Book Reviews 5/7

Aug 14, 20202 min read

Upside Down by N.R. Walker

"Jordan O’Neill isn’t a fan of labels, considering he has a few. Gay, geek, a librarian, socially awkward, a nervous rambler, an...

Aug 14, 20202 min read

The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater

"All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this...

Aug 13, 20202 min read

The Extraordinaries (The Extraordinaries #1) by TJ Klune

I want to be upfront: I really enjoyed this book. But this book may not be for you. Check content warnings at the bottom before reading...

Aug 11, 20202 min read

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

"Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven...

Aug 11, 20202 min read

The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life by Dani Jansen

"Alison Green, desperate valedictorian-wannabe, agrees to produce her school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's her first...

Aug 10, 20202 min read

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) by Mackenzi Lee

"Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and...

Aug 9, 20202 min read

Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

"Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

I Hope You're Listening by Tom Ryan

"In her small town, seventeen-year-old Delia “Dee” Skinner is known as the girl who wasn’t taken. Ten years ago she witnessed the...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad #1) by C.B. Lee

"Welcome to Andover… where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

The Sound of Stars by Alecia Dow

"Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world’s...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

"Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

"After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

A Dream So Dark (Nightmare-Verse #2) by L.L. McKinney

"Still reeling from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates), Alice must abandon her friends to complete her mission: find...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson

"When Dean Arnault’s mother decided to run for president, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone, least of all her son. But still that doesn’t...

Aug 8, 20201 min read

A Blade So Black (Nightmare-Verse #1) by L.L. McKinney

"The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Brother's Keeper by Julie Lee

“Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Dread Nation (Dread Nation #1) by Justina Ireland

"Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

"First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

"Trinidad. Sixteen-year-old Audre is despondent, having just found out she’s going to be sent to live in America with her father because...