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REVIEW: The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy #2) by Marie Rutkoski

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The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski Series:  The Winner's Trilogy #2 Published by  Bloomsbury Children's on 12th March 2015 Pages:  368 Source:  *Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* Lady Kestrel's engagement to Valoria's crown prince calls for great celebration: balls and performances, fireworks and revelry. But to Kestrel it means a cage of her own making. Embedded in the imperial court as a spy, she lives and breathes deceit and cannot confide in the one person she really longs to trust ... While Arin fights to keep his country's freedom from the hands of his enemy, he suspects that Kestrel knows more than she shows. As Kestrel comes closer to uncovering a shocking secret, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. Lies will come undone, and Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them in this second book in the breathtaking Winner's trilogy. An explosive a

REVIEW: The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers

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The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers Published by Adaptive Books on 5th November 2014 Pages:  368 Source:  *Received from NetGalley in exchange for a honest review* “What is the silence of six, and what are you going to do about it?” These are the last words uttered by 17-year-old Max Stein’s best friend, Evan: Just moments after hacking into the live-streaming Presidential debate at their high school, he kills himself. Haunted by the image of Evan’s death, Max’s entire world turns upside down as he suddenly finds himself the target of a corporate-government witch-hunt. Fearing for his life and fighting to prove his own innocence, Max goes on the run with no one to trust and too many unanswered questions. Max must dust off his own hacking skills and maneuver the dangerous labyrinth of underground hacktivist networks, ever-shifting alliances, and virtual identities — all while hoping to find the truth behind the “Silence of Six” before it’s too late. Thrilling

REVIEW: Rush (The Game #1) by Eve Silver

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Rush by Eve Silver Series:  The Game #1 Published by  Katherine Tegen Books on 11th June 2013 Pages:  361 Source:  *Received from the author in exchange for an honest review* So what’s the game now? This, or the life I used to know? When Miki Jones is pulled from her life, pulled through time and space into some kind of game — her carefully controlled life spirals into chaos. In the game, she and a team of other teens are sent on missions to eliminate the Drau, terrifying and beautiful alien creatures. There are no practice runs, no training, and no way out. Miki has only the guidance of secretive but maddeningly attractive team leader Jackson Tate, who says the game isn’t really a game, that what Miki and her new teammates do now determines their survival, and the survival of every other person on this planet. She laughs. He doesn’t. And then the game takes a deadly and terrifying turn. Unique and engaging, Rush incorporates the imaginative world of gaming

REVIEW: Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School #1) by Jen Calonita

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Flunked  by Jen Calonita Series:  Fairy Tale Reform School #1 Published by  Sourcebooks on 3rd March 2015 Pages:  256 Source:  *Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* Would you send a villain to do a hero's job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-winning author Jen Calonita. Full of regret, Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Flora, has founded the Fairy Tale Reform School with the mission of turning the wicked and criminally mischievous into upstanding members of Enchantasia. Impish, sassy 12-year-old Gilly has a history of petty theft and she's not too sorry about it. When she lifts a hair clip, she gets tossed in reform school-for at least three months. But when she meets fellow students Jax and Kayla, she learns there's more to this school than its sweet mission. There's a battle brewing and she starts to wonder: can a villian really change? Magically fun and enchanting, Flunked  is a light and excitin