Thicker Than Water tells the story of Cecelia Price, a seventeen-year-old girl about to go on trial for killing her brother. It’s the tale of how a smart girl came to make some very bad decisions, the dominoes that led…
Book Review: This Raging Light by Estelle Laure
This Raging Light is a very emotionally driven book. The main character, Lucille, is a seventeen-year-old with a lot on her plate: her father’s dealing with mental health issues, her mother left town and hasn’t come back, and she’s been…
Book Review: Not If I See You First by Eric Lidstrom
Not If I See You First was a really interesting read. I love that there have been so many YA books lately with characters who have some kind of physical or mental illnesses/disability/challenge. These stories are ones that need to…
Book Review: A Step Towards Falling by Cammie McGovern
I am all for young adult books that are about disabilities or chronic illness. I went into A Step Towards Falling with high hopes but very cautious after being let down by other similar books. Fortunately, overall, I really enjoyed…
Book Review: Breath to Breath by Craig Lew
Out of all the novels on abuse that I’ve read, I think Breath to Breath was the worst. Worst in the sense that it gave the most unembellished and gritty view of what it is like to have survived an…
Book Review: Young Widows Club by Alexandra Coutts
Young Widows Club by Alexandra Coutts explores a subject that fascinates most of us: young people getting married very early on in life, and the reality of what happens if you become a widow at such a young age. For…
Book Review: Soundless by Richelle Mead
This is the first novel I’ve read by Richelle Mead. I was especially intrigued by the Chinese folklore and disability-like aspects. Soundless was not quite as exceptional as I expected considering all of the hype that surrounds Richelle Mead but…