Genre: YA Dystopia

L-L-L-Little Reviews #51: June 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #51: June..

Posted June 30, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 18 Comments

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. Although technically the first one I finished right at the end of May, but didn’t have time to add it to last month’s post. The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren My Review: […]

ARC Review:  The Stranded by Sarah Daniels

ARC Review: The Stranded by S..

Posted December 29, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments

Synopsis: Snowpiercer meets The Hunger Games in a gripping near-future dystopian: romances, betrayals, and fights for freedom in a world turned upside-down… Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States – a leftover […]

ARC Review:  Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah

ARC Review: Monsters Born and..

Posted September 3, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. They have to, or else their family will starve. In an oceanic world swarming with vicious beasts, the Landers―the ruling elite, have indentured Koral’s family to provide the […]

Blog Tour Review:  Between Burning Worlds (System Divine #2) by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

Blog Tour Review: Between Bur..

Posted March 28, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, Review / 1 Comment

Synopsis: Les Misérables meets The Lunar Chronicles in the out-of-this-world sequel to Sky Without Stars that’s an “explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution” (Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series). A thief. An officer. A guardian. All from different backgrounds, but sharing one same destiny… The planet Laterre is […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted October 8, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 8 Comments

Hardcover: 352 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1250299705 ISBN-13: 978-1250299703 Praise for THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS “Don’t underestimate the girls in the Arkettan welcome houses because you might just lose your life. Davis’ The Good Luck Girls is a dust-filled, bloody fairytale set in a menacing world haunted with the reminder―the price of freedom is high, […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Sky Without Stars (System Divine #1) by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted March 23, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 5 Comments

Book info: Title:  Sky Without Stars Author:  Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell Series:  System Divine #1 Genre:  Retellings, YA Science Fiction Release Date:  March 26th, 2019 Publisher:  Simon Pulse Source:  E-galley from publisher which did not influence my opinion My rating:  4 stars Synopsis:  A thief. An officer. A guardian.    Three strangers, one shared […]

Three YA ARCs, One YA Audiobook, and One YA Finished Copy Mini-Reviews

Three YA ARCs, One YA Audioboo..

Posted September 17, 2018 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Finally, finally getting around to posting a review on a book I read clear back in April, because I was waiting until I finished its sequel, an ARC I had, so I could review them together.  Then another book that I just finished reading this past week, an ARC that was top of my list […]

Four YA Mini-Reviews (Including an Audiobook and two ARCs)

Four YA Mini-Reviews (Includin..

Posted December 20, 2017 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 16 Comments

You know the drill, I’m behind, trying to get caught up before next year, if that is at all possible.  Also, I didn’t have any blog posts scheduled for today.  So here you go! Fire and Ash (Rot and Ruin #4) by Jonathan Maberry: Published:  August 13th, 2013Source:  Checked out from my libraryGenre:  YA horror/zombiesMy […]

All These Things I’ve Done (Birthright #1) by Gabrielle Zevin

All These Things I’ve Do..

Posted March 4, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Can I just say, WOW?  Why in the world have I waited so long to read yet another ARC that was sitting on my shelf since before it was published?  I mean this came out in September 2011, so I  got the ARC before then, and it sat on my shelf.  I’d only wanted it […]