Tag: parallel worlds

“Like You’re My Mirror”: Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray

October 15, 2015 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Like You’re My Mirror”: Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray

Review: Spoilers for A Thousand Pieces of You, the first book in the series. Don’t you dare read on if you haven’t read the first one – go check out my review for ATPOY instead.  Claudia Gray, you brilliant, evil genius, you. In A Thousand Pieces of You, I raced through the different worlds with Marguerite, fell in love with Paul right with her, and learned about how to traverse the universes. Descriptive world-building and a fast-pace kept things going, but left me wanting more character development. Ten Thousand Skies Above You has Marguerite whipping through worlds with a lot more […]

The Choices We Make: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

July 6, 2015 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
The Choices We Make: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  Maybe in Another Life Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid (website | twitter) Publisher: Washington Square Press (Atria/Simon & Schuster) Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher on Edelweiss Publication date: July 7, 2015 (tomorrow!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | The Book Depository | iTunes From the acclaimed author of Forever, Interrupted and After I Do comes a breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame; in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold—with stunningly […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Waiting on Wednesday: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  Maybe in Another Life Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid (website | twitter) Publisher: Washington Square Press (Simon & Schuster) Genre: Adult Fiction Expected publication: July 7th 2015 From the acclaimed author of Forever, Interrupted and After I Do comes a breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame; in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold—with stunningly different results. At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and […]

“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 […]

Review: Triangles by Kimberly Ann Miller

June 20, 2013 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Triangles by Kimberly Ann Miller

Triangles Author: Kimberly Ann Miller Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Source: ARC received from publisher for honest review Format: Paperback, 216 pages Publication Date: June 18, 2013 My rating: Did Not Finish A cruise ship. A beautiful island. Two sexy guys. What could possibly go wrong? In the Bermuda Triangle—a lot. Hoping to leave behind the reminders of her crappy life–her father’s death years ago, her mother’s medical problems, and the loser who’s practically stalking her–seventeen-year-old Autumn Taylor hops on a ship with her sister for a little distraction. When she wakes up in the Bermuda Triangle, she fears she’s gone nuts […]