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Title: Heartbeat Author: Elizabeth Scott Published January 28th 2014 by Harlequin Teen Goodreads | Amazon Contemporary Young Adult Fiction ___________________________________ Heartbeat was my first experience with a book by Elizabeth Scott. I am kind of ashamed of myself for never trying out anything by her because I absolutely loved her newest story Heartbeat . I was super excited to read this book because I’ve never read something quite like this before. I mean you hear of “issue” books but it’s not often that said issue is having to deal with an unborn baby alive inside of your brain-dead mother’s uterus. I know, I know, you can say whatever you think it’s right and we can definitely argue about our opinions but when you have a relationship like the one Emma and her mother had, the decision is way more difficult than you would think. I got Emma, I really did. I don’t think there’s another human being I love more than my mother, and what happens to Emma is so terrible...

WoW is weekly meme created by Jill at Breaking The Spine in which bloggers can share books they're excited to get soon :)     Creed by Trisha Leaver & Lindsay Currie   Dee Langley is seventeen and mere months away from total freedom and a life where state social workers, counselors, and foster parents don’t dictate her every move. She has spent years trying to eke out a normal existence, hiding from her past and walking the tenuous line between denial and self-preservation. A weekend away with her boyfriend, Luke, and his brother, Mike, seems like the perfect opportunity to forget and start over. Little does Dee know that she's just trading one hell for another. When an unexpected storm and a lack of gas force their car off the road, Dee, Luke, and Mike find themselves with no other choice but to wander into the nearby town of Purity Springs for help. But it’s not good Samaritans they find, but rather complete and utter silence, every store and every house ab...

Title : Uninvited (Uninvited #1) Author : Sophie Jordan Expected publication : January 28th 2014 by HarperTeen Goodreads | Amazon Genre : Young Adult, Dystopia, Science Fiction ________________________________________ Uninvited started off with a bang. The United States are doing some testing to filter out individuals who have a gene that's been linked with homicidal tendencies. This, as a med student, was particularly heartbreaking. I mean it goes against every human right to accuse people of something they haven't done just because they have some 'scientific proof' that they some day will. We have no means of knowing the future, why don't people get it?    But anyway this is fiction and I tend to get irked off easily. But even if you know nothing about science, this book's whole plot will get you worked up. Especially after you meet our main character, Davy. Davina is a prodigy, no kidding, she can play pretty much any instrument and she sings ...

WoW is weekly meme created by Jill at Breaking The Spine in which bloggers can share books they're excited to get soon :)     Open Road Summer by Emery Lord   After breaking up with her bad-news boyfriend, Reagan O’Neill is ready to leave her rebellious ways behind. . . and her best friend, country superstar Lilah Montgomery, is nursing a broken heart of her own. Fortunately, Lilah’s 24-city tour is about to kick off, offering a perfect opportunity for a girls-only summer of break-up ballads and healing hearts. But when Matt Finch joins the tour as its opening act, his boy-next-door charm proves difficult for Reagan to resist, despite her vow to live a drama-free existence. This summer, Reagan and Lilah will navigate the ups and downs of fame and friendship as they come to see that giving your heart to the right person is always a risk worth taking. A fresh new voice in contemporary romance, Emery Lord’s gorgeous writing hits all the right notes.   Add on Goodre...

Title : Never Too Late (Flirt #2) Author : A. Destiny & Rhonda Helms Expected publication: February 4th 2014 by Simon Pulse Goodreads | Amazon | Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary ________________________________________ Never too Late is a story about falling in love for the first time. And you can expect everything that comes with it, the sparks, the tingles, the excitement but also the uneasiness and uncertainty of unreciprocated feelings. The added edge was that adding to Abbey's (our heroine) new feelings for Jason, someone she always thought she hated, is that her best friend Olivia has a huge crush on Jason too. So not only does Abbey has to fight the turmoil of emotions she's suddenly developing for this guy but also she is being flooded with guilt at being interested in someone her friend wants. Though a difficult subject to approach and most of all, live, I think it was handled carefully and showing a good moral through it. Great for teens to know ...

WoW is weekly meme created by Jill at Breaking The Spine in which bloggers can share books they're excited to get soon :)       Something Real by Heather Demetrios   There’s nothing real about reality TV. Seventeen-year-old Bonnie™ Baker has grown up on TV—she and her twelve siblings are the stars of one-time hit reality show Baker’s Dozen. Since the show’s cancellation and the scandal surrounding it, Bonnie™ has tried to live a normal life, under the radar and out of the spotlight. But it’s about to fall apart…because Baker’s Dozen is going back on the air. Bonnie™’s mom and the show’s producers won’t let her quit and soon the life she has so carefully built for herself, with real friends (and maybe even a real boyfriend), is in danger of being destroyed by the show. Bonnie™ needs to do something drastic if her life is ever going to be her own—even if it means being more exposed than ever before.   Add On Goodreads       First of all, this co...

Title : Anyone But You:  A Modern-Day Spin on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet  Authors : Kim Askew and Amy Helmes Published January 1st 2014 by Merit Press Goodreads | Amazon | The Book Depository Genre : Young Adult // Retelling // Contemporary _____________________________________ Today, January 7 th , 2014, was the coldest day in my memory, yet my heart has been warmed as I read along the story within the pages of Anyone But You. Anyone But You is based of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet , which gave me an idea of what to expect. But sincerely, I can tell you that you won’t expect the kind of delightful story of two Italian families’ long history of managing restaurants and hating each other. There are two stories intertwining in this book. One about Gigi Caputo and Roman Monte, who are two teens that have fallen in love despite their families complete despise of each other. I liked this story, Gigi was a reliable and likable young heroine and Roman wa...

Hello there, remember my review of Roomies  a couple of weeks ago?  Well I love a friendship story as much as the next girl so I want you all to have a chance to read this one. But first, I want to tell you about my own experience with a roommate. Y'all are going to hate me because I've been having my own room for most of my life EXCEPT for when I was an exchange student in Brazil last year...     But my roommate, Pati, was amazing! Sincerely, we were (are) like sisters, and we took care of everything like pros, from cooking (her) and washing the dishes (me) and in general we always shared the chores and thankfully, we were in syncrony as of TV and musical tastes. So living together was more like a very long sleep-over. If you want to hear more stories and meet Sara & Tara, then come to their tour stops! January 12, 2014 – New York, NY: McNally Jackson [ venue link ] January 15, 2014 – Salt Lake City, UT: The King's English [ venue link ] January 16, 2014 – Provo...

WoW is weekly meme created by Jill at Breaking The Spine in which bloggers can share books they're excited to get soon :) After the End by Amy Plum She’s searching for answers to her past. They’re hunting her to save their future. World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They've survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature, and hiding from whoever else might still be out there. At least, this is what Juneau has been told her entire life. When Juneau returns from a hunting trip to discover that everyone in her clan has vanished, she sets off to find them. Leaving the boundaries of their land for the very first time, she learns something horrifying: There never was a war. Cities were never destroyed. The world is intact. Everything was a lie. Now Juneau is adrift in a modern-day world she never knew existed. But while she's trying to find a way to rescue her friends an...

Title: Defy  Author: Sara B. Larson Expected publication: January 7th 2014 by Scholastic Press Goodreads | Amazon |  The Book Depository Genre: Fantasy / Young Adult _____________________________________ Defy is a story about a girl who pretends to be a boy in order to survive. We all have heard this before, from Shakespeare to She’s the man, this story is always a crowd pleaser so of course I was very excited to dig in. Upon finishing this book, I found myself contradicted because I did like the book but mostly I had a hard time reading it. I’ll explain. Turns out our hero (or really, heroine) Alex is a very, very skilled warrior; she’s deadly with a sword and she never loses, which gave me a hard time believing someone who is only seventeen could be. So I had a horrible time at first, because my mind just couldn’t let me get pass all these things that had no explanation and just sounded so absolutely impossible to me, that I was mostly annoyed and didn’...