The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

First of all, the cover is AMAZING! Second of all, this book is AMAZING!  I recommend this book to anyone who loves YA fiction.  This book reeled me in my just the first chapter.  I loved the suspense, I loved the romance, I loved the whole mystery on what REALLY happened that night.  The characters were three-dimensional -- which is something I always like to see.
You should definitely read this book. :)

Summary (from GoodReads):
Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.
She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.
There is.
She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.
She’s wrong.

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Doesn't it look good? Well, it IS good, so read it! :D
For more information on the book, visit the website.

~thespectacularbookworm


Hourglass by Myra McEntire

I just finished this book today and it was amazing!  The plot is very original, and there's an ending that I didn't see coming!  It's a great mix of time-travel and romance.  If the cover's not enough to convince you to read this book, just read the summary!

Summary (from GoodReads):

One hour to rewrite the past . . .

For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She’s tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.

So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson’s willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he’s around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

Full of atmosphere, mystery, and romance, Hourglass merges the very best of the paranormal and science-fiction genres in a seductive, remarkable young adult debut.

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What are you waiting for? Read it already! :)

~thespectacularbookworm

Fracture by Megan Miranda

I had really high hopes for this book.  As soon as I read the summary, I was desperate to read it.  And unfortunately, I was disappointed.  I think I would've liked it more if I wouldn't have had high expectations.  Don't get me wrong, it's still alright, but the ending was abrupt and I didn't like the ending.  Also, the characters acted strange the entire book.  You thought you had Delaney figured out, and she'd do some random thing with no explanation.  Anyways, overall it's a fine book, but it's not great (in my opinion).

Summary (from GoodReads):

Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?

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~thespectacularbookworm

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

*CAUTION: This book is a sequel, so the summary may contain spoilers. Take a look at the first book in the series here.

THIS BOOK WAS THRILLING. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and may I just say, it was a perfect sequel to Divergent.  If you liked (or in my case, loved) Divergent, you'll love Insurgent as well.

Summary (from GoodReads):

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.

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The Trilogy
BOOK ONE: DIVERGENT
BOOK TWO: INSURGENT
BOOK THREE: NO NAME YET
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Hope you like it! :)

~thespectacularbookworm