From now on I’m going to name a trailer of the week (basically giving the book trailer posts a better name) and also making the video box to the right hand side actually mean something (I don’t think ‘video today’ is really appropriate considering it’s normally only updated once a week!)

Anyway (i’ll stop blathering (blather is in the dictionary so I’m assuming it’s a word on now) this weeks trailer of the week is one that was released last month if I remember rightly and I love it, it’s so cute and the gingerbread men – well, mmmm!

It’s the trailer for My Invisible Boyfriend by Susie Day which was released by Scholastic Press in April 2010.

You can read the first chapter of My Invisible Boyfriend on Susie’s website.

Each Friday Book Reviews This Week takes a look at reviews published in the Young Adult book blogosphere to help us all find great new (or rediscover older) young adult books and while were at it celebrate the work of all the young adult book bloggers out there

Here’s a selection from this week (ordered alphabetically by title).

Dear Dylan by Siobhan Curham – reviewed by Sophie at So Many Books, So Little Time

Firespell by Chloe Neill – reviewed by Jenny at Wondrous Reads

Rebel Girl (Secrets at St. Jude’s) by Carmen Reid – reviewed by Lauren at I Was A Teenage Book Geek

Red Tears by Joanna Kenrick – reviewed Iffath at LoveReadingX

Rose by Holly Webb – reviewed by Amber at the Mile Long Bookshelf

Life As we Knew It by Susan Pfeffer – reviewed by Rhiana at Rhiana Reads

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce – reviewed by Lauren at I Was A Teenage Book Geek

Takeshita Demons by Cristy Burne – reviewed by Chelsea at Chicklish

The Lighter Side of Life and Death by C K Kelly Martin – reviewed by Jenny at Wondrous Reads

The Magic Thief: Found by Sarah Prineas – reviewed by Daria at Chicklish

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan – reviewed by Sophie at So Many Books, So Little Time

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han – reviewed by Jenny at Wondrous Reads

Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes – reviewed by Annalie at Chicklish

Author: Rachel Hawkins

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (1st April 2010)

Pages: 323

ISBN: 978-1-84738-722-6

When Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch she imagines a life which is full of fun, magic and well broomsticks but the reality is very different. After a love spell goes terribly wrong she finds herself at Hectate “Hex” Hall, a reform school for witches, shapeshifters and faeries.

And if this wasn’t bad enough after just one day she finds herself making enemies with three powerful witches who all look like they could be supermodels, a crush on the school’s hottie warlock, a creepy tag-along ghost and a room mate who is the only vampire on campus (who also just happened to be the most hated person at Hectate). Being a witch is not looking to be all it’s cracked up to be.

From the moment I read a sample extract on Hex Hall a couple of months ago I knew it would be a book that I would enjoy – full of magic, faeries, shapeshifters and the odd vampire and I wasn’t dissapointed. I found the writing engaging and the descriptions of Hectate vivid and could really imagine what it would be like.

On first impressions Hectate Hall felt a bit like Hogwarts and I noticed Sophie mentioned Hagrid when referring to Cal the groundskeeper but aside from being effectively a magic school I think this is where the similarities end.

One thing I was unsure of (and this is my only critiscm) is that it took a little while to get going, the prologue was very fast paced before chapter one put on the breaks slightly. It did however after a couple more chapters pick up again getting to a point where many chapters ended on cliff hangers and that meant I didn’t dare put the book down. Plus the twists in plot near the end really took me by surprise.

I think if you enjoy reading stories with witches, vampires and magic with a sprinkling of romance thrown in for good measure you’ll enjoy Hex Hall.

I’ve seen this book on quite a few peoples In My Mailbox’s over the past few weeks and after reading a description which mentions vampires – I want to find out more about the Drake Chronicals series.

The Blurb.
“It has been centuries since Anais St. Croix survived the French Revolution. Now she’s made her way back to the living and must face the ultimate test by confronting the evil British lord who turned her into a vampire and left her buried for two hundred years. That’s if she can control her affection for Logan Drake, a vampire whose bite is as sweet as the revenge she seeks …”
Source: Amazon

You can find out more about the series including a family tree of the Drakes on the Drake Chronicals website but I found surprisingly no information on this book there?

Blood Fuede is being published by Bloomsbury Publishing on the 5th July 2010.