Kind of like a cross between Alyson Noel's Immortals and Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush - but with some fresh components and plot twists all its own. For a supernatural/mortal romance in an age where the genre is overhyped and -popular, it's pretty good.

Would've liked to see Adam and Lita end up together, since that's what you'd expect from a relationship like theirs, especially once you hear that Lita's been sabotaging Adam's love life. Incredible, especially considering male authors generally suck at female characters. Nice balance between real, serious consequences and the lighthearted teenage frivolity of romance and gender rivalry.

Yeah, I finally gave in and read it. It's not all bad, but after Gus dies everything happens really fast. Nice rhythm to the writing, particularly Hazel's observations and Gus's dialogue, but it's not really the wonder everyone made it out to be.

My first real adult novel, yay. But honestly the writing was horrid - "stood to his feet"? Really? And seriously, "evocative" is not a word that should be used to describe kissing. Plus, the relationship is unrealistic; I don't believe in falling in love overnight.

A great read for Valentine's Day, especially for a girl who's always been single. Despite the really cute scenes with Luke and Theo, I'm glad Emaline ended up single. I felt so bad for Benji - he's the same age as my little brother!

Pretty good, and I probably would've loved it more if I was part of the middle-school target audience. Some bad choices are made, but I think we can all relate to that. Glad everything mostly worked out okay, and through Carina's own power rather than daddy's money.

Meg Cabot has a talent for balancing the drama with the romantic and the funny. The style takes some getting used to, but it's an appropriate medium for the narrative.

Finally, a book about marching band! But I really didn't like the portrayal of color guard as the cheerleaders to the band's jocks. Elsie was annoying for most of the book if I'm being honest, but her friends were kind of oversensitive. But I can definitely relate to her devotion to music, and the portrayals of band itself was pretty accurate.

The protagonist was a little mainstream, and her friends were too stereotype-perfect geeks. The best-friend-turned-bitchy-Miss-Popularity was honestly overused and imo it didn't add much to the plot. Overall, it was kind of a drag for some reason; the plot was decent and the author's style was comfortable - too many characters and details, maybe? Plus the latter part of the plot definitely stretched disbelief to the breaking point.