How I felt reading this book: The Night We Said Yes by reminded me of all the reasons why I do NOT read young adult contemporary but also reminded me of all the things I actually like about it as well. This story follows Ella and her friends on a one-time adventure, a night where they […]
Initial Reaction: I can’t believe that Spearwood is over!!!! Oren you don’t know what you’re doing to me….or maybe you do…. Spearwood Academy Volume 8 (aka The Last Volume) picks up where we last saw Avalon and her friends. Please Note that if you HAVE NOT read the previous volumes there are spoilers in this review….starting NOW….Spearwood is under attack […]
Initial Reaction: AND THEN Spelled by encompasses everything I LOVE and HATE about young adult fiction. Set in the land of fairy tales come to life, Dorthea is the spoiled princess and prisoner of the Emerald Palace. A curse placed on all the females of her family keeps her a prisoner in her own palace. Then one […]
Initial Reaction: The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker is not at all what I expected it to be and yet it was everything and more than what I anticipated! Set during the time of witch trials and burnings in England, this book takes on an alternative history where magic is real and the witches are […]
Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you have all had a good week 🙂 Today I wanted to share with you ‘s newest book Crimson Bound. Recently I’ve really gotten into the retelling’s of old favorites and this is a VERY LOOSE retelling of Red Riding Hood. If you like dark and twisted check it out! It was fantastic 😀 Crimson […]
Initial Reaction: What the….how could….what do I do until the next book?!?! Note: If you’ve not read book one of , there are minor unavoidable spoilers in this review. Also if you are reading this in email or an rss reader please go to the website so you have the option to click on spoiler […]
Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe is the first in an exciting science fiction trilogy about a young woman and her quest to save the planet. 17-year-old Skylar thinks she has gone crazy. She gets these panic attacks of wrongness when she encounters certain situations or people. But when Win, a whole lot of complication, notices […]
First off, I have to say I love this author’s Spearwood Academy series and in kind I think I will love this one as well 😀 Gildemer: The Garden is a serial series about a servant names Gabriella Hansforth. Gabby is a Branch 4 servant, one of the lowest branches in this odd cast-like system, at Gildemer, a private […]
Initial Reaction: Wow…just WOW!!! Fairest by Marissa Meyer is a wonderful addition to the Lunar Chronicles as it tells the evil queen’s story. Literally we get the juicy details behind Queen Levana’s rise to power and just what made her so evil. And dang you Meyer for making me like her!!!! I’m a sucker for a good […]
Initial Reaction: I really wanted to like this book. No one is more disappointed that I didn’t than me! Cress by Marissa Meyer is book three of the Lunar Chronicles and picks up a few weeks after the end of Scarlet. (Spoiler Warning: if you haven’t read the previous books in this series, there are minor […]