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“Better busy than bored…idle nerds become supervillains…”

June 27, 2016 by Caitycat 1 Comment

The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You is a YA retelling of Much Ado About Nothing. The story is set in a competitive high school for geniuses. Beatrice and Benedick are now Trixie and Ben, but they still fight with the same fervor. Trixie is particularly fierce. Hero and Claudio are now Harper and Cornell, and their new relationship is being affected by their best friends’ inability to get along. The characters are all super smart and into comics and Doctor Who and all […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: CBR8, YA, Young Adult

Caitycat's CBR8 Review No:10 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: CBR8, YA, Young Adult ·
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We’re All Gonna Die, Because it has Been Foreseen and There is No Hope

June 27, 2016 by Andrea Krieter Leave a Comment

Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: After almost being trapped in a blood circle, Titus & Iolanthe have been lead to a rebel base and have their memories back. They begin to fight Atlantis and the Bane from the base and soon are trapped by a bell dome. They are freed by the help of their mysterious allies and escape the Bane. But they don’t run for long, Titus & Iolanthe know they must go to the Commander’s Palace and face the Bane to end his reign of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: freaking awesome, Live Forever, magic, YA

Andrea Krieter's CBR8 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: freaking awesome, Live Forever, magic, YA ·
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The Backstory of Red Queen: The First Betrayal & the Start of the Scarlet Guard

June 27, 2016 by Andrea Krieter Leave a Comment

Overall Rating: 3/5 Queen’s Song: 2/5 This is the story of Coriane Jacos, the mother of Cal from Red Queen. Coriane is nothing special and her house is falling on hard times. Her uncle that governors the House is old and dying; while her father has ambition, he is a terrible leader. When Coriane befriends Tiberias the Sixth, aka the Crown Prince, her father believes he has found the answer to all his problems, while Coriane believes she has found a friend as lonely as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: court life, novellas, rebellion, Red Queen, YA

Andrea Krieter's CBR8 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: court life, novellas, rebellion, Red Queen, YA ·
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A peace that blacked yer eye, a peace that split yer lip.

June 25, 2016 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

  I think there are two ways to write about a not-first book in a series or trilogy: short and vague to avoid spoilers, or not. I’m gonna go with door number two because it’s impossible to write about this book without spoiling the resolution to the cliffhanger at the end of book one.   So…   If you don’t want to know what happens to Viola…   … … … …     … … … …   Still here? Okay. This book just […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Dystopian, Fiction, Patrick Ness, trilogy, YA

Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Dystopian, Fiction, Patrick Ness, trilogy, YA ·
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Sing me a lullaby

June 21, 2016 by Lynn Leave a Comment

I follow John Green on Facebook and a few months ago, he posted about Sarah Dessen’s new novel (the name of which escapes me at the moment), and I figured that since I harbor a) a secret love for YA fiction and b) a secret love for John Green, I’d give her a whirl and downloaded This Lullaby, which was what was available from Overdrive. And it was… okay, I guess? The story follows eighteen year old Remy during that magical time between high school […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Sarah Dessen, The Mama, This Lullaby, YA

Lynn's CBR8 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Sarah Dessen, The Mama, This Lullaby, YA ·
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Trying to Find Love While Running a Country is Almost Impossible, but Eady will Manage.

June 20, 2016 by Andrea Krieter Leave a Comment

Rating: 5/5 Summary: Eadlyn is continuing on with her selection after her mother’s heart attack, Ahren leaving her a harsh though true note and eloping. Her father can’t sleep or do anything besides watch America, so it is up to Eadlyn to be the acting Regent as well as finish her Selection. However, she may have more allies than she realizes. I love Kiera Cass way too much!! Her writing is so wonderful and every time I’m sucked into the beautiful world she’s created. The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: court life, cute read, dystopia, good ending, royalty, YA

Andrea Krieter's CBR8 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: court life, cute read, dystopia, good ending, royalty, YA ·
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