Reviews A-Z

Titles that start with the word "the" or "a" are classified under the first letter of the next word.

A
A Fabrication of the Truth by Katie Kaleski
A League of Her Own by Karen Rock
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Across the Wire by Stella Telleria
Adrian Lessons by L.A. Rose

After Hello by Lisa Mangum

All I've Never Wanted by Ana Huang
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho
American Girl on Saturn by Nikki Godwin

Archived, The by Victoria Schwab
Art of Lainey, The by Paula Stokes
Art of Letting Go, The by Anna Bloom
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Autofocus by Lauren Gibalsi

B
Beautiful Curse by Jen McConnel
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Beginning of Everything, The by Robyn Schneider
Book of Ivy, The by Amy Engel
Break-Up Artist, The by Philip Siegel
Breaking Fences by Juliana Haygert
Breaking the Reins by Juliana Haygert
Bright Side by Kim Holden

C
Camp Christmas by JK Rock
Captivate by Vanessa Garden
Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Godwin
Chasing Wishes by Nadia Simonenko
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Confess by Colleen Hoover

D
Death Cure, The by James Dashner
Defining Destiny by Deanna Chase
Destiny Gift by Juliana Haygert
Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher
Distance Between Us, The by Kasie West
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Double Fault by Janine Caldwell
Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

E
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Elemental Secrets by Elle Middaugh
Elevated by Elana Johnson
Endless by Amanda Gray
Extraordinary October by Diana Wagman

F
Faking Normal by Courtney Stevens
Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Fighting for the Edge by Jennifer Comeaux
Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover
Forever Kinda Love by Clara Stone
F*ck Love by Tarryn Fisher
Full Contact by Sidney Halston

G
Geography of You and Me, The by Jennifer Smith
Girls Are Players by Ingrid Seymour
Goddess by Josephine Angelini
Guys Are Props Club, The by Ingrid Seymour

H
Heart Shaped Rock by Laura Roppe
Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott
Heartbreakers, The by Ali Novak
Here and Now, The by Ann Brashares
His Hometown Girl by Karen Rock
His Kind of Cowgirl by Karen Rock
Holly Hearts Hollywood by Kenley Conrad
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
Hunger Games, The by Suzanne Collins

I
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Inside Out by Lia Riley
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

J
Janus Silang at ang Labanang Manananggal-Mambabarang by Edgar Samar
Jesse's Girl by Miranda Kenneally
Just Like a Musical by Milena Veen
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Just One Year by Gayle Forman

K
Keeper by Ingrid Seymour

L
Last Time We Say Goodbye, The by Cynthia Hand
Life on the Edge by Jennifer Comeaux
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan
Love and Other Theories by Alexis Bass
Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander
Love Like Crazy by Megan Squires

M
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
Maze Runner, The by James Dashner
Merch Girl by Rebecca Lewis
More Than Music by Elizabeth Briggs
Mortal Instruments, The by Cassandra Clare
Mutilate My Heart by Emily Godwin
My Last Kiss by Bethany Neal

N
Nash by Jay Crownover
November 9 by Colleen Hoover

O
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
On the Fence by Kasie West
One, The by Kiera Cass
One That I Want, The by Marilyn Brant
One Thing, The by Marci Lyn Curtis
One, Two, Three by Elodie Nowodazjki
One Wish Away by Kelley Lynn
Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Opportunist, The by Tarryn Fisher
Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Originals, The by Cat Patrick

P
Perfectly Broken by Prescott Lane
Played by Liz Fichera
Playing Pretend by Juliana Haygert
Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover
Pretending by Shanna Clayton

Q

R
Raising the Stakes by Karen Rock
Reader, The by MK Harkins
Rematch by Janine Caldwell
Royal We, The by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

S
#Scandal by Sarah Ockler
Scorch Trials, The by James Dashner
Sea of Tranquility, The by Katja Millay
Shadow Bloodlines by Andrea Cooper
Shameless by Nina Lemay
Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon by Edgar Samar
Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
Sideswiped by Lia Riley
Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

Solving for Ex by Leigh Ann Kopans

Somewhere Only We Know by Cheyanne Young
Soul Oath by Juliana Haygert
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, The by Jennifer Smith
Stir Me Up by Sabrina Elkins
Summer I Found You, The by Jolene Perry
Summer I Turned Pretty, The by Jenny Han
Sun and Moon by Desiree Williams
Surrender the Sky by Meradeth Houston

T

That One Summer by CJ Duggan
Thief by Tarryn Fisher
This Girl by Colleen Hoover
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

U
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Unblemished by Sara Ella
Unbreakable by Rebecca Shea
Under a Million Stars by Rita Branches
Under My Skin by Laura Diamond
Unlit Star by Lindy Zart
Upside Down by Lia Riley

V

W
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
What If It's Love? by Alix Nichols
Where Life Takes You by Claudia Y. Burgoa
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Whisper Falls by Elizabeth Langston
Wish For Me by A. Star
Wish Me Tomorrow by Karen Rock
Without You by Julie Prestsater
Wrecked by Priscilla West

X

Y
Year We Fell Down, The by Sarina Bowen

Z

Last updated on May 23, 2017

Feature and Follow

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

This week's question:

Spring is in the air! Show off your favorite outdoors reasing spot. If you don't go outside... Well, where else do you read that isn't inside your house? We want pics!

I don't really read outside the house because the only reading time I usually have is before going to sleep, where I'm cuddled up with all my pillows and blankets (teehee.) If it's really windy and cool, I take a chair to the something (veranda? terrace? not sure what you call it) in our house and just read. :D

About Us

Welcome to Fathomless Reveries! We’re Pauline and Dyane, two teen bloggers from the Philippines! We love books, and that’s exactly why we set up this blog, although we could’ve never gotten the inspiration for it without Kim of Divergent Gryffindor, our friend and fellow book blogger. We mostly read contemporary romance, but we are open to trying other genres as well, so feel free to recommend! Now go click around and explore! Enjoy!

Feel free to email or tweet us for anything :)

Email: fathomlessreveries@gmail.com
Twitter: @fathomlessrevs

Hello! I'm Pauline, a person who can't live without my gadget + Internet. Like, seriously. I'd probably die without them. Okay, not really. But yeah. I become restless without one. Oops.

I tend to become very talkative whenever I find something I really like (hello, books!). I often don’t finish the things that I’ve started, but hopefully I’ll be able to continue blogging! I love anything cute and artistic (most especially typography and lettering stuff) and it is my dream to have my own portfolio posted somewhere, although it seems impossible at the moment. (HAHA) I'm usually hyper, scatterbrained and pretty much a happy-go-lucky person, to the point that I'm so indecisive with the things I want to do in life.

I'd love to meet new people, so don't hesitate to comment or talk to me on Twitter (@paulineerielle)! :D

Hey! I’m Dyane, a 19-year-old bookworm. :D I like writing and drawing, even though I’m not really good at either. I love sports, especially badminton, basketball, and running. I’m more of an introvert, but once you get to know me, I can be pretty crazy (in a good way, I’m hoping). I’m usually happy, because even the smallest things can get me to smile.

Wanna make me smile today? Chat me up on Twitter (@dyanechua)! :)

Review+Giveaway: Playing Pretend

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Playing Pretend

by Juliana Haygert

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Word Count: 65,000
Release date: March 2014
Cover: Berto Designs

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Summary from Goodreads:

As the Governor’s daughter, Charlotte McClain is an expert in playing pretend. High society, the men her mother shoves in her direction and a Pre-Law major are all a part of her perfect pretense. But when she pretends to be a nobody during Spring Break, she meets someone who rocks her world.

Mason Rowell knows heartbreak and Spring Break don’t mesh well, so he allows the mysterious Charlotte to seduce him. What should have been a fling, results in something deeper. After Spring Break has long since passed, he moves to Washington to pursue his graduate degree, but what he never expected to find living among the rich and pompous, was the girl who gave him the strength to change and the desire to start anew.

When the guy Charlotte can’t forget goes from a sensual memory to temptation in the flesh, her facade is put to the test. If she surrenders to his charms, she risks ruining her mother’s perfect career and master plan. Playing pretend is what Charlotte does best, but how long can she pretend she doesn't love the man who made her proud of her true self?

**A light, sexy NA Contemporary Romance**

Review

The synopsis has certainly pulled me in. I mean, a girl protagonist who has two facades, and keeping up with all the pretending? How’s that going to end for her? I was really curious, and that’s what got me hooked up.

It started on Charlotte’s Spring Break, wherein she got to meet Mason and they have this carefree, spring fling romance and not really get to know each other, thinking that they will never see each other again. Everything turns differently when they realize they live near each other. Mason wanted to get to know more about Charlotte, and she just could not forget the time that she had spent with Mason. The political career of Charlotte’s mother has always been more important than Charlotte’s happiness that is why her mother always demanded perfection, class and elegance from her. Because of this, Charlotte and Mason were forced to have a secret relationship instead. Everything goes downhill once again, when Charlotte’s mother introduces Donnie, a son of a political person.

Charlotte has always been living a double life to please her mother and herself. I actually admire her for this because she is selfless to live a life in order for her mother to be happy. Selfless as it seems, she shows a weak personality whenever she could not stand up to her mother.  Seeing her real self being so carefree, artistic and passionate, a total different image from what her mother wants her to be, makes me just cheer for her to go speak up for herself. I loved that she has learned how to become strong and took it to herself to do something to be able to be free from the suffocation she was feeling from her mother. Not to mention that I could somehow relate to Charlotte, especially when she puts up all those facades to be able to deal with what’s happening based on her companions. Been there, done that. I’m glad that Charlotte was able to break herself free from this because it is really amazing to become who you truly are.

Coming from a poor family, I love that Mason did not allow money matters to come between him and his dreams. He is determined and hard working to be able to get reach his aspirations. He is truly passionate and does not give up easily.

The romance between Charlotte and Mason seemed really natural and has this overwhelming emotion. They were really sweet and passionate with each other. Most important of all, they helped bring out the best of each other and could be who they really are. No pretending, and just the two of them.

I love how Juliana Haygert has provided the point of views of both characters, and the story has good pacing. It is fast-paced, and does not have too much filler scenes, which puts Playing Pretend into a good length.

A passionate love story between two people of different status that shows the beauty of real personalities, Playing Pretend is ideal to contemporary romance readers! 

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About the Author

New Adult author and contributor at NA Alley blog.

While Juliana Haygert dreams of being Wonder Woman, Buffy, or a blood elf shadow priest, she settles for the less exciting—but equally gratifying—life of a wife, mother, and author. Thousands of miles away from her former home in Brazil, she now resides in Connecticut and spends her days writing about kick-ass heroines and the heroes who drive them crazy.

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Review: Before I Fall

Title: Before I Fall
Author: Lauren Oliver
Publication Date: October 25, 2010
Publisher: Harper

Synopsis from Goodreads:

What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?

Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last.

The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.

Review

I really had no intention to read this book, what-so-ever. Having a six-hour long exam in school made me bored, then I saw there was a corner with books, and someone told me to just read Before I Fall. So, I thought, why not? I’m bored as hell, and this might help me pass time.  At first, I really didn’t know what’s going to happen with the book. The idea of death is sort of creepy and all that, then it started to get boring. Sam started to tell what happened on the day that she died. It turns out that she wakes up the next morning, living her last day for seven times. I got bored during the first half of the book because the events just kept on repeating, but it was mysterious and I really wanted to know what happens in the end, so I continued on reading.

There were a lot of times that I got annoyed with Samantha (okay, she’s bitchy) and I really felt frustrated with the way she handles things. She doesn’t know how to speak up for herself, and even though she knows there are some things that she’s doing wrongly, she just lets it be because that’s the “in” thing in cliques. There came a time also when I really hated her because she started to do whatever random things that pops into her mind because everything’s going to be erased the next day anyway. It scares me how something can be so fearless and you just don’t know what will happen next. It was really amazing how she was given this chance to see for herself the things that she has been doing, and was given the opportunity to make things right.

The physical descriptions of the characters were quite few that I don’t really remember much of their appearances (especially Ally) but their personalities were really well-developed. Although the story was an open-ended one, and left me with a lot of questions, it was okay for me. Oftentimes I hate open-ended ones, but this time around, I think that it just fits the story. I don’t necessarily love it, but I don’t hate it either. A more concrete ending would have been better though because there were really a lot of unanswered questions. However, the ending just made me think that there are indeed infinite possibilities that can happen in life, and it’s just up to us on how we’re going to make use of those chances.

Lauren Oliver gave us the perspective of teenage life really well, along with its consequences and how everything is just really like a domino. The way this book is written just makes me feel connected and relatable even though we have different stories. Before I Fall isn’t a preachy novel, but it just gave me the chance to think back on all the things I have done. It made me want to become a better person than I was before because not everyone is given the same opportunity as what Samantha had and not everything can be granted with second chances to make things right.

An incredible, phenomenal story about friendship, life and redemption with very powerful messages that makes you think about everything. As long as you keep an open-mind while reading this, and try to really understand the point of the story and go deeper the surface, you’ll love this book! This is definitely a must-read to all!

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Quotes

"Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it. 

But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know."

“I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.”

“That's when I realized that certain moments go on forever. Even after they're over they still go on, even after you're dead and buried, those moments are lasting still, backward and forward, on into infinity. They are everything and everywhere all at once.

They are the meaning.”