Buy Glow Special: $10.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on October 18, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Glow is being hailed as “the most riveting series since The Hunger Games and called “utterly engrossing” by Lauren Myracle, but I was a little skeptical. Dystopian YA is always [...]

Buy Blood Red Road Special: $7.73 (Regular price: $8.99) Publisher: Doubleday Canada & Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on August 16, 2011 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars For 18-year-old Saba, her twin brother, Lugh, is everything. He even makes living in a dry, barren landscape like Silverlake bearable. So when a red [...]

Buy Dark Parties Special: $11.99 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Little, Brown for Young Readers Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on August 2, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Neva has always felt trapped — literally — inside the confines of the Protectosphere. It was erected after the outside world was destroyed according to their forefathers, [...]

Buy Ashes, Ashes Special: $11.99(Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on June 16, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Ring around the roses / A pocketful of posies / Ashes, ashes / We all fall down.” You might remember this rhyme, or something like it, from your childhood games playtime, [...]

Buy Possession Special: $10.49(Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Simon Pulse Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on June 14, 2011 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars When it’s a game of control or be controlled, you have no choice but to play along. In debut YA author, Elana Johnson‘s Possession, there are rules — or at least one [...]

Buy Divergent Special: $10.71(Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on June 9, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior is 16 years old, which means that it’s time for her to decide which of the five faction she wants to dedicate her life. She could stay in [...]

Buy Wither Special: $13.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on March 19, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars What if you knew exactly when you would die? In a future that is closer than you might think possible, human engineering will prove to be the reason that everyone [...]

Buy XVI Special: $7.99 (Regular price: $8.99) Publisher: Speak Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on March 17, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Nina Oberon lives a pretty ordinary life consisting of playing with her little sister, Dee Dee, hanging out with her best friend, Sandy and their crew, studying. It’s everything people would expect [...]

Buy Delirium Special: $9.99 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Harper Teen Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on March 12, 2011 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars In the days before scientists found a cure, people thought that falling in love was a good thing. What they didn’t know is that once love – or amor deliria nervosa [...]

People often say that a book is only as good as it’s villain. I’m not sure I totally agree with this statement, but there’s no denying that a really great villain can make for a truly brilliant read. The more powerful the bad guy is, the harder the good guys have to fight to survive [...]