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Have you ever read a book that you are completely on the fence about? Loving one minute and really not loving the next? The kind of book that you keep reading, enjoying some of the characters, or the language, or the story, but at the same time half-hating yourself for plowing on? That is my affair with YOU KILLED WESLEY PAYNE by Sean Beaudoin. The [...]
Fans of young adult dystopian novels will want to take note of one of the latest entries in this genre, The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher. Fifteen-year-old Vera and her older brother, Will, live in a post-apocalyptic version of North America where water is a precious commodity. A catastrophic drought dried up all the lakes and rivers, leaving very little freshwater. Millions of people have [...]
Young-adult fiction authors, Malinda Lo and Cindy Pon, have joined forces on the “Diversity in YA” (DIYA) website. According to GalleyCat, they will be featuring new books every month that embrace diversity. The project began in January, when they spotlighted nine middle-grade titles and fourteen YA books. More from the site: “DIYA is a positive, friendly gathering of readers and writers who want to see [...]
Have you ever gotten the feeling when you were reading a book that the only reason the book was published was because the author was a “name”? You know the ones I mean. You bought it because John Doe is your favorite author and you just had to read his latest book in a favorite series, then you dive in and go “Um, what?” Welcome [...]
Avalon High by Meg Cabot is one of the most enjoyable YA books I’ve read in a very long time. It tells the story of a high school girl named Elaine (Ellie) who moves to Annapolis, MD where her parents (who are professors of medieval history) have decided to take their sabbatical. Because of her parents, Ellie knows more about the times of King Arthur [...]
Everyone here at Daemon’s Books is super excited about the upcoming movie release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2—it even inspired our Harry Potter challenge—but that’s not the only YA novel adaptation hitting theaters in 2011. Some awesome YA books are going to be showing up on the big screen very soon, and we want to know which one you are most [...]
I recently became of aware of Beastly thanks to the trailer for the movie adaptation that’s coming to theaters in March (starring Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary Kate Olsen, and Neil Patrick Harris). The movie looks great, so I decided to read the book before I go see it. Beastly is a retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast fairy tale set in [...]
In Once a Witch, 17-year-old Tasmin Greene has to deal with being the only untalented one is a very talented family. While she comes from a long line of powerful witches, Tasmin’s powers didn’t manifest by the time she was eight like they should have. As a result, she’s an outcast in her family, and attends boarding school in NYC to get away from her [...]
As some of you know might already know, Daemon’s Books is hosting its very first challenge this year (the Harry Potter 2011 Book Challenge) and since I am really excited about it, it inspired me to try and sign up for another challenge. And so I decided to take part in the 2011 Young Adult Reading Challenge hosted by For The Love of YA. However, [...]
SPOILER ALERT: This review contains information that will spoil those who have not read The Maze Runner, the first book in the series. Though every effort is made to make this review spoiler free, there is no feasible way to do this for The Scorch Trials without bringing up key events in The Maze Runner. If you are interested in this series and haven’t read [...]
