Bethany C

Bethany C edited the description of Luminous Wednesday, January 19, 2011.

• When sixteen-year-old Consuela discovers she can remove her skin, revealing a lustrous mother-of-pearl skeleton, she slips into a parallel world known as the Flow, a place inhabited by archetypal teens with extraordinary abilities. Crafting skins out of anything – air, water, feathers, fire – she is compelled to save ordinary people from dying before their time. Yet now someone is murdering them, one by one, and Consuela finds herself the focus of an intricate plot to end the Flow forever when all she really wants is to get back home, alive.

Bethany C edited the description of Intrinsical Saturday, August 14, 2010.

• Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Yara grew up watching her grandmother taunted and scorned for this unusual ability and doesn't want that to be her future. She has been dreading the day when she too would see ghosts, and is relieved that the usually dominant Waker gene seems to have skipped her, letting her live a normal teenage life. However, all that changes for Yara on her first day at her elite boarding school when she discovers the gene was only lying dormant. She witnesses a dark mist attack Brent, a handsome fellow student, and rushes to his rescue. Her act of heroism draws the mist's attention, and the dark spirit begins stalking her. Yara finds herself entrenched in a sixty-year-old curse that haunts the school, threatening not only her life, but the lives of her closest friends as well. Yara soon realizes that the past she was trying to put behind her isn't going to go quietly.

Bethany C edited the description of I Am Number Four Thursday, July 15, 2010.

• “Number Four is a hero for this generation.” (—Michael Bay, director of Transformers )

  Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real.

  Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing.

  But they know.

  They caught Number One in Malaysia.
  Number Two in England.
  And Number Three in Kenya.
  They killed them all.

  I am Number Four.

  I am next.

Bethany C edited the description of Desires of the Dead Sunday, July 4, 2010.

• Praise for The Body Finder:“The romance and the mystery in The Body Finder were so intense that I didn’t know whether to hold my breath or scream. I did know I wouldn’t be getting anything done until I read the whole book.” (Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Lovely ) “You’ll be drawn in by the love story—and kept up all night by the suspense.” (Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Stargazer ) “First–time novelist Derting has written a suspenseful mystery and sensual love story that will captivate readers who enjoy authentic high–school settings, snappy dialogue, sweet romance, and heart–stopping drama. A real page–turner, this will have readers checking behind themselves and refusing to go anywhere alone.” (Booklist )

  
  

  When Violet Ambrose's morbid ability to sense the echoes of those who've been murdered leads her to the body of a young boy, she draws the attention of the FBI. She is reluctantly pulled into an investigation that will endanger more than just her secret...but her relationship and possibly her life as well.

Bethany C edited the description of How It Ends Sunday, June 13, 2010.

• Laura Wiess is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Such a Pretty Girl , chosen as one of the ALA's 2008 Best Books for Young Adults and 2008 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, and Leftovers . Originally from Milltown, New Jersey, she traded bumper-to-bumper traffic, excellent pizza, and summer days down the shore for scenic roads, bears, no pizza delivery, and the irresistible allure of an old stone house surrounded by forests in Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains Region. Email Laura Wiess at laura@laurawiess.com or visit http://www.laurawiess.com for more information.

  All Hanna's wanted since sophomore year is Seth. She's gone out with other guys, even gained a rep for being a flirt, all the while hoping cool, guitar-playing Seth will choose her. Then she gets him -- but their relationship is hurtful, stormy and critical, not at all what Hanna thinks a perfect love should be. Bewildered by Seth's treatment of her and in need of understanding, Hanna decides to fulfill her school's community service requirement by spending time with Helen, her terminally ill neighbor, who she's turned to for comfort and wisdom throughout her life. But illness has changed Helen into someone Hanna hardly knows, and her home is not the refuge it once was. Feeling more alone than ever, Hanna gets drawn into an audiobook the older woman is listening to, a fierce, unsettling love story of passion, sacrifice, and devotion. Hanna's fascinated by the idea that such all-encompassing love can truly exist, and without her even realizing it, the story begins to change her.

  Until the day when the story becomes all too real...and Hanna's world is spun off its axis by its shattering, irrevocable conclusion.

Bethany C edited the description of Caribbean Cruising Sunday, June 13, 2010.

• Hi Brooke! I'm going snorkeling with Ryan today, wanna come? I knowThe perfect summer story of a girl, several boys, and a cruise ship full of possibilities.

  Lindsay has never been on a cruise, but she knows exactly what you'reshe wants to do now that she is: climb a waterfall, snorkel, meet lots of cute guys, and look for one perfect guy for a summer fling.

  But her to–do list isn't going according to say, but he's justplan, especially when she discovers that it's impossible to have a friend, I swear! So when you finally get out of bed, come find me at the spa getting another massage. xofling–when you're actually falling in love.

  Ages 13+

Bethany C edited the description of Kisses from Hell Sunday, June 6, 2010.

• From five of the hottest teen authors come five stories on the one topic teens can’t get enough of: vampires. Varying from dark and moody to light and fun, this will appeal to every reader looking to quench an insatiable thirst for tales of the beautiful undead.

  In this exciting collection of paranormal tales the only thing hotter than the roster of authors is the teen vampire romances they’ve written. Kristin Cast (House of Night series), Alyson Noel (The Immortals series), Kelley Armstrong (The Darkest Powers series), Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy series), and Francesca Lia Block (Weetzie Bat) take “love bites” to a whole new level in their own way.

  Each of these well-known authors has her own fan base, and together this collection of vampire tales is sure to captivate the teen audience. With a range of tones and content—Richelle Mead offers a look at the legendary love story of the parents of her Vampire Academy heroine, while Francesca Lia Block’s main protagonist is a sexy, powerful outcast who turns out to be more than she seems—there’s something for everyone.

Bethany C edited the description of Matched Sunday, May 30, 2010.

• In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.

  Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s barely any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one . . . until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion.

Bethany C edited the description of Forget You Monday, May 24, 2010.

• When swim team captain Zoey wakes up from a car accident with partial amnesia, she is torn between the boy she remembers...and the one she doesn't.

  There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. With her life about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon.

  But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s one thing she can’t remember at all—the entire night before. Did she go parking with Brandon, like she planned? And if so, why does it seem like Brandon is avoiding her? And why is Doug—of all people—suddenly acting as if something significant happened between the two of them? Zoey dimly remembers Doug pulling her from the wreck, but he keeps referring to what happened that night as if it was more, and it terrifies Zoey to admit how much is a blank to her. Controlled, meticulous Zoey is quickly losing her grip on the all-important details of her life—a life that seems strangely empty of Brandon, and strangely full of Doug.

Bethany C edited the description of Take Me There Monday, May 24, 2010.

• Sometimes sexy, sometimes sad, and always intense, Take Me There is a dark and surprising novel about a boy on the run who's headed nowhere fast.

  Dylan has a bad-boy past and a criminal record. He knows that rich, beautiful Jess is way too good for him—but she has always been the one person who sees through his tough exterior and straight to his heart, and he has been hopelessly in love with her from the first time they met. He would change his life for a chance with her.

  But trouble follows Dylan wherever he goes, and a deadly mistake soon forces him to hit the road and leave his dreams behind. He’s on the run and in search of answers—answers to questions he wishes he’d never asked. <close>