“Nobody ever wants to be inconvenienced by all the things that happen to girls.” Ellie Frias is a teenage girl with the same basic desires as any other young girl: to be pretty, to be liked, and to have friends. Instead, she goes through middle school being bullied and ostracized, and enters high school simplyContinue reading “Book Review – I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter”
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Book Review – Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
Title: Sky in the Deep Author: Adrienne Young Edition: Hardcover Page Count: 340 pages Goodreads Marketed as being part Wonder Woman, part ‘Vikings’, Sky in the Deep is about seventeen-year-old Eelyn, a fierce warrior and member of the Aska tribe. She has a deep sense of honor and pride, and most of her actions and thoughts areContinue reading “Book Review – Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young”
Book Review – Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Title: Clown in a Cornfield Author: Adam Cesare Edition: Paperback ARC – Published on August 25th, 2020! Page Count: 352 pages Rating: 5 / 5 ✨✨✨✨✨ Goodreads Can I first just say how badly I want gory horror to be a standard in YA book releases? I know, I know – a few naysayers think they’re aboveContinue reading “Book Review – Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare”
Book Review – Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
Title: Rules for Vanishing Author: Kate Alice Marshall Edition: Hardcover Page Count: 416 pages Rating: 5 / 5 ✨✨✨✨✨ Short Summary: Once a year, the path appears in the forest and Lucy Gallows beckons. Who is brave enough to find her–and who won’t make it out of the woods? It’s been exactly one year sinceContinue reading “Book Review – Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall”
Book Review & Blog Tour – Songs from the Deep by Kelly Powell
Simon & Schuster’s SONGS FROM THE DEEP Blog Tour Title: Songs from the Deep Author: Kelly Powell Edition: Paperback Page Count: 304 pages Rating: 3 / 5 ✨✨✨ Short Summary: Moira Alexander has always been fascinated by the deadly sirens who lurk along the shores of her island town. Even though their haunting songs canContinue reading “Book Review & Blog Tour – Songs from the Deep by Kelly Powell”
Book Review – Sadie by Courtney Summers
Title: Sadie Author: Courtney Summers Edition: Hardcover Page Count: 224 pages Rating: 5 / 5 ✨✨✨✨✨ Short Summary: A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she’s left behind. And an ending you won’t be able to stop talking about. Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own,Continue reading “Book Review – Sadie by Courtney Summers”
Mini Book Reviews #1: Girls Made of Snow and Glass, A Man Called Ove, Brain on Fire
✨ Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Fantasy, YA, Fairy Tales) Summary: Girls is advertised as a feminist retelling of Snow White, which immediately grabbed my attention – I’m a sucker for fairy tale retellings! The main characters are Lynet (Snow White) and Mina (the Evil Queen), and the book alternates between the two to tell theirContinue reading “Mini Book Reviews #1: Girls Made of Snow and Glass, A Man Called Ove, Brain on Fire”
Book Review – Divergent by Veronica Roth
Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Publisher: HarperCollins, 2012 Pages: Paperback Edition, 487 pages Rating: 4.5/5 I’ve been on a reading kick lately, and I’ve been revisiting my favorite genre in life – YA Fiction. I’m not ashamed to admit that the pretty covers draw me in, or that the easy to follow plots and angsty, emotionally turbulent characters have me speed-reading through myContinue reading “Book Review – Divergent by Veronica Roth”
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