Book Review | These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan

Genre(s): YA Fantasy, RomanceAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: July 19, 2022Publisher: Clarion Books 5 out of 5 stars After Abriella’s sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn’t get any worse. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making ­- loving two princes and trusting

Book Review | This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

Genre(s): ContemporaryAge Level: Young Adult FantasyRelease Date: February 1, 2022Publisher: Harper Collins *Trigger Warnings: abuse, injury, medical content, death of a parent, mistreatment 3.5 out of 5 stars Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people—bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s first in an epic, romantic trilogy inspired by Persian mythology. To

Book Review | Not Here To Be Liked by Michelle Quach

Genre(s): Contemporary, RomanceAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: September 14, 2021Publisher: Harper Children’s 2.5 out of 5 stars Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Len—who is

Book Review | You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

Genre(s): ContemporaryAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: November 2, 2021Publisher: Wednesday Books Trigger Warnings: Grief, loss of loved one, death, car accident 5 out of 5 stars Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then

Book Review | Mystic Invisible by Ryder Hunte Clancy

Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Mystery, FolkloreAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: March 17, 2021Publisher: Winter Goose Publishing 3.5 out of 5 stars Fifteen-year-old Monte moves to the mystically jeopardized Highlands of Scotland and discovers that life as a Celtic wizard is anything but easy. Whisperings of abnormal enchantments and vicious cat siths grip the small town he

Book Review | The Kingdom Of Back by Marie Lu

Genre(s): YA FantasyAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: March 3, 2020Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons 4.5 out of 5 stars Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish: to be remembered forever. But even as she delights audiences with her masterful playing, she has little hope she’ll ever become the acclaimed composer

Book Review | So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim

Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Fairytale, RomanceAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: April 7, 2020Publisher: Disney-Hyperion 3 out of 5 stars What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she’s the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella starts work at the palace as a seamstress. However,

Book Review | The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

Genre(s): Fiction, Romance, ContemporaryAge Level: Adult Release Date: November 17, 2020Publisher: Berkley Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Since the day Filomena Fontana cast a curse upon her sister more than two hundred years ago, not one second-born Fontana daughter has found lasting love. Some, like second-born Emilia, the happily-single baker at her grandfather’s Brooklyn deli,

Book Review | Lost In The Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Urban FantasyAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: March 23, 2021Publisher: Swoon Reads 4.5 out of 5 stars When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. It’s been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town’s children start to disappear,

Book Review | We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Genre(s): Romance, Contemporary, Rom ComAge Level: Young AdultRelease Date: June 8, 2021Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers  5 out of 5 stars Quinn Berkowitz and Tarek Mansour’s families have been in business together for years: Quinn’s parents are wedding planners, and Tarek’s own a catering company. At the end of last summer, Quinn