The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine

e-Audio, 9 hours Release Date: February 14, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: November 9-11, 2017 Ravenspire, #2 Source:  Library/ Overdrive For fans of: Magic, Romance,       The world has turned upside down for Thad and Ari Glavan, the bastard twins of Súndraille’s king. Their mother was murdered. The royal family died mysteriously. And now Thad sits…

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

ARC, 320 pages Release Date: October 24, 2017 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Book Read from: October 22-23, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, YA A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun….

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

ARC, 208 pages  Release Date: October 17, 2017 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: October 15, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Tear-Jerker, YA      Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race…

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

ARC, 336 pages Release Date: August 8, 2017 Published by: Little Brown Read from: August 6-8, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA 2017  For fans of: Grief, Finding Yourself, Mental Illness, LGBTQIAP+, POC MC, Diversity, Diverse Families, Realistic Fiction, YA       When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she isn’t sure if she’ll ever…

This is How it Happened by Paula Stokes

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: July 11, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: July 15-18, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Sparkly Covers, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, YA       Somehow…

Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios

ARC, 354 pages Release Date: June 13, 2017 Published by: Henry Holt & Co. Read from: June 11-17, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA 2017 For fans of: Romance, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Dark, New Adult, Sparkly Covers, DEAR      Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt…

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

ARC, 3391 pages Release Date: May 9, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: June 1- 4, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Coming of Age, LGBTQ- Bisexual, Own Voices, YA      Ramona was only five years old when Hurricane Katrina changed her life forever.     Since then, it’s been Ramona and her family…

Take Me Away