Review Elsewhere: Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers

"As a reader, you probably won’t like Parker. She’s rude and mean, and lashes out at everyone that tries to help her, but she’s also unforgettable. And even if you don’t like Parker, you’ll probably still love Cracked Up To Be – and that’s proof of the incredible novelist Courtney Summers is."

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Review Elsewhere: A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan

"Sheehan’s writing is lyrical and strong, the symbolism is beautiful, and the character struggles are raw and emotional. Her teenage voice felt genuine, and many of the issues Rose faced could be applied to contemporary times as well. "

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Review Elsewhere: May B. by Caroline Starr Rose

"Ultimately, May B. is a moving story of survival – a quick book to read, but the memory of it will last much longer."

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Irrelevant side note: I absolutely love this cover! Perfect for middle grade but with enough ambiguity to it that an older reader could pick it up, I think the art work is lovely.

Review Elsewhere: Exposed by Kimberly Marcus

"An emotional and powerful novel told in verse, Exposed is both raw and poetic in style; there is a lyrical nature to Marcus’ writing that makes it beautiful and compelling to read."

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Review Elsewhere: Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

"Contemporary Young Adult writer Sarah Dessen is one of those authors who is just reliable; her novels are consistent in their strong female main characters, relatable stories and settings, interesting subplots, and family drama. Her 2009 release Along for the Ride provides all of the above in an easy-to-read package."

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Review Elsewhere: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

"Although I have loved books by both John Green (Looking for Alaska) and David Levithan (The Lover’s Dictionary) separately, together they simply blew me away with a story that is heart-warming, hilarious, and completely honest. "

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Review Elsewhere: The Accident by Linwood Barclay

"Barclay tells a smart thriller, one full of excitement but also contains a cast of believable characters with unexpected depth. The Accident is a riveting and well-written mystery, both timely and shocking in the issues it explores and with plenty of twists that will have the reader’s heart pounding to the last page."

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Review Elsewhere: The Diviner's Tale by Bradford Morrow

"The Diviner’s Tale has all the potential to be a quietly disturbing mystery, but unfortunately the most mysterious part about it is how it manages to be over 300 pages without really saying much at all — at least it does so with nice language."

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Review Elsewhere: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

"Think Lord of the Flies meets America’s Next Top Model and you’ll have just a small idea of the wonderful comedic absurdity of this novel, which includes the appropriate commercial breaks using products featured in the story as well as fact sheets about each contestant (with comments from the sponsors)."

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Review Elsewhere: Tunnel Vision by Susan Shaw

"Tunnel Vision had a riveting premise, an exciting beginning and a shocking, although not ultimately rewarding, ending. But over two hundred pages of dull writing left me looking for a light at the end of tunnel… and not in a good way."

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Review Elsewhere: Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey

I'm going to be doing weekly book reviews for my student paper and that means a few less books will end up appearing here. Still, because I love my consistently you will still get a review of every book I read, some of them will just be linked to instead. First up was Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey.

"Cold Kiss is the kind of book I would recommend to paranormal fans looking for a story with a contemporary twist, or contemporary fans looking for a paranormal setting for their story."

You can read my complete thoughts here. Also, feel free to leave comments on my review on The Meliorist website directly so I come across as awesome and exciting. THANKS :D