Review: BloodRealms by Aurora Whittet

Werewolf Princess, chosen one of the legends and eligible bachelorette is back. This is the second book in a series, and…I tried to like it. I really did. I love the cover. The back blurb frames the Chosen One story in a way that makes it sound like Ashling is trying to fight for some […]

Book Review: The Blood Guard by Carter Roy

From ML’s Circulation Desk Two Lions, 2014 ISBN: 9781477847251 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition The Blood Guard is the first book in a trilogy by Carter Roy. In this snarky comic adventure, we meet Evelyn Ronan Truelove (who simply wishes to be called Ronan). Ronan is an oddball. A bit of a loner, his mother has […]

Soul Eater: Part 1 Episode 6

  The New Student: Kid’s First Day at the Academy- Will it be an Entrance to Remember? In the last Episode Death the Kid voluntarily became an Academy student in order to help budding meisters he thought were in danger. In this episode he has to actually start showing up, therefore exposing himself to the […]

Review: The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand

Strand is known for his humorous horror books. My favorites are A Bad Day for Voodoo and Wolf Hunt (the last is very much not YA). His loyal readers might come into this one expecting a teenage zombie movie getting taken over by real zombies. And they will be disappointed (but he says so at […]

Book Review: The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson

From ML’s Circulation Desk G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0399256622 Available: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle edition, Audio Secret societies, mass murder, a journey into the land between life and death, and a cataclysmic event that threatens to destroy all of London—The Shadow Cabinet is full of action, intrigue, and answers that are exactly what fans of […]

Musings: Invisible Disabilities in Horror for YA Readers

From ML’s Circulation Desk, By Kirsten Disability is one way that monsters are created in the horror genre. Monstrosity is usually expressed visually, though, especially in the classic texts– think The Phantom of the Opera, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mr. Hyde of Jekyll and Hyde fame. Or if we don’t actually see the disfigurement, […]