Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature-Robin Brande

Title: Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

Author: Robin Brande

Main Character(s): Mena Reece is single-handedly responsible for getting her church, pastor, and everyone of her former friends and their parents sued for millions of dollars. Her parents won’t even talk to her-even though she did the right thing. Her life starts to ‘evolve’ when her biology teacher, Ms. Shepherd, partnered her to Casey(lab partner) for project work.

Plot/Summary: Following her conscience led high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in new friendships and more when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include ‘Intelligent Design’ in lessons on evolution.

AN: In my opinion, this is a good read-short chapters, quirky characters etc. It lets the readers think about which we believe-science; religion; or both(is possible).

Geek High-Piper Banks

Title: Geek High(Book #1)

Author: Piper Banks

Main Character(s): Miranda Bloom is a math genius with divorced parents, an ‘evil’ stepmother and is currently single. She doesn’t fit in with the other geeks at school due to her gift.

Summary/Plot: Known as the ‘Human Calculator’, 15 year old Miranda Bloom is anything but popular, and it seems worse when she has to move in to her estranged father and his family, then is blackmailed into planning a school dance, where she will be escorted by a freshman while her stepsister dances with Miranda’s dream date.

Theme(s): Relationships

AN: I’m reading this for you (you know who you are) so be grateful!

Vampire Academy-Richelle Mead

Title: Vampire Academy

Author: Richelle Mead

Main Character(s): Rose Hathaway is a dhampir(half vampire, half human). She is a guardian and confident of Lissa(vampire princess).

Plot/Summary: Lissa and Rose were caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir’s Academy. Here, the girls learn to navigate through the dangerous world, confront temptation of forbidden romance, and never let their guard down to survive.

Theme(s): Fiction(vampire fiction), Relationships

Author’s Comments: V. nice; on my hit list!^^

The City in the Lake-Rachel Neumeier

Title: The City in the Lake

Author: Rachel Neumeier

Main Character(s): Timou is learning to be a mage, as was her father. She never knew who her mother was. When trouble befell her country, she travels to the ‘heart’ of the City to solve the problem.

Summary/Plot: A teenage girl who is learning to be a mage must save her mysterious, magical homeland, The Kingdom, from a powerful force that is trying to control it.

Theme(s): Relations, Fantasy, Fiction(Magic)

Author’s Comments: I liked it, surprisingly.

The Reformed Vampire Support Group-Catherine Jinks

Title: The Reformed Vampire Support Group

Author: Catherine Jinks

Main Character(s): Nina Harrison became a vampire when she was fifteen(1973).She’s a reformed vampire-1 that doesn’t bite humans.She writes vampire fiction.

Summary/Plot: 15 year old vampire Nina has been stuck for 51 years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them-until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime.

Theme(s): Mystery, Fiction(vampire fiction), Humour

Comments: Not your usual vampires, seriously.