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Book Review: Taken by Erin Bowman

May 8, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 1 Comment

Book Review Taken Erin Bowman

Taken reminded me a little of The Maze Runner - they both had this engrossing quest for answers.  The plot delivers on answering a lot of the questions that come up.  The story moves quickly and kept me glued to the pages.  The interesting world was the strongest part of this book.  But, sadly there ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 8, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eARC, Medium Content, Young Adult
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Book Review: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

April 29, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 6 Comments

Take the beautiful, imaginary world of Neverland and make it a literal place where everything is messy and covered in dirt and that is the uninteresting world where Tiger Lily is set.  I didn't think it was possible to make Neverland so completely boring.  A few magical elements remain like fairies and mermaids but they felt very flat ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 29, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 2 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Medium Content, Young Adult
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Book Review: Reached by Ally Condie

April 1, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 5 Comments

Book Review Reached Ally Condie

Spoiler free even if you haven't read the first book in this series.  "But we do find answers in beauty, more often than not." - Ally Condie, Reached pg 507 More poetic writing from the lovely Ally.  In the final book of the Matched trilogy, we get a lot of questions answered, like how Cassia became immune ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 1, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, Everyone Content, Hardcover, Young Adult
5 Comments

Book Review: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

March 18, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 1 Comment

Incarnate is about a girl named Ana who lives in a world full of people that always get reincarnated except for her.  She's never been born before and frankly no one knows where the crap she came from.  And no one likes her either.  It sounds like an exciting start to a book which is ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 18, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Medium Content, Young Adult
1 Comment

Book Review: A Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont

March 6, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 7 Comments

A Breath of Eyre was a lovely debut novel about Emma Townsend who gets to live her own life as well as Jane Eyre's in a fascinating re-telling that I loved.  My favorite thing about modern retellings is looking for little references and clues to the original story.  I had a lot of fun in ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 6, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Mild Content, Retelling, Young Adult
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