Random House Children’s Books

Review: Portrait of a Starter: An Unhidden Story, Lissa Price

September 4, 2012 Maeva Reviews 3 Comments Post em Português

See how it all starts for Callie and Michael in Portrait of a Starter, an exclusive ebook original short story by debut author Lissa Price.

Published one month before her novel, Starters, went on sale, the ebook is a perfect entryway into the world of Starters, and a must-read for fans who’ve already read the novel. Starters is receiving rave reviews, including this from the Los Angeles Times: “The only thing better than a terrific concept is one that is as well executed as Starters. Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games will find it here. Dystopian sci-fi at its best, Starters is a terrific series kickoff with a didn’t-see-that-coming conclusion that will leave readers on the edges of their seats…”

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Dystopia, Lissa Price, Random House Children's Books, Rated 3 books, Science Fiction, Starters Series, Young Adult 3 Comments

Review: The Stone Girl, Alyssa B. Sheinmel

May 17, 2012 Maeva Reviews 2 Comments Post em Português

She feels like a creature out of a fairy tale; a girl who discovers that her bones are really made out of stone, that her skin is really as thin as glass, that her hair is brittle as straw, that her tears have dried up so that she cries only salt. Maybe that’s why it doesn’t hurt when she presses hard enough to begin bleeding: it doesn’t hurt, because she’s not real anymore.

High school senior Sarah Beth (Sethie) Weiss is disciplined. She has never cut a class in her life, has never had a grade below a B+, and has always been a favorite among her teachers. Her college applications are finished and she only ate six Ritz crackers today. But even on days when Sethie needs to eat more, there’s always the toilet to make up for her mistakes. Sethie manages to get down to 104, and maybe if she works just a little bit harder, becomes a little more disciplined, she can get below 100. Truth be told, Sethie has more to worry about than her relationship with her body; but the deeper she descends into her disorder, the smaller her world gets and the harder it is to see her way out.

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Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Contemporary, Random House Children's Books, Rated 2 and a half book, Young Adult 2 Comments

Review: Passion, Lauren Kate

June 22, 2011 Maeva Reviews 11 Comments Post em Português

Attention! If you didn’t read Fallen and Torment yet and don’t want to know spoilers of the series, don’t read this post!

Luce would die for Daniel.

And she has. Over and over again. Throughout time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be painfully torn apart: Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone. But perhaps it doesn’t need to be that way…

Luce is certain that something—or someone—in a past life can help her in her present one. So she begins the most important journey of this lifetime… going back eternities to witness firsthand her romances with Daniel… and finally unlock the key to making their love last.

Cam and the legions of angels and Outcasts are desperate to catch Luce, but none are as frantic as Daniel. He chases Luce through their shared pasts, terrified of what might happen if she rewrites history.

Because their romance for the ages could go up in flames… forever.

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Fallen Series, Lauren Kate, Random House Children's Books, Rated 2 and a half book, Young Adult 11 Comments

Review: Torment, Lauren Kate

September 30, 2010 Maeva Reviews 7 Comments Post em Português

Attention! If you didn’t read Fallen yet and don’t want to know spoilers of the series, don’t read this post!

Hell on earth.

That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel.

It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts—immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.

At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn’t told her everything. He’s hiding something—something dangerous.

What if Daniel’s version of the past isn’t actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else?

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Fallen Series, Lauren Kate, Random House Children's Books, Rated 4 books, Young Adult 7 Comments

Review: Fallen, Lauren Kate

September 28, 2010 Maeva Reviews 5 Comments Post em Português

Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce—and goes out of his way to make that very clear—she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret… even if it kills her.

Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, Fallen is a page turning thriller and the ultimate love story.