Review: THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater

TITLE: The Scorpio Races

AUTHOR: Maggie Stiefvater

AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.maggiestiefvater.com
GENRE: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

FANTASY ELEMENT: Mythological Water Horses
PUBLISHED: Scholastic Press (October 18, 2011)
RATING: 5

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SYNOPSIS:

It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.

At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.

Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.

Review: SUPERNATURALLY by Keirsten White

TITLE: Supernaturally
AUTHOR: Keirsten White

AUTHOR WEBSITE: kierstenwrites.blogspot.com
GENRE: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
PARANORMAL ELEMENT: All fantasy creatures (Including some new ones.)
PUBLISHED: HarperTeen (July 26, 2011)
RATING: 2

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SYNOPSIS:

Evie finally has the normal life she’s always longed for. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be . . . kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she’s given a chance to work for them again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees.

But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie’s faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there’s a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself. So much for normal.

Review: PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White

TITLE: Paranormalcy
AUTHOR: Kiersten White

AUTHOR WEBSITE: kierstenwrites.blogspot.com
GENRE: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
PARANORMAL ELEMENT: All paranormal & fantasy creatures (Including some new ones)
PUBLISHED: HarperTeen (August 31, 2010)
RATING: 3

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SYNOPSIS: 

Weird as it is working for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, Evie’s always thought of herself as normal. Sure, her best friend is a mermaid, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she's falling for a shape-shifter, and she's the only person who can see through paranormals' glamours, but still. Normal.

Only now paranormals are dying, and Evie's dreams are filled with haunting voices and mysterious prophecies. She soon realizes that there may be a link between her abilities and the sudden rash of deaths. Not only that, but she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures. So much for normal.