Graveminder

By: Melissa Marr
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Stars: 2 out of 5

Rebekkah Barrow’s grandmother Maylene has just been murdered. There is no one to mind the dead and now Bek must return to the town is dreads going back to. Soon she discovers why her grandmother did all of her odd traditions to mind the dead; if the dead are not minded then they come back to feed off of food, drink and stories of the living. And it turns out that Claysville has a connection with a lawless world of the dead and an enigmatic ruler in which a Graveminder and an Undertaker – a man of the town who protects the Graveminder – work for. Now some dead are walking among them and it is up to Bek and her adolescent lover Bryon, to set things right.

Shine

By: Lauren Myracle
Genre: Teen Fiction
Stars: 4 out of 5

Cat’s best guy friend just became a victim of an awful hate crime. When the sheriff of her small southern town isn’t coming up with any leads and is ready to pin it on out of town college boys, sixteen-year-old Cat decides to figure out who could do such a tragic hate crime to her former friend. As Cat digs deeper and deeper into the mystery behind this crime and the town’s secrets, someone starts to threaten her. Will Cat figure out who did this to Paul or will she become the victim of a crime herself?

Wings

By: Aprilynne Pike
Genre: Teen Paranormal Romance
Stars: 4 out of 5

Laurel was happy with her life, with the normalcy of it all. Switching from being home schooled to public school is a lot easier than she expected and friends came effortlessly. Nothing was changing except for one thing; the most beautiful flower blossomed – right out of her back! Laurel is both mesmerized and scared of her wings but why does she have them? Who is she? With the help of her friend, she finds out that Laurel is a fairy and she may be in trouble. What will happen when a troll is after Laurel and the gateway her farm protects?

This book was a “Free Friday” book on my nook. Some of the free books are great finds but others are you either take it or leave it. This book is one of the formers. I had heard great things about this novel from some coworkers and I like the teen paranormal romance. It was a quick read with an intriguing love triangle and angle on faeries. Faeries have special abilities depending on the season they wore born in and women bloom flowers once a year. In Pike’s world there are faeries and trolls and a whole lot of romantic drama. This is the first in the Laurel Series. I have not read the others but this one is a definite read for those of you who love teen reads.