Review Archive

2010:

September:

1. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (5 stars)
2. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White (4 stars)
3. The Pace by Shelena Shorts (2 stars)
4. Alyzon Whitestarr by Isobelle Carmody (3 stars)
5. Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber (4 stars)
6. Carrie by Stephen King (5 stars)

October:

1. Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund (4 stars)
2. Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia (DNF)
3. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (4 stars)
4. Burned by P. C. and Kristin Cast (0 stars)
5. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (4 stars)
6. The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley (3 stars)
7. Ghost Town by Rachel Caine (5 stars)
8. First Test by Tamora Pierce (4 stars)

November:

1. Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz (4 stars)
2. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (3 stars)
3. Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough (4 stars)

December:

1. Wildthorn by Jane Eagland (5 stars)
2. Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (3 stars)
3. Delcroix Academy: The Candidates by Inara Scott (1 star)
4. Crank by Ellen Hopkins (5 stars)
5. The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart (5 stars)
6. The Boy Book by E. Lockhart (5 stars)

2011:

January:

1. The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart (4 stars)
2. Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves (3 stars)
3. Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart (5 stars)
4. Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz (3 stars)
5. This Gorgeous Game by Donna Freitas (3 stars)
6. Once in a Full Moon by Ellen Schreiber (DNF)
7. Eon by Alison Goodman (4 stars)

February:

1. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson (4 stars)
1.5. (Special post: LJ Smith fired from writing Vampire Diaries)
2. The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer (4 stars)
3. Intrinsical by Lani Woodland (3 stars)

March:

1. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (4 stars)
2. Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John (5 stars)
3. Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (4 stars)
4. Shine by Lauren Myracle (5 stars)
5. The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell (3 stars)
6. Always a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough (4 stars)
7. Moonshine by Alaya Johnson (3 stars)
8. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead (2 stars)
9. The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter (2 stars)
10. Lost Voices by Sarah Porter (4 stars)
11. The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch (2 stars)
12. Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton (3 stars)

April:

1. Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison (5 stars)
2. Glass by Ellen Hopkins (4 stars)
3. Mercy by Rebecca Lim (4 stars)
4. The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver (4 stars)
5. Flecks of Gold by Alicia Buck (0 stars)
6. The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty (5 stars)
7. A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford (2 stars)
8. The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan (3 stars)

May:

1. Fallout by Ellen Hopkins (4 stars)
2. Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi (3 stars)
3. Bite Club by Rachel Caine (3 stars)
4. Identical by Ellen Hopkins (3 stars)
5. Heist Society by Ally Carter (4 stars)
6. Abandon by Meg Cabot (3 stars)
7. Wherever You Go by Heather Davis (1 star)
8. Eona by Alison Goodman (5 stars)
9. Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber (4 stars)
10. Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter (0 stars)
11. Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski (4 stars)

June:

1. Stay by Deb Caletti (4 stars)
2. Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (5 stars)
3. Misfit by Jon Skovron (2 stars)
4. Sister Mischief by Laura Goode (4 stars)
5. Rhymes With Cupid by Anna Humphrey (DNF)
5.5 (Special Post: The H.Y.P.E. Project)
6. Fury by Elizabeth Miles (1 star)
7. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (4 stars)
8. The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge (3 stars)
9. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (2 stars)
10. Halo by Alexandra Adornetto (0 stars)

July:

1. Chime by Franny Billingsley (4 stars)
2. Hades by Alexandra Adornetto (0 stars)
3. The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade (4 stars)
4. Wildefire by Karsten Knight (3 stars)
5. Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor (5 stars)
6. Supernaturally by Kiersten White (3 stars)
7. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (4 stars)

August:

1. Clean by Amy Reed (4 stars)
2. Moonbeams by Lakisha Spletzer (2 stars)
3. Werelove Dusk Conspiracy by Lakisha Spletzer (1 star)
4. Werelove Midnight Revelations by Lakisha Spletzer (1 star)
5. Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay (2 stars)
6. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (0 stars)
7. The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller (4 stars)
8. Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson (4 stars)
9. Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma (5 stars)

September

1. Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev (4 stars)
2. Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev (3 stars)
3. So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev (4 stars)
4. All You Desire by Kirsten Miller (2 stars)
5. Modelland by Tyra Banks (DNF)
6. Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade (4 stars)
7. Memento Nora by Angie Smibert (3 stars)
8. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (5 stars)
9. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (0 stars)
10. The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti (4 stars)
11. dancergirl by Carol M. Tanzman (3 stars)

October:

1. Soul Thief by Jana Oliver (3 stars)
2. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin (DNF)
3. Matched by Ally Condie (2 stars)
4. Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel (3 stars)
5. Possess by Gretchen McNeil (3 stars)
6. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (4 stars)
7. Torch Red: Color Me Torn by Melody Carlson (0 stars)
8. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (3 stars)
9. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (3 stars)

November:

1. Last Breath by Rachel Caine (4 stars)
2. Dear Bully edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones (4 stars)
3. Unleashed by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie (1 star)
4. Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda (4 stars)
5. Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe (4 stars)
6. Hourglass by Myra McEntire (2 stars)

December:

1. Die for Me by Amy Plum (3 stars)
2. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (3 stars)
3. Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey (4 stars)
4. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (0 stars)
5. Ash by Malinda Lo (3 stars)
6. Watched by Sharde Richardson (DNF)
7. Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres (4 stars)
8. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (4 stars)
9. Entwined by Heather Dixon (5 stars)
9.5. (Best of 2011, Worst of 2011, Most Coveted of 2012)

2012:

January:

1. Ignite by Kaitlyn Davis (0 stars)
2. The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges (4 stars)
3. The Sharp Time by Mary O'Connell (3 stars)
4. The Ghosts of Ashbury High by Jaclyn Moriarty (4 stars)
5. Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong (3 stars)
6. Everneath by Brodi Ashton (4 stars)
7. Steel by Carrie Vaughn (2 stars)
8. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand (4 stars)
9. Stolen by Lucy Christopher (5 stars)
10. The Raie'Chaelia by Melissa Douthit (1 star)
11. All You Get is Me by Yvonne Prinz (3 stars)
12. Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott (4 stars)
13. Beneath My Mother's Feet by Amjed Qamar (4 stars)

February:

1. Delirium by Lauren Oliver (1 star)
2. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (3 stars)
3. Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (2 stars)
4. The Nightmare Garden by Caitlin Kittredge (3 stars)
5. Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley (4 stars)
6. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (2 stars)
7. Across the Universe by Beth Revis (3 stars)
8. Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne (4 stars)
9. The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton (2 stars)
10. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (5 stars)
11. The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams (3 stars)
12. Divergent by Veronica Roth (2 stars)
12.5. (Special Post: the H.Y.P.E. Project's conclusion)

March:

1. Embrace by Jessica Shirvington (0 stars)
2. Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday (4 stars)
3. A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies (2 stars)
4.  Thyla by Kate Gordon (4 stars)
5. Croak by Gina Damico (4 stars)
6. Darkhouse by Karina Halle (3 stars)
7. Switched by Amanda Hocking (1 star)
8. Angelfall by Susan Ee (4 stars)
9. Slide by Jill Hathaway (3 stars)
10. Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart (4 stars)
11. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (0 stars)
12. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (4 stars)
13. Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton (3 stars)
14. A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton (2 stars)

April:

1.  Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins (3 stars)
2. Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter (0 stars)
3. The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman (3 stars)
4. The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell (3 stars)
5. Forgiven by Jana Oliver (2 stars)
6. Take Off Your Shirt and Cry by Nancy Balbirer (3 stars)
7. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (4 stars)
8. Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin (3 stars)
9. Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris (3 stars)
10. Ditched: A Love Story by Robin Mellom (DNF)
11. Liar by Justine Larbalestier (3 stars)
(11.5 Plagiarism: The Bomb Drops on YA's Biggest Blogger)
12. The Forgetting Curve by Angie Smibert (3 stars)
13. Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe by Shelley Coriell (3 stars)
14. When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle (1 star)
15. Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter (1 star)

May:

1. Ferocity Summer by Alissa Grosso (2 stars)
2. Underworld by Meg Cabot (3 stars)
3. Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (1 star)
4. You Against Me by Jenny Downham (4 stars)
5. Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday (3 stars)
6. Glow by Amy Ryan (3 stars)
7. Body and Soul by Stacey Kade (4 stars)
8. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (5 stars)
9. Forgotten by Cat Patrick (DNF)
10. The List by Siobhan Vivian (3 stars)
11. Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen (2 stars)
12. Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber (2 stars/4 stars)
13. The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff (3 stars)
14. Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers (4 stars)
15. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (3 stars)
16. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (3 stars)
17. Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard (5 stars)

June:

1. The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal (4 stars)
2. Timepiece by Myra McEntire (2 stars)
3.  Struck by Jennifer Bosworth (DNF)
4. Falling Under by Gwen Hayes (3 stars)
5. Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti (4 stars)
6. This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers (5 stars)
7. Dani Noir by Nova Ren Suma (4 stars)
8. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (4 stars)
9. Eternal Starling by Angela Corbett (1 star)
10. A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink (2 stars)
11. Team Human by Sarah Rees Brennan and Justine Larbalestier (3 stars)
12. Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (3 stars)
13. Waking Storms by Sarah Porter (4 stars)
14. When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen (3 stars)