YA Book Reviews for All Ages.
Bloodrose
By Andrea Cremer
January 3, 2012
Ages 14 and up
Philomel
Reviewed: Hardcover/Self-purchase
…Calla has always welcomed war.
But now that the final battle is upon her, there’s more at stake than fighting. There’s saving Ren, even if it
Blurred
By Tara Fuller
July 2, 2013
Ages 14 and up
Entangled Teen
Reviewed: ebook/ARC from Publisher
…Cash is haunted by things. Hungry, hollow things. They only leave him alone when Anaya, Heaven’s beautiful reaper, is around. Cash has always
Boundless
By Cynthia Hand
January 22, 2013
Ages 13 and up
HarperTeen
Reviewed: ARC from Publisher
…The past few years have held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner could ever have anticipated. Yet from the dizzying highs of first love,
Breaking Point
By Kristen Simmons
February 12, 2013
Ages 13 and up
Tor Teen
…The second installment in Kristen Simmons’s fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series.
After faking their deaths to escape from prison, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only
Breathless
By Cole Gibsen
Published March 21, 2012
Crescent Moon Press
Paperback
…Obituary-reading emo girl Edith Small is broken – the end result of forcing herself inside a mold that doesn’t fit. All she wants is to conform to her
Burn For Burn
By Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
September 18, 2012
Ages 14 and up
Simon Audio / Simon & Schuster
Reviewed: ARC & Audiobook
…BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY…
THEY GET EVEN.Postcard-perfect Jar Island is home to charming
Butter
By Erin Jade Lange
September 4, 2012
Ages 14 and up
Bloomsbury
Reviewed: e-book/NetGalley
…A lonely obese boy everyone calls “Butter” is about to make history. He is going to eat himself to death-live on the Internet-and everyone is
Hero
By Alethea Kontis
October 1, 2013
Ages 12 and up
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Reviewed: ARC from Publisher
…Rough and tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she’s the only one of her sisters without any magic—until the day she accidentally conjures
Daughter of Isis
By Kelsey Ketch
October 26, 2013
Ages 15 and up
Self-Published by Author
Reviewed: Ebook/ARC from Author
…“Her mouth parted slightly, waiting for Seth to breathe life into her own body, just like in the story. She
Where the Stars Still Shine
By Trish Doller
September 24, 2013
Ages 12 and up
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Reviewed: Ebook/ARC
…Stolen as a child from her large and loving family, and on the run with her mom for more than ten