Daisy Chain Book Reviews

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.   Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers ADD TO GOODREADS SUMMAR Y Twelve-year-old Isaveth tries to take down the man who framed her father for murder in this lively follow-up to A Pocket Full of Murder , which Kirkus Reviews called “thoroughly entertaining.” The city of Tarreton is powered by magic, from simple tablets that light lamps to advanced Sagery that can murder a man from afar. Isaveth has a talent for spell-making, but as a girl from a poor neighborhood she never dreamed she could study at the most exclusive magical school in the city. So when she’s offered a chance to attend, she eagerly accepts. The school is wonderful, but old and new enemies confront Isaveth at every turn, and she begins to suspect her scholarship might be more a trap than a gift. Even her secret meetings with Esmond, her best...

Title: The Square Root of Summer Author: Harriet Reuter Hapgood Release Date: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Roaring Book Press Pages: 304 Source: ARC provided by Raincoast Books Add to Goodreads | Amazon.ca | Indigo Overall: 4 STARS SUMMARY This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity. Gottie H. Oppenheimer is losing time. Literally. When the fabric of the universe around her seaside town begins to fray, she's hurtled through wormholes to her past: To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died. To the afternoon she fell in love with Jason, who wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. To the day her best friend Thomas moved away and left her behind with a scar on her hand and a black hole in her memory. Although Grey is still gone, Jason and Thomas are back, and Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide—and someone's heart is about to be broken. Wi...

On Saturday, I attended Raincoast Books's TeensRead Preview of their highly anticipated Fall 2016 titles! The lovely event was hosted by Jenny from Ampersand Inc. and Jenn from Lost in a Great Book at the Toronto Public Library, where we were greeted with yummy picnic-themed snacks and a swag bag filled with ARCs, posters and buttons. We connected via Google Hangout to the amazing Raincoast Books team over at the Vancouver Public Library, where they were also hosting the Fall Preview, and got to hear all the details about the upcoming YA and MG titles! Canadian author Eileen Cook also talked to us about her upcoming YA psychological thriller WITH MALICE , and her next writing project! (It involves tarot cards and fake psychics! Sounds cool, right?!) Here are some of the books that especially caught my attention at the event!  Title: Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1) Author: Zoraida Córdova   Release Date: September 6, 2016 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Add to Goodreads ...

Title: Bright Blaze of Magic (Black Blade #3) Author: Jennifer Estep Release Date: April 26, 2016 Publisher: Kensington Pages: 368 Source: Bought Add to Goodreads | Amazon.ca | Indigo Overall: 4 STARS SUMMARY "The characters are as fantastic as Estep fans have come to expect." – RT Book Reviews Bad Things Always Come In Threes… As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist town of Cloudburst Falls. Everyone knows Victor Draconi wants to take over all the other Families--and kill every last Sinclair. What they don't know is that I'm on to him, and no way will I let the man who murdered my mom get away with hurting all the other people I care about. Especially when I've got places to break into, stuff to steal, and Devon Sinclair fighting right by my side… "An adventurous ride you will never wan...

Title: The Unexpected Everything Author: Morgan Matson Release Date: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 528 Source: ARC provided by Simon & Schuster Canada Add to Goodreads | Amazon.ca | Indigo Overall: 5 STARS SUMMARY From Morgan Matson, the bestselling author of Since You’ve Been Gone comes a feel-good story of friendship, finding yourself, and all the joys in life that happen while you’re busy making other plans. Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan. Future? A top-tier medical school. Dad? Avoid him as much as possible (which isn’t that hard considering he’s a Congressman and he’s never around). Friends? Palmer, Bri, and Toby—pretty much the most awesome people on the planet, who needs anyone else? Relationships? No one’s worth more than three weeks. So it’s no surprise that Andie’s got her summer all planned out too. Until a political scandal costs Andie her summer pre-med internship, and lands both she and Dad bac...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: September 13, 2016 Publisher: Simon Pulse ADD TO GOODREADS SUMMARY Gone in Sixty Seconds meets Heist Society in this edgy novel about a crack team of teenage criminals on a mission to learn to trust, build a life, and steal a wish list of exotic cars. Jules Parish has screwed up. After three years of boosting cars, she got caught. She’s too good to get caught, but she let her (ex)-boyfriend talk her into a questionable job. And now she and her little sister, Emma, will be kicked out of their foster home, left to survive on the unforgiving streets of Las Vegas alone. Unless. Eccentric, wealthy Roger Montgomery wants to open up his mansion to Jules and Emma. The only catch? Jules must steal seven of the rarest, most valuable muscle cars in the world…in seven weeks. Even worse, she’s forced to put her trust in three complete stran...

Title: Dream On (The Silver Trilogy #2) Author: Kerstin Gier Release Date: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Pages: 336 Source: ARC provided by Raincoast Books Add to Goodreads | Amazon.ca | Indigo Overall: 4 STARS SUMMARY Things seem to be going well for Liv Silver: she's adjusting to her new home (and her new family) in London; she has a burgeoning romance with Henry Harper, one of the cutest boys in school; and the girl who's been turning her dreams into nightmares, Anabel, is now locked up. But serenity doesn't last for long. It seems that Liv's troubles are far from over--in fact, suddenly they're piling up. School gossip blogger Secrecy knows all of Liv's most intimate secrets, Henry might be hiding something from her, and at night Liv senses a dark presence following her through the corridors of the dream world. Does someone have a score to settle with Liv? Romance, adventure, and danger abound in Dream On , the second book in the Silver...