Reviews written by Kimberly Pauley

So, can love conquer all? It's triumphed over many things jealousy, envy, spite, circumstances&but how about when the other person literally wants your blood? Isabella (Bella) Swan has always been an unusual girl, more the grown-up than either her mother or father (who have been...

Strangely enough, this was the second book I had read recently that started off with a teen discovering that one of his parents (in this case, his step-mother) was having an affair. But other than that starting premise, Zipped is completely different. Mick has always liked...

I know you've been waiting ages and ages to get your hands on the sequel to Paolini's wildly successful book Eragon. But before you read it, do yourself a favor. Read Eragon again. Or, at the very least, skim the last part where Eragon meets up with the Varden. You'll...

Rebel Angels was one of the most anticipated sequels to come out this year (just behind Paolini's Eldest and, of course, Harry Potter). I'm happy to say that it doesn't disappoint at all. In fact, it may even be better than A Great and Terrible Beauty. Gemma...

Have you been bitten by the pop star bug? Do you want to know what it feels like to be up on stage, singing and dancing your heart out, with thousands of people screaming your name? Realistically, very few people become true stars. However, this book can give you a...

Tracy's father decides he needs some "Together Time" with his kids after divorcing their mother. So he books a stay at Farnsworth House on Cape Cod, a place for divorced parents to bring their kids and spend some quality time with them. Two other families are also there: a divorced...

If you're not familiar with the MythQuest series, Alex and Cleo's father has disappeared into the Alterworld (which is accessible through touching images of objects on a computer screen). They search for him as often as they can. Usually, it's Alex that takes the journey because Cleo is confined to...

Cyd Charisse, the almost anti-heroine of Gingerbread, has been tossed out of boarding school and thrust back into the bosom of her family the last place she'd like to be. Family, in Cyd's case, means her mother (a very society conscious woman determined to keep up with the Jones'),...

In the third book of the Gossip Girls series, some big changes have happened (and many more will also occur by the end of the book). Serena and Blair are back to being the best of friends. Nate is dating the extremely buxom Jenny (though he...

If there's one thing Cormier knows, it's that things are never as simple as they seem. Take heroes, and especially war heroes, for instance. While a man may do an incredible thing, or something really brave that makes him heroic in other people's eyes, there might be something in his...

In 1878, there weren't a lot of options open for women living out in the frontier. Eva Wilkins finds this out when, at age thirteen, her adoptive parents die and she is left alone. The only plan she has is to find her birth mother that lives in Denver on...

Lulu Dark is a sarcastic come back artist, a teen with a keen fashion sense, and best of friends with Daisy and Charlie. Her life is going along pretty much as expected until her favorite purse is purse-napped! Her perfectly tacky knock-off one-of-a-kind purse. This means war. ...

Everyone's always talking about who the "next Harry Potter" might be. Who might be worthy of Harry's lofty throne. Well, I'll tell you this -- I don't think there is a next Harry. He's one of a kind. But so is Septimus Heap. Maybe someday they'll be talking about who...

Both written and illustrated by Edwin Fontánez, On This Beautiful Island is both educational and entertaining. Follow Guanín, a Taíno, through an average day in the heart of the forest over 500 years ago. Set on the island of Puerto Rico in a simpler time, Gaunín takes...

I really enjoyed this book. Dare I even say that I loved it? Described by the publisher as "Gilmore Girls" meets "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," I found Principles of Love to be a great coming of age story told in an authentic voice. Love Bukowski is, in some...