Category: YA books

  • Given to the Earth by Mindy McGinnis Spotlight | Penguin Blog Tour

        GIVEN TO THE SEA An expansive YA fantasy from an up-and-coming YA author, just right for Throne of Glass readers. Loyalties collide, friendships are tested, and romance blooms in a dying world where the sea is rising – and cannot be escaped. Khosa is Given to the Sea, a girl born to be fed to…

  • Starswept by Mary Fan | Book Review

      This book was provided to me in exchange of an honest review In 2157, the Adryil—an advanced race of telepathic humanoids—contacted Earth. A century later, 15-year-old violist Iris Lei considers herself lucky to attend Papilio, a prestigious performing arts school powered by their technology. Born penniless, Iris’s one shot at a better life is…

  • Winter Glass by Lexa Hillyer | Book Review

    This book was given to me for an honest review   Check out my review for book one Spindle Fire Winter Glass is the sequel to Spindle Fire, a retelling of the classic fairy tale: Sleeping Beauty. Book two picks off right where book one ended. Aurora, Isbe and Prince William are back in Deluce…

  • Sabriel by Garth Nix | Book Review

    For many years Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won’t stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him Sabriel must cross back into that treacherous world – and face the…

  • Hinder by Kristin Ping | Book Review

    This book was given to me as part of the Rockstar BookTour for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.  This was one of the worst reads I made myself go through in a long while. Between information dump that is unnecessary to the story, outrageous descriptions, writing inconsistency and cliche after…

  • These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner | Book Review

    These Broken Stars Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive – alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a cynical war hero. Both journey across the eerie deserted terrain for help. Everything changes when they uncover…

  • Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer | Book Review

      I have given this book for free for an honest review.   A kingdom burns. A princess sleeps. This is no fairy tale. It all started with the burning of the spindles. No. It all started with a curse… Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king’s headstrong illegitimate daughter,…

  • Turtles All The Way Down by John Green | Book Review

    Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is…

  • YA Authors at the 2017 Miami Book Fair!

    In Anna Banks’ thrilling sequel to Nemesis, Princess Sepora of Serubel and King Tarik of Theoria have formed an uneasy truce–until traitors with powerful allies arise from unexpected places, challenging both their kingdoms forever. Julie Buxbaum’s What to Say Next Michael Buckley’sbest-selling The Sisters Grimmseries, featuring two orphaned sisters, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, celebrates ten years…

  • An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson | Book Review

      Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel’s paintings are highly prized among them. But when she receives…