Darkness Falls Blog Tour

Today, fellow name-nerd and note enthusiast, Cate Tiernan stops by as part of her five-stop blog tour for Darkness Falls!

GC: Your Immortals aren't quite like other supernatural beings in YA today (and there are so many of them walking about.) The Immortals seem to be surprisingly normal, except for the ways in which having a longer life has molded them. What mythologies, or legends, did you draw from to create your 'Immortals?'


CT: Hmm . . . thinking . . . I don't know if I drew from any mythologies or legends, per se--I think I was somewhat influenced by the Highlander view of immortals. And there was one Star Trek episode (Requiem for Methuselah) . . .



GC: The aspect of the novel I love most (name-nerd moment is nigh) are the number of names Nastasya goes through. I would love to know your process for choosing her new names and if they impact her story, at all.


CT: Thank you! It was a bit of a chore to come up with all her names and lives! Pretty early on, I created a master list of most of her names, and figured out when and where she would have lived and what her profession would have been. For the first century, I had her living mostly in the Scandinavian countries, because travel was much more difficult back then, especially for a woman. So she didn't venture too far from home. Then I had her branch out into other countries. I don't know if I ever put it in the books, but in my mind, her name and where she lived would have strongly influenced her personality at the time. In the last century, as travel became easier and easier, she moved around much more, but usually kept the same name for about ten years at a time. For names older than about a hundred years ago, I did research--finding city records of Italy in the 1700s, and tallies of landowners in Iceland in the 1500s. It was fascinating. I love names. 


GC: Keeping one lifetime in line for a few characters has enough challenges for me, I would love to know how you keep all of Natasya's (not to mention all the other character's) lives straight. Do you have a proper system, or are you a sticky-note girl like myself? 

CT: I would have drowned under sticky-notes for this trilogy! No, I keep a master list, a bible, as I write, much like a copy editor does. It isn't as complete as I would like--but I keep track of anyone mentioned and any details about them, places mentioned, horse and dog names. In some cases I draw little maps to show how a town is laid out, or a house, so I can describe it consistently and have people moving about in reasonable ways. I do mess up sometimes and change someone's eye color, or a town's name. Which is when I'm happy we have copy editors. The bible I have for Immortal Beloved isn't too bad, but the bible I kept for Sweep is almost two inches thick. 


GC: What do you think of your new covers? I flipped over sideways when I saw them (the vantage point helped me to see the cool of the covers in their entirety.) Did you have any input in the new look?


CT: I think the new covers are very fresh, very modern, and very eye-catching. I had a bit of input, but then took myself out of the process, trusting the editor and art designer to do their jobs, so I could focus on my job. Which does not include expertise in art direction!


GC: If you were an immortal, and had all the time in the world, where would be your top five live-in destinations?


CT: Ooh. Different cities during their golden periods--it's hard to limit it to just five! Paris, London, New York. Tahiti or Hawaii. (I'm counting those two as one.) Um, um, um . . . Rome. That was hard.


GC: Thanks for stopping by, Cate!


CT: Thank you for these interesting questions! They were fun.


Cate.

Want to know more? 

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Wednesday, 2/1 – Hobbitsies 

Thursday, 2/2 – Paranormal Wastelands

Friday, 2/3 – Mundie Moms

Incarnate Theatre Treasure Hunt

Welcome to the INCARNATE Theater Treasure Hunt! 

This week, 45 bloggers are celebrating the release of INCARNATE by Jodi Meadows by participating in a treasure hunt with clues, activities, and lots of prizes including signed books and hand-knit fingerless mitts. You've reached an ACTIVITY blog, which means on this page, you can gain extra entries for Jodi's grand prize drawing by completing my activity and filling out the accompanying form. Then head to the next activity for more INCARNATE fun! There are 19 INCARNATE activities around. The more you do, the better your chances of winning the grand prize.

For more information on the INCARNATE Theater Treasure Hunt, check out Jodi's post.

The activity for this blog is to guess which blogger is behind which mask!

For instance, who is that girl?

It's me, of course! 

Gabrielle Carolina who has music... 

Now try your hand at solving these other mysteries, and if you get stuck, I've left their links below. 

Good luck! 

 Charlee Vale

Linda at Mission to Read

Asheley at Into the Hall of Books

Hannah at The Book Vortex

Susan Adrian

 Adam Heine

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IMM 53: Let Me Entertain You

In which I try to make up for how late this is with humor...

Thank you to:


Little, Brown Books


Simon and Shuster


HarperTeen


Daisy Whitney


Kelly Keaton


Jodi Meadows


People mentioned:


Steph Su


Danny Marks

A Great and Terrible Beauty

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Author: Libba Bray

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Pages: 403

Read Time: I luxuriated in reading this book.

Tag Words: Historical Fiction, Strong heroine, boarding school, Victorian England, India, Supernatural realms, best friends, true love, dreamers, beauty, remarkability, sexual awakening, discovering what you want

My Summary:

Gemma Doyle has been banished to Spence Academy for girls after tragedy befalls her family in India.

Alone in a foreign land filled with prissy girls and snobbish English ways, Gemma is about to find out that everything is not as it appears, least of all, her own strength and beauty.

My Review:

Gusher. I loved it! I’m glad I took a chance on this book and am willing to put money on me crying by the end of book three. I almost cried this book around, and am, in fact, sort of misty-eyed at some of the more poetic prose and how deeply this book cuts to the heart of women.

I consider myself a feminist, I also consider most feminists loons, but I think Libba Bray and I could talk women's rights, hopes, dreams and true beauty for days without killing each other once. I think we have the same heart when it comes to women and how oppressed housewives can be, how lonely free spirits might find themselves and how a great deal of us just do not have enough hours in the day to consider what we want. I am so happy Libba had time enough to not only consider it herself, but to write about it. Libba is an inspiration to me, as write, hoping I will do the same with my own heroines.

Gemma, Felicity, Pippa and Ann all have such different dreams, completely unique hopes for their greatest accomplishment. In fact, speaking of being a feminist who doesn’t understand feminists, but understands Libba Bray, I give you Pippa. The girl who wanted someone to listen so badly she wouldn’t stop prattling on like a silly, over-taxed female. Her greatest dream was to be truly loved by a man. This makes my heart sing.

The other girls each have equally deep and chord-striking interworkings, I believe this is why the paranormal aspects, the slightly occultish bits, the magic itself did not bother me; the stories soul rested in the hands of four girls and their four dreams, something dark in an entirely different, completely fascinating way.

Notes on the Names:

This book is a name lovers paradise. Virginia, Gemma, Pippa & Felicity! All of these are on my baby name list, so you can imagine my glee.

Thoughts on the Cover:

It’s Gemma in a corset. Can you imagine anything more genius?

Parental Book Review *spoilers*

Provided by Reading Teen, thanks Andye!


Sexual Content: No sex, but moderate sexual innuendo and sensuality

Language: Mild

Violence:  Moderate

Other Notables:  The book deals with the supernatural, including girls who visit with the dead and help spirits cross over into the afterlife.

Busy, Busy, Busy

M.P.B... 

...is busy hauling amazing books at ALA Midwinter!

*Insert excited Squeal here!!!*

I cannot wait to tell you all about them, but for now the blogging is happening off the page.

<3

Gabrielle Carolina

 

What Happened To Goodbye?

What Happened To Goodbye

Author: Sara Dessen

Publisher: Viking

Pages: 402

Read Time: 4 Days

Tag Words: Moving, High school, identity crisis, North Carolina, divorce, family dysfunction, starting over, starting clean, restaurants

My Summary:

This is Mclean’s fourth move, and her next shot at becoming someone new.

She’s been Eliza, Lizbeth and Beth Sweet so far, leaving Mclean far in the distance.

In a town with a restaurant in identity crises, a boy genius, and an odd collection of friends, Mclean’s not sure who Liz Sweet is suppose to be, or if she’s suppose to be Liz, or who she is anymore, at all.

My Review:

I love Sarah Dessen, but what did happen to goodbye?

I thought this book would be the one to perfectly understand my soul, and yet it’s the first Dessen to let me down so thoroughly.

I’m not going to spend forever talking about what I didn’t like in this book, because, hello, it is Sarah Dessen, and no matter what I say, loyal fans will still read book ten, and new followers of the cult will be created. Truthfully, I wouldn’t have it any other way, though I wish I was writing a rave review right now.

Basically the amazing X-factor to Dessen’s books that she keeps things fresh, interesting and unique, though her plots progress the same way, with her consistent work on her latest thesis. Usually this thesis comes in the form of the title, to give you a hint. What Happened To Goodbye is the first book that felt scattered, misunderstood, and titled incorrectly.

This book is more about Mclean’s broken relationship with her cheating mother, less about the moving, or the different girls Mclean has been. Mclean, and Dave, her love interest, were bland, and defined by single characteristics for the first time in Dessen Land. I didn’t fall for Dave and I was cheering for the book to end, rather than cheering for Mclean to come to terms with her missing thesis.

One thing made the entire read worth it to me, and that was this line, “Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”

Now, I’m cheering for book eleven.

Notes on the Names:

Ugh.

Mclean. I didn’t like the name, even from the start.

I do, however, love Mclean’s middle name, Elizabeth, and all it’s incarnations, especially Eliza!

Thoughts on the Cover:

This cover screams commercial to me, and though I like the concept, I couldn’t help but feel I was being surreptitiously marked as “the girl with the chick-lit book,” while in public with it.

Parental Book Review *spoilers*

Sexual Content:

Mild

I think all of two kisses.

Mother cheated on her family with another man, and got pregnant with twins before leaving them.

Language:

Note: Mclean’s cars name is ‘Super Sh*tty,’ which accounts for more than half of the tallies for the S word.

Moderate/Heavy

D- 6
B- 1
A- 3
S- 11
Jesus- 4
H- 4

Violence:

None.

Other Notables:

Dave is busted at one party for drinking underage, and his parents fear he is “out of control.” The parents are portrayed as extreme, and I would have to (personal opinion here) agree.

Underage drinking.

Mentions of being high.

Black Out

 The Mod Podge Bookshelf is going 'Back To Black' today. 

I urge you to strike, as well, in the fight to stop congress from passing a law that will enact injustice's upon our online freedoms.

Stop SOPA now!

Athena the Brain

Athena the Brain (Book one in the Goddess Girls series)

Author: Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

Publisher: Aladdin Books

Pages: 160

Read Time: I read it out loud to little kids.

Tag Words: Greek myths, Middle Grade, Athena, Aphrodite, Medusa, Artemis, Pandora, Zeus, the battle of Troy, Athena’s inventions

My Summary:

Athena has just received a summons to Mount Olympus Academy from Principal Zeus, who is none other than her father!

Will Athena, who is apparently a goddess, find a place to belong high above the earth?

My Review:

Right on time this middle grade series about the Greek gods and goddesses reads like a fabulous twisted fairytale. I graduated from middle grade reads long before I was even in middle school and I authentically enjoyed this and feel it was quite well written and plotted out, excluding a few discrepancies.

Athena’s mom is a fly stuck in Zues’s brain? Oi. That didn’t make any sense, or work within the myths at all. Athena sprung from Zues’s brain fully formed. There’s a lot of awesome ideas that could (excuse the pun) spring from that story, none of them including arthropods.

I think all the characters are true to myth and I look forward to more from Team Holub & Williams!

Notes on the Names:

Well, they’re classic, aren’t they? The one that wasn’t a godboy/goddessgirl, or a “special” mortal, like Pandora, was Pallas. Athena’s BFF on Earth. I love the name Pallas. I think it’s so pretty, and if I didn’t know people would be spelling it P-A-L-A-C-E the rest of her life it would be on my list!

Thoughts on the Cover:

I have a secret love for illustrated covers, especially on MG series. Now I’ll have another collection to add to the Mod Podge Bookshelf.

Parental Book Review *spoilers*

Sexual Content:

None.

Language:

None.

Violence:

None.

Other Notables:

Squeaky clean!

Book One: Done

Book One Finished On 01/15/2012 at 9:58 PM. 

Final Word count: 97,676 

Pages: 433

Song I Was Listening To: Here Comes The Sun

 #AmFinished #AmWriting #TheEnd

Interview with author Megan Miranda

GC: Did you always know you wanted to be a writer, or was writing fiction you stumbled upon?

MM: I have always loved to write. In the back of my mind, it was something I always wanted to do. But I also loved science, and I pursued that in school. After school, the science became more and more and the writing became less and less. It wasn’t until I was home with my young kids that I took up writing again in a serious way.

GC: Was Fracture the first book you ever wrote?

MM: It was…but it was the third time I wrote it. Fracture was the first thing I started writing that I believed could become a book. However, the first two attempts didn’t really work. It took 6 months of intense rewrites after that initial version to find the real story.

GC: What was the genesis of Fracture? Does that first idea still convey in the finished book?

MM: Yes, the premise remains the same. The characters remain the same, as well, though a few of them developed into something more than they originally were. But the entire plot point that the tension hinges upon was not there in the original version.

The genesis of Fracture started with that same first line and that same opening scene—of a girl falling through a frozen lake. In all its iterations, Delaney has always found herself drawn to the dying, but the actual plot is completely different.

GC: What was the road to publication like for you, and for Fracture?

MM: It was kind of a whirlwind at first, but has since settled into a relatively smooth ride. It’s been a great experience seeing the book through the stages to publication. The whirlwind part: I sent the first version of Fracture out into cyberspace in October, signed with my agent in November, rewrote the book twice over the next 6 months, and learnedFracture would be published in May. Since then, there’s been a solid year and a half between sale and publication date—it seemed like a long time back then, but I really appreciate the fact that we didn’t have to rush anything. It’s been a great experience.

GC: Are you excited to be a Debut author? Any particularly cool thing/event happened to you yet?

MM: I’m thrilled to be a debut author! The entire process has pretty much been one big “cool thing” that’s happened. Learning that I’d be going on tour has been the most surreal part of the process so far—I sat in stunned silence on the phone when I first heard!

GC: What can readers expect from you next?

MM: I have another standalone, set to come out in early 2013. It’s in the same vein as Fracture in that it walks the line a bit between science and paranormal, but it’s also very different. It’s a psychological thriller about memories, the line between the real and the imagined, and friendship.

Fury of the Phoenix

Fury of the Phoenix

Author: Cindy Pon

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Pages: 359

Read Time: 1 Day

Tag Words: Silver Phoenix, Kingdom of Xia series, high fantasy, kick butt heroines, love story, adventure, romance, heaven and hell

My Summary:

Nearly a year ago Ai Ling destroyed the man who was her incarnations immortal love. Now, he is haunting her from the underworld.

To get what he wants Zhong Ye will go to great lengths to bring Ai Ling, and Silver Phoenix, to hell, will he succeed?

My Review:

First of all, I loved the book. I always disclaimer in the first sentence when I do have things to say that could be taken the wrong way later, because I want you to know- I did enjoy, I did find it worth the read, I do love it.

Still, I’ve got words and a place to put them. ; )
Fury of the Phoenix sort of tied up all the loose ends from Silver Phoenix, but it didn’t add anything else. The action so omnipresent in Silver Phoenix dwindled a bit in it’s companion, but what Fury lacked in physical butt-kickery, it made up for in love.

I know it’s wrong, but I love Zhong Ye. I love him! I even sort of loved him in the first book, Silver Phoenix. *Spoiler for all those who have not read SP ahead!* If the love of your life reincarnates to kill you, “Because I loved you,” you know this was a man worth it. I mean Silver Phoenix came back from the grave to set him free from his madness and in Fury of the Phoenix we find out why. *End Spoiler*

The back story of Zhong Ye and Silver Phoenix was captivating, everything I wished for it to be, and more. As much as I enjoy Ai Ling’s love of food, and as many nosebleeds as Chen Young gives me for not admitting his love of Ai Ling, I could have heard not a peep from either of them in this book and would have been just fine. I really love Zhong & Phoenix that much!

I raced right through this book, and can guarantee that if you wanted to know the how behind Silver Phoenix’s ‘why’ in book one, you should read book two immediately!

Notes on the Names:

There was a little boy character named Yam Head in this book. *Snicker*

Thoughts on the Cover:

I think it’s pretty, but I also didn’t feel the dagger was that important in this book. I’ve been trying to decide if there was something that could have been showcased, and I thought, “What about Silver Phoenix and the red breast binder?” “Or Ai Ling and Silver Phoenix’s hair comb?” Like I said, the book screamed more redemption and love, than action this time around. The dagger is a bit of a hoodwink.

Parental Book Review *spoilers*

Sexual Content:

Mild.

Zhong Ye witnesses sex between Mei Gui and the emperor without carnal description.

Talk of sex within the palace, talk of Ai Ling being a virgin, as would be expected in Xia, and the plot somewhat focuses on the fact that Silver Phoenix loves a Eunuch.

Language:

Mild.

S- 1
Bast--d- 2
C-ck- 1

Violence:

Mild.

A fight scene between Zhong Ye and an immortal animal that nearly results in Zhong’s death.

Other Notables:

Zhong Ye begins his pagan practice of stealing souls from convicted criminals in this book.

Daily Dose 34: Just Imagine

The Mind Readers

The Mind Readers

Author: Lori Brighton

Publisher: Self-published

Pages: 170 Pages (kindle)

Read Time: 4 days

Tag Words: Supernatural, paranormal, abilities, first in a series

My Summary:

Cameron can reads minds, her friend’s don’t know that she’s a freak, and she’s too aware of it.

When a mysterious stranger shows up in her hometown to shed some light on her past, and show her what her future could be should she join him, she is only too eager to find a place to belong.

But as all things that are too good to be true, it may not be worth the cost.

My Review:

I rarely review self-published novels, and this book is the epitome of why. They are nearly always a disappointment, because they skip going through the rock tumbler hundreds of times. They are unfinished, for the most part, they are incomplete in some way, more often than not.

In the road to publication draft one will change. Not once, not twice, not even five times, but possibly hundreds of times over; so many eyes are watching for the flaws, big and small. Self-published authors usually did not participate in this book boot-camp, which isn’t their fault, it just is what it is, and usually that means a good, sometimes a terrible, first draft of a book that goes no farther. (Note: Please understand, I realize some SP authors will/do edit, but things don't really change much, they will, for the most part, come across as first drafts.)

Brighton’s The Mind Readers is basically the best first draft of a book you will ever read; it’s a shame it’s a final copy.

Now, if I had been part of Mind Readers entourage the first thing I would have told Brighton is that she has two books within this one story.

I would have told her to flush out the story of Cameron and Lewis going after the pervert teenage murderer from the first thirty pages of this book, using the sleuthing to build Lewis & Cameron as a couple in a more intimate and true way. From there it becomes more conceivable to the reader that Cameron would go with Lewis to the house in South Carolina, where the relationship begins to falter and deteriorate as Cameron learns the truth of what goes on underground.

This would have made me question Lewis without rejecting him, and his actions/motivations, completely. As it is, I always smelled something fishy, Cameron’s choices were too forced and unbelievable, Lewis is wishy-washy, and not worth any girls time, their relationship was always false to me. I was an unconvinced reader and I won’t be reading book two.

Like I said, a great first draft, but there is no doubt this book needed to go through the rock tumbler many more times before being published.

Notes on the Names:

The only name I didn’t enjoy, and didn’t feel went with the others was the name of the MC, Cameron. An ambiguous, 90’s throw-back name, Cameron never sat right with me.

Thoughts on the Cover:

The cover. is the best part, even if it’s a tad dramatic and stereotypical for the genre.

Parental Book Review *spoilers*

Lost my notes on this one. It is so hard to PBR an e-book. This should, however, give you a general idea.

Sexual Content:

Moderate.

Passionate kissing.

Younger girl dating and older man.

Language:

Moderate/Heavy

Violence:

Moderate

A girl is Murdered.

Torture of a secret agent, not seen, just talked about.

Violent scenes of Cameron reading minds that involves blood and the breaking off of memories.

Other Notables:

None.

IMM 52: The One Where Christmas Came and Went

In which I debut my new intro In My Mailbox style...

Thanks be to:


Penguin


HarperTeen


Scholastic


BloomsburyUSA


Sarah S.


My friends and family who chose to enable me.


As ever, The Story Siren is Queen.

Heroines Vlog

It's Raining Cupcakes

It's Raining Cupcakes

Author: Lisa Schroeder

Publisher: Aladdin Books

Pages: 193

Read Time: 1 day

Tag Words: Cupcakes, Middle Grade, Baking Contest, depression, travel, best friend rivalry, family business

My Summary:

Isabel has one goal in life, to travel.

Winning the baking contest would afford her that opportunity! She would get to go to New York City for the final bake-off!

Besides thousands of miles there is a whole lot of complications standing between Isabel and her dreams including her competitive best friend, her mother, who is opening a new business, on her good days, and closing up shop on her bad days.

Isabel is sure her summer will be anything but sweet, but who knows, sometimes the right recipe needs the right amount of nuts.

My Review:

This book is fun, clean, and just good. It’s a middle grade, but I didn’t find it too childish, or cliche. In fact, it was very realistic. Although Isabel is only twelve she is dealing with realistic situations. A move, family complications, friendship with a girl who is always better than she is, and holding onto her dreams, even when everyone around her is dreaming of anything but.

I found a kinship with Isabel, even if it has been quite some time since I was twelve. Holy cow, it feels like it was just yesterday, though, doesn’t it?!

My only complaint is the incredibly odd ending. I would have cut it on page 179 and left what is the final chapter for book two. It’s a very awkward ending, and up an until then it had been the perfect book. I was very annoyed by it.

No matter, I am completely sold on this series and cannot wait to see if Isabel succeeds in the Big City!

Notes on the Names:

Isn’t Isabel darling? I love it so much more than Isabella, or even Isabelle, though not as much as the Scottish variant of Isobel! Did you know that Isobel/Isabel/Isabelle are international forms of Elizabeth? Two equally gorgeous names with one origin!

Thoughts on the Cover:

Makes me hungry just looking at it!

Parental Book Review *spoilers*

Sexual Content:

None.

Language:

None.

Violence:

None.

Other Notables:

Isabel’s mother deals with depression and crippling fear.

The Character of Names by David Farland

Today David Farland has stopped by the blog to discuss the character of names in his new book, Nightingale. 

With fantasy, I usually look strongly for resonance within the genre.  With NIGHTINGALE, though, I used a lot of modern names.



Bron Jones is my protagonist.--One of my wife's cousin's is named Bron Walker, and I've always thought that he was incredibly handsome.  So I stole his first name.  The name Jones sounded like something the state would tack onto a child who had been found abandoned at birth.



Melvina Stillman is the foster mom who kicks Bron out of his home.--A lot of Danish settlers moved to Southern Utah in the 1800s, and they had this habit of coming up with atrocious concoctions.  I knew that she was going to be a nasty person, so I didn't want to base Melvina on anyone that I knew.  I made up the name (which means "little girl Melvin."  I used it, but then a few days later read an article about a Melvina who lives nearby.  I used the name "Stillman," because dead men are still.  So I wanted to have a hint of death to her name.



Olivia Hernandez becomes Bron's new foster mother.  Olivia is a name that I always thought was pretty.  I have a neighbor, Bonnie Alduenda, with a gorgeous olive complexion.  So I based Olivia on Bonnie to some degree.



Adel Todesfall is a powerful henchman--Adel is a German name shortened from Adelhelm, which means "High guard."  In the manner of ancient names, it is more a designation of status than anything else.  The name Todesfall means "nightfall."  I developed the name after studying in a German dictionary.



Whitney becomes Bron's girlfriend.  I've always loved the name.  In fact, I had a friend named Whitney when I was young, and often thought that it would be a nice name for a daughter.



Galadriel Mercer is Bron's neighbor.  Her parents were big Tolkien fans.  I chose the name because I wanted her to be someone that you took a little pity on, right from the start.



Lucius Chenzhenko is my villain.  If you want to find out where he got his name, it will come out in the book!

The Lust List (2012)

I'm already in Lust and the year has only just begun!

I went through my entire Goodreads To-Read list and came up with this top forty. 

I don't know how I did it.

Only one of these has no cover (if I included books without covers we'd be closer to 100 books I'm lusting over in 2012) and I've ordered them 1-40.


Two YA Debuts are included in the top five, and several YA Sophmores make up the top ten.


A sequel is the number one Lust-worthy title. 

Book I would Marry, if that sort of thing was legally binding. Hah, binding, get it?:

1) Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy) by Veronica Roth

And the top five follows:

2) Fever (Chemical Garden)by Lauren DeStefano

3) A Want So Wicked by Suzanne Young




4) Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin by R.L. LaFevers




5) The Selection by Kiera Cass

The Top Ten:

6) 7) 8) 

9) Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins


Sadly, we won't be getting our 'Happily Ever After' until 2013, according to Steph's blog, however, Isla still makes the list, as I'm anticipating it that much.

10 or 11) Timepiece by Myra McEntire

or

10 or 11) Revived by Cat Patrick

12)This is Not A Test by Courtney Summers

13) The Wild Queen by Carolyn Meyer

14) Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

15) The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova

16) Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey

17) Gilt by Catherine Longshore

18) Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

19) Above by Leah Bobet

20) A Million Suns by Beth Revis

21) Underworld by Meg Cabot

22) Something Like Normal by Trish Dollar

23) The Story of Us by Deb Caletti

24) Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

25) A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink

26) Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

27) First Comes Love by Katie Kacvinsky

28) Getting Somewhere by Beth Neff

29) Angel eyes by Shannon Dittemore

30) This One Time With Julia by David Lampso

31) Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale

32) The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long

33) Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield

34) My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend

35) Elemental by Emily White

36) Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel

37) Supergirl Mixtapes by Meagan Brothers

38) Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

39) New Girl by Paige Harbison

40) Lucid by Ron Bass