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The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin Published by Simon Schuster on October 23rd, 2012 Genre(s): Paranormal, Young Adult Page Count: 452 Goodreads Synopsis: Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed. There is. She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love. She’s wrong. Purchase: Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository I Enjoyed: I feel like this is the type of book I have yet to read. I don't read a lot of "paranormal" type books. It's taken me a long time to even get to this one. I just like how this book isn't like anything else I have ever read. I was easily addicted to this story. I absolutely loved it. I really love how easy it was to read. Sometimes with paranormal stuff, I feel like I could get

A Heart So Fierce And Broken by Brigid Kemmerer Expected Publication by Bloomsbury YA on January 7th, 2020 Genre(s): Fantasy, Young Adult Page Count: 464 Goodreads Synopsis: Find the heir, win the crown. The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Although Rhen has Harper by his side, his guardsman Grey is missing, leaving more questions than answers. Win the crown, save the kingdom. Rumored to be the heir, Grey has been on the run since he destroyed Lilith. He has no desire to challenge Rhen--until Karis Luran once again threatens to take Emberfall by force. Her own daughter Lia Mara sees the flaws in her mother’s violent plan, but can she convince Grey to stand against Rhen, even for the good of Emberfall? The heart-pounding, compulsively readable saga continues as loyalties are tested and new love blooms in a kingdom on the brink of w

All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire Published by Montlake Romance on May 29th, 2018 Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Page Count: 444 Goodreads Synopsis: The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other. But when Catherine needs him most, Elliott is forced to leave town. Elliott finally returns, but he and Catherine are now different people. He’s a star high school athlete, and she spends all her free time working at her mother’s mysterious bed-and-breakfast. Catherine hasn’t forgiven Elliott for abandoning her, but he’s determined to win back her friendship… and her heart. Just when Catherine is ready to fully trust Elliott, he becomes the prime suspect in a local tragedy. Despite the town’s growing suspicions, Catherine clings to her love for Elliott. But a devastating secret t

All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire Published by Montlake Romance on May 29th, 2018 Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Page Count: 444 Goodreads Synopsis: The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other. But when Catherine needs him most, Elliott is forced to leave town. Elliott finally returns, but he and Catherine are now different people. He’s a star high school athlete, and she spends all her free time working at her mother’s mysterious bed-and-breakfast. Catherine hasn’t forgiven Elliott for abandoning her, but he’s determined to win back her friendship… and her heart. Just when Catherine is ready to fully trust Elliott, he becomes the prime suspect in a local tragedy. Despite the town’s growing suspicions, Catherine clings to her love for Elliott. But a devastating secret t

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Published by Scholastic Inc. on July 8th, 1999 Genre(s): Middle Grade, Fantasy Page Count: 435 Goodreads Synopsis: For Twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst. Purchase: Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository I Enjoyed: I really love that this book is a bit longer than the first two. I know the length of the

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Published by Jimmy Patterson Books on November 6th 2018 Genre(s): Fantasy, Young Adult, LGBTQ+ Page Count: 400 Goodreads Synopsis: Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire. In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort.