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"Review My Books" Review by Tamara No Parking at the End Times by Bryan Bliss Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Greenwillow Books (February 24, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Abigail's parents believed the world was going to end. And—of course—it didn't. But they've lost everything anyway. And she must decide: does she still believe in them? Or is it time to believe in herself? Fans of Sara Zarr, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell will connect with this moving debut. Abigail's parents never should have made that first donation to that end-of-times preacher. Or the next, or the next. They shouldn't have sold their house. Or packed Abigail and her twin brother, Aaron, into their old van to drive across the country to San Francisco, to be there for the "end of the world." Because now they're living in their van. And Aaron is full of anger, disappearing to who-knows-where every night. Their family is falling apart. All Abigail ...

Review by Tamara WHEN by Victoria Laurie Age Range: 12 - 18 years Grade Level: 7 - 12 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (January 13, 2015) Goodreads | Amazon Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers, but it takes her father's premature death for Maddie and her family to realize that these mysterious digits are actually deathdates, and just like birthdays, everyone has one. Forced by her alcoholic mother to use her ability to make extra money, Maddie identifies the quickly approaching deathdate of one client's young son, but because her ability only allows her to see the when and not the how, she's unable to offer any more insight. When the boy goes missing on that exact date, law enforcement turns to Maddie. Soon, Maddie is entangled in a homicide investigation, and m...

Review by Tamara   Diamonds in the Rough By Michelle Madow Series: The Secret Diamond Sisters (Book 2) Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Harlequin Teen (October 28, 2014) Goodreads | Amazon All-access doesn't mean no problems. The three Diamond sisters survived the summer in style after coming to live with their long-lost billionaire father. But making a place for themselves at their exclusive new Las Vegas private school is throwing them any number of gold-plated curves. Savannah's YouTube stardom turns into a Sweet Sixteen reality show extravaganza--with complimentary enemies on the side. Dangerous flirtations don't keep Peyton from a gamble that will risk far more than she planned to bet. And when Courtney and the sisters' archenemy, Madison, uncover two explosive secrets, it will rock even this town of glittering illusion--and turn their lives upside down all over again. Diamonds in the Rough picks up at the beginning of the school year after the summer of...

"Review My Books" review by Tamara True Fire by Gary Meehan Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Quercus (November 4, 2014) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Sixteen-year-old Megan is pregnant. As she prepares to tell her family, the unthinkable happens. Her village is razed by soldiers: her grandfather murdered, her twin sister taken. On a desperate mission to rescue her beloved Gwyneth, Megan discovers a terrifying truth - that the destruction of her old life is inextricably linked to her unborn child. The feared witch soldiers, vanquished a generation ago, have returned to see the fulfilment of a prophecy: one that will put Megan and her new friends - Eleanor, a fiery ex-aristocrat, and Damon, a wayward charmer - at the heart of the greatest war her world has ever known. True Fire follows sixteen year old Megan on a journey to save her sister after her village is attacked by witches. Her entire village is slaughtered one night by the witches and Meagan believes that...