Kristy Cooper gives us, what many in our current societal situation might call, a controversial look at Christianity in her YA fiction book, The Departed – which is the first installment in The Departed Series. In our society’s present political state where concerns of religious rights, gun rights, and the lot are being contested in the upcoming election arena of… Read more »
Extracted Sherry D. Ficklin & Tyler Jolley Published by: Clean Teen Publishing Publication date: August 15th 2016 Genres: Steampunk, Young Adult Two opposing factions of time travelers vie for control of the future in this thrilling steampunk series opener dubbed “Interesting” and “Unexpected” by Kirkus Reviews. Lex and Ember—two time travelers with no memories of their lives before being recruited… Read more »
The Lost Knight Candy Atkins (The Lost Knight Series, #1) Publication date: May 20th 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult How am I supposed to save the world when I’m not strong, not brave, not smart, and not particularly good at most things? I ran away from home the day after my thirteenth birthday when Auntie and her weird friend attacked… Read more »
Pandora (Guardian Angels, #1.1) Melody Manful Publication date: November 14th 2016 Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult Three things are absolute. 1: Abigail Hart’s boyfriend is not human. 2: He wants her dead. 3. She has to kill him first. The CIA’S Youth Intelligence Academy, YIA, taught Abigail one thing: Shoot to Kill. What they didn’t teach her was what to do,… Read more »
Beneath the Void Elisa Dane (Fighting Chance #2) Published by: Swoon Romance Publication date: August 9th 2016 Genres: Romance, Young Adult Sadie Reynolds is drowning. Months have passed since Ian Daniels and Newton Daily opened fire at Atwood High school, killing dozens of students before turning the guns on themselves. Determined to pay tribute to her fallen classmates and teachers,… Read more »
Under A Million Stars Rita Branches Publication date: August 8th 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Can a beating heart bleed from the shattered pieces? Her heart cracked when her best friend walked away; it completely shattered when she lost her family in a tragic accident. Now orphaned at seventeen, Charlotte Peterson is forced to live with her former best friend,… Read more »
Romance. You see it everywhere, in movies, tv shows, plays, books. Especially books. Now, I don’t know about you, but personally, I am a lover of the Fantasy genre, and I expect epic battles and torn worlds and little limitations on creativity for races (werewolves, vampires etc.) and alliances between worlds. I mean, you could literally get away with anything because it’s fantasy. I… Read more »
Remedy A Red Plague Novella Red Plague Series 4 Anna Abner Genre: YA Dystopian Publisher: Mild Red Books Date of Publication: July 26, 2016 ASIN: B01FOKFCTO Number of pages: 175 Word Count: 45,000 Book Description: The red plague has devastated the human race, turning billions of people into zombies with red eyes and an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Seventeen-year-old… Read more »
Seventeen-year-old Emma and her twin brother Charlie are expecting another boring summer vacation when the family travels to Balky Point. As much as they like the locals, it is a quiet, unassuming town where there’s not much going on. Charlie and Emma go exploring and the adventure all begins inside the lighthouse. They notice pictures there decades apart that… Read more »
There’s no doubt that I am a lover of dystopian fiction as I read as much of it as I can grab up. And as is common in most genres, you come across some really great pieces and some really horrible pieces. But with Anomalies by Sadie Turner and Collette Freedman, I think I found the beginning of something… Read more »
Young Adult Genre: Not just for young adults? This is my first guest post ever and before I get started on my topic of the day, I just want to thank Ashley from Truth about Books by A Fae for inviting me to write for her blog! So. My topic is actually a question that I’m going to answer: Why… Read more »