Category: Young Adult
Review: All-American Muslim Girl
All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney In the newest novel by Nadine Jolie Courtney, a teenage girl named Allie learns to embrace and accept a part of her that many don’t understand. Her journey is one woven with threads of many colors: the […]
Review: Willa of the Wood
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty Willa can blend. She can disappear. She can bend the wood to her very will, feeling the drum of it deep in her bones. She can move like a snake, silent and cunning. The very soil of […]
Review: Umbertouched
Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne When last we saw the healer Zivah and the warrior Dineas, they were on a mission against the Empire. All of their collective efforts were wrapped up in finding out the purpose and strategy of the impending war, and what […]
Review: Picture Us In The Light
Picture Us In the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert Life in the Cheng household has always been quiet. Danny has grown up much of his life in an affluent part of California, watching his parents work hard at their jobs to create an existence […]
Recommendation: Burning Magic
Burning Magic by Joshua Khan When last we saw the young and gothic Queen Lilith Shadow and her outlaw best friend Thorn, they were doing their best to protect the country of Gehenna from a lethal army of trolls, all while attempting to control the […]
Review: Furyborn
Furyborn by Claire Legrand As a girl who has spent her life growing up surrounded by royalty and within the comfortable confines of the castle, Rielle Dardenne is no stranger to privilege and prestige. With best friends like the Crown Prince and his beloved cousin, […]
Recommendation: Sage Alexander and the Hall of Nightmares
Sage Alexander and the Hall of Nightmares by Steve Copling Do you remember that evil, cranky looking sun in the old-school Mario video games (if you were born any time after the 1900’s, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about) that was […]
Review: Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things by Martina McAtee It’s no secret that I enjoy the twists and turns of a good YA fantasy story. I like a gritty, layered series even more. If I can combine the two and add in a certain […]
Recommendation: The Cruel Prince
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black I used to never be a reader who gave into the hype and buzz a new book can sometimes bring along with it. But while Instagram has taken book marketing to an entirely different level, some books are […]
Recommendation: Throne of Glass
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Three years ago I was wandering the bookstore with my husband. Newly pregnant after several years and countless disappointments, we were taking this pregnancy slow. Not long into my first trimester, issues with my body arose and […]