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Ho Springs by Pamela Redmond Satran

a little spa town near the gates of hell

Set in a fictionalized version of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Ho Springs is the story of a native daughter who returns home after 20 years in Paris to find her family in a shambles, their historic restaurant shuttered, the town itself in chaos.  Ho Springs is told from several characters’ viewpoints, including a Parisian teenager and a meth ho, an Evangelical . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekdays.
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Breathless by V. J. Chambers

Who is Jason?

Jason races into Azazel’s life—sweaty, tortured, and hunted by covert forces.  Even though her football-player boyfriend doesn’t like it, Azazel is drawn to Jason.  He’s so complicated.  He gets in fistfights, but always wins them—efficiently and thoroughly.  He reads Plato and argues with their AP teacher.  But he’s also quiet and serious, haunted by a past he won’t talk . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Losing Denver by Beaulah Pragg

Turns out the biker dude with the black leather jacket and firey temper is actually a chick... and I think I'm in love.

Mitchell is the new guy in school.  Moving from Australia to Texas brings huge changes and he finds himself strangely drawn to Denver, a rebellious tomboy with a dark past.  Meanwhile, at home, his mom is struggling with a debilitating chronic disease and his dad works so much overtime it’s easy to forget he still lives there.  Over the course . . .

A serialized novel, updating almost daily.
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Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick

A Novel of the Sovereign Era

“Brave Men Run” is the story of Nate Charters. Born different, unsure of his origins, he’s an outcast at Abbeque Valley High School, a self-proclaimed “boy freak” with few friends and low self-esteem.  When the Sovereign Era dramatically dawns, Nate finds himself in a quest to discover the truth: is he more than he seems, a misfit in a miraculous . . .

A complete novel.
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Trembling by V. J. Chambers

book two of the Jason and Azazel Trilogy

In the sequel to Breathless, Lilith’s back, and she’s got her eye on Jason. Jason doesn’t think Azazel’s new best friend Jude is really gay. Someone put a bell, engraved with a picture of the sun rising over water, in Azazel’s purse. Azazel’s worried, but Jason thinks she’s paranoid. Jason and Azazel might be at the . . .

A complete novel.
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Corvus by L. Lee Lowe

In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy.  Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor.  Laura is a homo sapiens.  Their story is part . . .

A complete novel.
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Tortured by V. J. Chambers

book three of the Jason and Azazel trilogy

Since she arrived in Italy, Azazel hasn’t been able to stop having nightmares. Sometimes her boyfriend Jason is covered in blood, grinning at her like a demon. Sometimes there is a gun in her hand, and she’s shooting the people she loves the most. The only way to stop the dreams is to drown them in liquor. Azazel can . . .

A complete novel.
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Dark Circles by Annie Abbondante

All I ever really wanted were dark circles under my eyes.

All I ever really wanted were dark circles under my eyes.  The thin, navy half-moons seemed so elusive and beautiful.  I wanted the kind you get from being malnourished or not getting enough sleep.  Models who spent nights with rock stars had them.  Dancers who devoted themselves too much to their art had them.  Pale girls with black hair and . . .

An abandoned novel.
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BREATHLESS

Rollercoaster Ride

Editor: Fiona Gregory
July 19, 2010

BREATHLESS is deservedly popular with its teen audience for the heady blend of a fast moving plot with the unexpected around every turn, the passion of star crossed lovers on the run, and the suspense of a (supernatural?) mystery. These are all entertaining elements, but as an older reader, what I found most fun about this tale was the voice [more . . .]

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CORVUS

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Member: intergal
June 16, 2010

Corvus slips between the story of Zach and Laura, and then Zach’s ‘professional’ life with the Fulgrid as a homo cognscens, a new evolution of human that has ‘developed’ special powers at a cost.

Previous reviewers have focused on the high school elements and the developing love story between Zach and [more . . .]

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