Tag: paranormal

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater- Reread Mini Review

Posted December 22, 2014 in Books, Reviews / 4 Comments

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 3/5 Stars Publisher: Scholastic (2011) Length: 388 pgs Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls (#3) Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction/Romance Format: Hardcover, purchased Goodreads Synopsis: then. When Sam met Grace, he was a wolf and she was a girl. Eventually he found a way to become a boy, and their loved moved from curious distance to the intense closeness of shared lives. now. That should have been the end of their story. But Grace was not meant to stay human. Now she is the wolf. And the wolves of Mercy Falls are about to be […]

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater- Reread Mini Review

Posted December 15, 2014 in Books, Reviews / 6 Comments

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 3/5 Stars Publisher: Scholastic (2010) Length: 360 pgs Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls (#2) Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction/Romance Format: Hardcover Goodreads Synopsis: In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has […]

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Review & Discussion

Posted December 7, 2014 in Books, Discussions, Readalongs/Readathons, Reviews, Uncategorized / 13 Comments

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 4/5 Stars Publisher: Scholastic (2009) Length: 390 pgs Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls (#1) Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction/Romance Format: Paperback Goodreads Synopsis: For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without.Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human… until the cold makes him shift back again.Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy […]

The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin- Review

Posted November 26, 2014 in Books, Reviews / 2 Comments

The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin My rating: 4/5 Stars Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (Nov 2014) Length: 470 pgs Series: Mara Dyer (#3) Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction Format: Hardcover (signed) via Amazon Goodreads Synopsis: Mara Dyer wants to believe there’s more to the lies she’s been told. There is. She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead. She should. She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance. She will now. Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this […]

The Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long & Giveaway!

Posted November 12, 2014 in Readalongs/Readathons / 21 Comments

Hey everyone! Today I am so excited to announce that I am hosting my first Read-A-Long here at Girl in the Pages along with two other fantastic bloggers! Jackie at She Reads She Blogs and CK at CK’s Reading Corner and I have teamed up to host a (re-read) Read-a-Long of Maggie Stiefvater’s Wolves of Mercy Falls series! We’re all huge fans of Stiefvater’s work and felt that this winter was the perfect time to revisit the werewolf trilogy, especially with the release of Sinner this year! We are so excited to be hosting this Read-A-Long, and would love to […]

The Nightmare Dilemma by Mindee Arnett- Mini Review

Posted November 5, 2014 in Books, Reviews / 3 Comments

The Nightmare Dilemma by Mindee Arnett My rating: 3.5/5 Stars Publisher: Tor Teen (March 2014) Length: 380 pgs Series: The Arkwell Academy (#2) Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal Fiction Format: Hardcover, checked out from my local library Goodreads Synopsis: Dusty Everhart might be able to predict the future through the dreams of her crush, Eli Booker, but that doesn’t make her life even remotely easy. When one of her mermaid friends is viciously assaulted and left for dead, and the school’s jokester, Lance Rathbone, is accused of the crime, Dusty’s as shocked as everybody else. Lance needs Dusty to prove his innocence […]

Book Buddies Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Posted October 29, 2014 in Book Buddies Reviews, Books, Reviews / 6 Comments

This month I’m partnering up with Lauren from bookmarklit for Book Buddies, an every-other month feature where Lauren and I will choose a themed read to buddy read and then get together and discuss the things that stand out! You can see both of our opinions and discussions in the conversation review format, and it will be posted on the last Wednesday of the month! This month’s read was Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children in honor of Halloween in just a few days! This is the second half our discussion, to read the first part of our thoughts, check […]

The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett- Review

Posted October 15, 2014 in Books, Reviews / 8 Comments

The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett My rating: 3/5 Stars Publisher: Tor Teen (March 2013) Length: 367 pgs Series: The Arkwell Academy (#1) Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal Fiction Format: Hardcover, checked out from my local library Goodreads Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare.Literally. Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting […]

Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR List

Posted September 22, 2014 in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Features/Memes / 29 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the fantastic blog The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is “Top Ten Books on Your Fall TBR List.” I decided to compile my list with books that I either do not own or have not been released yet, and mostly books that have been released recently or will be later on in the fall! 1) The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin- My number one most anticipated book this fall. I cannot WAIT to see how this trilogy ends, it’s my favorite series that I’ve discovered this year! […]

Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff- Review

Posted August 18, 2014 in Books, Reviews / 6 Comments

Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff My rating: 3/5 Stars Publisher: Razorbill (January 2014) Length: 304 pgs Genre: YA Paranormal/Mystery Fiction Format: Hardcover, checked out from my local library Goodreads Synopsis: The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor’s peaceful suburban community is killing girls. For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian died six months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can things be normal […]