Fable by Adrienne Young | Book Review

For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little…

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo | Book Review

The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat…

The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett | Book Review

Some legends never die… Traveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. She’s read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the world’s most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesn’t have is her father’s permission. That honor goes to her father’s…

Songs from the Deep by Kelly Powell | Book Review

Moira Alexander has always been fascinated by the deadly sirens who lurk along the shores of her island town. Even though their haunting songs can lure anyone to a swift and watery grave, she gets as close to them as she can, playing her violin on the edge of the enchanted sea. When a young…

Resurrection Girls by Ava Morgyn | Book Review

*Please bear with me as I post some older reviews from my drafts! Olivia Foster hasn’t felt alive since her little brother drowned in the backyard pool three years ago. Then Kara Hallas moves in across the street with her mother and grandmother, and Olivia is immediately drawn to these three generations of women. Kara…

100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons | Book Review

*Please bear with me as I post some older book reviews from my drafts! 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 has…

Waiting on Wednesday: Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.  In this prompt we discuss books that have yet to be published that we’re excited about! Head over to her blog to learn more. Title: Girls of Paper and Fire Author: Natasha Ngan Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Books Publication Date: November 6, 2018…

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater | Book Review

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the…

The Traitor’s Kiss by Erin Beaty | Book Review

An obstinate girl who will not be married. A soldier desperate to prove himself. A kingdom on the brink of war. With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they’d call a lady―which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked…

Books I Wish I Could Have Read in High School

One of the greatest things about YA these days is the amount of diversity that is being brought to the characters. When I was in high school, it was almost non-existent. I could have been reading the wrong books, but I was a pretty big reader back then. And it's not only the diversity aspect,…