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Title: Moirai (Aberrant #2) Author: Ruth Silver Published: September 26, 2013 Publisher: LazyDay Publishing (eBook) & Patchwork Press (print) Genre: YA, Dystopian, Sci-Fi Rating: 5 out 5 STARS!!!!! Synopsis: Olivia has been on the run from the government of Cabal since the marriage ceremony. Finally settling in and finding herself a place to call home in Shadow, Olivia and Joshua prepare for the uprising that they and the rebel alliance have been planning for months. With new abilities and special talents from Mindonsiphan, Olivia learns she can do more than most ordinary eighteen year olds. Learning both to hide and perfect her skills will be one of the biggest challenges she’ll be forced to face. A constant rollercoaster of emotion and adventure await Olivia and Joshua as they embark on a journey to the rebel city of Torv, and what was once home, Genesis. Available for purchase on: Kindle / Nook / Amazon / Barnes & Noble REVIEW: Moirai is a second book that is not to be mi...

Source:  Personal Copy Publisher:  Simon Pulse Release date:  January 1st 1983 Series:  Song of the Lioness #1 Edition:  Paperback, 274 pgs Genre:  Young Adult/ Paranormal Fantasy Purchase:   Barnes and Noble  /  Amazon * We receive a small kickback from amazon purchases, all will go towards funding future giveaways! Rating:  5/5 "From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight." And so young Alanna of Trebond begins the journey to knighthood. Though a girl, Alanna has always craved the adventure and daring allowed only for boys; her twin brother, Thom, yearns to learn the art of magic. So one day they decide to switch places: Disguised as a girl, Thom heads for the convent to learn magic; Alanna, pretending to be a boy, is on her way to the castle of King Roald to begin her training as a page. But the road to knighthood is not an easy one. As Alanna masters the skills necessary for battle, she must also learn to cont...

Steel Lily by Megan Curd Source:  Received a copy from author in exchange for an honest review, no compensation. Release date:  August 12th, 2013 Edition:  Ebook Genre:  Young Adult/Fiction/Dystopia Rating:  5/5 Synopsis via Goodreads:  AVERY PIKE is a commodity. No, more than a commodity. Her existence is guarded at all costs. She’s a water Elementalist, the strongest of her dwindling kind. She creates steam to provide energy to fuel Dome Four: the only thing standing between humanity and an earth ravaged by World War III. No steam, no Dome. No Dome, no life. Or so she thinks. That is, until a mysterious man offers her a way out of having to donate steam. A way to escape the corrupt government of Dome Four. While the offer seems too good to be true, Avery is intrigued. But when she arrives to her new home, she realizes the grass isn’t any less dead on this side of the fence. Instead, the lies are just hidden better. …Which means digging deeper. When...

Aberrant by Ruth Silver Source:  Received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review, no compensation. Publisher:  Self Published Release date:  April 28th, 2013 Series:  Book #1 Edition:  Paperback, Genre:  Young Adult/Dystopian Rating:  5/5 Synopsis via Goodreads:  In the future Dystopian society of Cabal, the government instills equality for all and offers its citizens the perfect system. There is food, shelter and jobs for everyone. The one requirement is to follow the rules without question, including the government's match in marriage and "The Day of the Chosen", a lottery that randomly selects families to conceive children as natural means hasn't existed in generations. Following her eighteenth birthday, Olivia Parker accepts her requirement to marry her childhood best friend, Joshua Warren, and is eager to start her work assignment and new life when it all comes abruptly to an end as she's arrested and thrown in prison. The on...

The Summer I Became a Nerd  by Leah Rae Miller Source:  NetGalley Publisher:  Entangled Teen Release date:  May 7th 2013 Series:  Standalone Edition:  Ebook, 267 pgs Genre:  Young Adult/ Contemporary/ Comedy Rating:  5/5 Description from Goodreads: On the outside, seventeen-year-old Madelyne Summers looks like your typical blond cheerleader—perky, popular, and dating the star quarterback. But inside, Maddie spends more time agonizing over what will happen in the next issue of her favorite comic book than planning pep rallies with her squad. That she’s a nerd hiding in a popular girl's body isn’t just unknown, it's anti-known. And she needs to keep it that way. Summer is the only time Maddie lets her real self out to play, but when she slips up and the adorkable guy behind the local comic shop’s counter uncovers her secret, she’s busted. Before she can shake a pom-pom, Maddie’s whisked into Logan’s world of comic conventions, live-action role-playi...

Fate's Fables by T. Rae Mitchell Source: We received a copy of this book from the Author in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts and opinions are our own. Published:  February 1st 2013 by Original Mix Media Inc. Edition:  Paperback Series: Fate's Journey #1 Genre:  YA Fantasy Purchase:  Amazon **We receive a small kickback from Amazon purchases, all of which will go towards giveaways! Brittany's Rating: 5/5 Michelle's Rating: 5/5 Synopsis via Goodreads:  Seventeen-year-old Fate Floyd loves adventure –– as long as it’s enjoyed from the comfort of her couch. So it’s probably best she has no idea the future of the universe rests squarely on her shoulders. Summoned by a desperate stranger’s spell in a last ditch effort to fix a colossal screw-up, Fate’s cast into a secret world bound by the ancient Book of Fables to retrieve a magical object powerful enough to set everything right. The only problem is, once she’s inside this savage wonderland,...

An Entire week dedicated to re-tellings of Lewis Carrol's Classic story:  Alice in Wonderland Source: Local Library Publisher : Amulet Books Series: Splintered #1 Published:  January 1st 2013 Genre : Young Adult Paranormal Fantasy  Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble Rating :  Brittany: 4.5/5 Michelle: 5/5 Synopsis via Goodreads:  This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wond...