She's SO Dead to Us by Kieran Scott comes out this month. Ally Ryan's dad lost the family's money - and the money of several of his friends - in bad investments in Ally's freshman year and the Ryans fled in shame. Now Ally and her mother are back, living in a condo on the other side of town. Some hunk is living in Ally's old house. And Ally's old friends do not greet her with open arms. Nasty pranks, cruel asides and romantic maneuvering ensue in this book about the invisible caste lines that inhabit every high school. The ending is a "What!!!???" moment so I certainly hope this is the start of a series! Scott can't possibly expect her readers to be satisfied with
THAT as a resolution. It's a quick, fun read. It did give me the uncomfortable feeling that those invisible caste lines exist - even after we're all "grown-up".
Cyn Balog's new book,
Sleepless, is due out in July. Eron is a Sleepbringer or Sandman and his 100 years of service are almost at an end. Soon he will be human again to complete the life he lost 100 years before. Julie is one of Eron's charges, a 16 year old girl with a tragic past who has just lost her boyfriend in a car accident. Eron's emotional involvement with Julie is complicated when his replacement shows up - Julie's boyfriend, Griffin. Balog takes a childhood myth and turns the Sandman into something sexy and frightening at the same time. This book was a grabber from the start.
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