Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Review: Rain – Amanda Sun

Review: Rain – Amanda Sun

*I received a free ARC of Rain from Harlequin Teen via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Rain continues Katie’s adventures in Japan, even if she was supposed to go back to the US. My Rain review: Katie hasn’t really changed very much from the beginning of Ink, the first book in the Paper Gods series. And that is probably the main reason why I wasn’t completely immersed in the story, and in Japan. She is still drawn to both Jun and Tomo, and the problems with the ink going crazy continue as well. For the two weeks she’s been back in Japan, she hasn’t been able to get a hold of Tomo, but meets him by chance at […]

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Review: With All My Soul (Soul Screamers #7) – Rachel Vincent

Review: With All My Soul (Soul Screamers #7) – Rachel Vincent

With All My Soul wraps up the Soul Screamers series pretty neatly, actually almost a little bit too neatly for my taste. I really loved this whole series, but some of the things that happened in With All My Soul just seemed a little like the easy way out when it comes to resolving some problems, and not actually telling enough of the planning to the readers. I’m sure the plan was to sweep us off our feet with Kaylee’s courage and smarts, but I ended up feeling a little bit cheated in the very end. As I said, everything gets neatly wrapped up, and while I get why Kaylee did what she did to save people, I guess I […]

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#COYER Review: The Forever Song (Blood of Eden #3) – Julie Kagawa

#COYER Review: The Forever Song (Blood of Eden #3) – Julie Kagawa

*I received a free ARC of The Forever Song from Harlequin TEEN via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Forever Song is devastating, gripping, epic, strong and dark. The perfect ending to the Blood of Eden series, it made me cry (yes I love to feed Ms. Kagawa’s muse – I’m wondering where I should send my tears!) and cheer, it made my heart almost beat all the way out of my chest, and I believe my eyes almost fell out as well. Beware – tissues are needed in plenty, but my oh my, what a ride! Some of the most amazing plot-twists I have ever had the pleasure to read appeared in The Forever Song, and I […]

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Review: Waterfell (The Aquarathi #1) – Amalie Howard

Review: Waterfell (The Aquarathi #1) – Amalie Howard

*I received a free ARC of Waterfell from Harlequin Teen via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Waterfell is a strange story about Nerissa, her handlers and her best friend. Nerissa is trying her best to fit in at a human school, blending in is almost second nature. Until she realizes she is closer to her coming of age than she thought, and she has some serious decisions to make. Her decisions aren’t only for her own future, but that of her whole people – if you can call them that. Nerissa is a sea-creature from a place deep in the sea – Waterfell – and she has no trouble acting like a self-absorbed human teenager most of the […]

Posted 4 December, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Review: Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3) – Katie McGarry

Review: Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3) – Katie McGarry

*I received a free ARC of Crash Into You from Harlequin Teen via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.* If you thought Isaiah was the best bad-boy out there in Pushing the Limits, you’ll adore him in Crash Into You! Of course, bad boy is relative, it has to do with the way people see him more than anything else! Rachel doesn’t really care all that much about appearances, though, especially because it seems like that is the only thing that matters for her family. And her four brothers aren’t really any better than her parents when it comes to that. This might become a very gushing review, because I was so excited when I got an e-mail telling […]

Posted 21 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Iron Traitor (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #2) – Julie Kagawa

Review: The Iron Traitor (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #2) – Julie Kagawa

*I received a free ARC of The Iron Traitor from Harlequin Teen via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Iron Traitor bears it’s name very aptly! And it completely and utterly broke my poor, poor heart. But in a good way. Yeah, my heart can actually be completely be shattered in a good way, it seems, I had no idea that was even possible until I finished The Iron Traitor. Please forgive me for starting with the end – there’s one of those cliffhangers where you just wonder what you just read – and how the heck that can be the last page of the book! But for once, I actually wasn’t upset about the cliffie. Ethan and […]

Posted 17 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Ink (Paper Gods #1) – Amanda Sun

Review: Ink (Paper Gods #1) – Amanda Sun

*I received a free ARC of Ink from Harlequin TEEN via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review. Ink follows Katie’s first few months in Japan, where she arrives after her mother’s death to live with her aunt Diane. Language difficulties, cultural differences and adjusting to life without her parents are part of Katie’s daily life now. Making new friends, fitting in in school being the only blond and non-Asian student while trying her best to keep up with the Japanese signs and learning everything she needs while longing for her grand-parents in Canada and still being very sad and angry about her mom’s death is a big part of her as well. There were a lot of things I […]

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Review: Crossing the Line (Pushing the Limits #1.5) – Katie McGarry

Review: Crossing the Line (Pushing the Limits #1.5) – Katie McGarry

Crossing the Line is a short story about Lila – Echo’s best friend form Pushing the Limits and Lincoln, whose brother, Josh was killed at the same time as Echo’s brother Aeries in Afghanistan. Lila and Lincoln met during Aeries’ funeral two years ago, and they have been writing letters back and forth since then. Getting closer to each other, and sharing secrets they have told nobody else. They have big plans for the future, but Lila is so angry with Lincoln because of a lie – and now, she thinks that everything he ever told her in his letter might be a lie. Lincoln knows he’s screwed up, and he wants to fix it. In order to repair his […]

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Review: Dare You To (Pushing the Limits #2) – Katie McGarry

Review: Dare You To (Pushing the Limits #2) – Katie McGarry

*I received a free ARC of Dare You To from Harlequin Teen via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* In Dare You To, the readers follow Beth, from Pushing the Limits, and Ryan who lives in Graveton. Beth’s uncle, Scott, gets custody of her after she is arrested – only to protect her mom –  and moves her to his huge mansion in the country. Beth wants nothing to do with Scott, nor his money and big mansion. He abandoned her when life got tough, and she can’t find it in herself to forgive him. Nothing has been easy in Beth’s life since that fatal night when she was eight years old and snitched on her father after he […]

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Review: Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits #1) – Katie McGarry

Review: Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits #1) – Katie McGarry

Pushing the Limits is the kind of book that makes me feel both lucky and happy I’m a reader! I was totally immersed in the story from the first sentence, and it only kept getting better and better! I fell in love with both Echo and Noah from the very start, and they never ceased to amaze me! These two broken teens, struggling with demons from their past, with trying to reclaim normal, had never talked to each other before they were forced to work together. They both needed something the other could give, but none of them were giving freely at first. Pushing the Limits really is a story about just that – pushing limits, giving the best of […]

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