Speak

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. New York: Farrer Staraus Giroux, 1999. 198 pages. (Realistic Fiction)

How harmful can an end of the summer part be? The answer: extremely! Melinda Sordino and Rachel bruin were best friends until the unfaithful night they decided to attend a senior party where the worst thing, besides murder, happened to Mel; she was raped by Andy Evans. Mel calls the cops on the party and everyone knows she was the one who did it, but no one knows why. Her first year of high school starts out horrible, but only gets worse. Before Mel thinks things can get any worse, the unimaginable happens.

Laurie Halse Anderson did an amazing job writing Speak. It leaves you feeling empathy for the main character even though she’s fiction. To even be able to begin to understand how a girl like Mel must feel is impossible. The book is a great read as long as you have time because once you open the book you won’t be able to put it down!



Reviewed by: BlueBerryBuddy

Kissed by an Angel

Chandler, Elizabeth. Kissed By An Angel, The Power of Love, Soulmates. NYC: Simon & Schuster, 1995. (Romance / Suspense)

Tristan and Ivy. They met at a wedding, Ivy’s mother’s wedding. They fell in love.

Death came too soon for him… a car accident-
was it really an accident?

Now Tristan is Ivy’s guardian angel, he knows she’s in danger. But how can he reach her when she no longer believes in angels?

Ivy lost her boyfriend and her belief in angels in a car accident. Now she can only lean on one person, the only one who truly understands what she’s going through. But as time goes on, she slowly starts believing in angels again, and she realizes that the one who helped her through might be the one to end it all.

This was a really great book! It’s good for people that like suspenseful, chilling books, but also like romance stories. It’s not one of those books that are obvious, but when you think you know how it’ll end, everything changes and you’re left wondering again. I recommend this to almost anyone who doesn’t mind a creepy book.

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Blue Moon

Noel, Alyson. Blue Moon. New York City: St. Martin’s Press, 2009. 284 pages. (Supernatural Suspense / Romance)

Ever has entered the world of the immortals with Damen. Just as it seems like they are to have all of eternity to be together, Damen gets sick. That would be normal, but immortals don’t get sick, they don’t sweat, and they don’t forget. And Damen’s been doing a lot of all that lately. In fact, he acts as though he and Ever were never together, as though he doesn’t care about her. Just when she is heartbroken and alone, Roman shows up and messes with everything, chilling her with his sunny facade. Desperate, Ever travels to Summerland for some answers. Watching the past and future unfold in a temple in Summerland, Ever is forced to make a decision she never knew existed, a decision that involves her true love, or changing the past…

This book was a wonderful continuation to the story of Ever and Damen. As the second book in the immortals, it was as addictive, suspenseful, and twisting as the first book in the series: evermore. With this author, a happily ever after is not exactly guaranteed. Don’t miss the next book in the series: Shadowland, coming out February 2010.

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Evermore

Noel, Alyson. Evermore. New York City: St. Martin’s Press, 2009. 301 pages. (Supernatural Suspense / Romance)

Ever’s family died in a tragic car accident, yet she escaped alive. But since Ever woke in the hospital, she’s been able to see people’s auras, hear their thoughts, see the future, and know a person’s life story by touching them. In order to drown out all the noise and chaos in her head, she blasts her iPod and hides under her hood at school, making her a freak and a total loser in the eyes of her classmates. Then she meets Damen. He’s exotic, gorgeous, dark, dangerous and totally in to Ever. As Ever gets closer and closer to Damen, she can’t help but feel like she’s looked into his dark eyes before, that there’s something not quite right about this gorgeous guy who seems to know so much about her. That there’s more to him than just a pretty face…

This book was really captivating! I’ve never read any of Alyson Noel’s books before, but she’s an amazing author! There’s so much suspense, but it’s not a creepy thriller book, which is good. It’s also not an over-the-top romance. It’s really cool because it’s about the supernatural, so it’s never boring. I recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy.

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The Magician

Scott, Michael. The Magician. New York City: Random House Children’s Books, 2008. 464 pages. (Fantasy)

Sophie and Josh Newman were two regular teenagers. Except for the fact that they are twins. And the fact that they are the twins from a legend, prophesized to learn the elemental magics and save the world.

Sophie has had her powers awakened and has learned the first elemental magic: Air. Along with her brother, Josh, Nicholas Flamel, and Scathach, she travels to Paris to learn the second elemental magic: Fire. But Dee has more than a few tricks up his sleeve, and he’s willing to do just about anything to capture the twins.

Trapped on the abandoned island, Alcatraz, Perenelle Flamel is a prisoner of Dee. Although she’s a prisoner, she’s far from helpless. Along with the help of ghosts on the island, she befriends many centuries’ old enemies to defeat whatever Dee throws at her. But will it be enough to get her off the island and save her life.

This series is truly amazing! It has so much detail, and so many things going on at once, but it’s not hard to keep up. It’s never boring, and just when you think a character is gone forever, they show up and surprise you again. Make sure you read the first book: The Alchemist, and the third book: The Sorceress. These books are definitely worth your time.

Reviewed by: DancingPenguin96