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Title: Lost Voices

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Imprint: Harcourt Books

Pub Date: 4 July 2011

ISBN: 9780547482507

Author: Sarah Porter

The Lost Voice is not just your ordinary fairy tale involving sirens who led sailors to death. It’s a dark, modern fairy tale that deals with a lot of depressing issues in teenage girls’ lives. Okay… at first glance, it sounded like a modern fairy tale, but trust me, there’s more to this book than just a fairy tale. It deals with suicide, bullies, oppression as well as peer pressure. Another disturbing issue that this book raise is acceptance by the society.

The Lost Voice…is metaphorically speaking of the issues that’s clouding the teenage girls world these days. It is also hinting at us that a lot of people has lost their voices to speak up and uphold truth and justice. This is a beautiful, yet insightful and very inspiring book to read.

Book description:

Fourteen-year-old Luce has had a tough life, but she reaches the depths of despair when she is assaulted and left on the cliffs outside of her grim, gray Alaskan fishing village. She expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waves below, but instead undergoes an astonishing transformation and becomes a mermaid.

A tribe of mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her inâ€”all of them, like her, lost girls who surrendered their humanity in the darkest moments of their lives. Luce is thrilled with her new life until she discovers the catch: the mermaids feel an uncontrollable desire to drown seafarers, using their enchanted voices to lure ships into the rocks. Luce’s own remarkable singing talent makes her important to the tribeâ€”she may even have a shot at becoming their queen. However, her struggle to retain her humanity puts her at odds with her new friends. Will Luce be pressured into committing mass murder?

The first book in a trilogy, Lost Voices is a captivating and wildly original tale about finding a voice, the healing power of friendship, and the strength it takes to forgive.

I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. I received this digital ARC from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publisher via Netgalley.

The release date for this book is 4th July 2011, and for more information on this title, please click here.

Title: The Cellar

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Imprint: Graphia Books

Pub Date: 2nd May 2011

ISBN: 9780547232539

Author: A. J. Whitten

I was looking for something different to read, and therefore, I picked up a book that has been long forgotten in my ebook library. The Cellar is actually a very interesting book about a girl who is dating the undead. While the storyline is abit familiar to those vampire books that I’ve been reading lately, I found that this book has it’s own charm.

It is interesting to note how the characters took a few twist and turns and the story developed into something more satisfying.

I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars, and would definitely recommend this to teens who loves to read paranormal fiction with a lace of thrill and mystery.

I received this ARC from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publisher via Netgalley. I was not compensated in any ways for writing this review.

This book will be on sale on 2 May 2011. For more information on this title, please click here.