Jo & Laurie is a young adult romantic retelling of little women by Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I am going to share it anyway. I liked the original Little Women, but I didn’t love it like most people. I never felt compelled to re-read it,… Read more »
Month: May 2020
{Review+Giveaway} Every Reason We Shouldn’t by Sara Fujimura
Every Reason We Shouldn’t is a young adult contemporary romance by auhor Sara Fujimura. Every Reason We Shouldn’t is a skating romance that felt different than previous skating romances that I have read in the past. In the past, the books centered around skating focused on one kind. Either hockey, or figure skating mostly. But… Read more »
{Review+Giveaway} Beneath Cruel Fathoms by @AnelaDeen
Beneath Cruel Fathoms is the first book in the adult fantasy Bitter Sea Trilogy by author Anela Deen. Anela Deen is a new author to me, but she has very powerful, descriptive writing that I really enjoyed. It is no secret that I love fantasy books, but I don’t read too many adult fantasy. I… Read more »
{Pre-Release Full Excerpt} TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS by Christopher Paolini
Is everyone else as excited for Christopher Paolini’s new release, TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS as I am? I can’t wait to read this book. It releases in September from Tor Books, and it sounds awesome! As I promised in my post from Wednesday (see it HERE) here is the FULL EXCERPT from… Read more »
{Review} The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Shadows Between Us is a young adult fantasy by Tricia Levenseller. Right now I am pretty sure this book is slated to be a standalone, but I am also fairly certain after the ending of Shadows Between Us that there needs to be a sequel. I am keeping all of my fingers and toes… Read more »
{Pre-Release Excerpt} TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS by Christopher Paolini
Is everyone else as excited for Christopher Paolini’s new release, TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS as I am? I can’t wait to read this book. It releases in September from Tor Books, and it sounds awesome! Today I have a part of an excerpt to share with you, as well as the book… Read more »
{Review} Loveboat, Taipei by @AbigailHingWen @HarperTeen
Loveboat, Taipei is a young adult contemporary romance book, and is the first book in the Loveboat, Taipei series by debut author Abigail Hing Wen. I am super excited to see that this is going to be a series, likely of interconnected standalones, because I loved Loveboat, Taipei. It follows a group of young adults… Read more »
{Review} Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
Of Curses and Kisses is the first book in the young adult contemporary/magical realism series called the St. Rosetta’s Academy series by Sandhya Menon. I am such a huge fan of retellings, re-imaginings and books based on fairy tales, so when I heard this was going to be a contemporary spin on Beauty and the… Read more »
{ARC Review} Kissing Lessons by Sophie Jordan
Kissing Lessons is a standalone young adult contemporary romance by Sophie Jordan. This book was pure fun. I loved so many things about the story- the characters were all so different, and the romances were great. Yes, I said romances. There were multiple couple in Kissing Lessons, which took me by surprise. If you are… Read more »
{Review+Giveaway} Charlie Hernández Series by Ryan Calejo @thebookGLUTTON
The Charlie Hernández Series by Ryan Calejo is a middle grade adventure series Inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths. This is going to be a series review of the first two books in the series, Charlie Hernández and the League of Shadows and Charlie Hernández the Castle of Bones. I don’t do series reviews… Read more »
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