Review: Shadow Hills (Luxury Reading review)

  Title: Shadow Hills                      Pages: 391
  Author: Anastasia Hopcus           Source: Luxury Reading
  Publisher: Egmont USA       Published: May 10, 2011
  Series: Standalone?                   Purchase: Amazon
  Rating: 4 out of 5

Persephone “Phe” Archer is grieving the tragic death of her sister, Athena. So when she receives a letter from a school in Shadow Hills – which Athena just so happened to mention in her diary the night she died – Phe decides to enroll there, armed with nothing but Athena’s diary as guidance.

Once in Shadow Hills, Phe starts having vivid nightmares that seem to be trying to tell her something. Are they visions of the future or of the past? What are they trying to say? One thing is for certain, Phe has just stumbled into the heart of the ancient secrets residing in the small town of Shadow Hills.

I immediately was drawn into the world and mystery of Phe Archer and Shadow Hills. There were some slow points, but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed Shadow Hills.

Want to read the rest of my review? Please go here: Luxury Reading

I give Shadow Hills a 4 out of 5.

 

Confused why I don’t have the full review here? Please refer to my first Luxury Reading review here.

In My Mailbox (4)

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren and is a weekly meme to showcase what you got over the week by buying, receiving, borrowing, stealing from a friend etc.

For Review (from Luxury Reading):

Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus
(I’m really enjoying this so far!)

E-Galleys:

The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
(ecstatic over this, I loved the first! I’m surprised I was approved! Thank you HarperTeen!)

Bumped by Megan McCafferty
(I was surprised and excited that I was approved for this one, thank you Balzer + Bray!)

Mercy by Rebecca Lim
(thank you Disney-Hyperion!)

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
(highly enjoying this so far, thank you Harlequin Teen!)

Contests:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis
(suuuuuuper excited about this, thank you to Amanda from Maestra Amanda’s Bookshelf)

Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula by Elise Stokes
(from Goodreads giveaway, thank you Elise Stokes!)

Mystify by Artist Arthur
(thank you vvb32 Reads!)

Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith
(thank you YA Books Central!)

I got extremely lucky lately and won a bunch of contests, so maybe that luck will keep going for a while? I believe I’m going to do a giveaway for everyone that reads my reviews. I’ll try to do one soon, either for 50, 75, or 100 followers .