Courtship of the Prophets
By Mary Jane Woodger and Paulette Preston Yates
Genre: LDS Non-Fiction
Personal Rating: 10/10

This is a very endearing book about how the prophets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints met and courted their wives. I loved this book! It was full of so many cute and heart breaking details I never heard before. In fact, I didn't know how most of the prophets met their wives, so this was very informational as well as enjoyable. I only wish that it could have possibly included the stories of all the prophets, when it only covered about eleven. It is a very short book and I felt like a few more stories or pictures would have been beneficial.

The Madman's Daughter
By Megan Shepherd
Genre: Horror/ Mystery
Personal Rating: 10/10

Juliet Moreau's life was ruined after a scandal labeled her as a madman. Although the rumors about his gruesome experiments were never proven. Juliet worked hard to build a life for herself after her father was presumed dead. But then she finds out that he is in fact alive, hidden away on a secret island where he can work on his experiments in peace. Accompanied by her father's young assistant, Montgomery, and Edward, a troubled castaway, Juliet makes it to her father's island. She expects to see the father he loved as a little girl, instead she finds him secluded in madness, creating humans out of animals. The creatures, though odd, appear harmless. Until dead bodies start appearing around the island. And most frightening of all, Juliet begins to believe that the madness that now controlled  her father, lingers in her own blood as well.

This book is based off of H.G. Well's novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. A book I have never read, but am now very interested in. It's not often that I find a good horror book I enjoy, but this one was fantastic! It was spooky and mysterious, and full of haunted characters. I had my guesses as to what was going to happen as the story unfolded, but I was taken by surprise every time. This is the second book by Megan Shepherd that I have read, and I love her detailed writing style. She really knows how to paint a picture.

My Book of Life by Angel
By Martine Leavitt
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Poetry
Personal Rating: 10/10

This was an incredible read! I first herd about this book in my Young Adult Literature class and decided I absolutely had to get my hands on a copy. This book covers a very gritty and difficult subject, and it's written entirely in prose.

Angel was sixteen-years-old when she met Call at the mall--a young man who charmed her with free meals and the promise not to turn her in for steeling shoes. Eventually Call introduces Angel to his special "candy" which she becomes aggressively dependent on. Her father kicks her out of the house and she moves in with Call, not seeing who he really is until it was too late. As a favor he asks her to hook up with a few friends of his, and then a few more. Now Angel is trapped working the streets of Hastings and Main, a place where the girls of the street are slowly disappearing or showing up dead. Only once Call brings an eleven-year-old girl home and tells Angel to show her the ropes of the street, does Angel work up the courage to get her and the little girl away from Call.

This book offered a very unique perspective on a topic that is hard to read about.  Angel's story is very heart wrenching and full of themes about hope and forgiveness. Even though this book does center on prostitution, it was not a dirty book at all. The author wrote with minimal description in order to get the point across but not make the story nauseating. But I still would not recommend this book to anyone under sixteen, because of the topic. I loved books like this that are written in prose because it makes the story so much more powerful, in my opinion. It also makes this a very quick read.