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Scorch by @GinaDamico

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Title: Scorch Rating:  Genre: YA / Supernatural Publisher: Graphia Release Date: September 25th 2012 Review: It’s hard to say what I love most about this series, but Gina’s ability to pin down wry humor and match it with teenage drama seems to be the thing I always come back to. The very first line of the book made me laugh and set the stage for how I read the rest of the story. Even though Lex wasn’t as my-cheeks-are-going-to-fall-off-they-hurt-so-much funny in Scorch as she was in Croak, she was developing into a strong heroine. Uncle Mort is crazy as ever … Continue reading

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Croak by @GinaDamico

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Lex Bartleby has always been good.  A good kid, a good student, a good twin sister to Cordy.  But when Lex turns 16, she remodels her perfect behavior into that of a juvenile delinquent.  After losing tracks of the number of times she’s been in the principal’s office or suspended, Lex’s parents decide that it might be a good idea if she tried something new.  Fearing the prison-like clutches of a teenage reform school, she is perplexed and mystified when her parents suggest a summer away with her lunatic uncle, Mort. When I picked up “Croak” for the first time, … Continue reading

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