Brenna Yovanoff has never disappointed me. Her dark, paranormal romances have always been deliciously creepy and a little bit weird with beautiful prose. So she’s always a safe bet for a solid read. I wouldn’t call any of her previous books a favorite, but I always enjoyed them. Her latest, Places No One Knows, completely blew… Continue reading Review: Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff
Tag: young adult contemporary
Book Reviews: Spring 2016 Releases
My reviewing efforts have been sporadic lately, so I’m trying to catch up and document my thoughts on several forthcoming titles. These four YA novels due out in March and early April that I highly recommend. Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston Goodreads | Amazon Hermione Winters is the captain of her high school cheerleading… Continue reading Book Reviews: Spring 2016 Releases
Book Review: Breakaway by Kat Spears
Don’t be fooled; this isn’t a sports story. Not really. I loved, loved, loved Sway, Kat Spears debut. It had such incredible voice and captured the complicated dynamics of grief and friendship and attraction between teens. It was just so fucking real. Breakaway is no different.
Book Review: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick
While visiting my brother in sunny California this summer, I cheated on my assigned summer reading by sneaking in some advanced readers’ copies into my beach reading. I was craving a feel good, layered contemporary YA romance, and while it wasn’t my favorite of Huntley Fitzpatrick’s novels, the companion to My Life Next Door still delivered… Continue reading Book Review: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Book Review: A Sense of the Infinite by Hilary T. Smith
The world needs more books like A Sense of the Infinite by Hilary T. Smith. More quiet books that don’t have a catchy hook, but instead have amazing character development. More books about female friendship, and how fraught with complications they can be during adolescence.
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