Review: It's Not Summer Without You

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han (Summer, #2)
Date Released: April 27, 2010
Published by: Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages: Hardcover, 288 pages
Young Adult
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Last year, all of Belly's dreams came true and the thought of missing a summer in Cousins Beach was inconceivable. But like the rise and fall of the ocean tide, things can change--just like that. Suddenly the time she's always looked forward to most is something she dreads. And when Jeremiah calls to say Conrad has disappeared, Belly must decide how she will spend this summer: chasing after the boy she loves, or finally letting him go.

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NOTE: Contains potential spoilers for The Summer I Turned Pretty, book #1.

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ARC Review: Unearthly

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (Unearthly #1)

Release Date: January 04, 2011
Published by: Harper Teen
Pages: Hardcover, 448 pages

Young Adult
Source: Harper Teen- Net Galley

Overall:

In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees. . .Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what it is, though, isn't easy.

Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place--and out of place, at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.

As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make--between honesty and deciet, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?
Synopsis via Goodreads

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