Fiction 5/7

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

Crier's War (Crier's War #1) by Nina Varela

"After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, Designed to be the playthings of royals, took over the estates of their...

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

The Relic Spell (The Phyrian War Chronicles #1) by Jimena I. Novaro

"Magic rolls through Orion Tamura’s history classroom like a tidal wave of golden light that only he can see. The spell is deadly, and...

Aug 8, 20202 min read

The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman

"Ella Louise has lived in the woods surrounding Pilot’s Creek, Virginia, for nearly a decade. Publicly, she and her daughter Jessica are...

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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

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi

"Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper...