Review: DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver

TITLE: Delirium
AUTHOR: Lauren Oliver 
AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.laurenoliverbooks.com
GENRE: Young Adult, SciFi, Dystopian, Romance
PUBLISHED: HarperTeen (February 1, 2011)
MY RATING: 4
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(Via Goodreads) 

Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

Review: BALLAD by Maggie Stiefvater

TITLE: Ballad
AUTHOR: Maggie Stiefvater 
AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.maggiestiefvater.com
GENRE: Young Adult, Fantasy
FANTASY ELEMENT: Faeries
PUBLISHED: Flux (October 1, 2009)
MY RATING: 5

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(Via Goodreads) Music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.

Review: LAMENT by Maggie Stiefvater

TITLE: Lament
AUTHOR: Maggie Stiefvater  
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GENRE: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
FANTASY ELEMENT: Faeries
PUBLISHED: Flux (October 1, 2008)
MY RATING: 4

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(Via Goodreads) Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand—one who can see faeries. When a mysterious boy enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of nowhere, Deirdre finds herself infatuated. Trouble is, the enigmatic and conflicted Luke turns out to be a gallowglass—a soulless faerie assassin—and Deirdre is meant to be his next mark. Deirdre has to decide if Luke's feelings towards her are real, or only a way to lure her deeper into the world of Faerie.