Shattered Book One in the Dream Realms Trilogy by Sophia Sharp reviewed by Megsly Laura Cubus was perfectly content with her life. A junior in high school, she felt perfectly normal. She had good friends, a great family, and did well in school. Nothing particularly exciting ever happened where she lived, and everything was...
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The Declaration by Gemma Malley reviewed by Megsly One hundred or so years earlier, “Longevity,” a new drug granting immortality, took the world by storm, only to lead to an untenable swell in population. Anyone who wants to live forever in this brave new world must agree by law not to have children (thus the...
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Gossamer Book One of the Faeble Series by SL Naeole reviewed by Megsly Sophia Blithe’s seemingly perfect life masks the scars of a past that’s left her cold and immune to emotion. She hides it well, and is content to live behind that mask for the rest of her life. A zoning change a few weeks before the start of her senior year...
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Divergent by Veronica Roth reviewed by Megsly The world of dystopian fiction isn’t new to me. I remember that it was my favorite genre in high school, though, at the time, I considered most of the dystopian novels I read to be nothing more than sci-fi and fantasy (I was one of those niave teenagers who never believed...
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Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs reviewed by Megsly Tempest Maguire wants nothing more than to surf the killer waves near her California home; continue her steady relationship with her boyfriend, Mark; and take care of her brothers and surfer dad. But Tempest is half mermaid, and as her seventeenth birthday approaches, she will have...
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Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini reviewed by Megsly How do you defy destiny? Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it’s getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only...
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Amber Frost by Suzi Davis reviewed by Megsly Amber Frost sat on my Kindle for at least 6 months before I finally started to read it (primarily because I have so many books on there, it just kinda got lost. Sad, eh?) so once I actually started, I had forgotten what the book was actually about. However, instead of going back...
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XVI by Julie Karr reviewed by Megsly In 2150 Chicago, girls are walking billboards. Upon turning 16, they receive government-issued tattoos on their wrists that read “XVI.” They’re supposed to keep the girls safe, but in reality, the tattoos broadcast their brand-new sexual availability. As their sixteenth birthdays approach,...
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly By Megsly As everyone here knows, I’m a bit of a cheap skate when it comes to my Kindle books. I like the .99 cent Kindle books, and if I’m really feeling a summary, I might even fork out a bit of extra money and buy a $2.99 book (ooooh, big spender!) And every once in a while, I’ll actually...
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Witches Anonymous by Misty Evans Review by Megsly When my lovelies at MVF asked if I’d like to do reviews for new authors who submit their novels to us for review, I jumped on the chance! I love reading the works of author’s whom I’ve never read before! It’s like making a new friend and you never know what kind of little...
read moreHollowland by Amanda Hocking reviewed by Megsly So, previously, I’ve reviewed Amanda Hocking’s My Blood Approves series, which she has self published on Amazon.com, for very reasonable prices. As a result, and the avid user of Amazon’s low priced Kindle book store, I went on a hunt for other books she had written...
read moreTunnels of Blood Book Three of The Saga of Darren Shan Cirque du Freak Reviewed by Megsly The third installment of The Saga of Darren Shan takes place approximately a year and a half after the The Vampire’s Assistant. Darren has finally acclimated to his life as a half vampire, and has reluctantly accepted that he’ll...
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