Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers

Review: Not If I See You First – Eric Lindstrom

Review: Not If I See You First – Eric Lindstrom

Not If I See You First was both delightful and sad. Very real, and with a dash of drama thanks to Parker and the way she thought about herself first – like many other teenagers tend to do. I’m not sure why I kept Not If I See You First for so long on my kindle without reading it – it was as if it was hiding in plain sight! Parker was a very prickly heroine, and some might not enjoy her at all. I found her to be refreshing in some ways, though, because not only was she brutally honest, she was able to deal with the aftermath of her honesty as well. Her life was not an easy […]

Posted 23 January, 2017 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: Lair of Dreams – Libba Bray

Review: Lair of Dreams – Libba Bray

The plot thickens in Lair of Dreams, with more players in the big game of Diviners, and several sub-plots to bring the main one to light. Well written with many characters who do their best to stay true to themselves, it was an exciting story. My Lair of Dreams review: There are even more things going on in the lives of the characters in Lair of Dreams than there was in The Diviners! Evie has her own radio show, but that plus the partying is more tiring than exciting to her as time goes on. Especially Henry and Ling are more present as they have to navigate the dreams of others to try to find out what is really going […]

Posted 12 October, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 20 Comments
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Review: The Diviners – Libba Bray

Review: The Diviners – Libba Bray

The Diviners is a very complex story, with historical aspects from the ’20s in NYC, magic, ghosts, weird powers, and many characters to follow on their creepy adventures. My The Diviners review: I had no idea what to expect when I picked up The Diviners, I hadn’t really heard much about it before I bought my own copy, after received an ARC of Lair of Dreams… What I got was a complex story, following several characters just discovering their new ‘powers’ of divining, seeing the future – or the past by touching an object – healing and others. Following several characters took a while getting used to, because they were all well fleshed out with a distinctive voice, however, through […]

Posted 22 September, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 19 Comments
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Review: Unbreakable – Kami Garcia

Review: Unbreakable – Kami Garcia

  Between the insta-lust, the love-triangle featuring two brothers and a Mary-Sue plus the plot that didn’t really make any sense to me – Unbreakable was not really a book for me. My Unbreakable review: Sadly, Unbreakable was not a book for me. Most of the tropes I enjoy the least in young adult stories were a part of this one. Dead parents, instant love / lust, a love triangle, and a very bland female main character. It’s actually hard for me to even write this review, I feel like I just don’t want to think about this book anymore. And that makes me really sad, since I’m a big fan of Garcia. And it’s even worse writing a negative […]

Posted 6 October, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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