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Title: Something Like Normal Author: Trish Dollar Pages: 214 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Release Date: June 19, 2012 Buy: AmazonCA | Chapters Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | AmazonUS Summary ( Goodreads ) When Travis returns home from a stint in Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother’s stolen his girlfriend and his car, and he’s haunted by nightmares of his best friend’s death. It’s not until Travis runs into Harper, a girl he’s had a rocky relationship with since middle school, that life actually starts looking up. And as he and Harper see more of each other, he begins to pick his way through the minefield of family problems and post-traumatic stress to the possibility of a life that might resemble normal again. Travis’s dry sense of humor, and incredible sense of honor, make him an irresistible and eminently lovable hero. Review:   This book was soo amazing!! I loved it all!! Trish Dollar is a g...

Title: Mind Games (Mind Games #1)  Author: Kiersten White Pages: 256 Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: February 19, 2013 Summary:  Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future. Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and Fia are forced to choose over and over between using their abilities in twisted, unthinkable ways… or risking each other’s lives by refusing to obey. In a stunning departure from her New York Times bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, Kiersten White delivers a slick, edgy, heartstoppingly intense psychological thriller about two sisters determined to protect each other—no matter the cost

Title: If I Lie Author: Corrine Jackson Pages: 276 Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: August 28, 2012 Buy: AmazonCA | Chapters Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository  Summary ( Goodreads )  A powerful debut novel about the gray space between truth and perception. Quinn’s done the unthinkable: she kissed a guy who is not Carey, her boyfriend. And she got caught. Being branded a cheater would be bad enough, but Quinn is deemed a traitor, and shunned by all of her friends. Because Carey’s not just any guy—he’s serving in Afghanistan and revered by everyone in their small, military town. Quinn could clear her name, but that would mean revealing secrets that she’s vowed to keep—secrets that aren’t hers to share. And when Carey goes MIA, Quinn must decide how far she’ll go to protect her boyfriend…and her promise. * Got to read at Pulse It (Imprint of Simon & Schuster) * Review:   I have never had so much emotion during a ...

  Title: Naturals (The Lost Souls #2)  Author: Tiffany Truitt Pages: 352 Publisher: Entangled Teen Release Date: April 9, 2013 PRE-ORDER Summary: ( GOODREADS )   Tess is finally safe from the reach of the Council, now that she is living in the Middlelands with the rebel Isolationists. With James having returned to Templeton, she easily falls back into her friendship with Henry, though her newfound knowledge of Robert’s chosen one status still stings. Even surrounded by people, Tess has never felt more alone. So she’s thrilled when James returns to the settlement, demanding to see Tess — until she finds out that it’s because her sister, Louisa, has been recruited into Tess’s old position at Templeton, and that the dangerously sadistic chosen one George has taken an interest in her. NATURALS is the second book in The Lost Souls trilogy, and follows the dystopian hit CHOSEN ONES. About Tiffany:  Tiffany Truitt was born in Peori...

Blurb Since the car crash that took her father’s life two years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky—and unending—lesson in caution. Surviving “accidents” has taken priority over being a normal seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her days taking pictures of life instead of living it. Falling in love with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for a reaper who makes her chest ache and her head spin? Not an option.   It’s not easy being dead especially for a reaper in love with a girl fate has put on his list not once, but twice. Finn’s fellow reapers give him hell about spending time with Emma, but Finn couldn’t let her die before, and he’s not about to let her die now. He will protect the girl he loves from the evil he accidentally unleashed, even if it means sacrificing the only thing he has left...his soul. Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository Release date: August 28, 2012 Author Bio (Spotlight) Tara Fuller writes novels; some abou...

Review: Amarok by Angela J. Townsend  Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) by Kendare Blake  Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1)   by R.L. LaFevers  Altered (Altered #1) by Jennifer Rush Breathe (Breathe #1) by Sarah Crossan Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr Thank you Spencer Hill Press, Raincoast Books, Thomas Allen LTD, Hatchette Book Group Canada, and HARPERCOLLINS CANADA!!! BIG THANK YOU!! Bought: Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful #1) by Jaime McGuire Work (Chapters) Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer

Title: Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles #1) Author: Kresley Cole Pages: 384 Publisher: Simon & Schuster  Release Date: October 2, 2012 Summary: ( Goodreads )   #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance. She could save the world—or destroy it. Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. But she can’t do either alone. With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he onc...

Today I will be have a guest coming to Stuck In YA Books. Lucy from Keep It Real With Lucy !! Here is her review of Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally !! I LOVED this book! It was amazing! The romance, the relationships, it's not often you see all of this in a book! One of my favorite parts of the book, is the relationship Jordan has with her teammates. They get along really well, and you don't always see that much acceptance when it comes to boys and girls playing on the same sports teams. I play golf, and basketball, and I love playing with the opposite gender! They are competitive in many different ways, and they also love to have fun! Below are some topics I wanted to touch base on: Girls Playing with Boys: According to statistics there are over 1,200 female high school football players across the country. What are some of the positives and negatives of blurring the lines between female and male sports? Do you support it? - YES! I def...

Title: Origin Author: Jessica Khoury Pages: 372 Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: September 4, 2012 Summary: ( Goodreads ) Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home—and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia’s origin—a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever. Origin is a beautifully told, shocking new way to look at an age-old desire: to live forever, no matter the cost. This is a supremely compelling debut novel that blends the awakening romance of Matched with the mystery and jungle conspiracy of Lost ...

Review: The Edge of Nowhere (Saratoga Woods #1) by Elizabeth George Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2) by Laini Taylor Fathomless (#3)  by Jackson Pearce The Diviners (Diviners #1) by Libba Bray  Thank you Hatchette Book Group Canada, and Razorbill Canada Bought:  Delirium (Delirium #1) by Lauren Oliver Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer  Onyx (Lux #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Title: Swell Author: Julie Rieman Duck Release Date: September 1, 2012 Summary:     For 15-year-old Beck Ionesco, discovering love with the most popular guy in school is a surprise. So are the bottles and cans he hides in his room and under the car seat. Through Christian, Beck enters a world where you can never be too cool or drunk, and finds herself falling for him, the bottle… and Christian’s dangerous friend Hillman falling for her.   Thank God for that bottle, though, because it’s all Beck has left when Christian abandons her, Hillman begins stalking her, and she finds herself on the wrong end of popularity in the back seat of his car. She’s left to fend for herself and her heart until she finds friendship – and possibly more - with fellow student Jesse.   But Christian wants another chance with Beck, and collides with a drunken fate that becomes his last call. It’s now up to Beck to clean up and reclaim her life, and discover sober lov...

Title: Insurgent (Divergent #2) Author: Veronica Roth Pages: 525 Publisher: HarperCollins Harper Teen Release Date: May 1, 2012 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Barnes &amp Noble | Book Depository | Kobo Summary: ( Goodreads ) One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting g...

Review: The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen  Thank You Egmont USA and USA  Bought : Losing Lila (Lila #2) by Sarah Alderson  Wake (Watersong #1) by Amanda Hocking

Stuck in YA Books is happy to get sign up for the new book Swell by Julie Rieman Duck. The cover reveal + Blurb will be on August 16, 2012 . If you are interested in participating please leave an e-mail. The signup will end on August 13, 2012 . Any blog is able to participate!! Make sure to spread the word!! Thanks Amanda!!

Title: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) Author: Tahereh Mafi Pages: 465 Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: February 5, 2013 Summary: ( Goodreads )  tick tick tick tick tick it's almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible. In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life. I cannot wait to read this book!! I loved Shatter Me and it is one of my favorite books!! 

Here is a review for The Iron King by Julie Kagawa from my friend Sara @ The Page Sage TheIron King by Julie Kagawa (Iron Fey #1) All Meghan wanted to do was get her driver’s license and escape her small town, but that was before her brother, Ethan, was kidnapped. In order to save him, she’ll have to go with her best friend into the Nevernever, a fantastical land full of dangers. It’s a world  of powerful kings, conniving creatures, and treacherous deals, and Meghan will be lucky to make it out alive, let alone with her brother. After reading The Iron King, I understand why this series has such a huge following. Kagawa’s writing style is addictive, and Meghan is an admirable heroine. She’s devoted to her brother (loyalty to siblings is always a plus), and she’s brave in an honest way (she admits to being scared, but doesn’t let her fears stop her). Another amazing aspect of this book is the world-building. I’m not sure I can get across how absolutely astounding it is...

Review:  Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer Covet (The Clann #2) by Melissa Darnell Speechless by Hannah Harrington  Thank You Raincoast Book, and HarlequinTeen Bought:  Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry *Read + Loved* Throne of Glass (#1) by Sarah J. Maas  While It Last (Sea Breeze #3) by Abbi Glines (e-book) Eternal Starling (Emblem of Eternity #1 ) by Angela Corbett(e-book) Avoiding Commitment (Avoiding #1) by K.A. Linde (e-book) 12 Rounds (Knockout Series #1) by Lauren Hammond (e-book) Traded: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas ~Thank you Anna @LiteraryExploration  Got from work: Starling (Starling #1) by Lesley Livingston