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Jealousy can make people do crazy things. For Christian, he actually went crazy. You’ve heard of abusive boyfriends, and you’ve heard of possessive ones. To Christian, Clara was his and his alone. She couldn’t even joke around with his friends without him going insane. The way Caletti wrote this novel was every other chapter reflected Clara’s relationship with Christian and then the other half of the chapters was devoted to telling the present story of her life.

The one thing I really loved about this book was her relationship with her father and the fact that they were like best friends almost, and it reminded me of my relationship with my own father. This books felt real, a storyline that held no fantasy because there are people like that in the real world. It was horrifyingly and amazingly realistic.

After this novel, I want to try reading her other books as well!

Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 4.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.88/5

Maya is a sassy confident girl who lives in a tiny town that’s basically just a medical research town. When a new kid comes, it’s a huge event. However, Rafe, who in Maya’s eyes, seems like the biggest player who ever set foot in the town. When weird things start happening though, Rafe is the only one she can really turn to. Understanding the secrets that belong to her more than she understands them, Rafe slowly shows her his world, and soon to be hers. As things take a turn for the worst, secrets are revealed and histories are uncovered.

Kelley Armstrong strings us along for another wild ride as she launches her new trilogy, ‘Darkness Rising’. The first novel to the book being the Gathering. A spin off from her Darkest Powers Trilogy, she includes characters (which, in the novel, make no appearances, but are mentioned) who were the main characters or the center of trouble in the Darkest Powers Trilogy. This book is amazing and Kelley Armstrong is a true talent.

Plot: 5/5
Characters: 4/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 4/5
Overall: 4.5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.04/5

-review by Between Printed Pages

Disappearances are becoming a reoccurring nightmare in the town of Cryer’s Cross. At first it was one person, one kid, who disappeared and was never heard from again. After hours and days of searching, the girl could not be found. Blamed for her kidnapping, new kid Jacian Obregon starts of the new school year with a bitter attitude, while the rest start off with a feeling of loss. As the days pass another disappearance occurs and Kendall is stuck to wonder what had happened and what is to come. Trying to find the missing kids, she turns to the most unlikely of people. Filled with action, romance, and some horror, this book is sure to leave readers in awe.

Lisa McMann, the author of the Wake, Fade, Gone trilogy, has definitely created another hit with Cryer’s Cross. Although I wish McMann had put in more detail about Kendall’s OCD to make it more emotionally… riveting, I guess, it was an interesting concept. This book was definitely different, and that big horrors can be found in little towns.

Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 3.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 4/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.74/5

-review by Between Printed Pages

This book was released about a month ago, though I only saw it recently and after a fair amount of jumping up and down in excitement, I bought it. This is the final book of the Wicked Lovely Series, and damn, it was a good book. It was a pretty good ending for the series, but don’t be a loser like me and try to read the end first (it’s a horrible habit). The only way to get the book is to read the previous novels (of course) and to start from the beginning of the novel.

The book basically sums up the fae’s problems. It solves the depression in the Summer Court, the chaos in Dark Court, and the uncertainty in the Winter court. Of course, from the last novel, the Queen’s court stays nicely untouched and unscathed. New characters are introduced, and old ones reappear in the oddest of places. After lots of drama, lots of war, and lots of trouble, everything fits together well in the end, and the final book of the series actually feels like the final book to the series. No anti-climatic moments, just action, moments of romance, and just pure awesomeness. The final book is sure to leave you totally and utterly satisfied. I really loved this series and I seriously loved the ending to the series!

Plot: 5/5
Characters: 4.5/5
World Building: 4.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 4.5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.11/5

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Between Sarah Dessen and Susane Colasanti, you’ll have a lovely little library of teenage drama. Rhiannon has trouble letting go of a boy who broke up with her, while James tries to date girls while always having Rhiannon on his mind. Nicole on the other hand is breaking hearts as she tries to go after her new found crush, though as unattainable as he is, she still tries. This book is split into thirds, first the whole story is told in Rhiannon’s point of view, then James’ and then Nicole’s, allowing the reader to see each of their thoughts as events occur throughout the story. The very end of the story is told from Nicole’s point of view as the book is wrapped up though.

Though it wasn’t my favourite novel by Colasanti, it did show the strength of friendship and that was pretty cool ~ It wasn’t oozing with love, but it also wasn’t totally vacant of it… So yeah. Good book, just her best, in my opinion.

Plot: 3/5
Characters: 4/5
Writing: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 3.5/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.6/5

-review by Between Printed Pages

Margo’s the ever day, run of the mill, popular girl at school. Everyone loves her, and then one day, she runs away from home. With few clues, Q goes on a search for her in hopes that he’ll find her alive. Going on pure hope, he runs around the town and it’s outskirts in search of a girl he hardly knows. Throughout his search, he learned more about her than he ever could just talking to her on a regular school day. The girl he loved wasn’t the same person he thought he loved. As he cruised through his journey, he became friends with the unexpected and helped create solutions to problems that someone in his position of the high school hierarchy shouldn’t have been able to do.

John Green writes another amazing novel. I loved this one, not just because Q loved Nerd candies like me, but because this whole story was just written and put together so well, it was amazing.

Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.13/5

-review by Between Printed Pages

Another collaborated book, made of short stories that are, as the title states, about Prom nights that basically equate to hell. Filled with demons, devils, vampires, werewolves, oracles, deaths, and romance, these short stories are sure to blow you away. I really loved the other collaborated books that were made, and decided to read this one as well.

My favourite of the stories was probably Meg Cabot’s.

Lauren Myracle’s short was created with another short story in mind, The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs. As the school curriculum required, I read the Monkey’s Paw in grade 9. Not the toughest nut in the shell, that story scared me. Lauren’s remix of the story was well done, and portrayed the original idea well.

Kim Harrison’s story was like a Prologue to her book ‘Once Dead, Twice Shy’. It worked out well, considering the horror actually started off at the Prom.

Michele Jaffe’s story was pretty good. It reminded me slightly of L.J. Smith’s Night World series, where it had a special team to help important night worlders. Alike to that, Michele Jaffe’s story is about a girl with supernatural powers who helps a girl she assumes is in danger. Not knowing who the girl is or what the crazy people around her wanted, she helps out. I really liked this story too!

Stephenie Meyer’s story, maybe it’s because I’m biased and I really didn’t like Twilight as much as other people did, but I didn’t love her short story. It wasn’t bad, no, but it wasn’t great. There was a mysterious air to it, but it was also slightly boring. Maybe it’s just me, and the fact that I don’t expect much from Stephanie Meyer’s writing, but it definitely wasn’t my favourite story in this book.

-review by Between Printed Pages

Katie is popular. She’s dating the most popular guy in school, a football player, while making out behind his back with the second hottest guy in school, an actor in the drama club. She’s living the life most girls dream of. She’s looked up to by so many, and she’s popular with the guys, girls, and adults. The one problem? Her life is a tangle of lies, starting from grade 8. When her old best friend, turned ex-best friend, turned ex-friend, Tommy Sullivan, comes back to town, she’s sure that he’s there to get back at her for ditching him when things got tough in grade 8. Unfortunately, she finds herself in a larger predicament. Tommy saw her kissing the actor, instead of her boyfriend. Tommy remembers everything about her from grade 8. Tommy remembers everything that has happened. Tommy is somehow mysteriously HOT. Attracted to him, while still assuming he’s plotting revenge, Katie’s in for the ride of her life as Tommy shakes up her world. Again.

This book was really intense. Meg Cabot created the chemistry between her characters just right, telling you all you needed to know, just from what they were saying. It was another good read. Meg Cabot books definitely gain my stamp of approval. Though I have yet to find a girl who hasn’t given Cabot their approval.

-review by Between Printed Pages

This book is a great summer read. Anyone out there heard of the series ‘Camp Confidential’ by Melissa J Morgan? Well this is basically that, except summed up in one book. Though ‘Sleepaway Girls’ only covers one summer, it is written just as well, and gives every detail that a reader could hope for. This book is about making new friends in uncharted territories, overcoming the crazy Queen Bee, and falling in love, where love is most unexpected.

I enjoyed this book, as I do many, and hope to read more by Jen Calonita soon~

-review by Between Printed Pages

Miles starts of his junior year at Culver Creek Boarding School and meets the craziest people and has the craziest adventures. This book is stuffed packed with drama, adventure, and pranks of the wildest and most random sort. Why is there a before and after? Well, let just say sometimes life doesn’t go as you wanted, and people tend to walk in and out faster than lightning strike. John Green was able to portray the realistic version of a teenage world, of how feelings sometimes overwhelm us, and that our actions lead to our demise. An amazing author, I truly loved this book.

-review by Between Printed Pages