Marie Lu's Skyhunter isn't quite as good as her The Kingdom of Back. But it's still an incredible book, and I'll be looking for the sequels. The book stars a talented young woman from the wrong side of town. Her superpower seems to be her inability to speak--a relic left…
Theresa Kay’s Broken Skies is a young adult science fiction novel about Jax, a traumatized young woman, living in a post-apocalyptic world. Disease has decimated the human population, and aliens are colonizing Earth.Then some of those aliens kidnap Jax’s brother, leaving one of their own behind, wounded. Jax makes a…
Beyond by M. C. Winkkle is a young adult science fiction book. It stars Stella, a young woman who is being held captive as an alien spy. However, Stella’s no spy. She’s just an ordinary girl who has had trouble fitting in with the other kids. She has a close…
Marissa Meyer has written another fabulous book with Cress. Book Three of The Lunar Chronicles lives up to the high standard set by Cinder and Scarlet. (My daughter would say it surpasses it. Cress is her favorite.)Like the two previous books, this one is a fairy-tale retelling–in this case of…
This is book 2 in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, and it’s every bit as good as Cinder. The story continues, with great new characters taking center stage. I love Scarlet’s loyalty and tenacity and Wolf’s fight to hang onto the good parts of his humanity. Thorne is fun,…
I admit that I read this because (a) it was on lots of bestseller lists and (b) I liked the dress on the girls on the cover. I mean, I wouldn’t wear it, but it looked cool.The story was as beautiful as the dress, with a great, spunky main character…
I enjoyed The Mind Readers, which dips into the life of a young woman who can tell what everyone around her is thinking. I did find myself wondering why her grandma didn't prepare her better for the world she was getting into, and why she was so quick to trust…