Genre: Young Adult

Review: Original Sin – Lisa Desrochers

Review: Original Sin – Lisa Desrochers

While the writing was good in Original Sin, the story didn’t always make a lot of sense, and especially Luc should have been able to understand many things long before he did – which was when it was actually too late. My Original Sin review: The storyline in  Original Sin spanned over several months, and at the same time, nothing much really happened. Frannie and Luc were making out, with Matt either invisible or not – watching them most of the time. Gabe left Matt in charge as Frannie’s guardian angel, thinking he would do the best job as he had a vested interest in keeping his own sister safe. Then, some demons from Luc’s past show up at Frannie’s […]

Posted 26 June, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: The Archived – Victoria Schwab

Review: The Archived – Victoria Schwab

The last 40% of The Archived is absolutely fantastic! And the world-building was good from the start, but it took a while for the actual plot to get started. My The Archived review: In a world very different from ours, MacKenzie grows up to be a Keeper, and she is inducted shortly before her grand-father passes away, giving his place in the organization to her. Learning to hear and feel histories from a very young age, she knows a lot that is hidden from most humans, and she has to keep her other life a secret from everyone she knows and loves. While over the first half of The Archived was very slow paced, and I was yearning for something […]

Posted 19 June, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Review: Paperweight – Meg Haston

Review: Paperweight – Meg Haston

Paperweight is a heart-breaking realistic fiction story about a girl who decides the best way to control her unravelling life is by either not eating at all, or eating a whole lot before ‘purging’ it all. My Paperweight review: Stevie isn’t only trapped in her own body, she is completely lost in there, and nothing at all makes sense to her anymore, ever since that fateful evening when she was eating fried chicken on the porch while her dad explained that her mom had left them all behind. Paperweight is a harsh story, about how, when Stevie has no control over her life anymore, the only thing she can control is what she ingests. Not eating makes her feel like […]

Posted 16 June, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 19 Comments
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Review: Rogue – Julie Kagawa

Review: Rogue – Julie Kagawa

Rogue was filled with action, fights and deep betrayal. Following four characters, it was fast paced and a quite quick read. My Rogue review: The tension in Rogue was very different form that in Talon, because Ember knew she was being chased, both by the Order of St. George and Talon. At the same time, Ember stayed true to her character, wanting to do what was best for everybody, not just herself – to the point where she disregarded personal danger to save someone else. I loved how strongly she held on to her beliefs, and how devastated she was when she had to use ultimate force in order to save her own life in a battle. Because of the […]

Posted 3 June, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: World After – Susan Ee

Review: World After – Susan Ee

Darker and more twisted than Angelfall, World After took me into a very strange universe, in which Penryn had to prove herself again and again. My World After review: World After has a very different feel to it than Angelfall, too, whereas there was desperation and fights, as well as hope in Angelfall, here, the desperation is darker and has a deadly edge to it. Penryn is just as strong as I remembered, though, even when she has doubts about her own capabilities. While Penryn and her mom and sister were much the same way I thought they would be, some of the secondary characters I had already met didn’t seem to have the same kind of presence here, and […]

Posted 28 May, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: The Truth About Alice – Jennifer Mathieu

Review: The Truth About Alice – Jennifer Mathieu

The Truth About Alice really shows all the different points of views to how freezing someone out of a group of friends might happen. It’s sad and realistic, and I can’t help but feel happy Alice was so strong! Rumour : ru-mour / noun: a piece of information, or a story, that people talk about, but that may not be true. My The Truth About Alice review: Somehow, The Truth About Alice managed to take a lot of the young adult tropes and kind of turn them around, analysing the why behind the labelling of people in high school, why is one girl called the slut, why is another girl popular, and how come lies can be so much easier […]

Posted 7 May, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Review: The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater

Review: The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys is a fantastic mystical tale of Blue and three boys from the Aglionby academy in Henrietta. The quest for the ley-line and its opening had me at the edge of my seat, and kept me wondering why it has taken me so long to read this book! My The Raven Boys review: Dark and mysterious, The Raven Boys grabbed me from the first line, and kept me entertained for the whole story! Blue is a great main character, and I loved that she was so sensible, even if she also managed to show that she does have a wild streak, too. The Aglionby boys were so different, but somehow they still had a unity to them, and […]

Posted 4 May, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 21 Comments
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Review: Talon – Julie Kagawa

Review: Talon – Julie Kagawa

Talon is different, because dragons. At the same time, there are some very familiar themes where sometimes a war is fought because of what they are used to, and because of the fear of those who are different. My Talon review: First off, I just need to let you all know I’m a huge Kagawa fan! Her stories are always somewhat different, and the universe in which her characters evolve original even while in a genre I am already familiar with. This is also the case in Talon, where the world-building is well done, even if I still have questions after reading the first story in the series. I enjoyed how Ember was trying to think outside of the box, […]

Posted 27 April, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Review: None of the Above – I. W. Gregorio

Review: None of the Above – I. W. Gregorio

None of the Above is a tender and strong story about Krissy, and all the things that happened to her once she (and everyone else) found out that she was intersex… My None of the Above review: I can’t even imagine all the things Kristen went through in the span of None of the Above, from being elected prom queen, going out with her boyfriend and finally having sex with him for the first time – only to have it hurt so bad they couldn’t actually finish. A few days later, she went to see an ob-gyn to figure out why she was still bleeding, and the news she got then were both devastating and shocking. Because her mom had […]

Posted 20 April, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Made for You – Melissa Marr

Review: Made for You – Melissa Marr

Made for You is a chilling psychological thriller / murder mystery made all the more chilling because it’s YA, with young characters involved. My Made for You review: Made for You have so many things going for it! One is that it’s not that easy to find a psychological thriller in the young adult category that actually is a thrilling ride! And there are parents who are involved in their children’s lives – not all in equal parts, and some not so much in the beginning, but then they are working on it! There is a very creepy stalker with a God-complex, a best friend who is a very good friend, and the main character is smart and hard-working, and […]

Posted 13 April, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 29 Comments
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