My Expanding Bookshelf

Title: The Last Beginning Series: The Next Together #2 Author: Lauren James Published: 06/10/2016, Walker Books Pages: 352 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 3/5 Sixteen years ago, after a scandal that rocked the world, teenagers Katherine and Matthew vanished without a trace. Now Clove Sutcliffe is determined to find her long lost relatives. But where do you start looking for a couple who seem to have been reincarnated at every key moment in history? Who were Kare and Matt? Why were they born again and again? And who is the mysterious Ella, who keeps appearing at every turn in Clove's investigation? For Clove, there is a mystery to solve in the past and a love to find in the future.

Title: The Neverland Wars Series: The Neverland Wars #1 Author: Audrey Greathouse Published: 09/05/2017, Clean Teen Publishing Pages: 302 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 2/5 Magic can do a lot - give you flight, show you mermaids, help you taste the stars, and... solve the budget crisis? That's what the grown-ups will do with it if they ever make it to Neverland to steal its magic and bring their children home. However, Gwen doesn't know this. She's just a sixteen-year-old girl with a place on the debate team and a powerful crush on Jay, the soon-to-be homecoming king. She doesn't know her little sister could actually run away with Peter Pan, or that she might have to chase after her to bring her home safe. Gwen will find out though - and when she does, she'll discover she's in the middle of a looming war between Neverland and reality. She'll be out of place as a teenager in Neverland, but she won't be the only one. Peter Pan's con...

Title: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Author: Jesse Andrews Published: 06/08/2015, Allen & Unwin Pages: 308 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 4/5 Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics. Until Greg's mother forces him to rekindle his childhood friendship with Rachel. Rachel has been diagnosed with leukaemia - cue extreme adolescent awkwardness - but a parental mandate has been issued and must be obeyed. When Rachel stops treatment, Greg and Earl decide the thing to do is to make a film for her, which turns into the Worst Film Ever Made and becomes a turning point in each of their lives. And all at once Greg must abandon invisibility and stand in the spotlight.

Title: The Burning World Series: Warm Bodies #2 Author: Isaac Marion Published: 02/02/2017, Vintage Pages: 500 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 3.5/5 A romance between a zombie boy and a human girl is bound to have its problems, but after battling against the odds and the undead, it seemed that Julie and R have earned their happy ending. But they soon must face a new enemy more terrifying than the walking corpses that still roam the wasted cities: a faceless and merciless corporation who are seeking control of the ruins of America. The key to survival and victory may lie in R's past life, but can he finally face his own demons? The Burning World take the Warm Bodies series into new and darker territory, upping the stakes.

Title: The New Hunger Series: Warm Bodies #1.5 Author: Isaac Marion Published: 24/10/2013, Vintage Pages: 165 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 3/5 Julie Grigio drives with her parents through the crumbling wastelands of America - a nightmarish family road trip in search of a new home. A few hundred miles away, Nora Greene finds herself the reluctant, terrified guardian of her younger brother when her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle. In the darkness of a forest, a dead man in a red tie opens his eyes. With no memory of who or what he is, he must unravel the grim mystery of his existence - right after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly... Two warped families and a lonely monster. Unknown to any of them, their paths are set to cross in a startling encounter that will change the course of their lives - or deaths - forever.

Title: Stardust Author: Neil Gaiman Published: 30/09/2010, Headline Pages: 243 Source: Amazon freebie Format: Ebook Rating: 1.5/5 Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall - named after the imposing stone barrier which separated the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristan Thron has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, Tristan vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining...

Title: The Crown Series: The Selection #5 Author: Kiera Cass Published: 03/05/2016, HarperCollins Publishers Pages: 278 Source: Publisher Format: Paperback Rating: 2.5/5 Keira Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has captured the hearts of readers from its very first page. Now the end of the journey is here. Prepare to be swept off your feet by The Crown - the eagerly awaited, wonderfully romantic fifth and final book in the Selection series. In The Heir, a new era dawned in the world of The Selection. Twenty years have passed since America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, and their daughter is the first princess to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn didn't think she would find a real partner among the Selection's thirty-five suitors, let alone true love. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you... and now Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more difficult - and more important - than she ever expected.

Title: Bookishly Ever After Series: Ever After #1 Author: Isabel Bandeira Published: 19/01/2016, Spencer Hill Contemporary Pages: 378 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 2.5/5 In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins' life would be a book. Preferably a YA novel with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn't even qualify for a quiet contemporary. But when Phoebe finds out that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her, she turns to her favorite books for advice. Phoebe overhauls her personality to become as awesome as her favorite heroines and win Dev's heart. But if her plan fails, can she go back to her happy world of fictional boys after falling for the real thing?

Title: Hooked Author: Carrie Thomas Published: 12/11/2015, Blue Tulip Publishing Pages: 229 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 2/5 Millie Diamond is your typical high school senior. She has great parents, a younger brother, and two best friends who round out her better than average life. Her future is planned out, thanks to her police officer father, who strictly enforces the rules with a firm, but loving hand. Millie is a kind-hearted soul and proper daughter who respects her dad's authority... until she meets a mysterious new student who stirs emotions in her she's never felt before. A drug deal gone bad in South Boston, leave Cash Davis' mother no choice but to move him to Tennessee. His life hasn't been easy, but Cash is tough, and plans on making his future better than his past. Those plans include keeping his head down and finishing high school... but nothing ever comes easy for Cash. His connection with Millie surprises him, and as hard as he tries...

Title: Motocross Me Series: Motocross Me #1 Author: Cheyanne Young Published: 26/06/2013, 336Love Pages: 262 Source: Amazon freebie Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 When Hana Fisher moves to the small town of Mixon, Texas to live with her dad, she dreads having to work at the boring pile of dirt he fondly calls a motocross track. But when she gets there, she finds the rinky-dink dirt bike track from her childhood has grown into the most respected racing track in the state. Now popular by association, Hana endures the pain and sweat of working in the summer heat in order to fit in with a sport she's growing to love. She gets a real family, a best friend and not just one, but two of the fastest racers trying to win her heart. When Hana abuses her status as the track owner's daughter to help the gorgeous Ryan Russo cheat the biggest race of the year, she risks more than just losing her job. Every good thing in her life is at stake now - her friends, her dad's trust, and As...

Title: You Know Me Well Author: Nina LaCour & David Levithan Published: 07/06/2016, St Martins Griffin Pages: 248 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 2/5 Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night. Kate is lost, having just run away from a chance to finally meet the girl she has been in love with from afar. Mark, meanwhile, is in love with his best friend Ryan, who may or may not feel the same way. When Kate and Mark meet up, little do they know how important they will become to each other - and how, in a very short time, they will know each other better than any of the people who are supposed to know them more. Told in alternating points of v...

Title: The Boy Most Likely To Series: My Life Next Door #2 Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Published: 09/06/2016, Electric Monkey Pages: 496 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To find the drinks cabinet blindfolded, need a liver transplant, and drive his car into a house. Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To... well, not date her little brother's baggage-burdened best friend for starters. For Tim, it wouldn't be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the "smart" choice is always the right one. When these two crash into each other, they crash hard...

Title: Cruel Crown Series: Red Queen #0.1-0.2 Author: Victoria Aveyard Published: 21/01/2016, Orion Pages: 208 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 2/5 Two women on either side of the Silver-Red divide tell the stories no one else knows. Discover the truth of Norta's bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1 New York Times bestseller Red Queen. Also includes an exclusive excerpt of the hotly anticipated second book in the Red Queen series! Glass Sword transports readers to the world of Silver tyranny, a Red dawn rising, and one girl's resolve to break down the system that will hold her back no longer. Queen Song Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary - how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life. Small Scars Diana Farley was r...

Title: A Seven-Letter Word Author: Kim Slater Published: 24/03/2016, Macmillan Children's Books Pages: 305 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 3.5/5 "My name is Finlay McIntosh. I can see OK, can hear perfectly fine and I can write really, really well. But the thing is, I can't speak. I'm a st-st-st-stutterer. Hilarious, isn't it? it's like the word is there in my mouth, fully formed and then, just as it's ready to leave my lips... POP! It jumps and ricochets and bounces around my gob. Except it isn't funny at all, because there's not a thing I can do about it." Finlay's mother vanished two years ago. And ever since then his stutter has become almost unbearable. Bullied at school and ignored by his father, the only way to get out the words which are bouncing around in his head is by writing long letters to his ma which he knows she will never read, and by playing Scrabble online. But when Finlay is befriended by an online Scra...

Title: Crash Author: J.A. Henderson Published: 01/04/2008, Oxford University Press Pages: 293 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 3/5 Who the hell is Dodd Pollen? Bobby Berlin needs to find out. Because his father has woken up convinced he's a teenager with that name. He thinks the year is 1977 and, for reasons he can't explain, he's obsessed with getting to the Tay Bridge. But the journey turns into a terrible ordeal for Bobby. His father's behaviour is increasingly sinister and the events unfolding around them are as mystifying as they are horrific. Bobby Berline has GOT to get rid of Dodd Pollen. Before Dodd Pollen gets rid of HIM.

Title: Being Jamie Baker Series: Jamie Baker #1 Author: Kelly Oram Published: 14/06/2010, Bluefields Pages:353 Source: Amazon freebie Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 An accident that should end in tragedy instead gives seventeen-year-old Jamie Baker a slew of uncontrollable superhuman abilities. To keep her secret safe Jamie socially exiles herself, earning the title of Rocklin High's resident ice queen. But during a supercharged encounter with star quarterback Ryan Miller she literally kisses anonymity goodbye. Now the annoyingly irresistible Ryan will stop at nothing to melt the heart of the ice queen and find out what makes her so special. Unfortunately, Ryan is not the only person on to her secret. Will Jamie learn to contain her unstable powers before being discovered by the media or turned into a government lab rat? More importantly, can she throw Ryan Miller off her trail before falling in love with him?

Title: All Laced Up Series: Breakaway #1 Author: Erin Fletcher Published: 10/10/2016, Entangled: Crush Pages: 184 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 Everyone loves hockey superstar Pierce Miller. Everyone except Lia Bailey. When the two are forced to teach skating class to save the rink, Lia's not sure she'll survive the pressure of Nationals and Pierce's ego. Not only can't he remember her name, he signed her bottle of water like she was one of his groupies. Ugh. But if there's one thing Lia knows better than figure skating, it's hockey. Hoping to take his ego down a notch - or seven- she logs into his team website under an anonymous name to give him pointers on his less-than-stellar playing. Turns out, Pierce isn't arrogant at all. And they have a lot in common. Too bad he's falling for the anonymous girl online. No matter how much fun they're starting to have in real life, she's afraid he's going to choose fake-Lia over...

Title: Soul Crossed Series: Angels and Demons #1 Author: Lisa Gail Green Published: 25/02/2015, Full Fathom Five Digital Pages: 294 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 One Demon. One Angel. On Soul. Josh lived a reckless, selfish life, so upon his death, escaping the eternal torments of Hell by assuming the role of a powerful, soul-corrupting demon is an easy choice. His first soul assignment doesn't seem too hard: the mortal Camden is already obsessed with weapons, pain, and torture. If only Josh wasn't distracted by Cam's beautiful friend, Grace. Grace never expected to die violently at age sixteen, but now she's an Angel, responsible for saving a soul. She can already see past Camden's earthly flaws, so the job should be easy. If only that handsome, playboy Josh would stop getting in the way. It's forbidden for an Angel to be with a Demon, so if Josh and Grace stop resisting each other, the results would be disastrous. And only one can clai...

Title: Frostblood Series: Frostblood Saga #1 Author: Elly Blake Published: 12/01/2017, Hodder & Staughton Pages: 304 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 5/5 In a land governed by the cruel Forstblood ruling class, seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has spent most of her life hiding her ability to manipulate heat and light - until the day the soldiers come to raid her village and kill her mother. Ruby vows revenge on the tyrannous Frost King responsible for the massacre of her people. But Ruby's powers are unpredictable... and so are the feelings she has for Arcus, the scarred, mysterious Frostblood warrior who shares her goal to kill the Frost King, albeit for his own reasons. When Ruby is captured by the Frost King's men, she's taken right into the heart of the enemy. Now she only has one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who took everything from her - and in doing so she must unleash the powers she's spent her whole life withholding. Fros...

Title: The Secret Countess Author: Eva Ibbotson Published: 01/06/2007, Young Picador Pages: 352 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 2/5 After the Russian revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian Countess, has no choice but to flee to England. Penniless, Anna hides her aristocratic background and takes a job as servant in the household of the esteemed Westerholme family, armed only with an outdated housekeeping manual and sheer determination. Desperate to keep her past a secret, Anna is nearly overwhelmed by her new duties - not to mention her instant attraction to Rupert, the handsome Earl of Westerholme. To make matters worse, Ruper appears to be falling for her as well. As their attraction grows stronger, Anna finds it more and more difficult to keep her most dearly held secrets from unraveling. And then there's the small matter of Rupert's beautiful and nasty fianc ée...