Number 18: And I Darken

And I Darken by Kiersten White
Series: The Conqueror's Saga
Genre: Young Adult
Pages: 475

The Goodreads description can be found here.  And I Darken is the story of Vlad the Impaler, but with the twist.  In this story, Vlad is a girl named Lara.  And she is a strong and fierce warrior.  There weren't any paranormal of fantasy elements in this one.  So this is another one that I didn't think fit quite right in the category.  It is more historical fiction.  I believe this one is well-written but boring.  My favorite characters were minor characters that didn't appear often.  There were just so many better reads in this category so it falls to the bottom for me.  And so far, my thoughts are pretty close in line with the Goodreads voters.

Number 19: Ivory and Bone

Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh

Series: Ivory and Bone #1

Genre: Young Adult

Pages: 371

The description for Ivory and Bone can be found here.  I didn't love this read.  This story took place a step up from the Stone Age.  It was a romance/mystery where you didn't know it was a romance or mystery until they unveiled  "who dun it."  Though well written and poetic, this one comes in second-to-last place because it was boring and it didn't feel like it fit the fantasy/sci-fi category.

Coming in Dead Last: My Lady Jane

Number 20: My Lady Jane


My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand and Brodi Ashton
Series: The Lady Janies
Genre: Historical, YA, Fantasy
Pages: 491 kindle

I actually got around to reviewing this one on the blog.  You can find the kinda-sort-of review here.  There are a few books that shouldn't have been a finalist on this list.  In my opinion this is one of them.  This book was awful.  In fact, it is the first and only book that I failed to finish since starting this blog in 2011.  In general, I refuse to get up on books.  Not this one.  I was wasting my life away so I had to quit half way through.  Needless to say, this book came in last on my list.