City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare The Skinny: This one is way too complicated to summarize, so here is my bullet-point summary: Jace and Sebastian are bonded together – if one dies, the other dies Clary and the Gang want to find Jace, but have to go behind the Clave’s back to do so … Continue reading »
Awkward by Marni Bates The Skinny: Mckenzie Wellesley is your typical awkward teenager: she’s not popular, she rambles on when talking to those who are, and oh yeah, she knocks a football player out with her backpack and tries to give him CPR. Unbeknownst to her, however, someone catches this on video and within hours … Continue reading »
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs The Skinny: Jacob grew up with his grandfather’s stories of the children he grew up with on the tiny, remote island in Wales. To Jacob, they were just stories; to his grandfather, they were memories. When a horrific attack kills his grandfather, Jacob is thrown into his … Continue reading »
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare The Skinny: After the death of her aunt, sixteen year-old Tessa Gray leaves her home in New York for England, in search of her older brother who has requested she join him. When she arrives she is kidnapped by the Dark Sisters, a pair of evil beings who belong to … Continue reading »
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare The Skinny: Now that Clary is immersed in the world of the Shadowhunters all she wants is her world to go back to normal. Instead, her mom is in a coma, her dad, who turns out to be Valentine (the series’ big bad), is still alive, and hotty mchotty … Continue reading »
