By the Book by Amanda Sellet

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: May 5, 2020Published by: HMH Books for Young Readers Read from: May 9-10, 2020Stand-aloneSource: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.) TW: N/AFor fans of: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, YA  …

Kiss Collector by Wendy Higgins

e-ARC, 320 pages Release Date: December 18, 2018 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: December 17, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher and Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: Cheating For fans of: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, YA      When seventeen-year-old…

People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

ARC, 428 pages Release Date: September 4, 2018 Published by: Margaret K. McElderry Books Read from: September 6-8,2018 Stand-alone Source: TxLA TW: Racism, Racist Slurs, Gun Violence For fans of: Novels in Verse, Banned Books, Contemporary      Someone will shoot. And someone will die. #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins tackles gun violence and white supremacy in…

The Dragon’s Price by Bethany Wiggins

e-ARC, 304 pages Release Date: February 21, 2017 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: DNF  Transference, #1 Source: Netgalley (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: Dragons, Fantasy, Romance, YA      Fans of Julie Kagawa’s Talon…

Roseblood by A.G. Howard

ARC, 432 pages Release Date: January 10, 2017 Published by: Amulet Books Read from: January 6, 2017  Stand-alone Source: #BooksforTrade For fans of: Retellings, Gothic, Dark, Fantasy, YA      In this modern day spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and a horrifying…

The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid

ARC, 344 pages Release Date: November 1, 2016 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: December 8, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA 2016 For fans of: Sci-Fi, YA Sparkly Covers, Action, YA       Nemesis is a Diabolic. Created to protect a galactic Senator’s daughter, Sidonia. The girl who has grown up by her side and who is as much as…

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

ARC,  416 pages Release Date: September 20, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: September 19 Three Dark Crowns, #1 Source: TxLA For fans of: Fantasy, Paranormal, YA      Every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a…

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