bad eating habits and did something about it.

Simone wasn't the only character we got to know. We also got to know bitch Hillary, her dad's new 28 yr old girlfriend with a BAD case of jealous-bitchitous. She did everything she could to ruin Simone, and I do mean in the literal sense. Hillary was well aware of the fact that Simone was deathly allergic to apples, so she would constantly "forget", always trying to shove some kind of apply thing down the poor girl's throat. While I hated Hillary, she did make a good character, and helped add some juicy drama to the story. Then there is Nicola, Simone's BFF/wingwoman, the 7 college guys she meets when she moves in with them and her brother, and Jason.

Jason was your typical jock-just-wanna-get-in-your-pants type jerk, who she falls for, for a little while, until she starts to realize what he's really into her for, and ends up realizing who was there for her all along even when she didn't quite know it yet. I was SO glad she actually had a brain and knew how to use it when it came to Jason, even if it took a little bit for her to get there.

I loved the way the book ended, it was a perfect ending. Hillary got what she deserved all along, Simone ended up with the right guy AND got her dad back on track, and a few other pretty good things brought the story to a close. Wicked Jealous is definitely a book to go on your summer reading list, if your looking for a light, fun, easy read to read on the beach or just out in the sun. 

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Book Name: The Violet Fox
Author: Clare C. Marshall
Publisher: Faery Ink Press (http://www.faeryinkpress.com)
Release date: October 13, 2012
Genre: YA Fantasy
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Violet Fox Goodreads Page: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14743283-the-violet-fox

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What It's About!

There are two kinds of people in the land of Marlenia.

The Marlenians, who live on the surface, and the Freetors, who are forced to live underground. The war between them ended two hundred years ago, but the Freetors still fight for the right to live under the sun. Fifteen-year-old Kiera Driscoll embodies the Freetors' hopes as the Violet Fox. In a violet cape and mask, she sneaks around Marlenia City stealing food and freeing her people from slavery.

Then the Elders task her with a secret mission: retrieve a stolen tome that contains the secrets of Freetor magic, something the Marlnians both fear and covet. Kiera must disguise herself as a noblewoman and infiltrate the Marlenian castle. 

Before the Freetor-hating Advisor finds out her real identity.

Before her brother is imprisoned because of the secrets he hides.

And before she falls any more in love with the prince she's supposed to hate.

More is happening in the castle than she realizes, and Kiera is faced with a difficult choice. Will she be loyal to her people and their fight for freedom, or will she be loyal to her heart?

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Bloodlines Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: August 23rd/2011
Pages: 421

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What It's About!

The first book in Richelle Mead's brand-new teen fiction series - set in the same world as Vampire Academy.

When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.

Review 

Even though I haven't read the Vampire Academy series, it was very easy to slip into the world of Bloodlines. After hearing so much buzz about this new series, I knew I had to read it!

I really enjoyed reading Bloodlines, it has a nice pace, with just the right amount of events and characters. Everything flowed very well, and the relationships between the characters was very realistic. Lately it seems it doesn't matter what book I read, the characters meet one day then next thing you know they're totally in love, and it's like..did I miss something?? But with Bloodlines this was not the case.

Sydney is an amazing main character, she's strong, and down to earth and at no point did I get even a little bit annoyed with her. She knew how to think for herself and knew how to solve problems instead of just sitting there and complaining about it. Another character I ended up really liking was Adrian. Gradually he started proving more and more that he could be there for Sydney and that he wasn't just another stupid guy.

I had no idea what to expect before reading this book, but it turned out to be a really enjoyable read. I really didn't see the ending of the book coming, which was a nice element of surprise. I can't wait to read the next book!

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Destined (House of Night #9) Review

Rating: ♥♥♥

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Release Date: October 25th/2011

Pages: 325

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What It's About!

Zoey is finally home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side, and preparing to face off against Neferet—which would be a whole lot easier if the High Counsel saw the ex-High Priestess for what she really is. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx’s gift of a human form, Rephaim and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together—if he can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father’s shadow...

But there are new forces at work at the House of Night. An influx of humans, including Lenobia’s handsome horse whisperer, threatens their precarious stability. And then there’s the mysterious Aurox, a jaw-droppingly gorgeous teen boy who is actually more—or possibly less—than human. Only Neferet knows he was created to be her greatest weapon. But Zoey can sense the part of his soul that remains human, the compassion that wars with his Dark calling. And there’s something strangely familiar about him...

Will Neferet’s true nature be revealed before she succeeds in silencing them all? And will Zoey be able to touch Aurox’s humanity in time to protect him—and everyone—from his own fate? Find out what’s destined in the next thrilling chapter of the House of Night series.

Review

 I've been a fan of this series from the beginning, and while the last few books haven't been the best, this 9th book in the series feels like its back on track like the first few. I couldn't give it a full 4 or 5 stars because of the fact it wasn't very eventful. So it's more of a 3.5/5. The most that happens is at the very end, and no, Heath technically hasn't come back. Yet. After I skimmed through some other people's reviews, I kept expecting him to pop up, but he didn't until the very end and it technically isn't really him.

I liked the fact that almost everyone, outside of Zoey's group, is really starting to see Neferet for what she truly is, and how bad she has become. Especially when one of the high council members finally seen it for herself. Naturally, the next 2 books will probably be the build up for the war that's going to happen between Neferet and everybody else, with the last book concluding the war and the series as a whole. I'm actually looking forward to the last few books.

Zoey was the same as she's been since book 1, same with Damian, but there were some unexpected changes between some of the characters. I even started to really like Rephaim and maybe even Kalona. I've always liked Stark but he felt different to me in this book for some reason.

I wish there had been more things actually happening in this 9th installment, but overall it's pretty enjoyable, if not a little slow at times. I definitely recommend it to any House of Night fans!

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Book Reveal: Starstruck (Fame Game #2) by Lauren Conrad

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: October 30th/2012

Pages: N/A

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What It's About!

As the drama surrounding Madison, Carmen, Gaby, and Kate is played out in front of the cameras and the relentless paparazzi, the girls quickly discover that fame comes at a price. Featuring hot new characters and old favorites from the #1 New York Times bestselling series L.A. Candy, the second Fame Game novel chronicles the rise and fall of Hollywood’s newest reality stars.

Anyone who has ever wondered what it is like to make it in Hollywood will love this fun, addictive series written by someone who has seen—and lived—it all. Full of dishy details about young Hollywood that only an insider can reveal, bestselling author, fashion designer, and television star Lauren Conrad shows that the real drama happens behind the scenes.

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Cover Reveal: Boundless (Unearthly #3) by Cynthia Hand

Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: Jan. 22nd/2013

Pages: 320

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What It's About!

No description yet! :(

My Thoughts:

I am SSOOO freaking IN LOVE with this cover!! It's even more gorgeous than the first 2 and I am a HUGE fan of the Unearthly series! I can't believe we have to wait until January!!!!

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Blog Tour: Interview With Elisabeth Wheatley

The Secrets of the Vanmars by Elisabeth Wheatley

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What It's About!

After her adventures with the Key of Amatahns, sixteen-year-old Janir Caersynn Argetallam returns home to find Brevia on the brink of war with a neighboring country, Stlaven. Her foster-father and even Saoven—a brave young elf warrior—think it will be safe at the castle where Janir grew up. However, while trying to unravel a looming mystery, Karile—self-taught wizard and Janir’s self-appointed best friend—becomes certain that there is danger in the mountains surrounding Janir’s childhood home and that it has something to do with Stlaven’s most powerful family, the Vanmars…

 Author Interview with Elisabeth Wheatley

Did you always want to be a writer?

No. When I was little, I wanted to be a fairy princess, then a veterinarian and then an environmental engineer like my dad. I decided I wanted to be a writer when I was about eleven, then changed my mind. Up until about three years ago I wanted to be a veterinarian, but a fainting experience involving blood, needles, a hospital trip, and an ambulance promptly cured me of that ambition. (It was nothing serious, it just served to freak me out.)

What is your favorite scene in The Secrets of the Vanmars?

Favorite scene...favorite scene..... There’s a scene in the beginning where Karile sneaks into Janir’s bedroom to talk to her and she thinks he’s someone sent to kill her. I had a lot of fun with that one, still there are a few that I like just as much. But if I were to tell you what they are, that would fall too dangerously near the realm of SPOILER, so...

                  

What was the most challenging part of writing The Secrets of the Vanmars?

Figuring out what was actually going to happen. I have to have a blue print or a general idea before I start writing and though I had a few elements worked out, I still had to draft up the plotline. It took me a few months to get that sorted out and once I did, everything else fell into place pretty easily. But believe me, the plotline was challenging enough to make up for everything else!

In your books, you have the elves speak Latin as their native language. Why did you select Latin?

Because Latin fascinates me, it has the right feel to it, and if people want to, they can go look up the translation for things that I purposely don’t translate. I like languages, but I’m too busy (lazy) and I don’t like them enough (lazy) to do what Tolkien or Paolini did and invent my own. : )

What is your writing process?

Come up with idea, come up with first scene, come up with plotline, write story, re-write story, obsess over typos, re-write story, drive family crazy, finish story.

You mentioned you have three brothers, have they influenced your stories?

Oh, yes. The Gideon Mountains and the river Zebulun are each named after one of my brothers and I took my description of Karile, with his stick-thin frame and spiky red hair, from my third brother. My brothers aren’t my biggest fans, but that lets them be honest. Very honest.

What are three things on your “Bucket List”?

Compete in a jousting tournament (No,seriously! You don’t need a time machine anymore), horseback ride in the Redwood forests, and see Stonehenge.

If you could meet any living person, who would it be?

Geez...as I think about this question I’m realizing that the vast majority of my heroes don’t qualify as my answer must be “living.” Can I pick a writer? Am I allowed to do that? Okay, then I’ll say Gail Carson Levine. I love her writing, particularly her book Ever and her new fairy-tale detective story,  A Tale of Two Castles.

Elisabeth Wheatley is a 16-year-old YA Fantasy author. She is a newly published author of an amazing new series. You can find out more about her books here and check out her Goodreads page. You can also check out the video for The Secrets of the Vanmars here.

 

Rapture Review

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Release Date: June 12th/2012

Pages: 448

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What It's About!

The sky is dark with wings . . . .

Like sand in an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past they must find the place where the angels fell to earth. Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this—live only to lose Luce again and again.

Yet together they will face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies . . . and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed. And suddenly Luce knows what must happen.

For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now will be the only one that truly matters.

In the fight for Luce, who will win?

The astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series. Heaven can’t wait any longer.

Review

I cried when I reached the ending of Rapture because it was just so PERFECT. I fell in love with the Fallen series since the very first book so I was sad for it to end.

The very VERY ending took me a little by surprise, I wasn't expecting that. But the close-to-the-end is what I was hoping, probably since the 2nd book, would happen. I purposely tried not to devour this book in one sitting because it's THE LAST BOOK *sad face inserted here* Rapture is my favourite book out of the whole series. Daniel and Luce are trying to stop Lucifer's angel fall (whatever you want to call it), so as they are trying to find the items to find out how to stop him, they are always on the run from someone or something trying to come after them. It had all the emotion, action and heart-tugging that the other books may not have had.

One thing I thought was really missing though, was there was no big romantic boom between Daniel and Luce like there should have been. Since book one Lauren Kate has been building this big, passionate love between them, only to have it not get to its full potential. They kiss and touch, but there's no big passionate romantic love scene. I was so disappointed. I still really loved the book though.

Rapture is the perfect ending for the series, I couldn't have wanted better (besides the romance, of course!). It almost puts all 3 previous books to shame, it's so good. Why couldn't all 3 books have been just as freaking amazing as this one?! Even if you didn't quite like the first three books, I think Rapture is definitely worth buying, it is so amazingly written and so many things come together, so many questions answered. We finally get to see where Daniel and Luce first fell in love and how it all came to be.

 

HUGE Cover Reveal!

I just seen these brand new covers for these upcoming books! My jaw dropped in excitement as soon as my eyes landed on these!! I know the House of Night novels have been a drag the last few books, but I'm still a huge fan and I LOOVEE the newest cover!!! It's especially gorgeous after the last few covers have been, well, bleh. Also, the third book in the Darkness Rising trilogy fits perfectly with the first two books, I absolutely LOVE this cover and the series! The third cover is a brand new novel by Christine Johnson (author of the Claire De Lune series). Unfortunately, I don't have the captions for all of these amazing covers, so keep checking back on goodreads :)  Hope you guys love these new covers just as much as I do!

House of Night #10 

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Release Date: October 16th/2012
Pages: 320

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In the must-read tenth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling vampyre series, Darkness won’t stay hidden for long… “Move over Stephenie Meyer.” –People

The House of Night series is an international phenomenon, reaching #1 on U.S., German, and UK bestseller lists, and remaining a fixture on the New York Times Children’s Series bestseller list for more than 140 weeks and counting. With nearly 12 million copies in print, rights sold in thirty-eight countries to date, and relatable, addictive characters, this series is unstoppable. Now in Hidden, the tenth installment of the series, the stakes are higher than ever before.

Neferet’s true nature has been revealed to the Vampyre High Council, so Zoey and the gang might finally get some help in defending themselves and their beloved school against a gathering evil that grows stronger every day. And they’ll need it, because Neferet’s not going down without a fight. Chaos reigns at the House of Night.

Darkness Rising #3

Release Date: April 9th/2013

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Publisher: Simon Pulse

Release Date: February 12th/2013

Pages: 352

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What It's About!

Keira’s hallucinating. First it’s a door hovering above the road; then it’s a tree in her living room. But with her parents fighting and her best friend not speaking to her, Keira can’t tell anyone about her breakdown. Until she meets Walker. They have an electric connection—and somehow it’s as if he can see the same shadowy images.

The more Keira slowly confides in Walker, the more intense—and frightening—her visions become. Trusting him may be more dangerous than Keira could have ever imagined. Because Walker is not what he appears to be—and neither are her visions.

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Cover Reveal: All The Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen

Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC

Release Date: December 11th/2013

Pages: N/A

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What It's About!

What if your life wasn't your own?

Liv comes out of a coma with no memory of her past and two distinct, warring voices inside her head. Nothing, not even her reflection, seems familiar. As she stumbles through her junior year, the voices get louder, insisting she please the popular group while simultaneously despising them. But when Liv starts hanging around with Spencer, whose own mysterious past also has him on the fringe, life feels complete for the first time in, well, as long as she can remember.

Liv knows the details of the car accident that put her in the coma, but as the voices invade her dreams, and her dreams start feeling like memories, she and Spencer seek out answers. Yet the deeper they dig, the less things make sense. Can Liv rebuild the pieces of her broken past, when it means questioning not just who she is, but what she is?

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League Of Strays Review

Rating: ♥♥

Publisher: Amulet

Release Date: October 1st/2012

Pages: 288

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What It's About!

When Charlotte Brody, a lonely 17-year-old student at a new school, receives an invitation to join The League of Strays, she's intrigued by the group's promise of "instant friendship." The League does provide companionship--and even a love interest--but Charlotte grows increasingly uncomfortable with its sinister mission to seek revenge against the bullies of Kennedy High. When escalating acts of vengeance threaten to hurl her down a path of remorse, Charlotte must choose between her new friends and the direction of a future she's never fully considered.

                              

Review

It took me forever to actually finish this book. I couldn't wait to dive into it, but once I did, it wasn't as good as I was hoping. The beginning sucked me in for a while, what with the mysterious notes a few people got for a meeting with someone they didn't know, and didn't know why. It never really explains why either, until later on.

Charlotte was a really flat character with nothing to connect to her with and I could never really understand her, or why she felt she had to lie about little things. Then there's Kade, who's basically the group leader. He's this mysterious good looking guy that Charlotte pretty much instantly has the hots for. He drove me crazy, he was so hot and cold and never really liked actually explaining anything, especially in the beginning. All the other characters were your basic stereotypes, the snobs, wannabes, etc. It didn't feel like they had any originality or depth to them.

Even though the book is really well written and easy to read, I could never fully get into it. It just didn't seem to have an actual point leading up to what was going on and some stuff felt pointless, like why have it in there at all. I think the characters and the story could have had a bit more depth and point to them. I ended up just skimming the last half or so of the book just to see what ends up happening.

I think a younger audience would like it, but not if your looking for a good read to sink your teeth into. 

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