Release Day! Book Review: The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway

Title: The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June
Author: Robin Benway
Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin)
Format: ARC
ISBN: 978-1-59514-286-3
Price: 16.99 Pages: 288
Release Date: 8/3/10

When the publisher was gracious enough to send me this book, I had never heard of the author, Robin Benway. She's a relatively new voice in the YA genre and what a voice that is! The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June is her second novel and I want to get right to the blurb on the book:

Around the time of their parent's divorce, sisters April, May and June recover special powers from chidhood--powers that come in handy navigating the pure hell that is high school, and help them cope with the hardest year of their lives. But could they have a greater purpose?

April, the oldest, can see the future. Middle-child May can literally disappear. And the youngest sister June reads minds. When April gets a vision of disaster, the girls must come together to save the day or risk falling apart forever. Will they realize how much they need one another, before it's too late? Because if there's anything stronger than magic, it's sisterhood.

While magical elements play a big part of the plot in this novel, it is so seemlessly woven in, that it never feels contrived or out of place. Benway makes such elements seem almost plausible as she takes the reader through the lives, conniptions and struggles of three very true-to-life teenagers. It's a real coming of age story and the special abilities that the girls possess, draw the reader in to discover how such abilities are going to play out as the girls navigate boys, troubled parental relationships and their own bad choices.

They Came in the Mail! What I'm reading, what I'm going to read and some of what I'll be giving away *smile*

There are so many great books coming down the pike, honestly, I wish I had a job in which I got paid to do nothing, but read books--then write about them! I've received some really great novels over the last few weeks.

With the exception of MINDER, which I'm in the midst of reading and is available now, the other books you see here will be releasing in August, September and October. I'll be posting reviews on all, and giveaways of some of the books.

I'm enjoying MINDER so far and I couldn't resist starting HALO. Oh my goodness, can you say awesome?! This teen author is going places! Anyway, I've got tons of books to read and review as well as continuing to revise my own novel and do some more traveling, whew! It's a busy summer. Hope you all are enjoying yours.

Toodles!