Born at Midnight (Shadow Falls) by C.C. Hunter

Summary: One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever. Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—"a camp for troubled teens", and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear that her fellow campers aren’t just “troubled.” Here at Shadow Falls, vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, witches and fairies train side by side—learning to harness their powers, control their magic and live in the normal world.

Kylie’s never felt normal, but surely she doesn’t belong here with a bunch of paranormal freaks either. Or does she? They insist Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought here for a reason. As if life wasn’t complicated enough, enter Derek and Lucas. Derek’s a half-fae who’s determined to be her boyfriend, and Lucas is a smokin’ hot werewolf with whom Kylie shares a secret past. Both Derek and Lucas couldn’t be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart. 

Even though Kylie feels deeply uncertain about everything, one thing is becoming painfully clear—Shadow Falls is exactly where she belongs…

Review: Danger lurks, the teens have comedic voices, and mysteries that need to be discovered...What could be better? It's a spectacular series that gets better as you go. That is NOT something that usually happens. It is one of the best series I've read in a long time. Shadow Falls will haunt you and encourage you to show the world your talents and abilities. But above all, it will steal your heart. 

Review by Mallorie*

Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

Summary: Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna’s life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility. As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate—and what consequences they can bear in order to stay together.

Review: This books plot pulled me in right away. It's a daring book that went way above my standards I set for it. I have never read a time travel book like this that dragged me away from our time and space. Love is just one of the words I'd use to describe it.

Review by Mallorie!

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

4.41 avg out of 5 stars rating on www.goodreads.com

Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray never expected to witness a murder in her lifetime - much less a murder committed by three odd teenagers inked with black markings. After the body vanishes in thin air, Clary knows she's different. Her best friend Simon can't see the rogue teenagers - particularly the gorgeous golden-haired boy.

Taking place in modern New York, this amazing book will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Reviewed by Sadie :)

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

After finding out that she has angel blood running through her veins, Clara Gardner finds that it isn't all about the superstrength and powers that leads an angel to be an angel. Everyone has a purpose on earth, but angels get glimpses of their purpose to fulfill for God or themselves. But when Clara starts having visions of the future and her purpose, she starts questioning about what would happen if the purpose was not fulfilled. Wil she figure out her purpose in time?
A great hard hitting book that hides the real meaning of life in its writing and how one choice can change your life.

Review by Mallorie(;

Switched by Amanda Hocking

Would you rather go your whole life not knowing the truth, or would you rather know the truths to your ancestry and who you are? Wendy wishes she never found out the truth. The truth is a secret she barely can believe...she's a troll! And not just any want-a-be troll, in their kingdom they are called the trylle and she is the princess. She has to learn to be the role while the Vittra, another kingdom plans to attack. Will she take her duties seriously? Filled with enough action, romance, and suspense to take your breath away.

Review by Mallorie(:

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

It's 2083. Water is rationed carefully. Paper is difficult to find. Coffee and chocolate are banned. New York has erupted with poverty and crime.

And yet . . .

Life for Anya Balanchine is normal. Well, it's about as normal as it gets for the daughter of the city's most notorious criminal. Her life consists of normal things like going to school, and taking care of her dying grandmother. It also consists of running from the many enemies her father has made.

This novel was a very quick read for me. It was mostly realistic fiction, and a little bit of romance. All in all, is is a great heartfelt book.

Review by Sadie

Halo by Alexandra Adordetto

Drawn to the world by evil, Bethany and her siblings fly down from heaven...yes they're angels! Can they stop this evil power who's causing mayhem and destruction? When trying to fit in down on earth is a little harder than they expected, because they look mostly like supermodels and have nothing wrong with them. Can Bethany stay on course and save the people of the town? Or will she get sidetracked by a guy? This book will sure hook you, draw your attention, and sidetrack you from your work too.

Review By Mallorie*

Forgotten by Cat Patrick

Day by day we have experiences that we love and some that we'd rather forget. But what would happen if in your world you couldn't remember the good or the bad or even relationships you might have made the past day, week, or year? London Lane goes through each day not knowing the conversations she's had with someone if not written on a note she leaves the day before. Her life is based on notes telling her the stories of days past. She can only remember the future and after it passes it will become a blank spot in her mind. Until she meets a new guy at school and mysteries and lies unravel. A fast and easy read which will take you to a new day, instead of knowing her past, you'll know her's and others future. But can everything equal up if you just know your future? A mystery with a secret too great to hold, but having to learn the same fact each and every day can be depressing. Can your mind take it?

Review by Mallorie(;

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Miranda's skepticism changes to utter fear when a stray meteor knocks the moon closer to Earth. How are you supposed to prepare for this kind of disaster? Tsunamis have wiped out all of the coast, earthquakes can be felt in Kansas, and the amount of volcanic ash in the air is so great that it blocks out the sun.

Miranda, her mom, and her two brothers all retreat to one room in the Arctic winter to preserve warmth and strength. When Miranda slowly reaches the end of the food supply she knows the end is near. She just about lost all hope that she will survive this catastrophe.

Reviewed by Sadie

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

      What if you knew exactly when you would die?

Ever since the super generation - they are immune to all diseases, have extremely effective organs, and the only way they can die is by old age - the world has been in chaos. For some astounding reason, all generations after that haven't worked out as well. All men die at age 25, and woman at 20. Geneticists are frantically searching for a miracle antidote to restore the human race, crime has increased tremendously, orphans dominate the better part of the population, and young girls are kidnapped and sold to governors to bear children before they have a chance to die. 

 

Rhine Ellery has 4 years left to live. When she gets captured, she vows to do everything in her power to escape this horrid mansion. Linden, her new husband is unaware or her capture, and is obliviously in love with her. And Rhine doesn't loathe him as much as she'd like to. He is her key to the magical world of fame, wealth and eccentric trinkets she never new existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock taking away a second of her life every time it ticks. But Rhine quickly learns that Linden's fairly-tale life isn't as it appears. Her father-in-law hoards corpses in his basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted with her life one day and feared the next, Rhine is desperate to communicate with her only family left - her twin brother - and tell him that she is alive and safe. Only one question remains for her: Will she be able to escape before her precious time runs out?

Review by Sadie

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Nora Grey suffering from her father's mysterious death, had no desire to fall in love. That is until Patch came along. A guy that seemed like he was put on the planet just to annoy her. But the bad boy mysterious aura grabbed her into a mystery to great to be solved and a relationship she wanted, but couldn't trust. After meeting Patch she suddenly was in a world to haunting and big for her to handle. This is definitely a book that holds on tight to your heart and makes you want to join along in the emotions that keep unfolding. I have fallen in love with the fallen angels.

Review by Mallorie(:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Elder is the soon-to-be leader of the Godspeed, a gigantic space ship that is searching frantically for the new planet, Centari-Earth, to create a new life on. 

Amy is a girl just trying to live a normal life. She adores her parents more than anything, and to solve her problems, she runs. With her parents' special jobs, she is qualified to be frozen in a time chamber, and awaken 300 years later, just as the Godspeed lands on Centari-Earth. 

Without any warning, Amy is violently jolted awake. The Godspeed has only been soaring in space for 251 years. 

That's 49 years early. 

Review by Sadie :)

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

If Naomi wasn't stubborn, she would have picked tails. But, she didn't she picked heads.

She wouldn't have had to run back into school to go pick up the camera for yearbook. She wouldn't have hit her head on the steps on the way out of school.

Naomi wouldn't have awaken in a ambulance with amnesia.

She would have remembered her best friend, Will. She would remember why he keeps calling her "Chief." She would remember all their inside jokes.

She would have known about her mother's affair.

She would have known about her father's fiancé.

But Naomi picked heads. She is frustrated with her life. With herself. She keeps finding things, like food diaries, and wondering who the heck would have one of those? Certainly not her. But it was hers. Who did she used to be?

Review by SADIE :D

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Hazel, a 16 year old girl is 2 years in remission, but is still fighting and holding off her Stage IV thyroid cancer. Her mom wanting her to be a teenager, pushes her to go to a social group full of children who have or is healing from a life threatening disease. This is where she meets Augustus Waters, the boy who will do anything for her. He's gorgeous, and in remission. A wonderful, and heartbreaking book full of love, pain, and sadness. This is more than a good book, it's a book that will touch your heart and make you look differently at life. Cancer is a struggle in my experience, and everything Hazel says about pity, worrying not for her, but her family, and the continuous question, what have I done that makes me a hero is the thoughts that rolled through my head at that time. Sadness fills my heart about how good and touching this book really is. Definitely a heart warming book to put on your reading list.

Review by Mallorie!

Article 5 By Kristen Simmons

All of our major cities have been abandoned.

The old Bill of Rights has been terminated and replaced with the Moral Statutes.

Police officers no longer exist. Instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for breaking minor laws - all laws are major. If you break the law, you go through arrests, trials, and that journey always ends with death.

Ember Miller is seventeen - old enough to remember when stealing a candy bar didn't mean a public execution. She loves her mother dearly, so she can't take any risks. If you keep a low profile, the soldiers won't notice you, therefore they probably won't target you next. Most likely.So when her mother gets arrested, Ember's world is shattered. She becomes the government's property because she doesn't have a legal guardian any more. Her life is ripped away by the hinges. And to make things worse, one of the officers that came to arrest her mother is the only boy Ember has ever loved, Chase Jennings. This book is a read that will make your heart pound relentlessly fast until the end.

Summary by Sadie!
Review by Mallorie*

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Lena Duchannes is new to the town of Gatlin, but instead of worrying about the first day of school, she's worried about concealing her dark powers from generations before. Ethan Wate is dreaming about a mysterious girl and a song that appears when it wants. While uncovering the secrets ahead they stumble upon a secret to great to contain. All I am warning of you is to not get lost. I did that a few times and needed to be helped out of the pages. It speeds up until you go blind, I'm still having trouble myself being able to read!

Review by Mallorie

Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Alex's life pretty much sucked after getting a brain tumor. Alex didn't need any more freaking sympathy. So in a twisted way, she was almost glad when the electromagnetic pulse flashed across the horizon and caused all electronic devises to go haywire.

        Originally, Alex went to the National Park to say goodbye to her dead parents and her own personal demons. But the EMP ruined that fantasy. Now she's running though the forest, avoiding people that were more effected by the Zap than her *cough* cannibals *cough*, and trying to take care of not only herself, but an annoying 9 year old girl named Ellie. It was more than tough in Alex's opinion, considering that the EMP turned certain people into something that drained the humanity out of them.

Review by Sadie

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

Everybody loves Facebook, but what would you do if you found Facebook before it was ever invented on a page featuring you? In 1996 Emma and Josh, her best friend, find themselves 15 years older on Facebook—before it was even invented.  They see what they’ll do in the future and see who they’ll be with. This book never slows down for a second. When you hit sign in you sure won’t be able to sign out of this book. 

Review by Mallorie*