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Slide by Jill Hathaway Series:  Slide #1 Published by  HarperCollins Children's Books on 1st March 2012 Pages:  256 Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth--her sister's friend Sophie didn't kill herself. She was murdered. Vee knows this because she was there. Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn't actually fall asleep during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody else's mind and experiences the world through that person's eyes. She's slid into her sister as she cheated on a math test, into a teacher sneaking a drink before class. She learned the worst about a supposed "friend" when she slid into her during a school dance. But nothing could have prepared Vee for what happens one October night when she slides into the mind of someone holding a bloody knife, standing over Sophie's slashed body. Vee desperately wishes she could share her secret, but who would believe her? It sounds so

Panic by Lauren Oliver Series:  Panic #1 Published by  Hodder & Stoughton on 6th March 2014 Pages: 343 Source:  *Received from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review* Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought. Dodge has never been afraid of panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game; he's sure of it. But what he doesn't know is that he's not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for. For Heather and Dodge, t

One Wish Away by Kelley Lynn Published by  Bloomsbury Spark on 24th November 2014 Amazon │ Barnes & Noble │ Kobo Books Be careful what you wish for… Lyra has always been ahead of the curve. Top of her class in school, a budding astronomer, and with a best friend like Darren she bare ly has time to miss the mother who abandoned her family years ago. She's too busy planning to follow in her father's footsteps, and to become the youngest astronomer at Space Exploration and Discovery. When a star goes missing Lyra is determined to get to the bottom of it only to discover her braniac dad is the mastermind of a top-secret government experiment. They promise to build a perfect world, one galaxy at a time, but with every tweak of the present, a bit more of the future starts to crumble. Lyra has to go undercover to reveal the truth and let humanity decide if the consequences are worth more than wishing on a star. Darren’s leaning on

Captive by Aimee Carter Series:  The Blackcoat Rebellion #2 Published by  Harlequin UK (MIRA Ink) on 1st December 2014 Pages:  304 Source:  *Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* The truth can set her free For the past two months, Kitty Doe's life has been a lie. Forced to impersonate Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, in a hostile meritocracy on the verge of revolution, Kitty sees her frustration grow as her trust in her fake fiancé cracks, her real boyfriend is forbidden and the Blackcoat rebels she is secretly supporting keep her in the dark more than ever. But in the midst of discovering that her role in the Hart family may not be as coincidental as she thought, she's accused of treason and is forced to face her greatest fear: Elsewhere. A prison where no one can escape. As one shocking revelation leads to the next, Kitty learns the hard way that she can trust no one, not even the people she thought were on her side. With

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Published by  Hodder Children's Books on 1st January 2015 Pages:  320 Source:  *Received from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review* Thank you! There are rules. Never reveal where you’re from. Never be intimate with anyone outside your community. And never interfere with history. You’re here because you’ve been given a second chance to escape the horror of the future. What has happened has happened, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Or is there? The Here and Now is an enthralling and spine-tingling time-travel thriller, that will leave you craving more. The cover is absolutely beautiful, it has an angelic feel alongside the colours which are rather futuristic. Personally, I feel you should go into this novel knowing very little. Just know that it is a beautiful novel of forbidden love and secret communities, incorporating scenes from the future. Our main protagonist Prenna is very intellig

Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard Series:  The Lying Game #4 Published by  HarperTeen on 31st July 2012 Pages:  304 My friends and I used to play lying games. Now my twin sister is living one. When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we’re both learning just how flawed my family really is. Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret—could it be the reason I’m dead? How far would they go to keep the truth buried? No one can harm me now, but Emma is still fair game. And if she’s not careful, she’ll end up buried, too. . . . Though I feel the plots of the novels in this series are rather similar, they are certainly still addictive! I love these covers, the colours used are vibrant and eye-catching whilst

Red Carpet Day Job  by Tasha Cotter Published by BookFish Books on 9th February 2015 Most of the working-class secretaries in New York City don’t spend their mornings wrestling skirts from beneath roosting chickens or cleaning egg yolk off their heels. But Sophie Waldrop does, thanks to her boyfriend, Scott, and the organic egg business he runs out of her 5th floor walk-up. Though they’ve been dating since high school, Scott no longer pulls his weight in the relationship—financially or emotionally. Sophie’s ready to send him, and his chickens, packing. The day she breaks up with Scott, Sophie’s boss introduces her to the firm’s new client, Nick Jackson—the hottest up-and-coming actor in Hollywood. Sophie can’t believe her luck when her boss volunteers her to be Nick’s date for a red carpet award ceremony that same night. Freshly single, Sophie tries to keep things in perspective as her “work event” leads to a budding romance. She didn’t expect to like Nick, and she

Breaking the Rules by Katie McGarry Series:  Pushing the Limits #1.5 Published by  Harlequin Teen on 8th December 2014 Pages: 304 A summer road trip changes everything in this unforgettable new tale from acclaimed author Katie McGarry For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so... different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who’s never judged her. Echo and Noah share everything — except the one thing Echo’s just not ready for. But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants — even as foster kid Noah’s search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves.