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Review: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

October 24, 2014 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Lies We Tell Ourselves Author: Robin Talley (website | twitter) Publisher: Harlequin Teen Source/Format: Rachel from Hello, Chelly gave me this ARC that she picked up at BEA14! (thanks, Rachel!) Publication date: September 30th 2014 My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Buy it:  Indigo.ca | Indiebound | B&N | The Book Depository | Amazon  In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is […]

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“Psycho Killer…Run, Run, Run Away” Review: The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

October 17, 2014 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Psycho Killer…Run, Run, Run Away” Review: The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Naturals (The Naturals #1) Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes (website | twitter) Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Format: eAudiobook Source: Toronto Public Library Publication date: Nov 5, 2013; Paperback release: Oct 7, 2014 My rating: 3 out of 5 stars. Buy it: Indigo | IndieNext | Amazon | BookDepository | B&N  Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it’s not a skill that she’s ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they’ve begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack […]

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“We Are Family” Early Review: Reluctantly Royal by Nichole Chase

August 26, 2014 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“We Are Family” Early Review: Reluctantly Royal by Nichole Chase

Reluctantly Royal (Suddenly #3) Author: Nichole Chase (website | twitter) Publisher: Avon Romance Genre: New Adult/Adult Romance Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher on Edelweiss (thank you!) Publication date: August 26, 2014  My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Maxwell Jameson Trevor, prince of Lilaria, hates his royal role. Despising the limelight, he takes solace in his art studio and steers clear of any drama. But when one of the newly discovered royals passes away, Maxwell’s brother Alex asks him to break the news to the old man’s granddaughter. Though he hates to be the bearer of doom and gloom, he doesn’t want the […]

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Early Review: On the Fence by Kasie West

June 30, 2014 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: On the Fence by Kasie West

On the Fence Author: Kasie West (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeen Source/Format: An ARC was sent by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review Expected publication: July 1st 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 3 out of 5 stars My synopsis: Charlie is a sixteen-year old tomboy who lives and breathes sports with her three big brothers and her neighbour Braden. She’s really one of the guys, so it’s probably not a surprise that she dresses mostly in sporty, non-descript clothing and runners. So when her dad forces her to get a job to pay off her speeding tickets, and she ends […]

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Early Review: The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik

April 19, 2014 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik

The Last Best Kiss Author: Claire LaZebnik (twitter | website) Publisher: HarperTeen Source/Format: eARC from publisher on Edelweiss (thank you!) Expected publication date: April 22, 2014  My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Anna Eliot is tired of worrying about what other people think. After all, that was how she lost the only guy she ever really liked, Finn Westbrook. Now, three years after she broke his heart, the one who got away is back in her life. All Anna wants is a chance to relive their last kiss again (and again and again). But Finn obviously hasn’t forgotten how she treated […]

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Early Review: Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase

March 25, 2014 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase

Recklessly Royal (Suddenly #2) Author: Nichole Chase (website | twitter) Publisher: Avon Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss Publication date: March 25, 2014 (today!)  My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Catherine has spent her life being the perfect princess. She’s kept her hands clean, her head down, and most importantly—men at arm’s length. After all, most men are after only one thing, and for Cathy there’s a lot more at stake than her bed; she has to worry about the fate of an entire nation. But at the rate she’s going, Cathy is afraid she’ll give the Virgin Queen a run […]

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Review: How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford

January 13, 2014 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford

How to Say Goodbye in Robot Author: Natalie Standiford (website | twitter) Publisher: Scholastic PressFormat: Paperback, 276 pages Source: Toronto Public LibraryPublication date: October 1, 2009 My rating: 3 out of 5 stars From bestselling author Natalie Standiford, an amazing, touching story of two friends navigating the dark waters of their senior year. New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn’t made a new friend since third grade. […]

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Review: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver [Delirium Week]

March 28, 2013 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver [Delirium Week]

Delirium Week runs from March 25-29 here on Mostly YA Lit. Come by and watch me binge read/review the entire Lauren Oliver series in one week! Pandemonium (Delirium #2) Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: HarperTeen Format: Paperback, 375 pages Source: Bought from Chapters.Indigo.ca Publication date: February 28, 2012  My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Goodreads synopsis:  I’m pushing aside the memory of my nightmare, pushing aside thoughts of Alex, pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school, push, push, push, like Raven taught me to do.The old life is dead.But the old Lena is dead too.I buried her.I left her beyond […]

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