Title: Shadowed Summer Author: Saundra Mitchell Genre: Southern Gothic / YA Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication date: June 2010 (paperback) Paperback: 192 pages Iris is ready for another hot, routine summer in her small Louisiana town, hanging…
Title: Cryer’s Cross Author: Lisa McMann Genre: Horror/ YA Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication date: February 8, 2011 Paperback: 240 pages The community of Cryer’s Cross, Montana (population 212) is distraught when high school freshman Tiffany disappears without a trace.…
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has already read and reviewed. The idea arose because of the dilemma that if one of us…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Title: The Replacement Author: Brenna Yovanoff Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Razorbill (US) / Simon & Schuster Children’s (UK) Publication Date: September 2010 (US) / January 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 352 Pages Mackie Doyle is a…
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In the Feats of Strength, we each dare each other to read a book that we know is so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as…
Title: Mr. Monster Author: Dan Wells Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Crime, Thriller Publisher: Headline (UK) / Tor (US) Publication Date: March 2010 (UK) / September 2010 (US) Hardcover: 288 pages (US) I killed a demon. I don’t know if…
Title: Living Hell Author: Catherine Jinks Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books Publication Date: April 2010 Hardcover: 272 Pages What happens when a single moment changes everything? For seventeen-year-old Cheney, life on earth exists only…
Title: The Reapers are the Angels Author: Alden Bell Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Zombies, Speculative Fiction, Horror Publisher: Holt Paperbacks Publication Date: August 2010 Paperback: 240 Pages Zombies have infested a fallen America. A young girl named Temple is on the…
Title: White crow Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Horror Publisher: Orion Children’s Publication date: July 2010 Hardcover: 272 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone It’s summer. Rebecca is an unwilling visitor to Winterfold – taken from the buzz of…
