Kaia is the daughter of professional assassins whose final job went bad and killed them both. Now, however, Kaia has some reason to believe that her mother might be alive, and she sets out with her boyfriend, Oliver, to find out.
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"Readers will be kept up late, shocked to discover the depth of the darkness that lies in the woods. (Suspense. 12-18)"
A camping trip turns deadly for a group of friends as a cackling stalker creeps among the trees, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
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"It's another light romp through high school romance, with an exotic paranormal twist. (Paranormal romance. 12-18)"
This second installment of the True Love series finds Eros, a goddess in this series, setting out to make her second true love match after being drained of her powers by Zeus.
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"Can chick lit come with depth and wit too? Yes, it can. (Romance. 14 & up)"
The course of true love does not run smooth in this funny and sensitive third installment of Scott's comic chick-lit romance series.
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"It's chick lit with redeeming features that may help it appeal to a wide audience. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
Ally wants her dad and her boyfriend, Jake, to come back; Jake wants Ally back, but he can't figure out how to approach her. Failure for both leads to over 300 pages of tantrums, but the teens will learn in the end, as might some readers.
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"A cliffhanger ending will entice teens back for more high-school clique drama. (Fiction. YA)"
As in the author's Non-Blonde Cheerleader and Private series (the latter written as Kate Brian), this first installment in a new series depicts the twin angsts of high school and high society.
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"Predictable, but with a few speed bumps to keep it interesting. (Fiction. YA)"
KJ Miller just can't say no to geeks, which makes her a magnet for Washington High's least desirable bachelors, who range from nerdy to creepy.
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"Still plenty of fun, especially for the rah-rah crowd. (Fiction. YA)"
The continuing saga of Annisa Gobrowski, the only brunette in her beachside Florida high school, becomes a Mars-vs.-Venus battle when the award-winning cheerleading squad adds guys, including Annisa's now-official boyfriend, Daniel.
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"Scott shows incisive insight into the culture of adolescent girls while delivering suspense and well-developed emotional conflicts that should hold young readers' interest throughout. (Fiction. YA)"
The excellent writing in this new offering from Scott, who wrote The V Club (2004) as Kate Brian, belies its silly title.
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"Disappointingly, Scott misses the chance to acknowledge any real reasons why Christmas could ever be disliked, and fails to separate the meaningful aspects of Christmas from the shallow. (Fiction. YA)"
A familiar story arc—best Christmas ever, worst Christmas ever, best Christmas ever—gets a shallow incarnation.
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