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…

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

ARC, 374 pages Release Date: May 30, 2017  Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: May 21-May 26, 2017 Dimple & Rishi, #1 Source: TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary,Romance, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, YA, LOL, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Multiple POVs, Sparkly Covers      A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose…

The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi

e-ARC, 298 pages Release Date: March 28, 2017 Published by: Salaam Reads Read from: March 18-28 , 2017  Stand-alone 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: Marginalized Voices, Fantasy, MG, Steampunk      A trio of friends from…

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

e-ARC, 464 pages Release Date: February 28, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: February 12- 16, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (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: Realistic Fiction,  Contemporary, DEAR, Debut Author, Own Voices, YA    …

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

ARC, 344 pages Release Date: November 1, 2016 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: November 18-November 28, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA 2016 For fans of: Diversity in Literature, Romance, Tear-Jerkers, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, DEAR, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction,       Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never…

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…

Everyone We’ve Been by Sarah Everett

ARC,  391 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers Read from: October 11, 2016-October 21, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA For fans of: Mysteries, Contemps, Romance, YA, Chick-lit, Debut Authors, Diverse Reads      Addison Sullivan has been in an accident. In its aftermath, she has memory lapses and starts talking to a boy that…

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…

As I Descended by Robin Talley

ARC,  370 pages Release Date: September 6, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: August 24- August 31, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Retellings, Creepy, LGBTQIA, Diversity, Fantasy, Ghosts, Disability, Stand-alones, YA      Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them.     Only one thing stands between them…

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