WINTER QUEEN (Fairy Queens #1) by Amber Argyle

Becoming a winter queen will make Ilyenna as cold and cruel and deadly as winter itself, but it might be the only way to save her people from a war they have no hope of winning.~

Mortally wounded during a raid, seventeen-year-old Ilyenna is healed by winter fairies who present her with a seductive offer: become one of them and share their power over winter. But that power comes with a price. If she accepts, she will become a force of nature, lose her humanity, and abandon her family.

Unwilling to pay such a high price, Ilyenna is enslaved by the one of the invaders, Darrien. While in captivity, she learns the attack wasn’t just a simple raid but part of a larger plot to overthrow her entire nation. 

With the enemy stealing over the mountains and Darrien coming to take her to his bed, Ilyenna must decide whether to resurrect the power the fairies left behind. Doing so will allow her to defeat Darrien and the other invaders, but if she embraces winter, she will lose herself to that destroying power—forever.

Recenzie PE JUMATATE MOARTA (Madison Avery #1) de Kim Harrison

O LUME MISTERIOASA, UN CARATER FEMININ PUTERNIC, UMOR, SUSPANS SI UN STROP DE ROMANCE.

Ma numesc Madison Avery si trebuie sa va spun ca acolo se afla mai mult decat puteti vedea, auzi sau atinge. Stiu, pentru ca eu ma aflu acolo. Si vad. Aud. Ating. Traiesc.

Balul de absolvire al lui Madison a fost mortal – la propriu. Din cine stie ce motiv, ea a fost tinta unui spintecator al intunericului – da, genul acela de spintecator – decis sa scape de ea, cu trup si suflet. Dar, inainte ca spintecatorul sa-si incheie treaba, Madison a reusit sa-i ia amuleta ciudata si stralucitoare si sa scape.

Acum, e captiva pe Pamant – moarta, dar nu disparuta. Cumva, amuleta ii ofera iluzia unui corp, permitandu-i sa traiasca la limita dintre viata si moarte, undeva intre acum si ceea ce urmeaza. Nu stie de ce, spintecatorul intunericului e pe urmele ei, dar ea n-are de gand sa stea cu mainile in san si sa lase soarta sa-si urmeze cursul.

Cu putina ingeniozitate si cu ajutorul unui spintecator al luminii (unul dintre tipii buni ! Poate...), dar si al baiatului de care e indragostita, precum si al (o, da !) ingerului ei pazitor, Madison e gata sa-si ia destinul in propriile maini o data pentru totdeauna, inainte ca acesta sa o controleze pe ea.

Asta daca ea crede in asemenea lucruri.

Madison Avery. Usor rebela, cool, si pe cat posibil, devreme acasa. A, da, si pe jumatate moarta. O combinatie delicioasa de supranatural si fantasy, care incepe intr-o nota serioasa, abordand un subiect nu tocmai usor digerabil, dar care pana la urma, se transforma intr-un peisaj cu momente usor comine, autoarea incercand sa mai detensioneze atmosfera, de altfel serioasa, de la inceputul cartii.

Lectura este una usoara, incadrandu-se perfect in categoria celor pe care le poti citi intr-o zi, dar avand totusi calitatea de a nu plictisi cititorul. Notele comice presarate printre pagini, ajuta la digerarea mai usoara a cartii, avand in vedere, ca desi nu este o carte tipica celor din care sa tragi invataturi, atrage totusi atentia asupra unui aspect important al vietii, si acela de a avea dreptul la alegere. 

Personajele au fost in parte ok, cu exceptia unora care nu cred ca-si aveau locul. Acelasi lucru il pot spune si la adresa unor fragmente din carte, care mi-au parut putin trase de par, in sensul ca, dupa parerea mea, nu ar fi trebuit dezvaluite atatea detalii care nu ar fi interesat.

In concluzie, "Pe jumatate moarta" merita citita, pentru subiectul pe care il abordeaza, pentru modul "adolescentin" in care autoarea il abordeaza, si pentru Barnabas, ingerul poznas :) Dupa Madison, el face toata cartea!

EARTHBOUND by Aprilynne Pike

Tavia, the "Earthbound" heroine, is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed her parents and left her in the keeping of an aunt and uncle. She's safe, she's happy, she should be able to move on with her life. 

But... she can't shake the feeling that something's not right- not when she keeps having visions of a beautiful, alluring stranger who wants her to leave her family and flee to Maine, and not when it starts to look like the accident that orphaned her was part of a plot to end her life. 

Soon, she's on the run with no one to trust...except the childhood friend she's sworn to love forever, and whose heart she'd have to break to learn the truth about who she is.

Expected publication: July 30th 2013

COLD FURY (Cold Fury #1) by T. M. Goeglein

Jason Bourne meets The Sopranos in this breathtaking adventure

Sara Jane Rispoli is a normal sixteen-year-old coping with school and a budding romance--until her parents and brother are kidnapped and she discovers her family is deeply embedded in the Chicago Outfit (aka the mob).

Now on the run from a masked assassin, rogue cops and her turncoat uncle, Sara Jane is chased and attacked at every turn, fighting back with cold fury as she searches for her family. It's a quest that takes her through concealed doors and forgotten speakeasies--a city hiding in plain sight. Though armed with a .45 and 96K in cash, an old tattered notebook might be her best defense--hidden in its pages the secret to "ultimate power." It's why she's being pursued, why her family was taken, and could be the key to saving all of their lives.

Action packed, with fresh, cinematic writing, Cold Fury is a riveting and imaginative adventure readers will devour.

Published July 24th 2012

Recenzie/Review EASY by Tammara Webber

A girl who believes trust can be misplaced, promises are made to be broken, and loyalty is an illusion. A boy who believes truth is relative, lies can mask unbearable pain, and guilt is eternal. Will what they find in each other validate their conclusions, or disprove them all?

When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup two months into sophomore year. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she's single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, and failing a class for the first time in her life.

Leaving a party alone, Jacqueline is assaulted by her ex's frat brother. Rescued by a stranger who seems to be in the right place at the right time, she wants nothing more than to forget the attack and that night--but her savior, Lucas, sits on the back row of her econ class, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. Her friends nominate him to be the perfect rebound.

When her attacker turns stalker, Jacqueline has a choice: crumple in defeat or learn to fight back. Lucas remains protective, but he's hiding secrets of his own. Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy.

MY OPINION

What can I say about this wonderful book? What can I add to make you to love if you don't yet?

To say that reading itself is a life lesson? To say that the main characters are perfectly normal, that go through situations that may accompany each of us, at any time? That if you leave the book will touch your heart, you will definitely find yourself in one of the two main characters? Than you have part of life experience, invaluable, priceless?

If you need to repeat all this stuff, over and over, just to make you read it, I'll do it with all my heart. Perhaps you wonder why ...

Because I didn't stop crying during the entire reading, and when I got the end ... all those critical circumstances, the whole story, and the realization that each of us can hide a Jacqueline and Lucas, hit me with such force and realization, that tears began to roll down my cheeks, happy that can take place after a deep reading.

To read such a book, need to know to follow your dreams, and know to look beyond the appearance of a person. To know to remark whatever gives your life, and reveal your feelings, when you feel you have to do.

But if you can't do all this, "Easy" will learn you.

" Choosing to be with you isn't a difficult decision, Jacqueline,... It's easy. Incredibly easy"

MY RATING: 5+/5

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PAREREA MEA

Ce va mai pot spune eu in plus despre aceasta minunata carte? Ce va mai pot adauga sa va fac s-o iubiti, daca nu o faceti inca? 

Sa va spun ca lectura in sine este o lectie de viata? Sa va spun ca personajele principale sunt absolut normale, ca trec prin situatii ce ne pot insotii pe fiecare dintre noi, oricand? Ca daca lasati cartea sa va atinga inima, o sa va regasiti cu siguranta intr-unul dintre cele doua personaje principale? Ca o sa aveti parte de o experienta de viata, inestimabila, de nepretuit?

Daca e nevoie sa va repet toate chestiile astea, la nesfarsit, doar sa va fac s-o cititi, o s-o fac cu toata inima. Poate va intrebati de ce... 

Pentru ca m-am abtinut sa nu plang pe parcursul intregii lecturi, iar cand am ajuns la final... toate acele situatii-limita, toata povestea, si realizarea ca in fiecare dintre noi se poate ascunde o Jacqueline si un Lucas, m-au lovit cu o asemenea forta si realizare, incat lacrimile au inceput sa-mi curga pe obraji, fericite ca se pot desfasura dupa o lectura profunda. 

Sa citesti o asemenea carte, trebuie sa stii sa-ti urmezi visele, si sa stii sa privesti dincolo de infatisarea unei persoane. Sa stii sa remarci tot ceea ce-ti daruieste viata, si sa-ti dezvalui sentimentele, atunci cand simti ca trebuie sa o faci. 

Daca insa nu stii sa faci toate astea, "Easy" te va invata.

" Choosing to be with you isn't a difficult decision, Jacqueline,... It's easy. Incredibly easy"

NOTA: 5+/5

GRACE DOLL by Jennifer Laurens

Grace Doll had everything a girl could want: Fame. Fortune. Beauty.

Everything except, of course, her freedom. So when a powerful movie producer forces an experimental treatment on Grace--one that's purported to make beauty immortal--she stages her own death to escape him.

With the help of trusted friends, Grace slips into hiding. She's forever flawless, forever young and forever pursued by her past.

But when a stranger arrives on her doorstep, holding the key to a life she thought she'd left behind, Grace must decide between the safety she's known... and embracing the role she was born to play.

Published August 20th 2012

Recenzie SOVAIRE de Maggie Stiefvater

In Fior, Grace si Sam s-au gasit. Acum, in Sovaire, trebuie sa lupte ca sa ramana impreuna. Pentru Grace, asta inseamna sa-si infrunte parintii si sa pastreze un secret deosebit de periculos despre ea insasi. Pentru Sam inseamna sa se impace cu trecutul sau ca varcolac si sa afle cum poate supravietui pe viitor. Dar mai apare si un lup nou, pe nume Cole, al carui trecut ar putea distruge intreaga haita. Iar Isabel, care deja si-a pierdut fratele, este atrasa oricum de Cole. Sovaire ne vorbeste despre ambele laturi ale iubirii, cea intunecata si cea luminoasa si despre puterea oamenilor de a depasi obstacole prin forta dragostei.

PAREREA MEA

Acest volum doi al seriei Lupii din Mercy Falls, a fost mai jos in comparatie cu primul. Si mai slab din punct de vedere al actiunii si al calitatii scrisului. Sunt pasaje in care ai pur si simplu impresia ca citesti o carte fortata, scrisa doar pentru interes financiar. Ai impresia ca adevarata actiune este concentrata in ultimele capitole ale cartii.

Pe de alta parte, schimbarile majorile ce inconjoara personajele principale, aduc cu sine noi sentimente, temeri si multa tristete. Acest al doilea volum, nu mai este scris doar din punctul de vedere al lui Grace si Sam, ci si din punctul de vedere al altor doua personaje, Isabel, care este prezenta si in primul volum, intr-o mai mica masura, si Cole, un nou personaj cheie in desfasurarea actiunii finale.

" Licar de lumina

o usa anonima

picurii din inima se risipesc

eu inca ma trezesc,

dar ea doarme inca

aici, la terapie intensiva

mortii sunt cazati la hotel."

Sovaire este totusi o carte buna, care prin intorsaturile de situatie, si prin intensitatea tristetii care ii este transmisa cititorului, atinge inima acestuia, facandu-l sa astepte cu nerabdare urmatoarea carte, pentru a putea deslusii secretele existentei lupilor, secretele ce ar putea tine deoparte, macar pentru ceva ani, pericolul in care este infasurata lumea si viata lui Grace si a lui Sam.

NOTA: 4/5

THE DIFFERENT GIRL by Gordon Dahlquist

Four nearly identical girls on a desert island. An unexpected new arrival. A gently warped near future where nothing is quite as it seems.

Veronika. Caroline. Isobel. Eleanor. One blond, one brunette, one redhead, one with hair black as tar. Four otherwise identical girls who spend their days in sync, tasked to learn. But when May, a very different kind of girl—the lone survivor of a recent shipwreck—suddenly and mysteriously arrives on the island, an unsettling mirror is about to be held up to the life the girls have never before questioned.

Sly and unsettling, Gordon Dahlquist’s timeless and evocative storytelling blurs the lines between contemporary and sci-fi with a story that is sure to linger in readers’ minds long after the final page has been turned.

Expected publication: February 1st 2013

WICKED KISS (Nightwatchers #2) by Michelle Rowen

MY KISS CAN KILL. I used to be ordinary Samantha Day, but that's changed. Now, after one dark kiss from a dangerous boy, I can steal someone's soul...or their life. If I give in to the constant hunger inside me, I hurt anyone I kiss. If I don't...I hurt myself.

Bishop is the one whose kiss I crave most, but if I kiss him, I'll kill him. Then there's another boy, one I can't hurt. One whose kiss seems to miraculously quell my hunger. They're both part of a team of angels and demons that's joined forces in my city to fight a mysterious rising darkness, an evil that threatens everyone I know and love. I just wonder if I'll be able to help Bishop-or if I'm just another part of the darkness he's sworn to destroy....

NIGHTWATCHERS

When angels and demons must work together, something beyond evil is rising...

Expected publication: March 2013

172 HOURS ON THE MOON by Johan Harstad

It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space--and change their lives forever.

Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band's ticket to fame and fortune.

Midori believes it's her way out of her restrained life in Japan.

Antoine, from France, just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend as possible.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon. And in the black vacuum of space... no one is coming to save them.

In this chilling adventure set in the most brutal landscape known to man, highly acclaimed Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad creates a vivid and frightening world of possibilities we can only hope never come true.

Published April 17th 2012

FALSE MEMORY by Dan Krokos

Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn't at all surprised by Miranda's shocking ability.

Left with no choice but to trust this stranger, Miranda discovers she was trained to be a weapon and is part of an elite force of genetically-altered teens who possess flawless combat skills and powers strong enough to destroy a city. But adjusting to her old life isn't easy--especially with Noah, the boyfriend she can't remember loving. Then Miranda uncovers a dark truth that sets her team on the run. Suddenly her past doesn't seem to matter...when there may not be a future.

Dan Krokos' debut is a tour-de-force of non-stop action that will leave readers begging for the next book in this bold and powerful new series.

Published August 14th 2012

PROPHECY ( Prophecy #1) by Ellen Oh

The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms... is a girl with yellow eyes.

Kira’s the only female in the king’s army, and the prince’s bodyguard. She’s a demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her home city of Hansong. And, she’s their only hope...

Murdered kings and discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira on the run with the young prince. He may be the savior predicted in the Dragon King Prophecy, but the missing treasure of myth may be the true key. With only the guidance of the cryptic prophecy, Kira must battle demon soldiers, evil shaman, and the Demon Lord himself to find what was once lost and raise a prince into a king.

Intrigue and mystery, ancient lore and action-packed fantasy come together in this heart-stopping first book in a trilogy.

Expected publication: January 2nd 2013

Recenzie FIOR de Maggie Stiefvater

De mulţi ani Grace îi observa pe lupii din pădurile aflate în spatele casei ei. Un lup cu ochii galbeni - lupul ei - a reprezentat mereu o prezenţă fără de care nu mai putea să-şi închipuie viaţa. Între timp, Sam trăia două vieţi: iarna, în pădurea îngheţată, protejat de haită şi mereu în compania unei fete neînfricate, iar vara, puţine şi preţioase luni petrecute ca om... până când frigul îl făcea să se transforme la loc. Acum, Grace face cunoştinţă cu un băiat cu ochii galbeni, care i se pare atât de cunoscut, încât i se taie răsuflarea. Este lupul ei, el trebuie să fie. Dar, pe măsură ce iarna se apropie, Sam trebuie să se lupte ca să îşi păstreze forma umană sau să rişte să o piardă pe Grace, dar să se piardă şi pe sine... pentru totdeauna.

PAREREA MEA

O carte perfecta, calda, uimitoare si din nou perfecta.

Lecturarea ei este placuta, extrem de potrivita unei astfel de povesti, a carui final, oricat de multa imaginatie ti-ar fi pusa la dispozitie, nu l-ai putea ghici. 

Titlul nu putea fi mai potrivit de atat. De ce? Pentru simplul motiv ca asta este sentimentul care te incearca in timpul lecturii. Fiorul. Il simti cum ti se plimba pe sira spinarii in timp ce citesti povestea de dragoste dintre Grace si Sam, in timp ce te afunzi in sentimentele lor pure si curate. Simti dragostea puternica si de neoprit care le emana prin toti porii.

„M-a sarutat mai intens, i-am simtit rasuflarea in gura si m-a muscat de buza de jos. La naiba, era uimitor. Am marait fara sa ma pot abtine, da, inainte sa apuc sa ma stanjenjenesc, Grace isi trase mainile de la spate si le innodase dupa gatul meu, tragandu-ma catre ea.

-Ce sexy a fost asta, a spus ea cu vocea tremurata. Nu credeam ca poti fi atat de sexy.”

In ciuda timpului potrivnic, care face orice sa-i desparta, Sam si Grace sunt din ce in ce mai legati unul de altul. Autoarea ii descrie ca fiind de departe suflete pereche, dispuse chiar sa atinga moartea pentru a fi intr-un final impreuna.

Cartea nu are momente extrem de tensionate, cel putin mie nu mi s-a parut, cu exceptia catorva. Uneori are parti plictisitoare, insa toate acele parti, neinsemnate initial, fac deliciul cartii insasi, oferindu-i stabilitate, lectura placuta si acel confort ravnit, specific unei carti tumultoase, dar linistita si neprevazuta, cu final neimaginat, si mai mult decat perfect.

In conditiile de fata, nota pe care o acord nu poate sa fie decat cea maxima, pentru toate momentele tandre, antrenante, partial neinsemnate, si dulci. Si inca un lucru; va recomand cu caldura aceasta carte.

NOTA: 5/5

WHISPERS IN AUTUMN by Trisha Leigh

In 2015, a race of alien Others conquered Earth. They enslaved humanity not by force, but through an aggressive mind control that turned people into contented, unquestioning robots. 

Except sixteen-year-old Althea isn’t content at all, and she doesn’t need the mysterious note inside her locket to tell her she’s Something Else. It also warns her to trust no one, so she hides the pieces that make her different, even though it means being alone. 

The autumn she meets Lucas, everything changes. 

Althea and Lucas are immune to the alien mind control, and together they search for the reason why. What they uncover is a stunning truth the Others never anticipated, one with the potential to free the brainwashed human race. 

It’s not who they are that makes them special, but what.

And what they are is a threat. One the Others are determined to eliminate for good.

Published July 24th 2012

IMMORTAL Series by Gillian Shields

Immortal (Immortal #1)

Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, housed in a Gothic mansion on the bleak northern moors, is elite, expensive, and unwelcoming. When Evie Johnson is torn away from her home by the sea to become the newest scholarship student, she is more isolated than she could have dreamed. Strict teachers, snobbish students, and the oppressive atmosphere of Wyldcliffe leave Evie drowning in loneliness.

Evie’s only lifeline is Sebastian, a rebellious, mocking, dangerously attractive young man she meets by chance. As Evie’s feelings for Sebastian grow with each secret meeting, she starts to fear that he is hiding something about his past. And she is haunted by glimpses of a strange, ghostly girl—a girl who is so eerily like Evie, she could be a sister. Evie is slowly drawn into a tangled web of past and present that she cannot control. And as the extraordinary, elemental forces of Wyldcliffe rise up like the mighty sea, Evie is faced with an astounding truth about Sebastian, and her own incredible fate.

Gillian Shields’s electrifying tale will dazzle readers with suspense, mysticism, and romance.

Published August 4th 2009

Betrayal (Immortal #2)

In this companion to "Immortal," magic and sweeping romance cross the bounds of time to deliver heart-stopping emotion and suspense.

Published August 3rd 2010

Eternal (Immortal #3)

This third book about the Mystic Sisterhood at Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies is another romantic thriller with paranormal elements and deep mystery. This time our heroine is Sarah Fitzalan, the dependable, faithful friend to Evie and Helen, her sisters in the Mystic Way. But this term Sarah finds that their friendship is tested to the limits. Evie is turning her back on the Mystic Way after the sisterhood laid her beloved Sebastian’s soul to rest; Helen is distracted; and a new girl, wild child Velvet Romaine, seems set on stirring up more trouble at Wyldcliffe. Sarah struggles to keep the sisterhood together as the threat of attack from the dark coven looms. 

All Sarah has to keep her going is her connection with her earth powers and a promise she cannot break. Must she sacrifice herself for the sake of her friends and sisters? Will her sisters join her, or will help come from unexpected sources, like her Romany ancestors, and a love she’d only just dared hope for?

Published August 2nd 2011

Destiny (Immortal #4)

Everything is connected. We weave in and out of one another's lives, like circles within circles, and everything is for a purpose.

Helen has always been the "crazy" one among the girls of Wyldcliffe, scarred by her bleak past and her troubled relationship with her mother, the former headmistress and leader of the Wyldcliffe coven, Mrs. Hartle.

But Miss Scratton promised Helen that a love "beyond the confines of this world" is waiting for her. Could this be Lynton, the mysterious music student who visits Wyldcliffe for his lessons? And what about the brooch her mother gave her--what can the Seal reveal about Helen's past and future?

Now that Miss Scratton is gone, life at Wyldcliffe takes an even darker turn. An unexpected threat arrives in the form of a new high master, whom Helen remembers from her unhappy childhood. Can Helen, Evie, and Sarah finally overcome Wyldcliffe's darkness? Will Lady Agnes come to their aid? And what sacrifices must they make to fulfill their destiny?

"Destiny" is the stunning conclusion to this gripping series about sisterhood, the circles of time, and love. 

Published July 31st 2012

172 HOURS ON MOON by Johan Harstad

It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space--and change their lives forever.

Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band's ticket to fame and fortune.

Midori believes it's her way out of her restrained life in Japan.

Antoine, from France, just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend as possible.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon. And in the black vacuum of space... no one is coming to save them.

In this chilling adventure set in the most brutal landscape known to man, highly acclaimed Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad creates a vivid and frightening world of possibilities we can only hope never come true.

Published April 5th 2012

Recenzie HEX HALL de Rachel Hawkins

Cu trei ani in urma, Sophie Mercer si-a descoperit puterile de vrajitoare, har mostenit de la tatal ei, pe care mama, o simpla muritoare, l-a indepartat imediat dupa casatorie. La balul de absolvire a liceului, Sophie atrage asupra ei atentia celor din jur printr-o vraja care se termina foarte prost si este trimisa la Hex Hall, un fel de scoala de corectie pentru asa-zii copii Prodigium, adica vrajitoare, zane, magi, metamorfi, varcolaci si, in mod exceptional, vampiri.

La sfarsitul primei zile la noua sa scoala, Sophie are deja trei dusmani noi, este indragostita lulea de un vrajitor sexy, descopera ca are o colega de camera vampir, iar o fantoma infricosatoare o urmareste pretutindeni. Mai mult, curand, Sophie afla ca cineva ii ataca in mod misterios pe elevii de la Hex Hall.

Pe masura ce secretele sangeroase se dezvaluie treptat, Sophie trebuie sa se pregateasca pentru cea mai mare amenintare pe care o are de infruntat: o societate secreta, L'Occhio di Dio, al carei scop declarat este exterminarea tuturor fapturilor Prodigium, si  in special a ei.

Nu pierde si continuarea!

PAREREA MEA

Hex Hall prezinta povestea tinerei vrajitoare Sophie Mercer. Rectific. Povestea tinerei si amuzantei vrajitoare Sophie Mercer.

Cine nu si-a dorit vreodata sa fie vrajitoare? Plecand de la desenele animate care mi-au marcat copilaria, si pana la dorinta de a-ti putea aranja ca prin minune parul, cine nu s-a visat macar o singura data vrajitoare? Deci?

Cam asa este Sophie, ii place sa fie vrajitoare, sa poata ajuta pe cineva, sa-si poate vindeca o julitura, sau mai stiu eu ce, chestii marunte. Problema e ca in majoritatea datilor, vrajile ei nu functioneaza asa cum trebuie, si in urma unei astfel de vraji, ea ajunge la Hecate Hall, Hex Hall, mai pe scurt.

" In fata mea se profila Hecate Hall, care, potrivit brosurii pe care o strangeam in palma umeda, era "cea mai buna scoala de corectie pentru adolescentii Prodigium".

Prodigium. Era doar un cuvant latinesc pompos care-i includea pe toti monstrii. Pentru asta erau cei de la Hecate.

Asta eram si eu."

Pe parcursul lecturii veti descoperii o Sophie amuzanta, curioasa, indragostita iremediabil de iubitul uneia dintre dusmancele ei. O Sophie care intra mai mereu in belele si o buna prietena. Mai pe scurt, o eroina tare draguta.

Cartea este buna, spre foarte buna. Parerea mea. Imi place cum este scrisa, este usor de citit, si, cel mai important, are cateva momente tare amuzante! "CAINE RAU!" O sa stiti despre ce vorbesc numai daca cititi cartea.

Va garantez ca o sa va placa, in ciuda scurtei mele recenzii. O sa radeti, o sa stati ca pe ghimpi, o sa fiti curiosi, o sa savurati lectura. GARANTAT!

NOTA: 4/5

THE OBSIDIAN BLADE (The Klaatu Diskos #1) by Pete Hautman

Kicking off a riveting sci-fi trilogy, National Book Award winner Pete Hautman plunges us into a world where time is a tool - and the question is, who will control it?

The first time his father disappeared, Tucker Feye had just turned thirteen. The Reverend Feye simply climbed on the roof to fix a shingle, let out a scream, and vanished - only to walk up the driveway an hour later, looking older and worn, with a strange girl named Lahlia in tow. In the months that followed, Tucker watched his father grow distant and his once loving mother slide into madness. But then both of his parents disappear. Now in the care of his wild Uncle Kosh, Tucker begins to suspect that the disks of shimmering air he keeps seeing - one right on top of the roof - hold the answer to restoring his family. And when he dares to step into one, he's launched on a time-twisting journey

- from a small Midwestern town to a futuristic hospital run by digitally augmented healers, from the death of an ancient prophet to a forest at the end of time. Inevitably, Tucker's actions alter the past and future, changing his world forever.

Published April 10th 2012

ALTERED by Jennifer Rush

When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe?

Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them. 

Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities.

Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.

Expected publication: January 2nd 2013

SHADOWLANDS by Kate Brian

Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived … and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye. 

Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy. They were inseparable as children, but now they can barely stand each other. As the sisters settle in to Juniper Landing, a picturesque vacation island, it seems like their new home may be just the fresh start they need. They fall in with a group of beautiful, carefree teens and spend their days surfing, partying on the beach, and hiking into endless sunsets. But just as they’re starting to feel safe again, one of their new friends goes missing. Is it a coincidence? Or is the nightmare beginning all over again?

Expected publication: January 2013