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As I haven't been doing IMM for a couple weeks, this will be a culmination of all I've received for review since August.

First, from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers...

Dark Parties by Sara Grant (Goodreads, my review)
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey (Goodreads)

I'm currently reading Guardian of the Dead and will be reviewing it after I've finished my review of Vanish by Sophie Jordan. Now, I need some help deciding which of two books to read after Guardian of the Dead: Ward Against Death by Melanie Card and The Marked Son by Shea Berkley.

I really enjoyed the last adult/young adult crossover novel that I read: Bite Me by Parker Blue (expect my review Tuesday!), and I've always enjoyed historical fiction novels. Melanie Card's Ward Against Death incorporates both elements. Twenty-year-old Ward d'Ath has been branded as a criminal by he Quayestri for trying to be a surgeon, so he's left to working as a necromancer. However, upon waking the beautiful Celia Carlyle, he's dragged into solving the mystery of her murder, an investigation further complicated by her mood swings and the many enemies she's made during her life.

The Marked Son is one of few YA books told from a guy's perspective, as compared to all the books with female protagonists that you see out there, so I'm excited for this one. It's about seventeen-year-old Dylan Kennedy who was abandoned by his mother and who has dreams of a girl in white telling him that only he can save her world from an evil, power-hungry lord. What guy wouldn't want to hear those words? The only problem is that her world is full of creatures of horror stories, and his human blood has him marked for death. This is book one in the Keepers of Life series.

So which book should I read and review first? Please vote by commenting on this post. I'd really appreciate it!