The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater The Skinny: Blue comes from a family of psychics and, for as long as she can remember, has been told that one day she will cause her true love to die. When she visits a grave yard to look for the soon to be dead with her clairvoyant aunt, … Continue reading »
Sever by Lauren DeStefano The Skinny: After ending up in the hospital after Housemaster Vaughn’s experiments on her, Rhine finds refuge with Linden’s uncle, who is Vaughn’s slightly eccentric estranged brother. Rhine’s brother Rowan is becoming more involved in the resistance, his actions becoming more public, and she is determined to find him to convince … Continue reading »
![[insert witty title about Insurgent]](http://thegrownupya.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/insurgent.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[insert witty title about Insurgent]")
Insurgent by Veronica Roth The Skinny: Tris’ world is shaken from the war. Her friends and family are dead. Her faction is divided. And as a Divergent, she is hunted. (I really tried to come up with a summary, but everything I wrote sounded so wrong. Just trust me on this: Insurgent is awesome. That’s … Continue reading »
Grave Mercy by Robin LeFevers The Skinny: After escaping from a perilous marriage, Ismae joins the sisters at the convent of St. Mortain, the god of Death. Trained to be a handmaiden of the god, Ismae is taught to kill a man who is marked for death. The headmistress of the convent sends Ismae with … Continue reading »
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Skinny: In the midst of WWII, Liesel Meminger comes to live with the Hubermanns in a small town outside Munich, Germany. As Germany changes, so does Liesel, both adjusting to the new circumstances they find themselves in – Germany in the middle of Hitler’s power; Liesel in the … Continue reading »
Dearly, Departed by Liz Habel The Skinny: Nora has just come out of mourning for her father when she is kidnapped from her home in New London, a futuristic Victorian city, by zombies. But these are good zombies, trying to save her from the bad zombies. Nora discovers the secret world that the zombies have … Continue reading »
![This isn’t some [darn] Narnia book.](http://thegrownupya.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsb_final_6_1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "This isn’t some [darn] Narnia book.")
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor The Skinny: Karou is a seventeen year old art student living in Prague. She has a crummy ex-boyfriend, turquoise blue hair, and, oh yeah, her family is a bunch of monsters. Karou’s “father” sends her on around the world on errands, collecting teeth for some unknown reason. … Continue reading »
Boston Jane by Jennifer L. Holm The Skinny: Jane Peck is a girl who is a little rough around the edges, but when it’s pointed out to her by the meanest girl in town she immediately runs to Miss Hepplewhite’s Young Ladies Academy and enrolls. There she learns how to be a proper young lady … Continue reading »
