It seems fitting that we start this post with Stephanie Perkin’s Amazon review. Perkins is, of course, one of our favorite writers of swoon, and yet here we are recommending a very hard, very non-swoony book. It’s perfect to us because it shows the depth and breadth of the … [Read more...]
UNEARTHLY by Cynthia Hand
Summary: In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . . Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to … [Read more...]
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
From the book jacket: R is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted … [Read more...]
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Coming November 2011: SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi Lo's Review I'm not actually going to talk much about the story because (1) I don't want to spoil a single thing, and (2) WHEN you all buy this book (and you will) you'll read it so fast you'll get the reading equivalent of a brain … [Read more...]
