Contemporary 2/3

Oct 29, 20203 min read

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Synopsis "The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the whole...

Oct 28, 20203 min read

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Synopsis "Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to...

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 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 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

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

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...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

This Coven Won't Break (These Witches Don't Burn #2) by Isabel Sterling

"Hannah Walsh just wants a normal life. It's her senior year, so she should be focusing on classes, hanging out with her best friend, and...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Little Black Bird by Anna Kirchner

"Magic is dying out, but it will not disappear without a fight. Wiktoria is a seventeen year old with a secret: she has psychic powers....

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Reverie by Ryan La Sala

“ All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can't remember anything since an accident...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood #2) by Becky Albertalli

"Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

"Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love with her straight girlfriend, and trying...