From ML’s Circulation Desk Viking Penguin, 2013 ISBN-13: 978-0670786206 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook I don’t read a lot of YA fiction, as I tend to enjoy a harder, darker horror in general, but I have enjoyed it from time to time, and the concept of Man Made Boy intrigued me. It is indeed an […]
Category: YA books
Review: Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale by David Kudler
February 16, 2016Kano Murakai, better known as Risuko (Squirrel) loves only one thing more than climbing—her family. But her mother has just sold her to Lady Chiyomi, a mysterious woman who runs a compound that trains women to be soldiers in Japan’s hundred year long civil war. It takes Risuko a while to figure this out, but […]
Review: BloodRealms by Aurora Whittet
February 11, 2016Werewolf 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
February 9, 2016From 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 […]
Book Review: Little Boy Blu by Cara Brookins
January 21, 2016From ML’s Circulation Desk The Wild Rose Press, Inc., 2014 ISBN: 978-1628306903 Available: Paperback, Kindle Novels set in Appalachia will always hold a certain mystique: there’s a certain air about the location found only in a few places in America. In Little Boy Blu, readers will find themselves immersed in a dense atmosphere comprised of […]
From ML’s Circulation Desk Weinstein Books, 2015 ISBN-10: 1602862729 ISBN-13: 978-1602862722 Sunshine and her mother have left the comfort and warmth of Texas for the damp and chilly world of Washington State, a beautiful if isolated place. She and her mom have a tight relationship, with little of the typical YA angst. Their relationship is tested and […]
Review: Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan
May 28, 2015Morgan Rowland’s life changes the day she met Cal Blair. When Cal comes to school that first day, his confidence in himself makes every girl want him and every guy want to be him. Cal’s interest, however, is in Morgan. He introduces her to Wiccan practices. Morgan finds her world dramatically altered by inexplicable events […]
Review: The Intruders by E.E. Richardson
May 26, 2015In the Intruders Richardson whips up a great pure ghost story. Joel, his sister Cassie and their mother move into a house with his mother’s new fiancé Gerald and his two sons. In addtion to coping with the resentment of the children over the joining of their two families, they also have to deal with […]
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ring of Fire
May 19, 2015Set during the “Angel is Evil” saga in the series (mid-late second season) Ring of Fire explains the commented on, but never really explained plot point in Undays of our Lives where Dru leaves Spike! I had always wondered on rewatching the series what exactly happened between the murderous lovers. Turns out Dru leaves Spike […]
The Heart of Dread series is very off beat to begin with because it’s a post apocalyptic fantasy series. That is there are two worlds linked by magic, Earth and Vallonis. Vallonis has magic and elves and dragon riders—er drakkonryders. Earth is in an ice age with humanity barely surviving under the military rule. While […]