Monday, 18 September 2017

REVIEW: Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 0062290134

Release Date: May 30th 2017


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo
B&N, Book Depository


Rating: 9/10


Summary:

Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster.


In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

REVIEW: The Music Maker Series: Perception by A.K.R Scott

Genre: Fantasy/Young Adult

Publisher: Self-Published

ISBN: 0998508322

Format: E-Book, Paperback

Release Date: August 23rd 2017


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Website


Rating: 7/10


Synopsis:

Helaine was an ordinary musician with an extraordinary ability: she could smell sound.


That is, until she awoke from a mysterious three-day sleep.

The sudden loss of her extra sense ruins her summer apprenticeship and threatens to put her back in the infirmary indefinitely. And to top it off, her best friend, Nadja, has gone missing. No goodbye. No word. Nothing.

Tuesday, 5 September 2017

REVIEW: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

Genre: Adult/Mystery/Thriller

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 0062659073

Release Date: September 5th 2017


Links: GoodreadsAmazon.com, Indigo
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Rating: 8/10



Synopsis:

Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would
be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as The Child Finder, Naomi is their last hope.

Naomi’s methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like Madison because once upon a time, she was a lost girl too.

Tuesday, 29 August 2017

REVIEW: The Twisted Ones by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley

Genre: Young Adult/Mystery/Horror

Publisher: Scholastic

ISBN: 1338139304

Release Date: June 27th 2017

Links: GoodreadsAmazon.com, B&N, Indigo
Website


Rating: 7/10



Synopsis:

It's been a year since the horrific events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Charlie is just trying to move on. Even with the excitement of a new school and a fresh start, she's still haunted by nightmares of a masked murderer and four gruesome animatronic puppets. Charlie thinks her ordeal is over, but when a series of bodies are discovered near her school bearing wounds that are disturbingly familiar she finds herself drawn back into the world of her father's frightening creations. Something twisted is hunting Charlie, and this time if it finds her, it's not letting her go.

Tuesday, 1 August 2017

REVIEW: Ever the Brave by Erin Summerill

Genre: Fantasy/Young Adult

Publisher: hmhteen

ISBN: 0544664469

Release Date: December 2017

Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, B&N
Indigo, Instagram, Twitter, Website


Rating: 8/10


Summary:

Ever the Divided. Ever the Feared. Ever the Brave.


After saving King Aodren with her newfound Channeler powers, Britta only wants to live a peaceful life in her childhood home. Unfortunately, saving the King has created a tether between them she cannot sever, no matter how much she'd like to, and now he's insisting on making her a noble lady. And there are those who want to use Britta’s power for evil designs. If Britta cannot find a way to harness her new   magical ability, her life—as well as her country—may be lost.