When fifteen-year-old Carolyn moves from New Jersey to Alabama with her mother, she rattles the status quo of the junior class at Adams High School. A good student and natural athlete, she’s immediately welcomed by the school’s cliques. She’s…
Book Review: ‘Those Girls’ by Lauren Saft
You know the books that have no redeeming qualities or deeper meaning, but you keep reading them anyways? Well, Those Girls is one of those books. I spent a whole Sunday afternoon reading Those Girls rather than doing meaningful tasks, like my homework.…
Read of the Week: ‘Ensnared (Splintered #3)’ by A.G. Howard
After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She’s determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle…
Book Review: ‘Hidden Huntress’ by Danielle Jensen
I read Danielle Jensen’s Stolen Songbird back in March and fell in love with her elegant writing, ability to create likable characters, and absolute command of what could’ve been a terrible plot. Jensen understands what readers want– a so-called ordinary…
Read of the Week: “Six Feet Over It” by Jennifer Longo
Home is where the bodies are buried. Darkly humorous and heart-wrenchingly beautiful, Jennifer Longo’s YA debut about a girl stuck living in a cemetery will change the way you look at life, death, and love. Leigh sells graves for her family-owned cemetery…
Read of the Week: Get Happy by Mary Amato
In this poignant, realistic, contemporary YA by a state master list star, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Gayle Forman, a young songwriter builds a substitute family with her friends in place of the broken family she grew up…
Book Review: ‘The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest’ by Melanie Dickerson
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest was a YA novel. (It’s a Christian romance marketed towards teens that can pass as adult fiction.) Second, there was a part of him […]…