Hope is an illusion meant to convince the broken to keep on living. That’s me. Broken. My father pays heaps of money for doctors at the Norfolk Psychiatric Center to fix me. I’ve spent six months of my prime teenage…
Book Review: A Work of Art by Melody Maysonet
The last time I ever read a book this harsh and unabashed, I was sixteen and unhealthily into E.R. Frank books. I don’t think I’ll be ever able to fully describe how painful it was to read about the experiences…
Book Blog Tour: ‘Written in the Stars’ by Aisha Saeed
This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny? Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same…
Book Review: Jex Malone by C.L. Gaber and V.C. Stanley
Simply put, this novel was a big disappointment for me in so many ways. To be fair, I broke the numero uno code of honor of all readers: I judged the book by the cover. I expected the protagonist to…
Book Review: ‘Love on the Lifts’ by Jill Santopolo
Pick your path to find the perfect guy in this personalized romance set on the ski slopes! A book version of The Bachelorette! What better way to spend your vacation than on the slopes? In this unique romance, the reader’s…
Review: Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It’s up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from…
Book Review: Dreamfire by Kit Alloway
Unlike most 17-year-olds, Joshlyn Weaver has a sacred duty. She’s the celebrated daughter of the dream walkers, a secret society whose members enter the Dream universe we all share and battle nightmares. If they fail, the emotional turmoil in the…