Category: teens

The Toll by Neal Shusterman || The Fall of a Utopia

The Toll by Neal Shusterman || The Fall of a Utopia

Title: The TollAuthor: Neal ShustermanSeries: Arc of a Scythe #3Previous Reviews: Scythe || ThunderheadPublication Date: November 5, 2019Publisher: Simon & SchusterFormat: Hardcover [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] It’s been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver. In this […]

Verify by Joelle Charbonneau

Verify by Joelle Charbonneau

Title: VerifyAuthor: Joel CharbonneauPublication Date: September 24, 2019Publisher: HarperTeenFormat: Edelweiss eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Meri Beckley lives in a world without lies. When she turns on the news, she hears only the facts. When she swipes the pages of her online textbooks, she reads only the truth. When she looks at the peaceful […]

The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett || YA Female Indiana Jones

The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett || YA Female Indiana Jones

Title: The Lady RogueAuthor: Jenn BennettPublication Date: September 3, 2019Publisher: Simon PulseFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository This book had me at Vlad the Impaler. Everything else after that was irrelevant. To be fair, the rest sounded pretty dang good, too. Great comp titles. Female treasure-seeker. Indiana Jones vibes. A magical artifact. Mystery wrapped […]

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells || Danger & Dragons

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells || Danger & Dragons

Posted August 18, 2019 in book review, fantasy, LGBT, teens, two stars, young adult / 14 Comments

Title: Shatter the SkyAuthor: Rebecca Kim WellsPublication Date: July 30, 2019Publisher: Simon & SchusterFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository Sapphic romance, a country in turmoil, dragons dragoning, kidnapped maidens, and a quest to save one’s “heartmate”. Do I have your attention yet? On paper, this book sounds perfect, right? It ticks all the boxes. […]

Romanov by Nadine Brandes

Romanov by Nadine Brandes

Title: RomanovAuthor: Nadine BrandesPublication Date: May 7, 2019Publisher: Thomas NelsonFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I’ve been following Nadine Brandes’ newsletters and her Youtube channel for what feels like foreverrrr. Following, not stalking. There’s a fine line, thank you very much. She’s got such a wonderful personality, though. How can you not follow that?! […]

The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees

The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees

Title: The Waking ForestAuthor: Alyssa WeesPublication Date: March 12, 2019Publisher: DelacorteFormat: Library Hardcover [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. She’s desperate to know […]

In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

Title: In An Absent DreamAuthor: Seanan McGuirePublication Date: January 8, 2019Publisher: TorFormat: Library Hardcover Previous Books In Series: Every Heart A DoorwayDown Among The Sticks and BonesBeneath The Sugar Sky [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and […]

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Title: Challenger DeepAuthor: Neal ShustermanPublication Date: April 1, 2015Publisher: HarperTeenFormat: Kindle Unlimited [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Caden Bosch is on a ship that’s headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench. Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his […]

The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman

The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman

Title: The Devouring GrayAuthor: Christine Lynn HermanPublication Date: April 2, 2019Publisher: Disney HyperionFormat: Netgalley eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Branches and stones, daggers and bones, They locked the Beast away. After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns […]