Review: The Dark World by Cara Lynn Shultz

Title: The Dark World

Series: The Dark World #1

Author: Cara Lynn Shultz

Genre: YA, urban fantasy

Publication date: May 2014

Published by: HarlequinTeen

Source: The publishers via Netgalley

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Synopsis:

Paige Kelly is used to weird--in fact, she probably corners the market on weird, considering that her best friend, Dottie, has been dead since the 1950s. But when a fire demon attacks Paige in detention, she has to admit that things have gotten out of her league. Luckily, the cute new boy in school, Logan Bradley, is a practiced demon slayer-and he isn't fazed by Paige's propensity to chat with the dead. Suddenly, Paige is smack in the middle of a centuries-old battle between warlocks and demons, learning to fight with a magic sword so that she can defend herself. And if she makes one wrong move, she'll be pulled into the Dark World, an alternate version of our world that's overrun by demons-and she might never make it home.

My rating: ★★★★★
Holy wow, you guys! This book = pure awesomeness! The concept was great and I just absolutely loved it!

Review: Spellcaster (Spellbound #2) by Cara Lynn Shultz

Title: Spellcaster

Series: Spellbound #2

Previous Book in this series: Spellbound

Author: Cara Lynn Shultz

Genre: YA, paranormal romance

Publication date: March 27, 2012

Published by: Harlequin Teen

Source: The publishers via Netgalley

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Synopsis:

Finding your eternal soulmate--easy.

Stopping a true-love-hungry evil--not so much…

After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although...it's not easy dealing with the jealous cliques and gossip that rule her exclusive Upper East Side prep, even for a sixteen-year-old newbie witch. Having the most-wanted boy in school as her eternal soul mate sure helps ease the pain-especially since wealthy, rocker-hot Brendan Salinger is very good at staying irresistibly close....

But something dark and hungry is using Emma and Brendan's deepest fears to reveal damaging secrets and destroy their trust in each other. And Emma's crash course in über-spells may not be enough to keep them safe…or to stop an inhuman force bent on making their unsuspected power its own.

My rating: ★★★★★
I love anything with magic and witches! So yes, I loved Spellcaster...I loved it, I loved it, I loved it! And Brendan...totally swoon-worthy! *swoons* <<< See! ;)

Review: Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz

Title: Spellbound

Series: Spellbound #1

Author: Cara Lynn Shultz

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: June 2011

Published by: Harlequin Teen

Source: The publishers via Netgalley

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Synopsis:

What's a girl to do when meeting The One means she's cursed to die a horrible death?

Life hasn't been easy on sixteen-year-old Emma Connor, so a new start in New York may be just the change she needs. But the posh Upper East Side prep school she has to attend? Not so much. Friendly faces are few and far between, except for one that she's irresistibly drawn to—Brendan Salinger, the guy with the rock-star good looks and the richest kid in school, who might just be her very own white knight.

But even when Brendan inexplicably turns cold, Emma can't stop staring. Ever since she laid eyes on him, strange things have been happening. Streetlamps go out wherever she walks, and Emma's been having the oddest dreams: visions of herself in past lives—visions that warn her to stay away from Brendan. Or else.

My rating: ★★★★☆
After her mother's death, Emma is left practically all alone in the world...with her idiot stepfather. But after an accident that he caused, Emma decided that its finally time to take up her Aunt Christine on her offer to come live with her in New York. A fresh start is exactly what she needs. But the students aren't exactly welcoming or nice in her new, fancy, prestigious, school. Though she is inexplicably drawn to one particular (and gorgeous, I might add ;)) guy, Brendan.