When it comes to this post going live, I will probably have a ton more books to add to this series. I’ve been doing a lot of organising lately (more on that in the future) and I’ve realised just how many books on my shelves I either don’t want anymore or won’t ever read.
Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Peña
I think I’ve talked about this series in these posts before, but I can’t remember. I bought the whole set for pretty cheap and I don’t know why I bothered. Deep down, I knew I would never read them and they’d just collect dust on my shelf–I don’t even like the DC characters.
Synopsis: His power is beyond imagining.
Clark Kent has always been faster, stronger–better–than everyone around him. But he wasn’t raised to show off, and drawing attention to himself could be dangerous. Plus, it’s not like he’s earned his powers . . . yet.
But power comes with a price.
Lately it’s difficult to hold back and keep his heroics in the shadows. When Clark follows the sound of a girl crying, he comes across Gloria Alvarez and discovers a dark secret lurking in Smallville. Turns out, Clark’s not the only one hiding something. Teaming up with his best friend, Lana Lang, he throws himself into the pursuit of the truth. What evil lies below the surface of his small town? And what will it cost Clark to learn about his past as he steps into the light to become the future Man of Steel? Because before he can save the world, he must save Smallville.
Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
I would really like to read this again at some point, and continue the series, which I’ve never gotten around to. However, I think I’ll get them on my Kindle. I got second hand copies of the physical books that weren’t in great condition, so they didn’t even look good on my shelves.
Synopsis: On the morning of her sixteenth birthday, Renée Winters was still an ordinary girl. She spent her summers at the beach, had the perfect best friend, and had just started dating the cutest guy at school. No one she’d ever known had died. But all that changes when she finds her parents dead in the Redwood Forest, in what appears to be a strange double murder.
After the funeral Renée’s wealthy grandfather sends her to Gottfried Academy, a remote and mysterious boarding school in Maine, where she finds herself studying subjects like Philosophy, Latin, and the “Crude Sciences.”
It’s there that she meets Dante Berlin, a handsome and elusive boy to whom she feels inexplicably drawn. As they grow closer, unexplainable things begin to happen, but Renée can’t stop herself from falling in love. It’s only when she discovers a dark tragedy in Gottfried’s past that she begins to wonder if the Academy is everything it seems.
Little does she know, Dante is the one hiding a dangerous secret, one that has him fearing for her life.
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