A missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial-like podcast following the clues she's left behind. Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But … Continue reading ARC Review: Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border—unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay.) There are elves, harpies, and—best of all as far as Elliot is concerned—mermaids. Elliot? Who’s Elliot? Elliot is … Continue reading Review: In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
When crusading lawyer Vikram Pandey sets out in search of a missing youth, his investigations take him to Holywell Street, London’s most notorious address. He expects to find a disgraceful array of sordid bookshops. He doesn’t expect one of them to be run by the long-lost friend whose disappearance and presumed death he’s been mourning … Continue reading ARC Review: Unfit to Print by KJ Charles
You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless orphan Jane Eyre embarks on a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester. Despite their significant age gap (!) and his uneven temper (!!), they fall in love—and, Reader, she marries him. (!!!) Or … Continue reading ARC Review: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows
Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s … Continue reading A book very much “on” beat: Review of Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
"It is a story of courage in the dark, honour in the teeth of love, nobility above all. It gives us a beautiful, passionate princess, a man who renounces love and crown for the sake of a greater and purer cause, and a villain— such a villain." Thank you very much to KJ Charles for … Continue reading ARC Review: The Henchmen of Zenda by KJ Charles
“I was the ice on the river. The snow clinging onto the mountainside.” Thank you very much to St Martin’s Press for granting my wish and providing an eARC of the book. If you’re looking for an action-packed novel with a fierce female main character who is multifaceted, and the text is filled with historical … Continue reading ARC Review: Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
