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Pros: Good premise, intriguing characters, exciting moments, good pace, literate style.
Cons: Raw language and onstage violence might repel some readers.

Pros: Great characters, great lesson about friendship
Cons: None

Pros: Writing, premise, characters, world-building
Cons: A bit slow and quiet at times.

Pros: Introduction of a well-written series; likable detective and suspenseful plot
Cons: Gemma James doesn't appear quite as much in this first book

Pros: Easy to read, fun to read together, illustrations convey so much
Cons: None

Pros: Cute story, great illustrations.
Cons: Wish they had the same thing for other holidays.

Pros: Details a fascinating, twisted and complex murder case in a concise and captivating manner
Cons: One could probably make an argument that the text is somewhat one-sided

Pros: Fun word play revolving around camping
Cons: Some phrases will need to be explained to non-campers

Pros: Good perspective on affairs
Cons: one detail that I don't feel is realistic- see review

Pros: Great book, good balance in the stories
Cons: somewhat predictable

Pros: Entertaining addition to the series.  Interesting characters.
Cons: May not be enough going on for some readers.

Pros: A quick and fun story that includes dirt bikes and pink ponies.
Cons: Nope.

Pros: a great read.
Cons: none really.

Pros: story and characters; inspired by pre-American history; writing
Cons: there won't be another in the series; saying good-bye

Pros: Entertaining book in a series.
Cons: Few small character issues.  Can cause cupcake cravings.

Pros: Hidden gems to check out when you visit Colorado
Cons: Does not cover smaller, awesome ski areas

Pros: Nothing really.
Cons: Very questionable claims.

Pros: the scoop on who really made the music I listened to as a teen
Cons: nope, no "cons," though I wish it included a compilation of some of that music...

Pros: Brief, succinct, compelling examples of evidence for evolution, DNA, Fossil Record, transposons, sub-optimality, etc.
Cons: Brief and therefore you get only narrow samples.

Pros: Real life instead of romantic teen fluff
Cons: Second person viewpoint; gag on policeman's speech; some letdown; girls' bond with policeman

Pros: Important topic.
Cons: Overly dry and wonkish at times.

Pros: interesting characters, good advancement of plot
Cons: introduction of so many new characters a little confusing

Pros: Enthusiastic in its approach; Confident; Creative; Well written
Cons: A little extreme with its advice

Pros: It is a Gay Romance, with porn passages; it does those parts well.
Cons: It lacks in all the other literary niceties....

Pros: The premise, interesting characters, moments of suspense
Cons: Idealistic ending, some lessening of intensity from the previous books