Daisy Chain Book Reviews

Title: Nobody Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Publisher: EgmontUSA Publication Date: January 22, 2012 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: Publicist There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away. That’s why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else ever notices them. Meh. I liked the concept of Nobody , but the execution didn't do it for me. Claire is angsty and Nix is self...

Title: Stealing Parker Author: Miranda Kenneally Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: October 2, 2012 Series: Hundred Oaks #2 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: Purchased Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She's on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she's made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother's scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her. Now Parker wants a new life. So she quits softball. Drops twenty pounds. And she figures why kiss one guy when she can kiss three. Or four. Why limit herself to high school boys when the majorly cute new baseball coach seems especially flirty? But how far is too far before she loses herself completely? Color me happy when Miranda Kenneally wrote a baseball book to go along with her football book. I loved Catching Jordan , so naturally I was excited to get my hands on Stealing Parker . It's less sports and more character ...

Title: Through the Ever Night Author: Veronica Rossi Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: January 8, 2013 Series: Under the Never Sky #2 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source:  Edelweiss, Purchased It's been months since Aria learned of her mother's death. Months since Perry became Blood Lord of the Tides, and months since Aria last saw him. Now Aria and Perry are about to be reunited. It's a moment they've been longing for with countless expectations. And it's a moment that lives up to all of them. At least, at first. Then it slips away. The Tides don't take kindly to former Dwellers like Aria. And the tribe is swirling out of Perry's control. With the Aether storms worsening every day, the only remaining hope for peace and safety is the Still Blue. But does this haven truly exist? Threatened by false friends and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, Can their love survive through the ever night? I liked Under the Never Sky quite a bit  and ...

I'd like to welcome Tracy Deebs, author of Doomed , to the blog today to talk about the Pandora myth! Pandora’s just your average teen-glued to her cell phone and laptop, surfing Facebook and e-mailing with her friends—until the day her long-lost father sends her a link to a mysterious site featuring twelve photos of her as a child. Unable to contain her curiosity, Pandora enters the site, where she is prompted to play her favorite virtual-reality game, Zero Day. This unleashes a global computer virus that plunges the whole world into panic: suddenly, there is no Internet. No cell phones. No utilities, traffic lights, hospitals, law enforcement. Pandora teams up with handsome stepbrothers Eli and Theo to enter the virtual world of Zero Day. Simultaneously, she continues to follow the photographs from her childhood in an attempt to beat the game and track down her father—her one key to saving the world as we know it. Part The Matrix , part retelling of the Pandora myth, Doomed has ...

Thanks to EgmontUSA and Media Masters Publicity, I have TWO Jennifer Lynn Barnes books to give away to one of you! You could win the following books: There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away. That’s why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else ever notices them. Amazon | Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Kali D'Angelo has always known she's different. Sure, she goes to h...

Title: The Farm Author: Emily McKay Publisher:  Berkley Publication Date: December 4, 2012 Series: The Farm #1 Links: Amazon | Goodreads Source: Publisher Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are - holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other... And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible. Lily and her twin sister, Mel, have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else does - like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won't be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face appears out of nowhere, offering to help... Carter was a scho...