Stuck in Y.A. Books

Review: Wild Card (Wild Cards #1) by Simon Elkeles Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney Where The Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy #3) by Kerstin Gier Hereafter (Shadowlands #2) by Kate Brian Consume (The Clanns #3) by Melissa Darnell Time After Time (Time Between Us #2) by Tamara Ireland Stone Never Fade (The Darkest Minds #2) by Alexandra Bracken Undone (Country Roads #1) by Shannon Richard My Favorite Mistake by Chelsea M. Cameron *READ* *Thank You Penguin Canada, Disney Book Group, Raincoast Books, Harlequin Teen, Forever (Grand Central Publishing) * Bought:  Rush (The Game #1) by Eve Silver The Summer I Became A Nerd by Leah Rae Miller The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave #1) by Rick Yancey *Signed* *thank you Jenna* The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay The Academy: Game On by Monica Seles *shall see how this one goes* Dance of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death #2) by Bethany Griffin

Title: Elegy (Hereafter #3) Author: Tara Hudson Pages: 400 Publisher : HarperTeen Release Date: June 4, 2013 Summary: ( Goodreads )  A stalker ghost, misguided Seers, and spellbinding wraiths—Amelia Ashley has faced them all. Now her greatest hope is to spend the rest of her afterlife with her living boyfriend, Joshua. But the demonic forces return to give her an ultimatum: turn herself over to the darkness or watch them murder one living person per week until she does. Amelia fears she might really be doomed, until the forces of light give her another option. She can join them in their quest to gather souls, with a catch: Once she joins them, she can never see Joshua again. Faced with impossible choices, Amelia decides to take her afterlife into her own hands—and fight back.

Title: Hereafter (Hereafter #1) Author: Tara Hudson Pages: 404 Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: June 7, 2011 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Barns & Noble | Book Depository Summary ( Goodreads ) Can there truly be love after death?   Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's dead. With no recollection of her past life--or her actual death--she's trapped alone in a nightmarish existence. All of this changes when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing but "will" him to live. Yet in an unforgettable moment of connection, she helps him survive. Amelia and Joshua grow ever closer as they begin to uncover the strange circumstances of her death and the secrets of the dark river that held her captive for so long. But even while they struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit named Eli is doing everyt...

Title: Arise (Hereafter #2) Author: Tara Hudson Pages: 400 Publisher: HarperTeen  Expected Release: June 5, 2012 Summary: (Goodreads) Amelia—still caught between life and death—must fight for every moment of her relationship with the human boy Joshua. They can hardly even kiss without Amelia accidentally dematerializing. Looking for answers, they go to visit some of Joshua’s Seer relatives in New Orleans. But even in a city so famously steeped in the supernatural, Amelia ends up with more questions than answers…and becomes increasingly convinced that she and Joshua can never have a future together.Wandering through the French Quarter, Amelia meets other in-between ghosts, and begins to seriously consider joining them. And then she meets Gabrielle. Somehow, against impossible odds, Gaby has found a way to live a sort of half-life...a half-life for which Amelia would pay any price. Torn between two worlds, Amelia must choose carefully, before the evil spirits of the...

 The Books I purchased this week: Everlasting (6th in the Immortal Series)- Alyson Noel Hourglass- Myra McEntire The Goddess Test - Aimee Carter Hereafter- Tara Hudson Hush Hush - Beca Fitzpatrick Possession - Elena Johnson The E-Books I bought are: My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody Angelfire - Courtney Moulton