Book Review | FOOLISH HEARTS, by Emma Mills

Foolish Hearts, by Emma Mills

Publish Date: December 5, 2017
Published by: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Genre: YA Contemporary/Romance
My Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5 out of 5 stars)

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Synopsis:

When Claudia accidentally eavesdrops on the epic breakup of Paige and Iris, the it-couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris. Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, along with the goofiest, cutest boy Claudia has ever known, Iris and Claudia are in for an eye-opening senior year.

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My Review:

This was an absolute doll of a book. It made me laugh so much and I loved it. It was cute and funny, with some loveable characters (although I’m still not convinced Gideon Prewitt could actually exist. He is just too good for this world), and a storyline that was simple but full of such wonder, joy, and a nice touch of drama.

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Book Review | THE WHISPERING SKULL, by Jonathan Stroud

The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co. #2), by Jonathan Stroud

Publish Date: September 15, 2015 (first published September 16, 2014)
Published by: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 424
Genre: MG Paranormal/Horror
My Rating: ★★★★★ (4.5 out of 5 stars)

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Synopsis:

In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co. hasn’t made much progress. Quill Kipps and his team of Fittes agents keep swooping in on Lockwood’s investigations. Finally, in a fit of anger, Anthony challenges his rival to a contest: the next time the two agencies compete on a job, the losing side will have to admit defeat in the Times newspaper.

Things look up when a new client, Mr. Saunders, hires Lockwood & Co. to be present at the excavation of Edmund Bickerstaff, a Victorian doctor who reportedly tried to communicate with the dead. Saunders needs the coffin sealed with silver to prevent any supernatural trouble. All goes well-until George’s curiosity attracts a horrible phantom.

Back home at Portland Row, Lockwood accuses George of making too many careless mistakes. Lucy is distracted by urgent whispers coming from the skull in the ghost jar. Then the team is summoned to DEPRAC headquarters. Kipps is there too, much to Lockwood’s annoyance. Bickerstaff’s coffin was raided and a strange glass object buried with the corpse has vanished. Inspector Barnes believes the relic to be highly dangerous, and he wants it found.

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My Review:

I think I found my new obsession, because I can’t get enough of this series and I am only on book two. I love these characters, love the plots, love the mysteries and ghastly ghostliness. It keeps me entranced and chilled to the bone, on edge throughout the entire book while I follow Lucy, Lockwood and George through their investigations.

Book Review | THE SCREAMING STAIRCASE, by Jonathan Stroud

The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1), by Jonathan Stroud

Publish Date: August 29, 2013
Published by: Corgi Childrens (first published by Doubleday Children’s Books, US editions by Disney-Hyperion)
Pages: 464
Genre: MG Paranormal/Horror
My Rating: ★★★★★ (4.5 out of 5 stars)

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Synopsis:

When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . .

For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.

Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive.

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My Review:

Oh this was such a thrilling story and I am so glad I picked it up. I didn’y even realize I was in the mood for a good ghost story until I really got into this one. Its got chills and haunts, mystery and intrigue, and a story that had me on the edge of my seat.

Book Review | THE CHANGELING KING, by Ethan M. Aldridge

The Changeling King (Estranged #2), by Ethan M. Aldridge

Publish Date: October 1, 2019
Published by: HarperCollins
Pages: 224
Genre: MG Graphic Novel/Fantasy
My Rating: ★★★★★ (4.5 out of 5 stars)

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Synopsis:

After years of pretending to be human, the changeling Edmund Carter has assumed his rightful role as Cinder, king of the World Below. But not everyone at the royal palace is happy about his return.

Meanwhile, Ed is adjusting to human life in the World Above. His birth family treats him with a kindness he never knew growing up in the Fay court, but Ed misses the sense of purpose he had as a knight.

When a mysterious new threat emerges in the World Below, Cinder must call on Ed and their older sister, Alexis, for help. But nothing can prepare them for the family secret that awaits at the end of their perilous quest.

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Book Review | ENDLESSLY, by Kiersten White

Endlessly (Paranormalcy #3), by Kiersten White

Publish Date: July 24, 2012 
Published by: HarperTeen
Audiobook Narrated by: Emily Eiden
Length: 9 hrs 55 min (385 pages)
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
My Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 out of 5 stars)

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Synopsis:

In Endlessly, pink-loving, butt-kicking Evie has way too much on her to-do list. Paranormals are begging her to open a faerie gate so they can leave the human world, something Evie’s not sure she has the power to do. The Dark Queen is torturing humans and must be destroyed.

On top of all that, Evie’s prom is coming up. She’s not sure what to wear, and, oh, yeah, her shape-shifting boyfriend, Lend, has been cursed so that he falls into an enchanted sleep whenever he and Evie are in the same room…and even Evie’s ex-boyfriend, the faerie Reth, can’t reverse the dark magic.

An epic battle is looming, and the choices Evie makes will determine the fate of whole paranormal world—and her own life.

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Book Review | THE DARKEST STAR, by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Darkest Star (Origin #1), by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Publish Date: October 30, 2018
Published by: Tor Teen
Pages: 358
Genre: YA Romance/Sci-Fi
My Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.5 out of 5 stars)

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Synopsis:

Seventeen-year-old Evie Dasher knows firsthand the devastating consequences of humanity’s war with the aliens. When she’s caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and the surviving Luxen can mingle freely, she meets Luc, an unnaturally beautiful guy she initially assumes is a Luxen…but he is in fact something much more powerful. Her growing attraction for Luc will lead her deeper and deeper into a world she’d only heard about, a world where everything she thought she knew will be turned on its head…

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My Review:

I definitely enjoyed reading this (first JLA book I didn’t listen to!). It pulled me right in, although some of Luc’s aggressiveness on the beginning had me concerned.