Tag: Simon Pulse

ARC Review: Chosen (Slayer #2) by Kiersten White

Book info: Title: Chosen Author:  Kiersten White Series:  Slayer #2 Genre: YA paranormal Release Date:  January 7th, 2020 Publisher:  Simon Pulse Source:  ARC traded for from Twitter’s Books for Trade hashtag My rating:  5 stars Synopsis:  “Will get Buffy fans up in their feels.” —Entertainment Weekly on SlayerNina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers […]

Posted December 31, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments

ARC Review: Slay by Brittney Morris

Book info: Title:  Slay Author:  Brittney Morris Genre:  YA contemporary? Release Date:  September 24th, 2019 Publisher:  Simon Pulse Source:  ARC from publisher which did not influence my opinion My rating:  5 stars Synopsis: By day, seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is an honors student, a math tutor, and one of the only Black kids at Jefferson Academy. […]

Posted October 3, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 14 Comments

Late Review: Hungry Hearts Anthology

Book info: Title:  Hungry Hearts Author:   Elsie Chaptman – Editor Genre:  YA anthology Release Date:  June 18th, 2019 Publisher:  Simon Pulse Source: E-galley from Netgalley/Publisher which did not influence my opinion My rating:  5 stars Synopsis: From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors—including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco—comes a collection […]

Posted September 10, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments

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

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 […]

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

ARC Review: Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

Book info: Title:  Girls with Sharp Sticks Author:  Suzanne Young Series:  Girls with Sharp Sticks #1 Genre:  YA science fiction Release Date:  March 19th, 2019 Publisher:  Simon Pulse Source:  ARC received from publisher which did not influence my opinion My rating:  5 stars Synopsis: The Girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved—it says so […]

Posted March 17, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in / 8 Comments

Review: Slayer by Kiersten White

Book info: Title:  Slayer Author:  Kiersten White Series:  Slayer #1 Genre:  YA Supernatural Release Date:  January 8th, 2019 Publisher:  Simon Pulse Source:  ARC traded for on Twitter.  My rating:  5 stars Synopsis: Into every generation a Slayer is born…Nina and her twin sister, Artemis, are far from normal. It’s hard to be when you grow […]

Posted January 5, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in / 20 Comments

Blog Tour with TWO Giveaways: The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell

Book info: Title:  The Last Magician   Author:  Lisa Maxwell Genre:  YA Fantasy Publisher:  Simon Pulse Release Date:  July 18th, 2017 Synopsis: Stop the Magician.Steal the book.Save the future.In modern day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. […]

Posted August 21, 2017 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway / 2 Comments

Blog Tour with Giveaway: Sasquatch, Love, and Other Imaginary Things by Betsy Aldredge and Carrie DuBois-Shaw

Book info: –> Title: SASQUATCH, LOVE, AND OTHER IMAGINARY THINGS Author: Betsy Aldredge and Carrie DuBois-Shaw Pub. Date: August 8, 2017 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: 272 Formats: Hardcover, eBook Find it: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, TBD, Goodreads   Synopsis: –> Pride and Prejudice meets Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot in this humorous and heartfelt debut about a loving, quirky family on the hunt for the mythical […]

Posted August 10, 2017 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 3 Comments