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Book Review: Chameleon by Cidney Swanson (Book Two of the Ripple Series)

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up I just recently discovered that there are seven books in this series, not four! I am thrilled and hope to read them all soon! I felt that this book was a little more confusing than the first; mainly because some of the newly introduced characters have similar names. However, this book is definitely more action-packed which I enjoyed. —————————————– Sam and Will have now broken into a university to steal a book that could solve all of their problems. However, one of the henchmen of the evil … Continue reading Book Review: Chameleon by Cidney Swanson (Book Two of the Ripple Series)

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Book Review: The Rippler by Cidney Swanson (Book One of the Ripple series)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Supernatural Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up I find books like this one that have themes related to humans with supernatural abilities very interesting. I feel that I have read several books recently where the lead characters has some supernatural ability and then they have to run from the bad guys who are trying to capture them to test their genes and make a superhuman race. —————————– Samantha is on a trip with her friends when she turns invisible. Nobody notices that occurrence but after a few seconds, people believe that she’s fallen overboard as they cannot find … Continue reading Book Review: The Rippler by Cidney Swanson (Book One of the Ripple series)

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Book Review: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Dystopian Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up This book was my first choice for a lit circle in my school about dystopian fiction. We researched the author before reading the book and learned some very interesting things about him. I actually wouldn’t recommend this book to people who are easily offended. The book had explicit content from the beginning and also encouraged use of drugs in a dystopian society. However, the overall theme of the book was educational as it centered around identity and individuality. —————————– The book begins about 35 years in the … Continue reading Book Review: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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Book Review: I Am Sleepless: Sim 299 by Johan Twiss (Book One of the I Am Sleepless series)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommendation: 12 and up I received this book courtesy of Bookrature. This book was very thrilling and I loved the action and suspense. The beginning was confusing as there were a lot of characters with no background but as the book evolved, the characters were developed and I enjoyed it a lot. Also, this was a pretty long book, in contrast to some of the other ARCs I’ve read recently, which made it all the more enjoyable. ———————————————— Aidan and his two best friends are part of a military organization in … Continue reading Book Review: I Am Sleepless: Sim 299 by Johan Twiss (Book One of the I Am Sleepless series)

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Book Review: Amelia’s Story by D. G. Torrens

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Realistic Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up This book was quite disturbing yet very well-written. The author had obviously put a lot of thought into how this story would develop which I appreciated. I wish some of the characters in the book had more intrigue. From the get-go, there were good characters and bad characters, and you could tell who was what from the outset. Some readers would appreciate this, but I personally, would like a little more suspense. —————————————- Amelia and her brother Jake live with their abusive mother. She beats them daily … Continue reading Book Review: Amelia’s Story by D. G. Torrens

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Book Review: Free to Fall by Lauren Miller

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommendation: 14 and up I loved this book but I felt that there were several unnecessary plot twists and that took away from the book. ——————————————— Rory Vaughn lives in a world of technology. A world where there are apps that make decisions for you. A world where intuition is something to be frowned upon and rationality means letting devices make all the choices for you. Rory isn’t a huge fan of technology and sees no reason to use an app to make all of her decisions. In addition, the Doubt (i.e., … Continue reading Book Review: Free to Fall by Lauren Miller

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Book Review: The Heir by Kiera Cass (Book Four of the Selection Series)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommendation: 14 and up This book was a lot more appealing to me because it was written from the point of view of a princess rather than the prince. However, this book had a cliffhanger and Ms. Cass just has to write another one now. Also, there are two fantastic book covers for this book so I’m going to include them both! Feel free to comment and tell me which one you like better! ——————————————— The future queen of Illea is standing in front of her people, ready to announce the biggest … Continue reading Book Review: The Heir by Kiera Cass (Book Four of the Selection Series)