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Greetings to everyone on this Sunday. We are one of today's stops on The Last Academy Blog Tour hosted by Shane at Itching For Books Book Tours . We have chosen some of our favorite quotes, have our review, and there's a tour wide giveaway. Have a great day! The Last Academy by Anne Applegate YA paranormal*Hardcover, 320 pages Published April 30th 2013 by Point Purchase:  Amazon Curtis Sittenfeld's PREP meets THE SIXTH SENSE in this spine-tingling, unforgettable debut. Camden Fisher arrives at boarding school haunted by a falling-out with her best friend back home. But the manicured grounds of Lethe Academy are like nothing Cam has ever known. There are gorgeous, preppy boys wielding tennis rackets, and circles of girls with secrets to spare. Only . . . something is not quite right. One of Cam's new friends mysteriously disappears, but the teachers don't seem too concerned. Cam wakes up to strangers in her room, who then melt into ...

Thorn Abbey by Nancy Ohlin YA retelling/paranormal*Hardcover/eBook, 304 pages Expected publication: May 7th 2013 by Simon Pulse Nothing is as it seems in this darkly romantic tale of infatuation and possession, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. Becca was the perfect girlfriend: smart, gorgeous, and loved by everyone at New England’s premier boarding school, Thorn Abbey. But Becca’s dead. And her boyfriend, Max, can’t get over his loss. Then Tess transfers to Thorn Abbey. She’s shy, insecure, and ordinary—everything that Becca wasn’t. And despite her roommate’s warnings, she falls for brooding Max. Now Max finally has a reason to move on. Except it won’t be easy. Because Becca may be gone, but she’s not quite ready to let him go… Thorn Abbey is one of those stories which sneaks up on the reader with its slow but steady story line about the mysterious goings on at a prestigious boarding school. Tess is a quiet middle class teen raised by a singl...