Review: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde

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Publication Date: 27th July 2007
Publisher: Hodder
ISBN: 9780340752029
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Fantasy/Literature/Thriller/Adventure
Source: Bookshelf
Lootability: *****

It has been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursday's got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinback Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Havisham dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well. When Thursday receives a death threat clearly intended for her written self, she realizes what's going on - there is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And that's not all: The Goliath Corporation is trying to deregulate book travel. Naturally, Thursday must travel to the outer limits of acceptable narrative possibilities to triumph against increasing odds.

Illuminate by Aimee Agresti

Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is awarded a prestigious internship in the big city— Chicago—and is sent to live and work at a swanky and stylish hotel under the watchful eyes of a group of gorgeous and shockingly young-looking strangers: powerful and alluring hotel owner Aurelia Brown; her second-in-command, the dashing Lucian Grove; and their stunning but aloof staff of glamazons called The Outfit.As Haven begins falling for Lucian, she discovers that these beautiful people are not quite what they seem. With the help of a mysterious book, she uncovers a network of secret passageways from the hotel’s jazz-age past that leads her to the heart of the evil agenda of Aurelia and company: they’re in the business of buying souls. Will they succeed in wooing Haven to join them in their recruitment efforts, or will she be able to thwart this devilish set’s plans to take the souls of her classmates on prom night at the hotel?

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Publication Date: March 6th, 2012
Publisher: Harcourt's Children Books
ISBN:  0547626142
Original Language: English
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Supernatural/Thriller/Romance
Source: From the publisher via NetGalley
Buy the Book: Amazon
Lootability: Grab it and go!

Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard

Sara Shepard, the author of the Pretty Little Liars novels, has followed up those top-selling fictions with an even more artfully knotted series. At its center is a murdered narrator whose long-lost identical twin sister. Emma is serving as a stand-in detective to find the killer. In the second episode of their hunt, the pair discovers new clues, but they know that as they search for the killer, he or she is watching their every move, waiting for the right moment to end it all. 

Website | Goodreads | Twitter | FacebookPublication Date: 2nd August, 2011Publisher: HarperTeenCountry: United States of AmericaISBN: 0061869724Original Language: EnglishAge Group: Young AdultGenre: Mystery, Thriller, RomanceBuy the Book: AmazonLootability: There's room but keep looking.

The Lying Game by Sara Shepard

I had a life anyone would kill for.
Then someone did.
The worst part of being dead is that there’s nothing left to live for. No more kisses. No more secrets. No more gossip. It’s enough to kill a girl all over again. But I’m about to get something no one else does—an encore performance, thanks to Emma, the long-lost twin sister I never even got to meet.
Now Emma’s desperate to know what happened to me. And the only way to figure it out is to be me—to slip into my old life and piece it all together. But can she laugh at inside jokes with my best friends? Convince my boyfriend she’s the girl he fell in love with? Pretend to be a happy, carefree daughter when she hugs my parents good night? And can she keep up the charade, even after she realizes my murderer is watching her every move?
From Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, comes a riveting new series about secrets, lies, and killer consequences.
Let the lying game begin.

Website | Goodreads | Twitter | FacebookPublication Date: 7th December, 2010Publisher: HarperTeenCountry: United States of AmericaISBN: 006186970Original Language: EnglishAge Group: Young AdultGenre: Mystery, ThrillerBuy the Book: AmazonLootability: There's room but keep looking.