Title: Within These Wicked WallsAuthor: Lauren Blackwood Genre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: October 19, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: ebookPages: 336 Synopsis: What the heart desires, the house destroys… Andromeda is a debteraβan exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes …
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ARC Review | Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn
Title: Never Saw You ComingAuthor: Erin HahnGenre: Young AdultPublished On: September 7, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: CW: religious trauma, brief mention of suicide, body shaming, emotional abuse, homophobia Raised by conservative parents, 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap year before college …
ARC Review | Slanted and Disenchanted by Lisa Czarina Michaud
Title: Slanted and DisenchantedAuthor: Lisa Czarina MichaudGenre: Young Adult 17+Published On: September 21, 2021Publisher: Barre Chord PressSource: physical (author invitation)Pages: 320 Synopsis: She hates her family. Heβs hiding behind his teenage sex life. They form a band as an escape. On tour, can they start over….or will all secrets come out on the open road? …
Book Review | The Mixtape by Brittainy Cherry
Title: The MixtapeAuthor: Brittainy C. CherryGenre: RomancePublished On: July 1, 2021Publisher: MontlakeSource: digital (Amazon First Reads)Pages: 333 Synopsis: CW: Death, Depression, Mental and Physical Abuse, Mention of Rape Since the death of his twin brother, Oliverβs caught between pleasing his fans and finding himself. Emery finds him first. Emery has never felt more alone. Raising …
Highlight Review | Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch (Including Inspired Pictorial Collage)
Title: Love & Olives (Love & Gelato, #3)Author: Jenna Evans WelchGenre: YA RomancePublished On: November 10, 2020Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young ReadersSource: paperbackPages: 528 Liv Varanakis doesnβt like to think of her father much, which makes senseβhe fled to Greece when she was only eight, leaving her with just a few painful memories of their shared love for the lost …
Book Review | The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
Title: The Black KidsAuthor: Christina Hammonds ReedGenre: Young Adult, Historical FictionPublished On: August 4, 2020Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young ReadersSource: physical (giveaway winner)Pages: 368 Synopsis: A New York Times bestsellerA William C. Morris Award Finalist βShould be required reading in every classroom.β βNic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear MartinβA true love letter to Los Angeles.β …
ARC Review | Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler
Title: Where It All LandsAuthor: Jennie WexlerGenre: Young AdultPublished On: July 6, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: physical (Goodreads giveaway)Pages: 352 Synopsis: CW: grief, death of parent, infidelity by a parentStevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her fatherβs unrelenting job, itβs too hard to care …
Book Review | Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater
Title: Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2)Author: Maggie StiefvaterGenre: YA FantasyPublished On: May 18, 2021Publisher: Scholastic PressSource: physicalPages: 320 Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny. The stakes have never been higher as it seems like either the end of the world or …
Highlight Book Review | Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Title: MoxieAuthor: Jennifer MathieuGenre: Young AdultPublished On: September 19, 2017Publisher: Roaring Brook PressSource: digitalPages: 335 Synopsis: MOXIE GIRLS FIGHT BACK! Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from …
ARC Book Review | Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield
Title: Hurricane SummerAuthor: Asha Bromfield Genre: Young AdultPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 400 Synopsis: CW: classism, racism, sexism, physical and verbal abuse, sexual assault, rape, abortion (mentioned), infidelity, grief, and deathTilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and …