From Little Tokyo With Love

From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn Rating: 4/5 Publication Date: May 11th, 2021 GOODREADS--BOOKSTORE LINK--BOOKSHOP AFFILIATE LINK* *by using this link to purchase the book I would receive a small commission at no extra cost to you I received this from the publisher in exchange for a review. This does not affect my…

Shine by Jessica Jung

Shine by Jessica Jung Rating: 4/5 Publication Date: September 29th, 2020 A Korean American teen is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of Girls Generation. What would you give for a chance to live your dreams? For seventeen-year-old Korean American Rachel Kim, the answer…

The Silvered Serpents Review

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi Rating: 4/5 Publication Date: September 22nd, 2020 They are each other’s fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope. Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost — one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends,…

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Wicked Fox (Gumiho #1) by Kat Cho Publication Date: June 25th, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret--she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss,…

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski Rating: 3/5 Publication Date: March 3rd, 2020 Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow…

The Princess Will Save You REVIEW

The Princess Will Save You (The Princess Will Save You #1) by Sarah Henning Publisher: Tor TeenRelease Date: July 7th 2020 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Rating: 4/5 A PRINCESS A STABLE BOY A QUEST When her father dies, Princess Amarande is given an ultimatum: Marry the leader of one of the four neighboring kingdoms, or lose her crown—and…

Hunted By the Sky Review

Hunted by the Sky (The Wrath of Ambar #1) by Tanaz Bhathena Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxRelease Date: June 23rd, 2020 Genre: YA, Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Gul has spent her life running. She has a star-shaped birthmark on her arm, and in the kingdom of Ambar, girls with such birthmarks have been disappearing for years. Gul's mark…

The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne

The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne Publication Date: February 4th, 2020 Rating: 4/5 Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, only has one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin? But when Leo’s childhood friend and first…

Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (a fantastical journey!)

Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Publication Date: January 14th, 2020 Rating: 4/5 Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles, her dad's new boss at the oil and gas…

Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah: An Underwater Adventure!

Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah Rating: 4/5 Publication Date: October 29th, 2019 Hope had abandoned them to the wrath of all the waters. At the end of the twenty-first century, the world has changed dramatically, but life continues one thousand feet below the ocean's surface. In Great Britain, sea creatures…