Today is the release day of How to Be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras. How to Be Brave is an emotional contemporary YA novel about love, loss, and having the courage to chase the life you truly want. Reeling from…
Book Review: The Rest of Us Just Live Here
What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you’re like Mikey? Who…
Book Review: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
Dumplin’ tells the story of Willowdean Dickson, a teenage girl who is fat and doesn’t shy away from that. Her size is part of her but she knows that it isn’t all she is and she owns that. She’s confident…
Book Review: The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen
Ghost stories are often a hit or miss for me. I’m one of those people that likes to have my endings clear-cut and easy to understand and most times, ghost stories don’t do that. That being said, I went into…
Book Review: Wash Me Away by Wendy Owens
Addy Buckley has secrets – dark and disturbing secrets. When her father gets killed in a flood that swept through her hometown, Addy is both relieved and anxious. Where does she go from here now that she’s free from the…
Book Review: Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between
Jennifer E. Smith is one of those authors who can truly translate the experience of being a teenager authentically to the written word. Her newest novel, Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between, continues proving that and tells a story that everyone can relate…
Book Review: ‘Aoléon the Martian Girl #2’ by Brent LeVasseur
Aoléon and Gilbert receive a special mission from PAX, a wanted criminal and leader of the Martian resistance movement, to investigate the Luminon of Mars, who he suspects is planning an invasion of Earth to steal its milk cows. Gilbert…