Tag Archives: Angst
Night School
Title: Night School Author: C. J. Daughtery Genre: Mystery, Romance, YA, Coming of age Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: May 21, 2013 Review: FIVE stars for Night School. Allie has a difficult time staying out of trouble. When she gets arrested with her friends, her parents are at the end of their rope; they send her to boarding school. Cimmeria isn’t just any old boarding school. There are no computers, cell phones, ipods, etc . . . Students are expected to find constructive and creative ways to occupy their time. This is quite an extreme change from Allie’s reality. … Continue reading
An interview with @HeidiJoVT, Author of Forever My Girl
Some of you may have heard the buzz of a new book that was released on 27 December – Forever My Girl is the debut novel from our very own co-owner, Heidi McLaughlin. The story of a Rockstar and his one true love, Forever My Girl is a story that will simultaneously warm your heart and tear it apart. Today we chat to Heidi to find out what her inspiration for the story and more importantly, whether we can get any juicy hints on the sequel… So, I know you’ve done a few interviews about Forever My Girl, but for … Continue reading
Find You In The Dark by A. Meredith Walters
Title: Find You In The Dark Author: A. Meredith Walters Published: Out Now Summary: Maggie Young had the market on normal. Normal friends, normal parents, normal grades…normal life. Until him. Clayton Reed was running from his past and an army of personal demons that threatened to take him down. He never thought he had a chance at happiness. Until her. Maggie thought their love could overcome anything. Clay thought she was all he needed to fix his messy life. That together, they could face the world. But the darkness is always waiting. Sometimes the greatest obstacle to true love … Continue reading
Double Clutch by Liz Reinhardt
Title: Double Clutch Author: Liz Reinhardt Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: CreateSpace Release Date: September 28, 2011 Review: Brenna Blixen is your average sophomore girl except that she’s just spent the last year in Denmark. She suddenly feels like “the new kid” even though she’s known many of her classmates for years. She walks into school on her first day as nothing more than a ball of nerves. Until she realizes that nothing has really changed. Brenna does what’s called Share Time in high school – her mornings are spent in the “normal,” academics high school; her afternoons are spent at the … Continue reading
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Title: The Miseducation of Cameron Post Rating: Author: Emily M. Danforth Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: February 7, 2012 Review: The summer of 1989 in Miles City, Montana was a hot one. It was a summer of adventure and freedom, of too-hot afternoons and sleeping with covers thrown off in an attempt to capture some of the much appreciated breeze from an open bedroom window. And it was during that summer that Cameron Post’s life changed forever. After Cam’s parents are killed, she is forced to live with her very conservative, very traditional Aunt Ruth. At first, … Continue reading
Don’t Let Me Go by @JHTrumble
Title: Don’t Let Me Go Author: J.H.Trumble Publisher: Kensington (UK) Published: Digital Version: Out Now; Hard Copy: 16 February 2012 Rating: Product Description: Some people spend their whole lives looking for the right partner. Nate Schaper found his in high school. In the eight months since their cautious flirting became a real, honest, tell-the-parents relationship, Nate and Adam have been inseparable. Even when local kids take their homophobia to brutal levels, Nate is undaunted. He and Adam are rock solid. Two parts of a whole. Yin and yang. But when Adam graduates and takes an Off-Broadway job in New York … Continue reading
Pretty Bones – Aya Tsintziras
Title: Pretty Bones Author: Aya Tsintziras Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: James Lorimer and Company, Ltd. Release Date: September 27, 2011 Rating ★★★★ All you know, really, is how much you adore your bones. How much you crave them. Raine has everything going for her; good grades, great friends, and an adoring boyfriend who would do anything for her. But what she really wants is to be beautiful – and being pretty means being thin. Suddenly she’s trapped in a world of coffee cups, scales, disapproving mirrors, and concerned looks, and the way out may take her farther than she ever planned to … Continue reading
Hushed by Kelley York
Author: Kelley York Genre: YA/Drama Publisher: Entangled Publishing LLC Published: 6 December 2011 Summary: He’s saved her. He’s loved her. He’s killed for her. Eighteen-year-old Archer couldn’t protect his best friend, Vivian, from what happened when they were kids, so he’s never stopped trying to protect her from everything else. It doesn’t matter that Vivian only uses him when hopping from one toxic relationship to another—Archer is always there, waiting to be noticed. Then along comes Evan, the only person who’s ever cared about Archer without a single string attached. The harder he falls for Evan, the more Archer sees … Continue reading
The Secret of the Keepers by Elizabeth Isaacs
Title: The Secret of the Keepers Author: Elizabeth Isaacs Genre: Angst/Fantasy/Romance/Drama Release Date: Out Now Summary: The Kailmeyra Chronicles: Book Two– Life for Nora couldn’t be better; she has married the man of her dreams and loves living in the pristine land of Kailmeyra. That is, until the darkness threatens her perfect world. Now war is upon the land. She and Gavin must strengthen their clan and prepare to fight. But the enemy has an ally—one that not only wields power, but holds knowledge of the ancients’ secrets. Secrets that could destroy creation itself. As the darkness grows, doubt seeps … Continue reading
Reason to Breathe
Author: Rebecca Donovan Publisher: Wood Street Publishing Genre: YA Published: Out Now Product Description: “No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?” He knows there’s something more to the girl sitting in the back of the class the moment he sees her. She’s beautiful, intelligent, and athletic – but she slips quietly through the crowded halls, trying not to exist. Determined to get to know the elusive girl, Evan soon … Continue reading
Where She Went
Title: Where She Went Author: Gayle Forman Genre: Drama/Romance Publisher: Dutton Release Date: April 5, 2011 Summary: It’s been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam’s life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Julliard’s rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia’s home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and … Continue reading
You Against Me
Title: You Against Me Author: Jenny Downham Genre: YA/Drama Publisher: David Fickling Books (UK) Release Date: Out Now Summary If someone hurts your sister and you’re any kind of man, you seek revenge, right? If your brother’s accused of a terrible crime but says he didn’t do it, you defend him, don’t you? When Mikey’s sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie’s brother is charged with the offence, her world begins to unravel. When Mikey and Ellie meet, two worlds collide. This is a brave and unflinching novel from the bestselling author of … Continue reading
If I Stay
Title: If I Stay Author: Gayle Forman Genre: YA/Drama/Angst Publisher: Dutton/Penguin Release Date: Out Currently – Re-release April 6, 2010 Summary: In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year- old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck… A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make—and the ultimate choice Mia commands. Review: Got your Kleenex ready? We’ve got a … Continue reading





