Rezension: Gone Girl

"Ich schwieg meistens. Im Stillen stellte ich meine eigenen Fragen, die gleichen Fragen, die mich seit Jahren verfolgten, als wäre es der unheilvolle Refrain unserer Ehe: Was denkst du, Amy? Wie fühlst du dich? Wer bist du? Was haben wir einander angetan? Was werden wir tun?"

Originaltitel: Gone Girl
Verlag: Piper
Reihe: -
Seiten: 571
Preis: 9,99
ISBN: 978-3596188789
Erscheinungsdatum: Juli 2014

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„Was denkst du gerade, Amy?” Diese Frage habe ich ihr oft während unserer Ehe gestellt. Ich glaube, das fragt man sich immer wieder: Was denkst du? Wer bist du? Wie gut kennt man eigentlich den Menschen, den man liebt?

Genau diese Fragen stellt sich Nick Dunne am Morgen seines fünften Hochzeitstages, dem Morgen, an dem seine Frau Amy spurlos verschwindet. Die Polizei verdächtigt sogleich Nick. Amys Freunde berichten, dass sie Angst vor ihm hatte. Er schwört, dass das nicht wahr ist. Dann erhält er sonderbare Anrufe. Was geschah mit Nicks wunderbarer Frau Amy? Selten wurde so raffiniert, abgründig und brillant manipuliert wie in diesem Psychogramm einer Ehe - ein teuflisch gutes Lesevergnügen.

Rezension: Kirschroter Sommer




Titel: Kirschroter Sommer
Originaltitel: -
Autorin: Carina Bartsch
Verlag: Rororo
Reihe: Kirschroter Sommer 01
Seiten: 511
Preis: 9,99
ISBN: 978-3499227844
Erscheinungsdatum: Januar 2013





“'Um deine unendliche Neugier zu befriedigen Hase, ich wollte nur Milch kaufen gehen. Darf ich?'
Arroganter, blöder, selbstgeälliger, dummer...
'Du kannst dir meinetwegen auch ´ne Kuh kaufen', zische ich.
'Hab ich auch schon überlegt, ist aber zu unpraktisch.'”



Würdest du deiner ersten Liebe eine zweite Chance geben?

Die erste Liebe vergisst man nicht. Niemand weiß das besser als Emely. Nach sieben Jahren trifft sie wieder auf Elyas, den Mann mit den leuchtend türkisgrünen Augen. Der Bruder ihrer besten Freundin hat ihr Leben schon einmal komplett durcheinander gebracht, und die Verletzung sitzt immer noch tief. Emely hasst ihn, aus tiefstem Herzen. Viel lieber lenkt sie ihre Aufmerksamkeit auf den anonymen E-Mail-Schreiber Luca, der mit seinen sensiblen und romantischen Nachrichten ihr Herz berührt. Aber kann man sich wirklich in einen Unbekannten verlieben?

Rezension: Daughter Of Smoke And Bone

"Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love.
It did not end well."

Originaltitel:-
Verlag: Little Brown
Reihe: Daughter of Smoke and Bone 01
Seiten: 418
Preis: 19,15
ISBN: 978-0316134026
Erscheinungsdatum: September 2011

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Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out.

When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Rezension: Red Queen

"The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain."

Originaltitel:-
Verlag: Harper Teen
Reihe: Red Queen 01
Seiten: 383
Preis: 9,48
ISBN: 978-0062362711
Erscheinungsdatum: Februar 2015

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Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. 

To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.

Rezension: Wolf

"Die Ferien hatten einen festen Rhythmus. In den Osterferien fuhr Wolf mit uns mit. An Himmelfahrt und Pfingsten fuhr ich bei hm mit. In den Sommerferien teilten wir die Wochen gleichmäßig untereinander auf. Wir waren immer zusammen."

Originaltitel: Naar Wolf
Verlag: Urachhaus
Reihe: -
Seiten: 123
Preis: 12,90
ISBN: 978-3825176914
Erscheinungsdatum: August 2010

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Zoltan und Wolf sind seit dem Kindergarten unzertrennlich. Immer sind sie zusammen, obwohl sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein können: Zoltan ist klein und unauffällig, hat störrische rote Haare und manchmal ein Loch in der Socke; Wolf ist wild, unberechenbar und hat gelbe Reißzähne. 

Trotzdem entfremden sie sich immer mehr, sie gehen einander aus dem Weg, und eines Tages zieht Zoltan weg. 

Zoltan hat seinen Freund schon fast vergessen, da bekommt er eines Tages unerwartet eine Einladung von Wolfs Mutter ...

Rezension: A Game Of Thrones

"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Bantam
Reihe: A Song Of Ice And Fire
Seiten: 864
Preis: 5,64
ISBN: 978-0553573404
Erscheinungsdatum: August 1997

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Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.

Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

Rezension: Menduria - Das Buch der Welten

"Der Blutmond hatte den Zenit längst überschritten, als sie das Gezeitenbuch wieder versiegelte und Menduria für immer verließ, um in einer neuen Welt wiedergeboren zu werden."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Ueberreuter
Reihe: Menduria 01
Seiten: 374
Preis: 16,95
ISBN: 978-
3764150587
 Erscheinungsdatum: März 2015
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Lina lebt das normale Leben einer 16-Jährigen: sie geht zur Schule, macht Spaziergänge mit dem Nachbarshund Otto und liebt Literatur. Kaum zu glauben also, als plötzlich eine weiße Wölfin vor ihr steht und mit ihr spricht! Von diesem Moment an gerät Linas vertraute Welt aus den Fugen. Denn ausgerechnet sie soll von einem mysteriösen Buch auserwählt worden sein, in ihm zu lesen und somit Menduria - und das gesamte Weltengefüge - vor einer übermächtigen Bedrohung zu retten. In Menduria angekommen, lernt sie den geheimnisvollen Dunkelelfen Darian kennen. Aber warum hilft er ihr, wenn er doch eigentlich auf der Seite der Feinde steht? Und wieso fühlt sie sich nur so zu ihm hingezogen? War ihre Begegnung vielleicht auch vom Schicksal vorherbestimmt?

Rezension: The Spook's Apprentice

"How can you be lonely? You've got yourself, haven't you? If you ever lose yourself, then you'll really be lonely."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Red Fox
Reihe: The Wardstone Chronicles 01
Seiten: 325
Preis: 10,22
ISBN: 978-1782952459
Erscheinungsdatum: Juli 2004

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'Someone has to stand against the dark. And you're the only one who can.'

For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried. Some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope. But does he stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the County?

Rezension: The Eye Of Minds

"You have a gift for making a compliment sound like an insult."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Delacorte Press
Reihe: The Mortal Doctrine 01
Seiten: 308
Preis: 18,56 € (über andere Anbieter billiger)
ISBN: 978-0385741392
Erscheinungsdatum: Oktober 2013

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Michael is a gamer. And like most gamers, he almost spends more time on the VirtNet than in the actual world. The VirtNet offers total mind and body immersion, and it’s addictive. Thanks to technology, anyone with enough money can experience fantasy worlds, risk their life without the chance of death, or just hang around with Virt-friends. And the more hacking skills you have, the more fun. Why bother following the rules when most of them are dumb, anyway?

But some rules were made for a reason. Some technology is too dangerous to fool with. And recent reports claim that one gamer is going beyond what any gamer has done before: he’s holding players hostage inside the VirtNet. The effects are horrific—the hostages have all been declared brain-dead. Yet the gamer’s motives are a mystery.

The government knows that to catch a hacker, you need a hacker. And they’ve been watching Michael. They want him on their team. But the risk is enormous. If he accepts their challenge, Michael will need to go off the VirtNet grid. There are back alleys and corners in the system human eyes have never seen and predators he can’t even fathom—and there’s the possibility that the line between game and reality will be blurred forever.

Rezension: Paper Towns

"It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Dutton
Reihe: -
Seiten: 305
Preis: 18,60 € (über andere Anbieter billiger)
ISBN: 978-
0525478188  
Erscheinungsdatum: Oktober 2008
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Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back in the middle of the night—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows.

After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues--and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.

Rezension: Champion

"Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Putnam
Reihe: Legend 03
Seiten: 369
Preis: 13,80
ISBN: 978-0399256776
Erscheinungsdatum: November 2013

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He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy.
Who will be Champion?

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them once again. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic’s border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country’s defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything he has. With heart-pounding action and suspense, Marie Lu’s bestselling trilogy draws to a stunning conclusion.

Rezension: A Long Way Down

"The truth will set you free. Either that or it'll get you a punch in the nose."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Penguin Books
Reihe: -
Seiten: 256
Preis: 8,30
ISBN: 978-0241969939
Erscheinungsdatum: Januar 2005

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For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has, in his own words, 'pissed his life away'. And on New Year's Eve he's going to end it all . . . but not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party. They've stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons.

Yet it's hard to jump when you've got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

Rezension: Frostbite

"By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires, in love with a completely unsuitable guy, and have a best friend whose weird magic could drive her crazy.
Hey, no one said high school was easy."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Razorbill
Reihe: Vampire Academy 02
Seiten: 336
Preis: 6,90
ISBN: 978-1595141750
Erscheinungsdatum: April 2008

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Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose…

It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks.... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.

But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…

Rezension: Prodigy

"Love is illogical, love had consequences - I did this to myself,
and I should be able to take it."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Putnam
Reihe: Legend 02
Seiten: 371
Preis: 15,07
ISBN: 978-0399256769
Erscheinungsdatum: Januar 2013

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June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and Day must assassinate the new Elector.

It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long. 
But as June realizes this Elector is nothing like his father, she’s haunted by the choice ahead. What if Anden is a new beginning? What if revolution must be more than loss and vengeance, anger and blood—what if the Patriots are wrong?

Rezension: The Kill Order

"Scared. That’s good. A fine soldier is always scared. Makes you normal. It’s how you respond to it that makes or breaks you."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Delacorte Press
Reihe: The Maze Runner 0.1
Seiten: 336
Preis: 12,93
ISBN: 978-
0385742887 
Erscheinungsdatum: August 2012
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They thought the end came in a flash.

Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth, killing most of the population.

The worst is yet to come.

Mark and Trina were there when it happened. They survived. But now a virus is spreading. A virus that fills humans with murderous rage.

There is no cure. No escape.

They’re convinced that there’s a way to save those who are left—if they can stay alive. Because in this new, devastated world, every life has a price. And to some you’re worth more dead than alive.

The end is only the beginning.

Rezension: The Infinite Sea

"When you look death in the eye and death blinks first, nothing seems impossible."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Putnam Juvenile
Reihe: The Fifth Wave 02
Seiten: 320
Preis: 13,89
ISBN: 978-0399162428
Erscheinungsdatum: September 2014

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How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.
Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.

Rezension: The Blood Of Olympus

"Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Disney Hyperion
Reihe: The Heroes of Olympus 05
Seiten: 528
Preis: 14,29
ISBN: 978-1423146735
Erscheinungsdatum: Oktober 2014

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Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen-all of them-and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood-the blood of Olympus-in order to wake.

The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps.

The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea's army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.

Rezension: Tiger Lily

"Sometimes I think that maybe we are just stories. Like we may as well just be words on a page, because we're only what we've done and what we are going to do."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: HarperTeen
Reihe: -
Seiten: 304
Preis: 12,86
ISBN: 978-
0062003256  
Erscheinungsdatum: Juli 2012
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Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair… Tiger Lily. When fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan deep in the forbidden woods of Neverland, the two form a bond that's impossible to break, but also impossible to hold on to. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. However, when Wendy Darling, a girl who is everything Tiger Lily is not, arrives on the island, Tiger Lily discovers how far she is willing to go to keep Peter with her, and in Neverland.

Rezension: Opal

"Simmer down, Kitten, before I have to get you a ball of yarn to play with."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Entangled Select
Reihe: Lux 03
Seiten: 382
Preis: 10,25 € (Bind-Up der zweiten zwei Bände)
ISBN: Bind-Up - 978-
1622664498
Erscheinungsdatum: Bind-Up - Juli 2014
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No one is like Daemon Black.

 When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn't fooling around. Doubting him isn't something I'll do again, and now that we've made it through the rough patches, well...There's a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

 But even he can't protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love. 

After everything, I'm no longer the same Katy. I'm different...And I'm not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I'm capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won't turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever. 

Together we're stronger...and they know it.

Rezension: Onyx

"Dogeared pages were Antichrist of book lovers everywhere."

Originaltitel: -
Verlag: Entangled Select
Reihe: Lux 02
Seiten: 366
Preis: 10,15 € (Bind-Up der ersten zwei Bände)
ISBN: Bind-Up - 978-
1622664481
Erscheinungsdatum: Bind-Up - Juni 2014
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Being connected to Daemon Black sucks...Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon's determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I've sworn him off, even though he's running more hot than cold these days. But we've got bigger problems. Something worse than the Arum has come to town...The Department of Defense are here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we're linked, I'm a goner. So is he. And there's this new boy in school who's got a secret of his own. He knows what's happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that's possible. Against all common sense, I'm falling for Daemon. Hard. But then everything changes...I've seen someone who shouldn't be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he's never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them--from me? No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies...