• Book Reviews

    Book Review: Dead Beautiful

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Dead Beautiful Author: Melanie Dugan Publisher: Upstart Press Pages: Paperback; 165 Release Date: May 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Sexual Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of Greek mythology, and especially those who enjoy a good twist on what they already know. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Dead Beautiful is a contemporary retelling of the classic Greek myth of Persephone. This was the myth the Greeks used to explain how we came to have the change…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    Waiting On Wednesday (6)

    “Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon A haunting love story about desire, danger, and destiny. After Renee Winters discovers her parents lying dead in California’s Redwood Forest in what appears to be a strange double murder, her grandfather sends her off to Gottfried Academy in Maine, a remote and mysterious high school dedicated to philosophy, “crude sciences,” and Latin: the Language of the Dead. It’s here she meets Dante, a dark and elusive student to whom she feels…