Michael D’Angelo’s Top 5 Books
- Riders by Veronica Rossi
I wasn’t a fan of the Under the Never Sky books by Veronica Rossi, so it came as a surprise how blown away I was by her new YA series about a group of teens who die and then wake up only to find out it’s their destiny to stop the apocalypse.
- A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
The second book in V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic series did not disappoint. It took the characters we fell in love with from the first book, separated them, and then made them try to kill each other in a magical tournament, and I loved every second of it.
- The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
There will never be anything quite like Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle. The final book in the quartet was overflowing with darkness and magic and uncertainty up until the last page, and I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.
- Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
John Corey Whaley is becoming one of the most reliable contemporary authors I know. His third book, about a boy with severe anxiety and agoraphobia, and the girl who is determined to fix him, was a sweet little novel that is currently loaded with little post it notes marking all the sentences I loved.
- The Last Star by Rick Yancey
Boy, am I torn on The 5th Wave series. The first book: so good! The second book: boo! The third book: well, this last book made me cry like a baby. And while the book as a whole had quite a few problems, it makes it on my list for that powerful ending.
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