Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed. Nita[…]
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Category: Book Review
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner : space and shipwrecks and also SPACE
THIS WAS PURE INSANITY. Okay, first things first: one thing you should know about me is that one my all-time favorite movies (rivaled only by my[…]
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Like Never and Always by Ann Aguirre – identities and cars and scandals
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration at all to say that I am always, always in the mood for a good suspenseful thriller. I love twisty narratives. I[…]
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Legendary by Stephanie Garber : cursed playing cards and mysterious tattooed boys and pretty dresses
I’m a bit shocked right now. Let’s flash back to April of last year, shall we? CARAVAL was easily my most anticipated read. Easily. I went in with such[…]
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Emergency Contact by Mary H K Choi : cute texting and shy girls and baker boys
This is entirely adorable and I love it. Look, I think I have two settings when it comes to favorite genres that I’d read in one setting: either the darkest,[…]
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Geekerella by Ashley Poston : actors and pumpkins and adorable overall nerdiness
GEEKERELLA is perfect. Yes, I’m totally serious. It IS perfect. Do you think it’s easy to write something that’s simultaneously enjoyable and adorable and oh-so-addictingly unputdownable (I, a slow[…]
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The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar : war-torn syria, survival, and the most gorgeous writing style you’ve ever seen
This is such a lovely, important book. And it’s quite different from my usual reads. It’s not YA, for example (although I can confidently say that there are many aspects[…]
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Lies You Never Told Me by Jennifer Donaldson : lies and secrets and skateboards
This is how thrillers should be. Everyone, take note. Look, by far the genre I’m the most pickiest with is thrillers. So rare do I genuinely[…]
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Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
What impresses me most is this book’s capability to tackle important, big issues, such as poverty and sexism, in such a simple, comprehensible way. AMAL UNBOUND, as[…]
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Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne : spaceships and survival and jane eyre
I like this book more than I care to admit. Look, I’ll be honest: you could set anything in space, and I’ll all but guarantee I’ll like it. Once[…]
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Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian : ice cream and friendship and summer
This, unfortunately, is a solid no from me. Look, I have nothing against fluffy contemporaries. Nothing at all. In fact, I like to seek them out, because they’re refreshing.[…]
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I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Foreman : friendship in NYC in a day
Hi, all! I know I’ve been scarce lately (because I’m working on my WIP that is slowly killing me #funtimes) but I’m back for better of for worse. Today[…]
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