A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark, narrated by Suehyla El-Attar I listened to this novella on an audiobook and it really adds to the story! The narrator did an amazing job in conveying emotions and distinctly capturing each character’s voices. I love how it describes the world; an alternate Cairo where a … More Mini Reviews #20: Dead Djinn, Secrets, Hauntings, and Revenge
There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon ebook, 384 pages Published May 14th 2019 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers The irresistible companion novel to the New York Times bestseller When Dimple Met Rishi, which follows Rishi’s brother, Ashish, and a confident fat athlete named Sweetie as they both discover what love means to them. Ashish Patel didn’t … More There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
The Bright and The Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski e-ARC, 368 pages Expected publication: March 2nd 2021 by Quill Tree Books Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the only survivors of the freeze, a dark magical hold Knnot Mountain unleashed over her village. Everyone, including her family, is trapped in an unbreakable sheet of ice. Ever since, she’s … More The Bright and The Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon E-book, 384 pages Published July 28th 2020 by Simon Pulse Today, she hates him. It’s the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals for all of high school, clashing on test scores, student council elections, and even gym class pull-up contests. … More Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
A Neon Darkness (The Bright Session #2) by Lauren Shippen eARC, 256 pages Published September 29th 2020 by Tor Teen The second Bright Sessions novel from creator Lauren Shippen that asks: “What if the X-Men, instead of becoming superheroes, decided to spend some time in therapy?” Los Angeles, 2006. Eighteen-year-old Robert Gorham arrives in L.A. … More A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen
The Wicked Deep by Shea Earnshaw Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge—and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them. Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for … More Mini-reviews: October Binge-Reads
The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich e-ARC, 232 pages Expected publication: May 26th 2020 by Feiwel & Friends ✰✰✰.5 Part thriller, part romance, The Friend Scheme is another twisty #ownvoices YA novel from Cale Dietrich, author of The Love Interest. High schooler Matt’s father is rich, powerful, and seemingly untouchable—a criminal with high hopes that his son will … More The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich // Love the romance, need more action, hate the ending
Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani eARC Expected publication: January 28th 2020 by HarperCollins ✰✰✰.5 Kira Fujikawa has always been a girl on the fringe. Bullied by her peers and ignored by her parents, the only place Kira’s ever felt at home is at her grandfather’s Shinto shrine, where she trains … More Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani
100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons eARC, 311 pages Published August 7th 2019 ✰✰✰.5 When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she … More 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons // Sweet and intimate
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare Paperback, 669 pages Published March 8th 2016 by Margaret K. McEldeberry Books ✰✰✰.5 In a secret world where half-angel warriors called Shadowhunters are sworn to fight demons, parabatai is a sacred word. A parabatai is your best friend and battle partner. Parabatai can be everything to each other–but they can never … More Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare // More than a forbidden romance
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