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Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater Series: Raven Cycle (Book 3) Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1st edition (October 21, 2014) Language: English Buy the book: Amazon Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost. Friends can betray. Mothers can disappear Visions can mislead. Certainties can unravel. In a starred review, The Bulletin called The Dream Thieves, the previous book in The Raven Cycle, "a complex web of magical intrigue and heart-stopping action." Now, with Blue Lily, Lily Blue, the web becomes even more complex, snaring readers at every turn. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater was--and typically so--a weavingly creative addition to the Raven Boy...

Review by Sara... HOW TO HANG A WITCH By Adriana Mather Series: How To Hang A Witch #1 Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Knopf books for Young Readers (July 26, 2016) Age Range: 12 up Grade Range: 7 up Language: English Goodreads | Amazon For fans of  Conversion  and Mean Girls, comes a debut novel where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem’s past. Salem, Massachusetts is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for  those  trials and almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves The Descendants. And guess who their ancestors were? If dealing with that weren't enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real live (...

Review by Sara The Cost of All Things by Maggie Lehrman Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Balzer + Bray (May 12, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon What would you pay to cure your heartbreak? Banish your sadness? Transform your looks? The right spell can fix anything…. When Ari's boyfriend Win dies, she gets a spell to erase all memory of him. But spells come at a cost, and this one sets off a chain of events that reveal the hidden—and sometimes dangerous—connections between Ari, her friends, and the boyfriend she can no longer remember. Told from four different points of view, this original and affecting novel weaves past and present in a suspenseful narrative that unveils the truth behind a terrible tragedy.   The Cost of All Things is a book that reminded me a lot of We Were Liars , except I finished this book. I did not finish We Were Liars so that made me almost put this book down. Several times, in fact. This is a story about four teenagers in a town (civiliz...

by Andye THE WITCH HUNTER The Witch Hunter #1 by Virginia Boecker Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (June 2, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Your greatest enemy isn't what you fight, but what you fear. Elizabeth Grey is one of the king's best witch hunters, devoted to rooting out witchcraft and doling out justice. But when she's accused of being a witch herself, Elizabeth is arrested and sentenced to burn at the stake. Salvation comes from a man she thought was her enemy. Nicholas Perevil, the most powerful and dangerous wizard in the kingdom, offers her a deal: he will save her from execution if she can break the deadly curse that's been laid upon him. But Nicholas and his followers know nothing of Elizabeth's witch hunting past--if they find out, the stake will be the least of her worries. And as she's thrust into the magical world of witches, ghosts, pirates, and one all-too-handsome healer, Elizabet...

by Becca WHEN MY HEART WAS WICKED by Tricia Stirling Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press (February 24, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon "I used to be one of those girls. The kind who loved to deliver bad news. When I colored my hair, I imagined it seeping into my scalp, black dye pooling into my veins. But that was the old Lacy. Now, when I cast spells, they are always for good." 16-year-old Lacy believes that magic and science can work side by side. She's a botanist who knows how to harness the healing power of plants. So when her father dies, Lacy tries to stay with her step-mother in Chico, where her magic is good and healing. She fears the darkness that her real mother, Cheyenne, brings out, stripping away everything that is light and kind. Yet Cheyenne never stays away for long. Beautiful, bewitching, unstable Cheyenne who will stop at nothing, not even black magic, to keep control of her daughter's heart. She forces Lacy to ac...

"Review my Books" Review by Valerie SALT & STORM Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (September 23, 2014) Goodreads | Amazon A sweeping historical romance about a witch who foresees her own murder--and the one boy who can help change her future. Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants only to take her rightful place as the witch of Prince Island, making the charms that keep the island's whalers safe at sea, but her mother has forced her into a magic-free world of proper manners and respectability. When Avery dreams she's to be murdered, she knows time is running out to unlock her magic and save herself. Avery finds an unexpected ally in a tattooed harpoon boy named Tane--a sailor with magic of his own, who moves Avery in ways she never expected. Becoming a witch might stop her murder and save her island from ruin, but Avery discovers her magic requires a sacrifice she never pr...

Review by Elisa HEIR OF FIRE by Sarah J. Maas Series: Throne of Glass Hardcover: 576 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (September 2, 2014) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could change her life—and her future—forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner demons, but to take on the evil that is about to be unleashed? The bestselling series that has captured readers all over the world reaches new heights in this sequel to the New York Times best-selling Crown of Midnight. Packed with heart-pounding action, fierce new characters, and swoon-worthy romance, this third book will enthrall readers from start to finish. The Overview: I’ve been bathing in this...

TRIAL BY FIRE The Worldwaker Trilogy Book 1 by Josephine Angelini Age Range: 12 - 18 years Grade Level: 7 and up Lexile Measure: 800L ( What's this? ) Series: The Worldwalker Trilogy (Book 1) Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (September 2, 2014) Goodreads | Amazon This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying experiences that others in her hometown of Salem take for granted, which is why she is determined to enjoy her first high school party with her best friend and longtime crush, Tristan. But after a humiliating incident in front of half her graduating class, Lily wishes she could just disappear. Suddenly, Lily is in a different Salem—one overrun with horrifying creatures and ruled by powerful women called Crucibles. Strongest and cruelest of them all is Lillian . . . Lily's other self in this alternate universe. In Josephine Angelini's Trial by Fire, what makes Lily weak at home is what makes...

HOUSE OF IVY & SORROW by Natalie Whipple Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: HarperTeen (April 15, 2014)/HarperAudio Narrated By Brittany Pressley Language: English Goodreads Amazon Audible Transparent author Natalie Whipple is back with another refreshing blend of realistic romance and light-hearted humor with a one-of-a-kind paranormal touch. Fans of Charmed, Kiersten White's Paranormalcy trilogy, and Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Boys won't want to miss this spellbinding contemporary tale of magic, first love, and high-stakes danger. Jo Hemlock is not your typical witch. Outside the walls of her grandmother's ivy-covered house, she's kept her magical life completely separate from her life in high school. But when the Curse that killed her mother resurfaces, it threatens to destroy not only her life but her grandmother's too—and keeping her secret may no longer be an option. Audiobook Review by Andye: Even though I didn't get to the ARC ...