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Item: A Midsummer's Nightmare
Author: Giselle

Thursday, February 06, 2014

Giveaway: A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger

Posted by Giselle • 11 Comments

A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger
Published by Hodder Children's Books on February 6th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, YA
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Sun, sex, and ... step-brothers.

Another sizzling story from Hamilton High.

Whitley Johnson's dream summer of shopping, partying and tanning on the beach has just turned into a nightmare. Because Dad didn't tell her he doesn't live by the beach anymore, or that he's no longer a bachelor. He's picked up and moved to a tiny, lame town called Hamilton and gotten himself a fiance. A fiance whose son just happens to be what's-his-name from last week's drunken graduation party one night stand. Just freakin' great.

As if the summer couldn't get worse, Dad seems to forget Whitley's even there. She doesn't fit in with his perfect new country club family, and Whitley does what any kid lucky enough to go all summer unsupervised does: she parties. Hard.

So hard that she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a younger future step-sister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't 'do friends') and a smoking hot, sweet guy who isn't her step brother (yet) and who actually seems to care for her. It will take all three of them to convince her that they're not phoneys, and to get Whitley to get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.

From the author of The Duff comes another Hamilton High story

We both really enjoyed this book when we read it back in 2012, so we’re happy to have a chance to share the awesome with our fellow book lovers! The wonderful people at Hachette Children’s UK is offering a pretty finished copy of the UK release of A Midsummer’s Nightmare to one of our lucky blog readers!

What did we think of A Midsummer’s Nightmare?

-Find Giselle’s review here!

-Find Jenni’s review here!

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Hachette Children’s Books UK has generously offered a finished copy of A Midsummer’s Nightmare (UK Edition) for giveaway.

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Review: A Midsummer’s Nightmare

Posted by Giselle on 06/02/2012 • 29 Comments

After hearing so much about Kody Keplinger, I finally took the plunge and picked this one up – it will not be my last. It may be a bit formulaic, but I enjoyed the characters immensely, and Whitley’s story is full of drama, attitude, and misgivings that makes it a real page turner.

Whitley’s constant partying and flirting has given her quite the reputation, and her only vacation from all of this has turned out to be more of a nightmare. Whitley’s problems are intense. She’s the kind of character that is not necessarily likeable as she makes dumb, reckless choices and complains incessantly. Strangely, however, I didn’t find this irritating; her less than endearing qualities is what makes the story all the more appealing. It gets us to care,…

Cover Reveal: Yesterday, Deadly Hemlock, Midsummer’s Nightmare & Winter’s Light

Posted by Giselle on 01/27/2012 • 11 Comments

Yesterday C.K. Kelly Martin Release date: September 25th, 2012 by Random House Books for Young Readers Add it to your Goodreads Synopsis currently unavailable More books by CK Kelly Martin:

Deadly Hemlock Kathleen PeacockUK cover Release date: July 5th, 2012by Simon & Schuster UK

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Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered.

Since then, Mac’s life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac’s hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy’s killer: A white werewolf.

Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy…