The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope

Author: Elizabeth Marie Pope

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Sandpiper

Rated 8/10

Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family’s ancestral estate. Her eccentric uncle Enos drives away her only new acquaintance, Pat, a handsome British scholar, then leaves Peggy to fend for herself. But she is not alone. The house is full of mysteries—and ghosts. Soon Peggy becomes involved with the spirits of her own Colonial ancestors and witnesses the unfolding of a centuries-old romance against a backdrop of spies and intrigue and of battles plotted and foiled. History has never been so exciting—especially because the ghosts are leading Peggy to a romance of her own!

MY REVIEW
I really liked this book. I have been telling myself I need to break out of my bubble on what I read and try new types of books. I'm glad I did and read this book because it's defiantly different than what I usually read. Peggy's father dies and she is sent to live with his brother(Uncle Enos) in a house that has been passed down in her family since before the Revolutionary War. She soon meets the ghosts of some of her ancestors and learns all about the past and what happened in her family and their house during the Revolutionary War and how they found their true loves. Peggy eventually learns her uncle's secret and finds her own true love. This book came out in 1958(I will admit I never read books that were written before 1980) but it is a good book for that time. I will check into reading other books(I defiantly need to read the classics from even before that time) like it!

I heart you, You haunt me by Lisa Schroeder

Author: Lisa Schroeder

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Rated 9/10

Girl meets boy.

Girl loses boy.

Girl gets boy back...

...sort of.


Ava can't see him or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear hisvoice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she'scrazy, but she knows he's here.


Jackson. The boy Ava thought she'd spend the rest of her life with. He's back from the dead, as proof that love truly knows no bounds.

MY REVIEW
I really liked this book and it's writing style. I have never read a verse novel before and I must say it was quite enjoyable. This book is a very fast read I'm sure most will like. Fifteen year old Ava's boyfriend Jackson has died. At first she's really sad but then he comes back to haunt her at her house. At first she's thrilled by the thought Jackson is with her still. As time goes on she starts to realize she's not living life and feels the need to let Jackson go. Go read it because I really don't want to give too much away!

Impossible by Nancy Werlin

Author: Nancy Werlin

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Dial

Rated 7/10

  Lucy Scarborough is seventeen when she discovers that the women of her family have been cursed through the generations, forced to attempt three seemingly impossible tasks or to fall into madness upon their child’s birth. How can Lucy succeed when all of her ancestors have tried and failed? But Lucy is the first girl who won’t be alone as she tackles the list. She has her fiercely protective foster parents beside her. And she has Zach, whose strength amazes her more each day. Do they have enough love and resolve to overcome an age-old evil?

Inspired by the ballad “Scarborough Fair,” this spellbinding novel combines suspense, fantasy, and romance for an intense and masterfully original tale

MY REVIEW
I liked this book,it was OK. It wasn't the best or the worst I have ever read. Some parts were kinda borning to me and I had to force myself to read them. This book has a lil fantasy added but it's not got too much on the subject in it. The story is about 17 year old Lucy who has lived with foster parents(Soledad and Leo) her whole life because her mother(Miranda) is a crazy bag lady they hardly see. Then one night at her junior prom Lucy is raped and soon after learns she is pregnant and of the curse of her family,all the Scarborough women always get pregnant and have a daughter at 18 and go crazy soon after because they never finish the tasks in the song the Elfin Knight has set for them. Soon Lucy is overcoming all odds and also finds true love in her bestfriend Zach.I loved the plot,it's original,but I think so much more could have been done with it. Like I said it's an OK book,it might be just me, so go read it and find out for yourself!


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Hush,Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Author: Becca Fitzpatrick

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Rated 8/10

Nora Grey is assigned a new partner in her sophomore biology class. Her instincts tell her Patch is trouble, and she doesn't like the way he is already inside her head (“Part of me wanted to run away from him screaming, Fire! A more reckless part was tempted to see how close I could get without... combusting”). Soon she is questioning her sanity—she is attacked by a masked figure that smashes her car window, but later the glass is intact. And the same figure ransacks her bedroom, but everything is in place when the police arrive. The violence and danger escalate, and Nora learns that Patch is actually a fallen angel seeking to become human. Fitzpatrick regularly tweaks the tension, resulting in a fast-paced, exhilarating read. Nora's tempestuous relationship with prototypical bad boy Patch is genuinely, even unsettlingly, seductive—fans of paranormal romance should be rapt.

MY REVIEW
I liked this book but some things were a lil too unbelievable and forced at times. It's a good read,I'm sure most will disagree with me but that's the way it came off .Sixteen year old Nora is assigned a new biology partner (Patch)and isn't too thrilled about it. Patch comes of as sarcastic most of the time and Nora doesn't know whether to like him or hate him. Everywhere Nora goes he seems to show and up and Nora can't help but think he's stalking her or worse trying to kill her(read the book and you'll see what I mean). Nora soon finds out about Patch's secrets and past along with her own heritage. The cover is the main reason why I was attracted to this book in the first place(I know I've said before never go for a book because the cover is cool, but I didn't do what I said lol) It's an OK book and I definitley want to read the sequel(it's out now) There were some parts that kept my eyes glued to the page. So for every bad parts there's a good part. So read and enjoy

Jessica's Guide To Dating On The Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

Author: Beth Fantaskey

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Graphia

Rated 9/10

                                                                                     

The undead can really screw up your senior year . . .

Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious cheerleader sets her sights on Lucius, Jess finds herself fighting to win back her wayward prince, stop a global vampire war—and save Lucius’s soul from eternal destruction.

MY REVIEW
I really liked this book. The first few pages I was kinda iffy,I thought it was gonna be trash and then all of a sudden after 20 pages of reading into it, it got good. The characters started getting better. For people that love vampire romance books, you'll defiantly love this book. The story starts out with 17 year old Jessica seeing a strange guy at her bus stop who happens to call her by her birth name(she's adopted) Anastasia. Then it so happens she see the same exact guy(Lucius Vladescu) in her English class who claims to be a foreign exchange student from Romania but she later discovers during the day when Lucius is at her house for dinner(her mom invites him) that he is a vampire prince sent to court her for marriage cuz she is a princess and they were promised to be married at birth to bring to fighting vampire clans together in peace and that at 18 if she is bitten she will become a full fledged vampire. Jessica instantly hates Lucius and wants nothing to do with him and believes he's just some crazy guy in a cult. Lucius is soon staying in the garage apartment at her parents farm and Jessica starts falling for him while he pulls away. If you want to know more I suggest go and read the book. It's a cute story in my opinion and I will admit I really liked it.

The Afterlife by Gary Soto

Author: Gary Soto

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Graphia

Rated 7/10

                                                                                    

A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.

MY REVIEW
This is an OK book I guess,it just didn't have anything that stuck out to me to make it a wonderful book and I didn't really like the ending too much. I just feel like Mr. Soto gave up before he finished or something(also it's not a very long book for those that like books like that). The story is told through 17 year old Chuy's eyes. He's in the bathroom of a club one night getting ready to meet a girl he likes when he is stabbed to death for complimenting a guy's yellow shoes. He is now a ghost going to family and friends after and finding out how much he was really loved. He meets the ghost of a girl(Crystal) who commited suicide and they go back to her parents and boyfriends(she had more than one). Some people may like this book(it wasn't terrible) but it really didn't do anything for me except pass some time.

The Forest Of Hands And Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Author: Carrie Ryan

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Rated 10/10

  In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?

MY REVIEW
I LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once I picked this book up I literally couldn't put it down. I have never read the zombie genre in books and I must say I highly enjoyed it. I love zombie movies, I guess I will be looking more more zombie books after reading this one! The story starts out with introducing us to Mary and how she loses both her father and mother because they were bitten by the Unconsecrated(word for zombies in this book) and forced to leave the town to live in the forest of hands and teeth where all the other Unconsecrated happen to live. Mary thinks they live in the last town on earth with actual humans. She longs to see the ocean from the stories her mother has passed down to her from generations in her family and falls in love with her bethrothed's lil brother. Things aren't what they seem in the town she was raised and soon curiosity gets the best of her and she needs answers to her questions. Her town is attacked soon by the Unconsecrated and Mary has her chance to answer some of her questions. Don't want to give too much away her cuz reading it and finding out is always the best route to go here. I love how this book isn't happy and love doesn't conquer everything in this book just like it doesn't in real life. Things happen and it doesn't always turn out for the good. I just say if you don't mind this isn't a happy disney kinda book then you should defiantly read it! I'm defiantly gonna read this book again someday cuz I just loved it from start to finish! I hear there's a campanion novel and now I think I'll search for that and read it! :)