I first read VAMPIRE ACADEMY more than four years ago. Remembering slow-burning forbidden romance between Rose and Dimitri and pulse-pounding action present throughout the whole series made me want to relive it all over again. Would I love it as much the second time around? ...
Book Review – We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen
November 16, 2016 by · 3 Comments
WE ARE STILL TORNADOES is a coming-of-age young adult novel that centers around two best friends, Cath and Scott. What Michael Kun and Susan Mullen did wonderfully was capturing the beauty of friendship and the importance of having that special someone to lean on when life ...
Audiobook Review – What Light by Jay Asher
November 3, 2016 by · 2 Comments
Jay Asher's newest novel, WHAT LIGHT, offers a sweet romance about forgiveness and redemption with a charming premise, but it's not one that will be a literary holiday tradition for me. Every year, Sierra and her family travel from their hometown in Oregon to California ...
Book Review – Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
November 2, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Blood Red Snow White is a set of three short stories and a fictionalized account of author Arthur Randsome's time in Russia during Russian Revolution. Sedgwick brings readers on a thrilling journey, detailing both sides of war between the Red and the White. I was surprised ...
Audiobook Review – A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess
October 31, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Set in London during the Victorian era, A SHADOW BRIGHT AND BURNING is a decent beginning to Jessica Cluess's Kingdom on Fire series. While the characters and plot are both rather generic, the darker setting and bits of action pulled me in. Henrietta is thought to be the ...
Book Review – Replica by Lauren Oliver
October 17, 2016 by · 8 Comments
Lauren Oliver's Replica has an interesting and alluring premise with two girls—one who was manufactured in a lab and one who is not—learning the truth about their life. The book has some moments that will left me flipping to the next page but in the end felt somewhat ...
Book Review – Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
October 5, 2016 by · 2 Comments
Crooked Kingdom was the book I was most looking forward to reading this year. The depth and edge-of-your-seat suspense that Leigh Bardugo delivered in Six of Crows was nearly absent in Crooked Kingdom. Uneven pacing and lack of character growth was Crooked ...
Book Review – Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
September 12, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Wickedly dark with twists and turns, Three Dark Crowns is a good beginning to Kendare Blake's newest series. The book is rather long and I certainly felt its length in several parts, but I enjoyed the magical elements and the characters' journeys. The island of Fennbirn ...
Book Review – Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
August 29, 2016 by · 10 Comments
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock is an exceptional book. I'm at a loss for words. Matthew Quick's grasp on a lonely, depressed teenager "at the end of his rope" is realistic and incredibly sad. Getting to the core of Leonard Peacock broke my heart and I felt for him so ...
Audiobook Review – Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
July 5, 2016 by · 7 Comments
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum is like a young adult version of You've Got Mail. It's addictive, entertaining, and sweet but also deals with heaver issues. I couldn't stop reading (or rather, listening) to it. Though the premise was a bit contrived, I still found the ...
