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Book Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore (Book two of the Graceling series)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up I am still amazed at how this author manages to write novels that are almost five hundred pages long while still keeping them exciting and capturing the reader’s interest! —————————————————- Fire is a girl who has the power to make people think what she wants them to. She can make them do simple things like turn around and avoid her, or even do extreme things such as make them kill themselves. In her world, she is regarded as a monster- her beauty and words are her greatest weapons. But Fire … Continue reading Book Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore (Book two of the Graceling series)

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Book Review: The Prince by Kiera Cass (A Selection Novella)

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommended: 13 and up This book was extremely short and I felt that a lot of the content was the same as the Selection. I don’t understand why the author would copy and paste scenes from her book to make a novella. Nevertheless, it was an interesting read. —————————————– Prince Maxon must choose a wife from 35 eligible girls. This process is known as the Selection. When a heir to the kingdom comes of age, it is customary to hold a Selection to choose his future wife. However, Maxon isn’t open to … Continue reading Book Review: The Prince by Kiera Cass (A Selection Novella)

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Book Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up This book was a great read but it was quite long- about 480 pages. 🙂 ———————————————————— Katsa is a girl with a Grace. A Grace is basically an innate ability that allows a person to excel at a certain task. Katsa has the killing Grace. She is ordered around by her uncle, who sends her to do his dirty work. Katsa doesn’t like it, but she hates getting on her uncle’s bad side even more. Katsa also dislikes using her ability to torture innocent people. But she … Continue reading Book Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

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Book Review: Pulse by Patrick Carman (Book one)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up This book was definitely one of the most interesting I’ve read in a while on the topic of supernatural abilities. There were only a handful of characters but they were well developed. There were some parts of the book where a lot of pronouns were used and it was difficult to keep up with which character the author was referring to, but other than that, it was a great read. ——————————————- Faith Daniels and Dylan Gilmore live in a shrinking society where everyone is moving to the States. Their … Continue reading Book Review: Pulse by Patrick Carman (Book one)

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Book Review: The Queen by Kiera Cass (A Selection Novella)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up I felt that this book wasn’t really relevant to the whole series besides adding some background to the story of the current queen. However, I still enjoyed the book! The story was very well written and I loved all the characters. I wouldn’t recommend reading this book before reading the series but it’s definitely fun reading after! ———————————————– Amberly is one of the contestants of the Selection. She has loved the prince for as long as she can remember and getting selected was a dream come true. When … Continue reading Book Review: The Queen by Kiera Cass (A Selection Novella)

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Book Review: Angel Tears by Valmore Daniels (Book four of the Fallen Angels series)

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up I found this book to be much better than the previous one because it had an actual plot and the author wasn’t aimlessly killing off characters. ——————————————– Serena has just escaped from a juvenile detention facility. She is brought back to custody when they offer her a place at a “camp” for “people like her” instead of going back to juvie. Serena is at first wary of this offer but agrees because she doesn’t want to go back to where she was before. Upon arrival to the “camp”, Serena … Continue reading Book Review: Angel Tears by Valmore Daniels (Book four of the Fallen Angels series)

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Book Review: Earth Angel by Valmore Daniels (Book three of the Fallen Angels series)

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommendation: 13 and up To be completely honest, I was extremely disappointed with this book. The first three-quarters were just plot-less gore and the rest made no sense. I don’t know how the author could write such a book after the first two, which were very balanced and well-written. If the fourth and fifth books are like this one, I will definitely not be reading them anytime soon. ————————————————- Kyle Chase is a heart surgeon. He has been doing major research in the area of stem cells and is working on a … Continue reading Book Review: Earth Angel by Valmore Daniels (Book three of the Fallen Angels series)

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Book Review: Rio- The Street Kid Stargazer by Craig S. Wilson

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up This book is an advance copy, courtesy of the author himself (who found me on Twitter)! This book was a great read and the characters were all very well developed. Moreover, the characters weren’t all the same general age, which allowed for different perspectives, even though the book was written in third person. ————————————————- Lucas has just lost his older brother and his mother, both of whom were breadwinners for his family. Now, Lucas must rely on the scraps and money he can get with panhandling and pick-pocketing to … Continue reading Book Review: Rio- The Street Kid Stargazer by Craig S. Wilson

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Book Review: Whispers by Aram Keledjian

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommended: 13 and up This book was given to me courtesy of BookRature. This was one of the best books I’ve read this year, by far. The story very intriguing and fast-paced, and not gory like many of the other books in this genre. ——————————————————– Henry White is a seventeen-year-old who has a secret. He is actually 219 years old and essentially immortal. Resembling a young boy, but actually a vampire, he is one of the last of his kind, and lives in a house with his grandfather. Henry rarely leaves his … Continue reading Book Review: Whispers by Aram Keledjian

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Book Review: The Dead List by Martin Crosbie

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up This was a book courtesy of BookRature. I really enjoyed this book because it was fast-paced but I wish that the author had developed the characters earlier because they were like a list of names in the book until about halfway through, where we were told who these people were, and what their relation to the main character was. ———————————————— John Drake is a police officer. He has a night watch in a neighborhood where nothing really ever happens. However, one night, he finds a dead body and has … Continue reading Book Review: The Dead List by Martin Crosbie