School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins The Skinny: Fifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy’s older sister vanishes without a trace while on a job, Izzy’s mom decides they need to take a break. Izzy and her mom move to a new town, but … Continue reading »
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White The Skinny: Evie’s always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormals’ glamors. But Evie’s about to realize that she may very … Continue reading »
The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abe The Skinny: Lora gets the opportunity to do something many in her situation never get to – attend a prestigious school for girls, the scholarship student of a Duke who “owns” the school. After her troubling past in the orphanage, Lora embraces the opportunity, despite the snide and cruel … Continue reading »
Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross The Skinny:Mirabelle’s past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents’ tragic deaths to her guardians’ half-truths about why she can’t return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away a week before her sixteenth birthday—and discovers a world she never could have imagined. In … Continue reading »
Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George The Skinny: Princess Petunia, the youngest of the 12 sisters in Jessica Day George’s series, is sent to visit an elderly friend of her family’s. But in order to get to her friend’s, she must pass through the dangerous woods where a band of thieves dressed … Continue reading »
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo The Skinny: Alina Starkov is an orphan, plain, not special. Until one day when her army regiment is attacked and her best friend Mal is injured a dormant power she never knew she possessed appears. Alina is whisked away into the world of the Grisha, a group of powerful … Continue reading »
The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa The Skinny: Years ago, Ethan Chase was kidnapped by the Iron King and taken into the Iron Realm. His sister, Meghan, saved him, only to eventually leave him to become the Iron Queen. But now, Ethan is all grown up and still plagued by the fey. Cut off from … Continue reading »
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 »
