Belated Holiday Romance: Dance All Night by Alexis Daria

I have only started reading holiday books in the last year or two, and this Christmas, I was lucky enough to score a Netgalley copy of Dance All Night by Alexis Daria. I've previously read one of the previous books in the Dance Off series, and really enjoyed it, so I was excited to get to …

Review: Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

Okay, first up, how beautiful is this cover?! I love it so much--and I really enjoyed the story inside it too! The book follows Sierra, a teenage girl who's also an artist. She's currently working on a mural, but weird things are happening: her grandfather is dropping cryptic hints and a painting is crying. Also, …

Graphic Novel Review: The Wendy Project

The Wendy Project, written by Melissa Jane Osborne & illustrated by Veronica Fish,  follows 16-year-old Wendy Davies in the horrible aftermath of a car crash during which she was driving. One of her brothers drowned in the crash, but Wendy refuses to believe it. Instead, she tells everyone that she saw Michael flying away with …

Review: All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan (translated by Jessica Cohen)

Oh, this book. It was a slow, somewhat meditative read. It had love (and sex), but it was so much more to me than that. The story follows Liat and Hilmi, a young couple falling in love in New York. Liat is from Israel (as is the author) and is in the US on a …

Review: God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DiBartolo

God-Shaped Hole was first released in 2002, but has recently been re-released by Sourcebooks Landmark. It's quite an amazing book. The story is told by Beatrice and it begins when she is 12 years old. She's at a party where an old fortune teller foretells that she will have great love, but he will die …

Review: It Started with Goodbye by Christina June

It Started with Goodbye has a really good story and a really relatable main character, with hints of Cinderella. The novel follows Tatum, a teenager who got herself in trouble at the beginning of the summer, and is now relegated to spending her summer under house arrest, completing community service and answering to her (unreasonable?) …

Review: Vigilante by Kady Cross

I've been mulling this review over for about a week because I wasn't quite sure what to say about the book. I'm still not quite sure what I think about it, but here goes nothing. The book follows Hadley, a high school senior. Her best friend, Magda, has recently committed suicide after being drugged and …

Review: Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Wow! Where to start? I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK. The story follows Jade, a black teenager who thinks her only way to succeed is to make it out of her neighborhood. Her mother wants her to have every opportunity (a word Jade kind of despises), and thus, Jade attends a private school on scholarship. Her …

Review: The White City by Karolina Ramvqist

An atmospheric short novel, The White City follows Karin, once married to John, who had some sort of criminal connections. John has disappeared, leaving Karin with a baby girl (Dream) she's not sure she even wanted. Not only that, the authorities are breathing down her neck about debts due to stolen money, and all of …

Review: The Sky Between You and Me by Catherine Alene

This novel wasn't what I expected. When I read the description on Netgalley, I saw it as a chance to read something different from what I usually read. It's not a fantasy, which I read a lot of, and it was about a girl who rode horses, and I thought that might be cool. This …