You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)

by Felicia Day

Why You Will Like This Book:

• Compulsively readable.
• Highly amusing.
• Full of geek references and internet-speak.

And Why You Might Not:

• Full of geek references and internet-speak. (Probably not everyone's cup of tea. In fact, I would probably say, if you don't already recognize Felicia Day, you probably won't enjoy this much.)

Winter

by Marissa Meyer

Story summary: A retelling of Snow White, where the seven dwarfs are space outlaws, the evil queen is a mind-controlling ruler of the Moon, and everything is awesomely science fantasy.
Sequel to Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress.

Why You Will Like This Book:

• Such great characters, especially the mentally unbalanced title character.
• Revolution and romance; cyborgs, hackers, and princesses; battles and plagues and kisses and last-minute rescues.
• The last book in one of the more surprisingly entertaining series I've read in the last few years.

And Why You Might Not:

• There are too many points-of-view for one book, and it changes between them too quickly, making the book a little scattered.
• I think partly because of this, some of the relationships aren't given the depth and focus they deserve to be interesting.

Lockwood & Co: The Hollow Boy

by Jonathan Stroud

Story summary: Our trio of intrepid young ghost hunters is now a quartet! But even the addition of the super-efficient Holly doesn't mean they don't have to deal with bloody footprints, near death, and annoying teammates.
Sequel to The Screaming Staircase and The Whispering Skull.

Why You Will Like This Book:

• Really fun and entertaining, with great characters, exciting swordplay, and terrifying supernatural events.

And Why You Might Not:

• There are ghosts, blood & guts, dark stuff. I was totally fine with it, but I suppose it could be disturbing to some people.
• The jealousy the two female characters had towards each other got tiresome.

Fairest

by Marissa Meyer

Story summary: Levana, the lunar princess, is horribly disfigured, has to exert her powers constantly to cover it up, falls in love with an ineligible man, can't be queen because her cruel and shallow sister is the heir, and has an annoying niece to stop her from claiming the throne. Her life sucks, eh?
In the Lunar Chronicle series. See also Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and the upcoming Winter.

Why You Will Like This Book:

• Entertaining, despite who it has for the main character (basically the evil queen from Snow White--and not a version of her that was made into a sympathetic good guy, either).

And Why You Might Not:

• It's a very short book, and although well-written, probably mostly of interest to people who are already fans of the series.
• It's not exactly a happy book, and not fun and adventurey like the rest of the series.

The Scorch Trials

by James Dashner

Story summary: Thomas and the gang of boys that survived the Maze have been brought to safety with the mysterious WICKED group. Except--surprise! Turns out there's another part to this horrible experiment, and instead of being sent to a maze full of monsters, they're sent to a scorching desert full of crazy people and lightning. So that's... great.
Sequel to The Maze Runner.

Why You Will Like This Book:

• Like The Maze Runner, the primary appeal of this book is finding out what the heck is going on. Reminds me a bit of the days of watching LOST.
• It's fast-paced and exciting. Not surprising they're making a series of movies out of these books.

And Why You Might Not:

• It was really light, lacking in character development or interesting ideas.
• There is an annoying love triangle.