This week I bring some murder mystery with a side of strange fairytales.
Showing posts with label tor teen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tor teen. Show all posts
Friday, August 3, 2018
Friday, March 9, 2018
Book Review: Pacifica
Author: Kristen Simmons
Genre: Young Adult | Dystopia
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: March 6, 2018
Source: ALAAC
Format: ARC
Marin is cosario royalty, a pirate like her father and his father before him. Sailing the ocean to chase adventure is in her blood. But these days no one cares that the island town her people call home is named after her grandfather. They have a new leader, one who promises an end to their hunger – and one who thinks that girls are meant for the kitchen or the brothel. Marin knows she's meant for more than that, and with the sudden influx of weapons on the island, and rumors of a pending deal with the enemy oil nation in her wake, she knows a big score to gain the council's favor is the only way to save her people, and herself.
Ross lives a life of privilege. As the president's son he wants for nothing, but he longs for a life of adventure. On a dare, he convinces his best friend Adam to sneak out to the Docks, the site of local race riots between the poor Shorlings and the upper class. But when Adam is arrested along with the other Shorlings, and not even the president is willing to find him, Ross finds himself taking matters into his own hands. He journeys back into the Docks, ready to make deals with anyone, even a beautiful pirate, if it means Adam's safe return.
When Marin and Ross meet in dangerous Shoreling territory he sees a way to get his friend back and she sees her ticket home. The ransom a president’s son would command could feed her people for years and restore her family’s legacy. But somewhere in the middle of the ocean, Marin must decide if her heart can handle handing over the only person who has ever seen her as more than a pirate (goodreads).
Pacifica was a thrilling adventure that will make you think.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Book Review: When I Cast Your Shadow
Author: Sarah Porter
Genre: Young Adult | Fantasy
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: September 12, 2017
Source: Publisher
Format: e-ARC
Dashiell Bohnacker was hell on his family while he was alive. But it's even worse now that he's dead....
After her troubled older brother, Dashiell, dies of an overdose, sixteen-year-old Ruby is overcome by grief and longing. What she doesn't know is that Dashiell's ghost is using her nightly dreams of him as a way to possess her body and to persuade her twin brother, Everett, to submit to possession as well.
Dashiell tells Everett that he's returned from the Land of the Dead to tie up loose ends, but he's actually on the run from forces crueler and more powerful than anything the Bohnacker twins have ever imagined....(goodreads).
That was confusing and weird.
Monday, September 26, 2016
Book Signing: An Evening with Kristen Simmons and Paula Stokes!
It's September which means empty your wallets book nerds and be prepared to sell off your first-born child. In celebration of Metaltown officially hitting stores on September 20, Kristen Simmons made at Anderson's Bookshop with Paula Stokes, and I learn so much from both of them!
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
[Meme]Waiting on Wednesday[#82]
Hosted by Breaking the Spine
Title: Riders (Riders #1)Author: Veronica Rossi
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: February 16, 2016
For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.
Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can't remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen--Conquest, Famine, and Death--are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.
They fail.
Now--bound, bloodied, and drugged--Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he's fallen for--not to mention all of humankind--he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.
But will anyone believe him (goodreads)?
Two words. Veronica. Rossi. I will read whatever she wants me to! What are you waiting on?
Friday, December 18, 2015
Book Review: Truthwitch
Author: Susan Dennard
Genre: Young Adult | Fantasy | Magic
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: January 5, 2016
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.
In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.
Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.
Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.
Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch (goodreads).
Oh, this is awkward. I can't even blame the hype for this one.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Book Review: The Glass Arrow
Author: Kristen Simmons
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: February 10, 2015
Genre: Young Adult // Romance // Dystopia
Format: Physical Copy
Source: Publisher
The Handmaid’s Tale meets Blood Red Road in Glass Arrow, the story of Aya, who lives with a small group of women on the run from the men who hunt them, men who want to auction off breeding rights to the highest bidder.
In a world where females are scarce and are hunted, then bought and sold at market for their breeding rights, 15-year old Aya has learned how to hide. With a ragtag bunch of other women and girls, she has successfully avoided capture and eked out a nomadic but free existence in the mountains. But when Aya’s luck runs out and she’s caught by a group of businessmen on a hunting expedition, fighting to survive takes on a whole new meaning (goodreads).
Wow. The Glass Arrow was nothing short of a breathe of short air!
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Weekly Wrap Up: January 18-24, 2015
Monday: Spoiler Chat - Ensnared
Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday (Crimson Bound)
Wednesday: Waiting on Wednesday (Glass Arrow)
Thursday: Book Review - Wild
Friday: Book Review - Tear You Apart
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
[Meme]Waiting on Wednesday [#58]
Hosted by Breaking the Spine
Title: The Glass ArrowAuthor: Kristen Simmons
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: February 10, 2015
The Handmaid’s Tale meets Blood Red Road in Glass Arrow, the story of Aya, who lives with a small group of women on the run from the men who hunt them, men who want to auction off breeding rights to the highest bidder.
In a world where females are scarce and are hunted, then bought and sold at market for their breeding rights, 15-year old Aya has learned how to hide. With a ragtag bunch of other women and girls, she has successfully avoided capture and eked out a nomadic but free existence in the mountains. But when Aya’s luck runs out and she’s caught by a group of businessmen on a hunting expedition, fighting to survive takes on a whole new meaning(goodreads).
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