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blurb:  Set in one of the oldest parts of Melbourne, Australia, where thousands of bodies still sleep under the carpark of the Queen Victoria Markets, this is the story of a nineteen year-old girl, Lili McIntyre. When Lili decides to trade her California summer for a mid-winter visit to Australia, it’s in hope of finding inspiration and direction in the country where her father was born. But when she arrives in Melbourne, the first thing she finds is the last thing she’s looking for—a brooding man who makes her heart race every time she see him. Against her better judgement, Lili finds herself drawn into a relationship that tests her very beliefs about life, reality and fantasy. But the real test is how to follow her destiny as she faces some of the hardest decisions of her life.  Author bio: S M Spencer was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a young teenager her mother introduced her to the world of romantic suspense by encouraging he...

Savage Run is a YA futuristic dystopia by E. J. Squires. In one of the last hierarchical societies, Newland has a set standard of classes – and seventeen year old Heidi Cruise, being both a Laborer and a female, is in the lowest ranking set. She has already seen her best friend suffer under the ruthless hand of her Master in less than a year and soon it will be Heidi’s turn to be assigned a Master, as well. But she refuses to accept that. It is the time of year that the Savage Run begins – a brutal, male-only obstacle program that offers the lower classes to compete with one goal in mind: survive and become a Master. Determined to find freedom, Heidi is convinced their only chance is to pretend to be male and enter the Savage Run. Yet before they are even able to register, things begin to fall apart. Is it possible for a Laborer, and a female one at that, to ever be free? I will say that occasionally the writing and editing of Savage Run felt like it could use some improvement – but ...

Title: Artichoke Hearts Author: Sita Brahmachari Series: Mira Levenson (Book 1) Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books Release Date: 7 Jan. 2011 ISBN-13: 978-0330517911 Synopsis Twelve-year-old Mira comes from a chaotic, artistic and outspoken family where it’s not always easy to be heard. As her beloved Nana Josie's health declines, Mira begins to discover the secrets of those around her, and also starts to keep some of her own. She is drawn to mysterious Jidé, a boy who is clearly hiding a troubled past and has grown hardened layers - like those of an artichoke - around his heart. As Mira is experiencing grief for the first time, she is also discovering the wondrous and often mystical world around her. My Review This isn't my usual sort of read, I do like the odd bit of contemporary fiction but wasn't too sure about this. I actually listened to it on audio book and really only picked it up because it was the only thing on the shelf at the time that wasn...

The Secret Diamond Sisters  (The Secret Diamond Sisters #1) by  Michelle Madow   Release Date: 02/25/14 Harlequin Teen 381 pages Summary from Goodreads: Savannah. Courtney. Peyton. The three sisters grew up not knowing their father and not quite catching a break. But it looks like their luck is about to change when they find out the secret identity of their long-lost dad—a billionaire Las Vegas hotel owner who wants them to come live in a gorgeous penthouse hotel suite. Suddenly the Strip's most exclusive clubs are all-access, and with an unlimited credit card each, it should be easier than ever to fit right in. But in a town full of secrets and illusion, fitting in is nothing compared to finding out the truth about their past. Buy Links: Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Books A Million  |  Book Depository  |  iBookstore Praise: "Sexy and often electrifying ...  Gossip Girl  meets  The Princess Diaries  in a cit...

On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God is the second book in the raucous British YA contemporary Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series by Louise Rennison. For maximum hoots and haws, I recommend reading this series in order – which means starting with Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging . If you haven’t yet read that first hysterical entry in the series – not only do I feel pity for you but I also warn you that this review may include potential spoilers of the first book. You have been warned. Just when Georgia has finally snagged Robbie the Sex God with her wily charms, her Mum announces that they will be joining her father in New Zealand – which may help to prevent Georgia’s Mum from embarking on an affair that she sees all too clearly – but is also very, very bad because she doesn’t want to leave the Sex God and go through snogging withdrawal. Not to mention hot steam apparently shoots out of the ground in New Zealand. Not marvy. With all of that combined wit...

“THE SARA CHRONICLES” BY LAURA HUGHES Imagine yourself in a place where not only your wildest, most imaginative dreams but also your worst nightmares are a living, breathing reality. One second, you’re a helpless, victimized child, and the next you can control ocean currents, produce rainstorms, and freeze lakes. Would you use your powers for good? Or would you give in to the part of yourself that wants revenge and control over those who caused you pain? This is exactly what a young girl named Sara had to decide when she was rescued from her horrible foster parents, the Finklesteins, and taken by her new guardian, Rianna, to a realm where magic has no limits and neither do Sara’s powers. Before Sara can decide, she meets three new friends: Thomas and James, two orphaned boys her age with similar abilities, and Olie, a powerful man who helps to guide the three of them on their quest to keep this magical universe in balance. With Olie and Rianna’s help, the children’s ...

Title: My Smoky Bacon Crisp Obsession Author: J.A Buckle Series: Half my Facebook Friends are Ferrets (book 2) Publisher: Curious Fox Release Date: 9 April 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1782023203 Synopsis 16-year-old Josh Walker is starting sixth form college and is determined to start a band, get a lot closer with his new girlfriend Becky and, hopefully, pass the odd A level. A few days in and he's already embarrassed himself in front of a class ... he'll need all the help his ferret, a little witchcraft and a lot of smoky bacon crisps can give ... My Review I read book one for a Book Day at work and loved it, as you can see in my review here . I then recieved a message from J.A herself and her publishers asking if I would like to review book 2 - which I obviously jumped at the chance for, then by some strange coincidence - on the book day at work we had a visitor from Curious Fox publishers and she gave me the advanced copy of this book. The story follows on from where book 1...

Blurb: Hilary lives in a world that is supposed to be "perfect." The government provides all of the basic necessities and if you want additional items you can take on non-governmental work or odd jobs to earn luxury dollars to buy pretty much anything you could desire. The downside? She's assigned a career she hates, a place to live that she's never even been to before, and a guy she's supposed to marry that she's not even sure she likes. In fact, she's not sure she can ever feel that way about any guy, period. Oh yeah, and this all happens to everyone when they turn 17. Hilary tries to make the best of it but goes through a series of events that make her question who she is as a person and whether or not "perfect" can ever really exist, no matter what they want her to believe.   Buy Links: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/ B00U9R76QK B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ w/books/1121345318?ean= 2940151430012 Google Play:...

The Hero of Ages is the third novel in the high fantasy Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. This is a highly, highly serialized trilogy – so I strongly recommend you read Mistborn and The Well of Ascension before The Hero of Ages , or even this review of The Hero of Ages . It has been a year since Vin located the legendary Well of Ascension. A year since she made the fateful, selfless decision to free the power that was imprisoned there. A year since she found out that was the wrong choice. Now, earthquakes shake the land, ash pours from the sky heavier than ever and the mists have grown larger, stay longer and are killing people. Vin, Elend and the rest of Kelsier’s crew have overcome the thousand year reign of the Lord Ruler, fought impossible battles and sought freedom for Skaa and Noble alike – but how can they fight this? Shaken and frustrated that the answer they had been seeking at the Well ended up being trickery that only worsened everything – all they can try to do is ...

Title: A Boy Called Hope Author: Lara Williamson Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Release Date: 1 Mar. 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1409570318 Synopsis I'm Dan Hope and deep inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true. For example, I want my sister, Ninja Grace, to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year. I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. And if it could be a zombie mystery, all the more exciting. I want to be the first eleven-year-old to land on the moon. I want my dog to stop eating the planets and throwing them up on the carpet. And finally, the biggest dream of all, I want my dad to love me.   My Review This was the last book I had to read for Children's Book of the Year day at work and I had heard really good things. My colleagues had read it first and they all told me how good it was and two of them said it made them cry, so I expected a lot. Maybe that was the problem - it was so bigged up to me that ther...

Title: We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Publisher: Hot Key Books Release Date: 15 May 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1471403989 Synopsis A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.   My Review This was another title on our Children's Book of the Year list at work and one that I was looking forward to, I had heard a lot of good things about it, had read some of her other books and enjoyed them and I knew it had won all sorts of prizes so I left it almost til last to read from our list of titles. The other members of staff doing the reading list had mixed opinions, so I went in not quite sure what to expect.  There are a lot of characters in this book and I found myself getting confused as to who was who, there is a family tree in the front of the book which came in very handy ...

The Well of Ascension is the second book in the high fantasy trilogy Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. If you haven’t read Mistborn yet, I would strongly suggest you do not read this review. Instead, go read Mistborn ! Though Vin and her group of thieves-turned-rebels have ended a tyrant government that had been held for a thousand years, the final words of the Lord Ruler haunt Vin. She may not want to believe that the Lord Ruler was holding something even worse back, but she cannot ignore the growing threatening nature of the mists and the figure that is watching her amidst them. Beyond the supernatural concern, Elend’s new freedom-focused government of Luthadel is being confronted with multiple outside armies who’ve decided they’d like to take the kingdom from the young king. Defeating the Lord Ruler was only the beginning… The Well of Ascension was quite something. Just as when I entered into Mistborn , part of me wondered if The Well of Ascension could possibly be worth the time ...

Starley’s Rust The EMBODIED trilogy #2 JB Dutton Details Published: January, 2015 Format: Ebook & Paperback Genre: YA urban fantasy Length: 60,810 words, 206 pages in paperback Kindle AISN: B00ONKYNOC Ebook ISBN: 9781311725493 Paperback ISBN-13: 9781502843920  Paperback ISBN-10: 1502843927 Review formats: Mobi, Epub, PDF Ebook links http://bit.ly/StarleysRust (Amazon.com) http://bit.ly/StarleysRustUK   (Amazon.co.uk) http://bit.ly/StarleysRustAPL (Apple iBookstore) http://bit.ly/StarleysRustBN (Barnes and Noble Nook) http://bit.ly/StarleysRustKO (Kobo) http://bit.ly/StarleysRustGoogle (Google Play) http://bit.ly/StarleysRustSM (Smashwords) Paperback links http://bit.ly/StarleysRustPB (Amazon.com) http://bit.ly/StarleysRustPBUK (Amazon.co.uk) Trilogy link http://bit.ly/TheEmbodiedTrilogy (Amazon.com) Cover URLs https://johnbdutton.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/starleys-rust_covers_final_ecover_lowres.jpg https://johnbdutton.files.wordpress.c...