**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** 2011, HarperCollins ISBN: 978-0060291716 Available: New and digital. Abarat: Absolute Midnight is the third […]
Category: YA books
Book Review: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
February 22, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Swoon Reads, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-1250250469 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook Yadriel is a Latinx trans boy whose community lives in the cemetery and serves Lady Death. When they are fifteen, boys are presented to Lady Death for a blessing to become […]
Book Review: Horrid by Katrina Leno
February 8, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Horrid by Katrina Leno ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-0316537247 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition There was a little girl Who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead. And when she was good, She was very, very, good, […]
**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Wizards of the Coast, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7869-5505-3 Available: New In this third book […]
Vault Review: The Shadowmask by R.A. and Geno Salvatore
January 27, 2021**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Mirrorstone, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7869-5147-5 Available: New The Stone of Tymora story continues as Maimun, an […]
Vault Review: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
January 25, 2021**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Hyperion Voice, 2009 ISBN: 9781401340902 Available: New and Used This book is not horror, […]
Book Review: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
January 20, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power Delacorte Press, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0525645627 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Seventeen-year-old Margot, trapped in a disturbing codependent relationship with her abusive mother, finally finds an escape after discovering she has a grandmother living just outside Phalene, a small […]
Book Review: Mayhem by Estelle Laure
January 6, 2021*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Mayhem by Estelle Laure ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Wednesday Books, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781250297938 Available: Hardcover, ebook, audiobook Mayhem Brayburn’s mother fled her home in Santa Maria, California, after her husband Lucas died, cutting all ties and marrying again to another man in a small town in Texas. The tradeoff she’s made is […]
Book List: A Year of Witchy Reads
January 1, 2021My library informed me that this year was the Return of the YA Vampire, and indeed we did see a number of YA vampire novels this year, not least of which was Stephenie Meyer’s latest addition to the Twilight saga, Midnight Sun. For myself, I discovered I had read a number of very good books focused on witches […]
Book Review: Killing November by Adriana Mather
October 8, 2020**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Killing November by Adriana Mather ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Ember, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-0525579113 Available: Library binding, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook. November Adley was told she was being sent to boarding school for her own safety, but on her arrival, she discovers it is full of intrigues she knows nothing about but […]