172 HOURS ON THE MOON by Johan Harstad PUBLISHER: Atom Books RELEASE DATE: 5th April 2012 FORMAT: Paperback, 368 pages GENRE: Science-Fiction, Young Adult It’s been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA’s unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space–and change their lives forever. Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band’s ticket to fame and fortune. Midori believes it’s her way out of her restrained life in Japan. Antoine, from France, just…
UNDER THE NEVER SKY (Under the Never Sky #1) by Veronica Rossi PUBLISHER: Atom (UK) | HarperCollins (US) PUBLICATION DATE: Feb 2012 (UK) | Jan 2012 (US) FORMAT: Paperback, 376 pages GENRE: Dystopian, Romance, Young Adult Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland – known as The Death Shop – are…
THE CALLING (Darkness Rising #2) by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Atom (UK) Harper Collins (US) RELEASE DATE: April 2012 FORMAT: Paperback, 326 pages GENRE: Paranormal, Young Adult SOURCE: Publisher In The Calling, the sizzling second book in the Darkness Rising trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong pumps up the romance, danger, and suspense that left readers of The Gathering clamoring for more. Maya Delaney’s paw-print birthmark is the sign of what she truly is—a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly anyone else. Experiencing intense…
THE GATHERING (Darkness Rising #1) by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Atom (UK) | Harper Collins (US) RELEASE DATE: April 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 359 pages GENRE: Paranormal, Young Adult SOURCE: Publisher Strange things are happening in Maya’s tiny Vancouver Island town. First, her friend Serena, the captain of the swim team, drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. Then, one year later, mountain lions are spotted rather frequently around Maya’s home – and her reactions to them are somewhat… unexpected. Her best friend, Daniel, has also been experiencing premonitions about certain…
Rosebush by Michele Jaffe Atom Books (March 2011) | Paperback, 336 pages YA Thriller Guest Reviewer: Vivienne When the story begins everything is rosy in Jane’s life. It appears that she has the most perfect life of a high school princess; everyone loves her, everyone wants to be her friend and every girl wants to be her. Yet within reading a couple of chapters, you realise that you have been looking at her world through rose tinted glasses and the reality of her life, is that someone desperately wants to…
Huntress by Malinda Lo Atom (May 2011) | PB, 384 pages | YA Fantasy | GLBT There aren’t enough young adult fantasy novels, so I was really excited when I received this book to review. For one, it looks like it could be just as at home in the adult section of a book store as it could in the young adult section, and secondly the blurb gave me enough information to be intrigued. I really was not disappointed in Huntress. Taisin is a gifted student, studying to become a Sage. She has…
Die For Me (Revenants #1) by Amy Plum Atom Books (May 2011) | Paperback, 341 pages Paranormal YA Die For Me is the debut novel from new author Amy Plum. The first thing I noticed was how easy to read this novel was – it sits very comfortably in the young adult paranormal genre and didn’t read as a debut. The writing flows very well and I turned the pages with ease, managing to finished it in just a few hours. Die For Me focuses on the life of young heroine, Kate,…
Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer Author: Lois Duncan Publisher: Atom (UK) Publication Date: March 2011 (UK) | Originally published 1973 Paperback: 211 pages Genre: Thriller Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 6/10 – good BOOK COVER SUMMARY: Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth, and the horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror…
Title: Halo (Halo #1) Author: Alexandra Adornetto Publisher: ATOM (UK) | Feiwel & Friends (US) Publication Date: December 2010 (UK) | August 2010 (US) Paperback: 496 pages Genre: Paranormal Young Adult Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 3/10 – Wish I hadn’t bothered GOODREADS SUMMARY: Three angels- Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, the youngest and most human- are sent by Heaven to bring good to a world falling under the influence of darkness. They must work hard to conceal…
Title: The Secret Hour (Midnighters #1) Author: Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Atom (UK) / Eos (US) PublicationDate: June 2010 (UK) / 2004 (US) Paperback: 276 pages Genre: Science Fiction YoungAdult .. RATING: 7/10 – very good GOODREADS SUMMARY: For one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. Only a small group of people know about the secret hour — only they are free to move about the midnight time. These people call themselves Midnighters. Each one has a different power that is strongest…
Title: Infinity Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon PublicationDate: June 2010 (UK) / May 2010 (US) Publisher: Atom (UK) / St Martin’s Griffin (US) Paperback: 306 pages Genre: Fantasy Young Adult .. RATING: 6/10 – good SUMMARY: At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, Nick is sucked into the…
Title: Burned (House of Night #7) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom (UK|US) Publication Date: May 2010 (UK) | April 2010 (US) Hardback: 323 pages Genre: Paranormal Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 7/10 GOODREADS SUMMARY: Zoey Redbird is the youngest High Priestess in House of Night History and is the only person – vamp or fledgling – who can stop the evil Neferet from raising all kinds of immortal trouble. and she might just have a chance if she wasn’t so busy being dead….
Title: Tempted (HoN #6) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom PublicationDate: Oct 2009 Hardback: 319 pages ReadingLevel: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Rating: 8/10 Goodreads Summary: Zoey needs a break after some serious excitement. Sadly, the House of Night school for vampyres doesn’t feature breaks on its curriculum – even for a High Priestess in training and her gang. Plus juggling three guys is no stress reliever, especially when one is a sexy Warrior so into protecting Zoey that he’s sensing her emotions. Wider stresses lurk too, and the…
Title: Hunted (HoN #5) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom Publication Date: Sept 2009 Paperback: 448 pages Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Rating: 6/10 Goodreads Summary: The good news: Zoey’s friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren’t Neferet’s secrets any longer. The bad news: Ancient evil with the face of an angel has been let loose – that and various other nasties (whose faces aren’t so angelic). Grandma Redbird is in trouble. Heath is in trouble. The House of Night is…
Title: Untamed (HoN #4) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom PublicationsDate: August 2009 Paperback: 411 pages Genre: Fantasy ReadingLevel: Young Adult Rating: 7/10 Goodreads Summary: Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird; she’s become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked….
