Book Review - The Selection Stories

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Title: The Selection Stories: The Prince and The GuardAuthor: Kiera CassSeries: The Selection (novella)Publisher: Harper Collins Children's BooksRelease Date: 27 Mar. 2014ISBN-13: 978-0007587094SynopsisTwo novellas set in...

The Sin Eater's Daughter

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The Sin Eater’s Daughter is a YA fantasy novel by Melinda Salisbury.Seventeen year-old Twylla is the Goddess embodied. This means she is impervious to poison but by simply touching another, she kills them.When she was brought...

The Moon and More

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The Moon and More is a YA contemporary novel by the beloved bestselling author Sarah Dessen.Emaline is at a precipice – she is going to college once this summer in her beachside small hometown of Colby is over. This is the...

Mark of the Thief

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Mark of the Thief is a YA historical fantasy adventure novel by Jennifer A. Nielsen.A slave in the mines of ancient Rome, Nic dreams of freedom for himself and his sister. Yet, instead, he faces certain death as he is forced...

Lying Out Loud

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Lying Out Loud is a YA contemporary novel and a companion to The Duff by Kody Keplinger.I have not read The Duff and was able to enjoy Lying Out Loud as it focuses on different characters. It does, however, glimpse into...

Across a Star-Swept Sea

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Across a Star-Swept Sea is a YA sci-fi, dystopian retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Diana Peterfreund.Though this story stands on its own, it brings back characters from Peterfreund’s wonderful For Darkness Shows the...

All Fall Down

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All Fall Down is the first book in Ally Carter’s YA Embassy Row series.Returning to embassy row in the small, but powerful, European country her mother grew up in does not change the three truths Grace knows to her core:...

The Witch Hunter

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The Witch Hunter is a YA fantasy novel by debut author Virginia Boecker. Elizabeth Grey has worked hard, training her slender frame into one of the king’s best witch hunters – meant to locate those practicing witchcraft...