Month: August 2015

Review: No True Echo

No True Echo by Gareth P. Jones My rating: 4 of 5 stars **Thank you to ABRAMS Kids for providing me a digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley for the purposes of review** I’m usually wary of time travel novels — time travel anything, really. I think the concept of time travel is a […]

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Review: I Crawl Through It

I Crawl Through It by A.S. King My rating: 5 of 5 stars **Thank you to Little Brown for Young Readers for providing me a digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley in order to review** Despite being familiar with A.S. King’s name, I had not yet had the pleasure of reading one of her […]

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Review: The Scorpion Rules

The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow My rating: 2 of 5 stars *1.5/5 **Thank you to Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing for providing me with a digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley for the purposes of review** Alright, let’s get this out of the way: I was looking forward to reading this book. I […]

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Review: An Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir My rating: 4 of 5 stars Because Goodreads does not allow half-stars, my official rating of a 3.5/5-stars has been bumped up to 4* solely on the basis that I would, in fact, read the next book to see what happens next. I make that little disclaimer […]

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Review: The Heart of Betrayal

The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson My rating: 5 of 5 stars In a YA literary world filled with “meh” second installments to trilogies, THE HEART OF BETRAYAL shines as a wonderful example of a second novel that might almost eclipse its predecessor. The “gimmick” of the first novel is gone, but the […]

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