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Today, I’m hosting a very special guest reviewer here at Libri Dilectio…my DAD! He’s a longtime fan of Terry Pratchett, so when an ARC of Pratchett’s newest title for teens came my way, I sent it on to him. Here it is readers, Mark Daniel’s review of I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett –

Bumped, Megan McCafferty (Gr 9+) Balzer + Bray, April 26, 2011. Review copy provided by publisher. Melody and Harmony are identical twin sisters, but, until the day Harmony shows up on Melody’s doorstep, they’ve never met. The girls were given up for adoption at birth; Melody going to a suburban couple and Harmony to an

The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson (Gr 7+) Greenwillow Books, September 20 2011. Review copy provided by publisher. “Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can’t see how

The Iron Knight, Julie Kagawa (Gr 9+) Harlequin Teen. Review copy provided by publisher. “My name—my True Name—is Ashallayn’darkmyr Tallyn. I am the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court. And I am dead to her. My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl…” This is the fourth book in

In the fourth and final installment of the Luxe series, old flames will be extinguished, new ones will spark, and drama reigns in Manhatten. This is the story of four young women, Diana and Elizabeth Holland, Penelope Schoonmaker, and Carolina Broad. Every one of them has wealth, beauty, and dark secrets. In a world where