Les Petites Revues [#14]

It seems I had my expectations set a little too high for these reads. 

Les Petites Review [#3]

This week we're talking (reluctant) royal romances!

Les Petites Revues [#2]

This week I bring some murder mystery with a side of strange fairytales.

Book Review: Famous Last Words

Title: Famous Last Words
Author: Katie Alender
Genre: Young Adult // Ghosts // Murder // Mystery
Publisher: Point
Publication Date: September 30, 2014
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased (BN.com)

Willa is freaking out. It seems like she's seeing things. Like a dead body in her swimming pool. Frantic messages on her walls. A reflection that is not her own. It's almost as if someone -- or something -- is trying to send her a message.
Meanwhile, a killer is stalking Los Angeles -- a killer who reenacts famous movie murder scenes. Could Willa's strange visions have to do with these unsolved murders? Or is she going crazy? And who can she confide in? There's Marnie, her new friend who may not be totally trustworthy. And there's Reed, who's ridiculously handsome and seems to get Willa. There's also Wyatt, who's super smart but unhealthily obsessed with the Hollywood Killer.
All Willa knows is, she has to confront the possible-ghost in her house, or she just might lose her mind . . . or her life.
Acclaimed author Katie Alender puts an unforgettable twist on this spine-chilling tale of murder, mystery, mayhem -- and the movies (goodreads).

Ghosts and a Hollywood serial killer? This was DEFINITELY my kind of book. 

[Book Review] Princess of Thorns

 Title: Princess of Thorns
Author: Stacey Jay
Genre: Young Adult // Romance // Fairytale Retellings 
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: December 9, 2014
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased (Audible)

Game of Thrones meets the Grimm's fairy tales in this twisted, fast-paced romantic fantasy-adventure about Sleeping Beauty's daughter, a warrior princess who must fight to reclaim her throne.
Though she looks like a mere mortal, Princess Aurora is a fairy blessed with enhanced strength, bravery, and mercy yet cursed to destroy the free will of any male who kisses her. Disguised as a boy, she enlists the help of the handsome but also cursed Prince Niklaas to fight legions of evil and free her brother from the ogre queen who stole Aurora's throne ten years ago.
Will Aurora triumph over evil and reach her brother before it's too late? Can Aurora and Niklaas break the curses that will otherwise forever keep them from finding their one true love (goodreads)?

A princess in disguise, a rakish prince and ogres. This book definitely did not disappoint!