Category: young adult

  • Review of “Raising Dragons”

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    Today’s book was honestly a bit of a surprise for me. I found it when browsing the young adult section at a local library and it kind of jumped out at me because of the name. Raising Dragons is the first book in the Dragons In Our Midst series by Bryan Davis and it tells…

  • Review of “Keep Close”

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    The book Keep Close by Kristen Wade was odd in that it doesn’t follow the stereotype for the typical story about an alien invasion. I say that because it doesn’t reveal the existence of the aliens right away and instead builds the tension for a while before the reveal. The story is about two teenagers,…

  • Review of “Virals”

    Accidental genetic mutation. That is the driving factor in Virals, the first book in the series of the same name, by authors Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs. This book is the first adventure of young Tory Brennan, great-niece to Temperance Brennan. It opens on her and a group of friends being curious and getting into…

  • Review of “A Map of Days”

    At the end of the third book of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, The Library of Souls, we saw Jacob finally return to the U.S. In the fourth book, A Map of Days, we see him and his friends continue their adventures in the world of the peculiar but in the U.S instead of in Europe.…

  • Review of “The Sea of Monsters”

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    As I stated in a previous post I am working my way through the original Percy Jackson series having finished The Trials of Apollo. The Sea of Monsters is the second book in the iconic series and it chronicles the adventures of Percy’s second summer as a half-blood. It opens with Percy finding out that…

  • Review of “The Library of Souls”

    We are once again returning to the land of the peculiar with today’s book. The Library of Souls is the third book in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs. It opens on Jacob and Emma having narrowly escaped the hollows and wights but having been unable to rescue their fellow peculiar. Luckily,…

  • Review of “The Lightning Thief”

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    For those of you who follow me, you’ve probably already read my reviews for The Trials of Apollo series. Having finally been able to read those I was inspired to go back and start at the beginning with The Lightning Thief, book one of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It opens on Percy Jackson‘s field…

  • Review of “Point Blank”

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    Recently, I shared my review of Stormbreaker, the first book in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Continuing the series I am back with a review of the second book, Point Blank. Much like the first book, it opens with Alex getting into trouble. This time he has utilized his skills to help with…

  • Review of “The Tower of Nero”

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    The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan is the final book in The Trials of Apollo series. In it both Apollo and Meg have to confront their own past. Apollo by finally facing the Python and Meg by facing Nero. It starts out by going full circle with the two of them traveling back to…

  • Review of “Hollow City”

    It is time to return once again to the land of the peculiar. This time I am going over Hollow City, the second book in Ransom Riggs series Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children. Having narrowly escaped the hollows and wights in their own loop the children now have to travel to London during the time of…