Review: The Summer I Turned Pretty

by Ikhlas // 7 November, 2011 // No Comments

Belly lives her life for the summer. September to June are just months to wile away before the magic of summer begins. Summer is when Belly goes to Cousins house, where her, her mom, and brother go to spend the...

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Review: Nevermore

by Ikhlas // 6 November, 2011 // No Comments

In Nevermore, Isobel Lanley sounds like your typical ‘popular girl’. She’s blond, a cheerleader, and is dating one of the jock’s at school. Her normal world spins out of control when she is paired up with Varen, the school goth...

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Review: Sisterhood Everlasting

by Ikhlas // 23 October, 2011 // No Comments

Lena, Carmen, Tibby, and Bridget have been friends since before they were born. Their mothers became friends while attending a prenatal class and the girls were all born 17 within 17 days of each other. Throughout life, they’ve stuck together....

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Review: Clockwork Angel

by Ikhlas // 16 October, 2011 // No Comments

Clockwork Angel tells the tale of Tessa Gray who crosses the Atlantic to England in order to live with her brother, after her aunt dies. An orphan since she was a child, her brother is the only family she has left. But...

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Review: Divergent

by Ikhlas // 12 October, 2011 // 3 Comments

Veronica Roth’s debut Divergent was marketed as a new Hunger Games, as it too deals with a dystopian future, a future in which sixteen year olds make difficult decisions. Beatrice Prior is one of those sixteen year olds. She lives in...

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Book Reviews

Review: The Summer I Turned Pretty

Review: Nevermore

Review: Sisterhood Everlasting

Review: Clockwork Angel

Review: Divergent