Title: Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) Author: Beth Revis Genre: Science Fiction, romance, dystopian, young adult Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: January 2011 Pages: 398 Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): AMY has left the life she loves for a world 300 years away. Trapped in space and frozen in time, Amy is bound for a …
Title: The Originals Author: Cat Patrick Genre: Science-Fiction, Contempoary, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: May 2013 Pages: 298 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Ella, Betsey and I look like sisters: triplets, you might think. But that’s not what we are at all. We are clones in hiding. We split our lives and …
Title: Shadows (Lux #0.5) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Sci-Fi, Aliens Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: February 2012 Pages: 179 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The last thing Dawson Black expected was Bethany Williams. As a Luxen, an alien life form on Earth, human girls are…well, fun. But since the Luxen have to keep …
Title: Queen and Commander Author: Janine Southard Summary: On a world where high school test scores determine your future career, six students rebel. A pair of star-crossed lovers plot to stay together, rather than be separated by the system’s college plans. A former off-worlder instigates: there’s a ship in orbit, he says. We could take …
Today I have the pleasure of reviewing Michael Dadich’s The Silver Sphere as part of a blog tour hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. Title: The Silver Sphere Author: Michael Dadich Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Sci-Fi Publisher: Evolved Publishing Publication Date: November 2012 Pages: 274 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Shelby Pardow never …
Title: Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) Author: Marissa Meyer Genre: Sci-Fi, Fairy Tale, Dystopia Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (an imprint of Macmillian) Publication Date: 5th February 2013 Pages: 452 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The fates of Cinder and Scarlet collide as a Lunar threat spreads across the Earth… Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling …
Title: Opal (Lux #3) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Sci-Fi, Aliens Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: December 2012 Pages: 382 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): No one is like Daemon Black. When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now …
Wool isn’t a young adult or even a new adult book but I felt like sharing my review on this blog anyway. Whilst not falling under the genre of YA fiction, I still think this series could be read and enjoyed by young adults or adults of any age. Title: Wool Omnibus (#1-5) Author: Hugh …
Title: What’s Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles #1) Author: Kat Zhang Genre: dystopia; sci-fi; fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: September 2012 Pages: 343 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I should not exist. But I do. Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling …
Title: Crewel (Crewel World #1) Author: Gennifer Albin Genre: Dystopia; Fantasy; Sci-fi Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Faber Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 368 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Download the first five chapters for free: here Synopsis (from goodreads): Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a …