From the back cover: Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still grieves for her dead father; her pack remains leaderless and in disarray, and she feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland. She longs for a normal life. But what is … [Read more...] about Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause: B
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The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer: C+
From the back cover: When life as Alex Morales had known it changed forever, he was working behind the counter at Joey's Pizza. He was worried about getting elected as senior class president and making the grades to land him in a good college. He never expected that an asteroid would hit the moon, knocking it closer in orbit to the earth and catastrophically altering the … [Read more...] about The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer: C+
East by Edith Pattou: B
From the back cover: Rose is the youngest of seven children, meant to replace her dead sister. Maybe because of that, she's never really fit in. She's always felt different, out of place, a restless wanderer in a family of homebodies. So when an enormous white bear mysteriously shows up and asks her to come away with it—in exchange for health and prosperity for her ailing … [Read more...] about East by Edith Pattou: B
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray: B-
From the back cover: Gemma Doyle isn't like other girls. Girls with impeccable manners, who speak when spoken to, who remember their station, who dance with grace, and who will lie back and think of England when it's required of them. No, sixteen-year-old Gemma is an island unto herself, sent to the Spence Academy in London after tragedy strikes her family in India. Lonely, … [Read more...] about A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray: B-
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer: D
From the back cover: About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. Review: I can't say I wasn't warned. Often and at length, as a matter of fact. Still, I wanted to make … [Read more...] about Twilight by Stephenie Meyer: D