We Free The Stars: About time I wrote a review for this book (but now it’s over and I’m sad)

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal Rating: 5/5 Publication Date: January 19th, 2020 MAJOR SPOILERS FOR WE HUNT THE FLAME IN THIS REVIEW AND THE SYNOPSIS SO BEWARE. If you want to check out my review of the first one or what the book means to me, click HERE and HERE. The battle on…

Everything I thought I Knew Review

Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka Publication Date: October 13 2020 Rating: 4/5 Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross-country practice and is told she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste. Six months…

The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy

The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy Rating: 3/5 Publication Date: October 1st, 2019 In the city of Craewick, memories reign. The power-obsessed ruler of the city, Madame, has cultivated a society in which memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability, and Gifted individuals can take memories from others through touch as they please. Seventeen-year-old…

Once Upon An Eid: The anthology where every single story made me cry

Once Upon an Eid edited by Aisha Saeed and SK Ali Publication Date: May 5th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Once Upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases the most brilliant Muslim voices writing today, all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid! Eid: The short, single-syllable word conjures up a variety…

Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds REVIEW

Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds by Annabelle Sami (Illustrated by Daniela Sosa) Publication Date: February 6th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 AGENT ZAIBA INVESTIGATES is a fun, contemporary new series for fans of The Sinclair’s Mysteries and the Murder Most Unladylike books. Eleven-year-old Zaiba is obsessed with crime. Her Aunt Fouzia runs a detective agency back…

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…

Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith (Though do read mine here because this book was PHENOMENAL)

Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith Publication Date: January 28th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Divya Sharma is a queen. Or she is when she’s playing Reclaim the Sun, the year’s hottest online game. Divya—better known as popular streaming gamer D1V—regularly leads her #AngstArmada on quests through the game’s vast and gorgeous virtual universe. But for…

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…

Truly, Madly, Royally: Blog Tour + REVIEW

Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud Release Date: July 30th, 2019 Genre: Contemporary, YA, Romance Publisher: Point Fiercely independent and smart, Zora Emerson wants to change the world. She's excited to be attending a prestigious summer program, even if she feels out of place among her privileged, mostly white classmates. So she's definitely not expecting…

The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem

The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem Rating: 5/5 Publication Date: July 23rd, 2019 In Zara Raheem's fresh, funny, smart debut, a young, Muslim-American woman is given three months to find the right husband or else her traditional Indian parents will find one for her--a novel with a universal story that everyone can relate to about…