REVIEW: The Raven Boys (#1) - Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys (#1) - Maggie Stiefvater
Series: The Raven Boys
Publisher: Scholastic
Format: Paperback
Pages:419 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

REVIEW: Deception (#2) - Teri Terry*

Deception (#2) - Teri Terry*
Series: Dark Matter
Publisher: Orchard Books
Format: Paperback
Pages: 412 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Received from NetGalley for an honest review (managed to get my hands on a paperback version from my local bookstore before release)*

Goodreads Blurb

An epidemic is sweeping the country.
You are among the infected. There is no cure, and you cannot be permitted to infect others. You are now under quarantine.
The 5% of the infected who survive are dangerous and will be taken into the custody of the army.

As the epidemic spreads, survivors are being hunted like witches, for the authorities fear their strange new powers.

Kai is desperate to trace Shay, who tricked him and disappeared. Meanwhile, Shay is searching for the truth behind the origins of the epidemic ... but danger finds them wherever they go. Can they outrun the fire?

REVIEW: Shatter Me (#1) - Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me (#1) - Tahereh Mafi
Series: Shatter Me
Publisher: Harper Collins
Format: Paperback
Pages: 338 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

I have a curseI have a gift

I am a monster
I'm more than human

My touch is lethal
My touch is power

I am their weapon
I will fight back

Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong colour.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

Saga Volume 2 - Brian K. Vaughan (Writer) & Fiona Staples (Artist)

Saga Volume 2 - Brian K. Vaughan (Writer) & Fiona Staples (Artist)
Series: Saga
Publisher: Image Comics
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb
Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and horrific monsters, but in the cold vastness of outer space, the little girl encounters her strangest adventure yet... grandparents.

REVIEW: The King of Bones and Ashes (#1) - J. D. Horn*

The King of Bones and Ashes (#1) - J. D. Horn*
Series: Witches of New Orleans
Publisher: 47North
Format: E-Book
Pages: 320 Pages
Rating:

Received from NetGalley for an honest review*

Goodreads Blurb

Magic is seeping out of the world, leaving the witches who’ve relied on it for countless centuries increasingly hopeless. While some see an inevitable end of their era, others are courting madness—willing to sacrifice former allies, friends, and family to retain the power they covet. While the other witches watch their reality unravel, young Alice Marin is using magic’s waning days to delve into the mystery of numerous disappearances in the occult circles of New Orleans. Alice disappeared once, too—caged in an asylum by blood relatives. Recently freed, she fears her family may be more involved with the growing crisis than she ever dared imagine.

REVIEW: Royally Screwed (#1) - Emma Chase

Royally Screwed (#1) - Emma Chase
Series: The Royally Series
Publisher: Emma Chase LLC
Format: Kindle
Pages: 294 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Nicholas Arthur Frederick Edward Pembrook, Crowned Prince of Wessco, aka His Royal Hotness, is wickedly charming, devastatingly handsome, and unabashedly arrogant; hard not to be when people are constantly bowing down to you.

Then, one snowy night in Manhattan, the prince meets a dark haired beauty who doesn't bow down. Instead, she throws a pie in his face.

REVIEW: The Knife of Never Letting Go (#1) - Patrick Ness

The Knife of Never Letting Go (#1) - Patrick Ness
Series: Chaos Walking
Publisher: Walker Books
Format: Paperback
Pages: 479 Pages
Rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads Blurb

Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.