GingerRead Reviews

Title: Missing Dixie (Neon Dreams #3) Author: Caisey Quinn Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: October 27, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo Fighting for redemption… I’ve lived most of my life in darkness, beneath the shadows of secrets and addictions. The last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt the only girl I’d ever loved—the one who brought me into the light. In my entire life I’d made one promise—a promise I’d intended to keep. I’ve broken that promise and now I have to live with the fallout. Dixie Lark hates me, and I have to tell her that I love her. I also have to tell a truth that might destroy us forever. Can she love me even if she can’t forgive me? Learning to move on… Gavin Garrison broke his promise to my brother and he broke my heart in the process. I may never love anyone the way I’ve loved him, but at least I won’t spend my life wondering what if. We had our one night and he walked away. I’m finally beginning to mov...

Title: Frosh: First Blush (Frosh #1) Author: Mónica B. Wagner Publisher: The Studio - Paper Lantern Lit Release Date: October 20, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo During welcome week at Hillson University, the FROSH will hit the fan. Type-A aspiring journalist Ellie plans to take freshman year by storm. But hellbent on breaking a huge on-campus scandal, she risks becoming one herself—and getting the mysterious, heart-melting QB in serious trouble. Grant, star quarterback and charismatic chick-magnet, is hiding a life-altering secret. The last thing he needs is an overeager (absolutely adorable) journalist asking questions. He’s got a reputation to protect. High-society legacy student Devon is ready to catch the football hottie of her dreams. If the tabloids feature her with the “it” boy on her arm, her tainted past will be buried—or so she thinks. Charlie, pre-med, is done being the sweet and funny geek that girls like Devon ignore. But if he tr...

Title: One Life (Only You #2) Author: A.J. Pine Publisher: InterMix Release Date: October 20, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo In the latest from the author of One Night , tragedy causes a young woman to struggle to keep her head above water, and the only one who can help her is the guy who’s been in the friend zone for the past year… Every time life throws Zoe Adler a curve ball, she changes her appearance. Freshmen year—after almost following her mother’s alcoholic footsteps—she said good-bye to her blonde, girl-next-door image and opted for jet black hair and piercings galore. After her brother Wyatt’s death, she escapes to the city to teach a summer art program for kids. Her black hair goes blue, and she finds solace in the arms of a longtime friend, in his heart, and in his bed—but her guilt makes her unable to accept the love he wants to give. Spock might the guy to save Zoe. But when she learns the truth about his past, the edge she’s tee...

Title: Slow Play (The Rules #3) Author: Monica Murphy Publisher: Self-Published Release Date: October 13, 2015 Source: Purchased Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo Newly broke girl Alexandria Asher just wants to live a normal life. After her parents are sent to prison on embezzlement charges, she enrolls in college under her mother’s maiden name and tries her best to pretend she’s someone else. Tristan Prescott is everything Alex is trying to avoid. A seemingly egotistical, lazy, rich jerk, she dumps her beer on his head when he comes on to her one night at a party. This only spurs Tristan into action. He loves nothing more than a challenge And the beautiful Alex is exactly the type of challenge that intrigues him. Despite her reluctance, Alex finds herself quickly involved with Tristan. Underneath that playboy exterior is a good guy, a sweet and sexy guy who she is undoubtedly falling for. What they both don’t realize is the actions of Alex’s parents the reason for so much trag...

Title: Red Girl, Blue Boy (If Only... #5) Author: Lauren Baratz-Logsted Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Release Date: October 20, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / Book Depository / Indigo Enjoy Red Girl, Blue Boy and the other standalone titles in Bloomsbury’s contemporary If Only romance line entered around an impossible problem: you always want what you can’t have! Sixteen-year-old Katie and Drew really shouldn’t get along. After all, her father is the Republican nominee for President of the United States while his mother is at the top of the Democratic ticket. But when Katie and Drew are thrown together in a joint interview on a morning talk show, they can’t ignore the chemistry between them. With an entire nation tuned into and taking sides in your parents’ fight, and the knowledge that—ultimately—someone has to lose, how can you fall in love with the one person you’re supposed to hate? This title in the If Only line is a frank and funny romance th...

Title: Falling for the Wrong Guy Author: Sara Hantz Publisher: Entangled Crush Release Date: October 12, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo Ruby Davis has a crush on her brother’s best friend. At least, he was his bestie until the big betrayal. Now Drew is off limits to everyone, especially Ruby. She can’t stand the way people treat him, or the way he feels about himself. And those deep green eyes are calling to her. Drew is scarred and damaged, and he has no business even looking at Ruby. But he can’t help himself. She’s beautiful, but he does his best to stay away. When they are assigned a school project, they become reluctant friends—even though they want so much more. She’s torn between her feelings for Drew and loyalty to her brother. There’s no way they can ever ben together…but love just might find a way. Stories that involve a girl and her brother’s best friend are pretty much my favourite thing to read ever. So whenever I find a book that...

Title: The Fifteenth Minute (The Ivy Years #5) Author: Sarina Bowen Publisher: Rennie Road Books Release Date: October 13, 2015 Source: ARC from Publicist Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Kobo Freshman Lianne Chalice is known to millions of fans as Princess Vindi. But sometimes a silver screen sorceress just wants to hang up her wand, tell her manager to shove it, and become a normal college student. Too bad that’s harder than it looks. She’s never lived a normal life. She hasn’t been to school since kindergarten. And getting close to anyone is just too risky—the last boy she kissed sold the story to a British tabloid. But she can’t resist trying to get close to Daniel “DJ” Trevi, the hot, broody guy who spins tunes for hockey games in the arena. There’s something haunting his dark eyes and she needs to know more. DJ’s genius is for expressing the mood of the crowd with a ten second song snippet. With just a click and a fade, he can spread hope, pathos or elation among six thousand s...

Title: Madly (Potion #1) Author: Amy Alward Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Date: September 29, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / Book Depository / Indigo When the Princess of Nova accidentally poisons herself with love potion meant for her crush, she falls crown-over-heels in love with her own reflection. Oops. A nationwide hunt is called to find the cure, with competitors travelling the world for the rarest ingredients, deep in magical forests and frozen tundras, facing death at every turn. Enter Samantha Kemi—and ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Sam’s family were once the most respected alchemists in the kingdom, but they’ve fallen on hard times, and winning the hunt would save their reputation. But can Sam really compete with the dazzling powers of the ZoroAser megapharma company? Just how close is Sam willing to get to Zain Aster, her dashing former classmate and enemy, in the meantime? And just to add to the pressu...

Title: Juniors Author: Kaui Hart Hemmings Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Release Date: September 22, 2015 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / Book Depository / Indigo Lea Lane has lived in between all her life. Part Hawaiian, part Mainlander. Perpetual new girl at school. Hanging in the shadow of her actress mother’s spotlight. And now: new resident of the prominent West family’s guest cottage. Bracing herself for the embarrassment of being her classmates’ latest charity case, Lea is surprised when she starts becoming friends with Will and Whitney West instead—or in the case of gorgeous, unattainable Will, possibly even more than friends. And despite their differences, Whitney and Lea have a lot in common: both are navigating a tangled web of relationships, past disappointments and future hopes. As things heat up with Will, and her friendship with Whitney deepens, Lea has to decide how much she’s willing to change in order to fit into their wo...