The Mountains of Instead

Championing fiction as an escape from pandemics, politics and bad TV.

Daddy, Daddy, You Bastard, I'm Through (Review: This Is Not a Test, Courtney Summers)

This is not a Test Courtney Summers St. Martin’s Griffin 2012
Sloane Price was living in hell long before the rest of the world joined her there.Daughter of a domineering and abusive father and sister of a girl who abandoned her to his mercy, she’s been ready to die for a long time.When those around h…

A Winner Has Won!

The winner of Dark Mirror by Mary Jo Putney is 
Samantha J  (chosen by Random.Org)
Well done Samantha, an email is on it's way to you.
Thanks to all who entered and an extra special thank you to St. Martin's Griffin for facilitating this give away.

Comforter, Where Is Your Comforting? (Review: Miles From Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams)

Miles From Ordinary Carol Lynch Williams St. Martin's Griffin 2011
When thirteen year old Lacey sets out to start a summer job at her local library, it is not with the dragging of feet and longing for freedom that you might expect from your average teenager. Rather, Lacey is filled with excitemen…

International giveaway of Dark Mirror by M.J. Putney

Lady Victoria Mansfield is fortunate to have been born to a life of wealth and privilege but unfortunate to have been born with magical ability in a time when magic is seen as the province of only the lower classes.  Unable to completely hide her forbidden talent, Tory finds herself banished to Lac…

Grey Wolves Grey (Review: 13 To Life; S. Delany)

13 To Life Shannon Delany St. Martin's Griffen 2010
When junior Jess Gillmansen gets called out of class by Guidance, she can only presume it’s for one of two reasons. Either they’ve finally figured out who wrote the scathing anti-jock editorial in the school newspaper or they’re hosting yet anoth…