Mini-Review: Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby

Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby
304 Pages
Release Date: April 21st, 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Source: Publisher via Edelweiss
Rating: 4 STARS

Goodreads Summary: 
When Quinn Sullivan meets the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated heart, the two form an unexpected connection.

After Quinn loses her boyfriend, Trent, in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs in hopes of picking up the pieces of her now-unrecognizable life. She hears back from some of them, but the person who received Trent’s heart has remained silent. The essence of a person, she has always believed, is in the heart. If she finds Trent’s, then maybe she can have peace once and for all. 

Risking everything in order to finally lay her memories to rest, Quinn goes outside the system to track down nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas—a guy whose life has been forever changed by this priceless gift. But what starts as an accidental run-in quickly develops into more, sparking an undeniable attraction. She doesn't want to give in to it—especially since he has no idea how they're connected—but their time together has made Quinn feel alive again. No matter how hard she’s falling for Colton, each beat of his heart reminds her of all she’s lost…and all that remains at stake.

Mini-Review: Get Even by Gretchen McNeil

Get Even by Gretchen McNeil
320 Pages
Release Date: September 16th, 2014
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Genre: Mystery/Contemporary
Source: Publisher via Edelweiss
Rating: 4 STARS

Goodreads Summary: 
The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in Gretchen McNeil’s witty and suspenseful novel about four disparate girls who join forces to take revenge on high school bullies and create dangerous enemies for themselves in the process. 

Bree, Olivia, Kitty, and Margot have nothing in common—at least that’s what they’d like the students and administrators of their elite private school to think. The girls have different goals, different friends, and different lives, but they share one very big secret: They’re all members of Don’t Get Mad, a secret society that anonymously takes revenge on the school’s bullies, mean girls, and tyrannical teachers.

When their latest target ends up dead with a blood-soaked “DGM” card in his hands, the girls realize that they’re not as anonymous as they thought—and that someone now wants revenge on them. Soon the clues are piling up, the police are closing in . . . and everyone has something to lose.

Mini-Review: Stray by Elissa Sussman

Stray by Elissa Sussman
384 Pages
Release Date: Oct. 7th, 2014
Publisher: Greenwillow
Genre: Fantasy
Source: Publisher via Edelweiss
Rating: 4 STARS

Goodreads Summary:
“I am grateful for my father, who keeps me good and sweet. I am grateful for my mother, who keeps her own heart guarded and safe. I am grateful for my adviser, who keeps me protected. I am grateful for the Path, which keeps me pure. Ever after.”

Princess Aislynn has long dreamed about attending her Introduction Ball, about dancing with the handsome suitors her adviser has chosen for her, about meeting her true love and starting her happily ever after.

When the night of the ball finally arrives and Nerine Academy is awash with roses and royalty, Aislynn wants nothing more than to dance the night away, dutifully following the Path that has been laid out for her. She does not intend to stray.

But try as she might, Aislynn has never quite managed to control the magic that burns within her-magic brought on by wicked, terrible desires that threaten the Path she has vowed to take.

After all, it is wrong to want what you do not need. Isn’t it?

Mini-Review: The Dark World by Cara Lynn Shultz

The Dark World by Cara Lynn Shultz
384 Pages
Release Date: May 27th, 2014
Publisher: Harlequin
Genre: Paranomal
Source: Publisher via Netgalley
Rating: 3 STARS

Goodreads Summary:
Paige Kelly is used to weird--in fact, she probably corners the market on weird, considering that her best friend, Dottie, has been dead since the 1950s. But when a fire demon attacks Paige in detention, she has to admit that things have gotten out of her league. Luckily, the cute new boy in school, Logan Bradley, is a practiced demon slayer-and he isn't fazed by Paige's propensity to chat with the dead. Suddenly, Paige is smack in the middle of a centuries-old battle between warlocks and demons, learning to fight with a magic sword so that she can defend herself. And if she makes one wrong move, she'll be pulled into the Dark World, an alternate version of our world that's overrun by demons-and she might never make it home.

Mini Review:Shadows by J.L.A

Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout
179 Pages
Release Date: February 21,2012
Publisher: ENtangles Teen
Genre: YA Paranormal, Sci-Fi
Rating: 4 STARS 

Goodreads Summary:

The last thing Dawson Black expected was Bethany Williams. As a Luxen, an alien life form on Earth, human girls are…well, fun. But since the Luxen have to keep their true identities a secret, falling for one would be insane.

Dangerous. Tempting. Undeniable.

Bethany can’t deny the immediate connection between her and Dawson. And even though boys aren’t a complication she wants, she can’t stay away from him. Still, whenever they lock eyes, she’s drawn in.

Captivated. Lured. Loved.

Dawson is keeping a secret that will change her existence...and put her life in jeopardy. But even he can’t stop risking everything for one human girl. Or from a fate that is as unavoidable as love itself.

MY THOUGHTS:
        When this  book was released, I decided to hold it off till later since it was based on Dawson not Daemon no offense Dawson and I soooo regret now reading it earlier. I read the first chapter and sat down eyes glued to the page, and read and read and read until the tears were starting to prick in my eyes. This book is one heck of a romance and alien mojo problems. Dawson is waaaaayy different than Daemon, care-free, easy going, and sweet. Who wouldn't love that?? Although Daemon was totally against Dawson and Bethany's relationship and being the one minute older brother he was, it created other problems with Andrew and Ash; Daemon may seem like a jerk face *swoon worthy of course but he really cares for his brother and sister and even though they might have the urge to rip someone's head out, they always have one another's backs. Enough about Daemon I'm guessing your thinking about Bethany...She is just the perfect girl for Dawson! Sweet, artistic, keeping to herself, brave, and thoughtful, she's the girl a guy's mom would be smiling and laughing around all the time. I seriously encourage to read it if you havent already because this unlocks a secret that might change everything in the upcoming books.