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“Blood Stains, Ball Gowns” Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

February 11, 2015 / 14 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Blood Stains, Ball Gowns” Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Red Queen (Red Queen Trilogy #1) Author: Victoria Aveyard (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Teen (Harper Collins Canada) Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss (thank you!) Publication date: February 10, 2015 (yesterday!) My rating: 3 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository | Audible Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood—those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help […]

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“Teardrops on My Guitar” Review: No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown

December 9, 2014 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Teardrops on My Guitar” Review: No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown

No Place to FallAuthor: Jaye Robin Brown (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper TeenSource/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada (thank you!)Publication date: December 9th 2014 (today!) My rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy it: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | Google Books | iTunes Amber Vaughn is a good girl. She sings solos at church, babysits her nephew after school, and spends every Friday night hanging out at her best friend Devon’s house. It’s only when Amber goes exploring in the woods near her home, singing camp songs with the hikers she meets on the Appalachian Trail, that she feels free—and when […]

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“Travel Far Enough, You Meet Yourself” Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

November 4, 2014 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Travel Far Enough, You Meet Yourself” Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) Author: Claudia Gray (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Teen Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: November 4th 2014 (today!) My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Buy it: Amazon.ca | Chapters/Indigo | Indiebound | iTunes | B&N | Amazon.com Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray.Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Heir by Kiera Cass (spoilers for series!)

October 29, 2014 / 10 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: The Heir by Kiera Cass (spoilers for series!)

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. The Heir (The Selection #4) Author: Kiera Cass  Publisher: Harper Teen Expected publication: May 5th 2015 Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn’t expect her Selection to be anything like her parents’ fairy-tale love story. But as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she […]

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“All These Things I’ve Done” Early Review: Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

September 8, 2014 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“All These Things I’ve Done” Early Review: Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

Falling into PlaceAuthor: Amy Zhang (website | twitter) Publisher: Greenwillow Books (Harper Teen)Source/Format: ARC from BEA14 Expected publication date: September 9th 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.  On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road. Why? Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? Vividly told by an unexpected and surprising narrator, this heartbreaking and nonlinear novel pieces together the short and devastating life […]

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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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Waiting on Wednesday: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

May 21, 2014 / 14 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. This week’s can’t-wait-for-it book is probably on a lot of bloggers’ lists just because of the cover! A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) Author: Claudia Gray (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Teen Expected publication: November 4, 2014  Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray. Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows […]

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GIVEAWAY + REVIEW: The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes!

May 20, 2014 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY + REVIEW: The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes!

Hi guys, today I’m participating in the book blast for The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes. Scroll down for my review, and then enter to win the book plus some sweet swag! The Art of Lainey Author:  Paula Stokes (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeen Source/Format: ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review (thank you, HCC Frenzy!) Publication date: May 20, 2014 (today!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Soccer star Lainey Mitchell is gearing up to spend an epic summer with her amazing boyfriend, Jason, when he suddenly breaks up with her—no reasons, no warning, […]

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Review: The One by Kiera Cass [no spoilers!]

May 13, 2014 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: The One by Kiera Cass [no spoilers!]

The One (The Selection #3)Author: Kiera Cass (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeen Source: Purchased in-store at Chapters/Indigo (I didn’t dare pre-order – I needed this book on the day-of!) Format: Paperback, 336 pagesPublication date: May 6th 2014My rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars The time has come for one winner to be crowned. When she was chosen to compete in the Selection, America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown–or to Prince Maxon’s heart. But as the end of the competition approaches, and the threats outside the palace walls grow more vicious, America realizes just how much she stands […]

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Early Review: After the End by Amy Plum

May 6, 2014 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: After the End by Amy Plum

After the End (After the End #1) Author: Amy Plum (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeen (Harper Collins Canada) Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Expected publication: May 6, 2014 (today!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. 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 […]

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