By Your Side by Kasie West

ARC, 342 pages Release Date: Jannuary 31, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: January 30- February 6, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Publisher (I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Romance, Adventure, Chick-lit, Contemporary,  Realistic Fiction, YA       In this…

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

e-ARC, 448 pages Release Date: February 7, 2017 Published by: Thomas Dunne Books Read from: January 1-5, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Publisher (Netgalley: This book was provided for a just and honest review. There was no compensataion given for the review.) For fans of: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Retellings, Magic, YA      Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. …

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

ARC, 408 pages Release Date: Jannuary 31, 2017 Published by: Flatiron Books Read from: January 25-30, 2017  Caraval, #1 Source: Bea 2016 For fans of: Adventure, Magical Realism, Romance, Fantasty, Bombshell Endings, Sparkly Covers, YA       Whatever you’ve heard about Caraval, it doesn’t compare to the reality. It’s more than just a game or a performance. It’s the closest…

You Don’t Know my Name by Kristen Orlando

e-ARC, 320 pages Release Date: January 10, 2017 Published by: Swoon Reeads Read from: January 7-11, 2017  The Black Angel Chronicles, #1 Source: Netgalley (I recieved this book for free from the publisher. This in no way shaped my review of the book.) For fans of: Spies, Contemporary, Romance, Action, Realistic Fiction, YA      Fighter, Faker, Student, Spy. Seventeen-year-old…

Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

ARC,  324 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: Feiwel & Friends Read from: October 22, 2016- Stand-alone Source: BEA For fans of: Thrillers, Romance, Own Voices, Humor, Stand-alones, Bombshell Endings      Flynn’s girlfriend has disappeared. How can he uncover her secrets without revealing his own?     Flynn’s girlfriend, January, is missing. The cops are asking questions he…

Into White by Randi Pink

ARC,  271 pages Release Date: September 13, 2016 Published by: Feiwel and Friends Read from: September 16-September 19, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Contemporary, Magical Realism, Religion, YA Sixteen-year-old Latoya Williams, who is black, attends a mostly white high school in the Bible Belt. In a moment of desperation, she prays for the power to change her race…

100 Days by Nicole McInnes

ARC,  387 pages Release Date: August 23, 2016 Published by: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux(BYR) Read from: August 17- August 20, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Diversity (physical disorder), YA      Agnes doesn’t know it, but she only has one hundred days left to live. When she was just a baby, she was diagnosed…

Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

ARC, 227  pages Release Date: July 12, 2016 Published by: Little, Brown BYFR Read from: July 18-21, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TLA 2016 For fans of: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Children’s, Diverse Reads, #OwnVoices, Contemporary, DEAR,       From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks.     When her fifth-grade teacher hints…

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