Book Reviews and Other Fangirl Musings
Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer Rating: 4.5/5 Publication Date: January 12th, 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 for the publisher in exchange for a review. This does not affect my… Continue reading Into the Heartless Wood lured me in and stole my soul
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Rating: 5/5 Publication Date: November 17th, 2020 The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a… Continue reading These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
This review was written before I was educated and informed about the problematic and incorrect use of karma is this book. That being said, I'm keeping my review below (because I need to be able to look back and make sure I don't recommend it) but definitely would not recommend this book for this reason.… Continue reading Instant Karma
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… Continue reading Everything I thought I Knew Review
Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Publication Date: August 4th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Space-obsessed 12-year-old Paola Santiago and her two best friends, Emma and Dante, know the rule: Stay away from the river. It's all they've heard since a schoolmate of theirs drowned a year ago. Pao is embarrassed to… Continue reading Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia
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… Continue reading The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy
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… Continue reading Once Upon An Eid: The anthology where every single story made me cry
Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter Rating: 4/5 Publication Date: March 3rd, 2020 April didn’t mean to start the fire. She wasn’t even the one who broke the vase. She had absolutely no intention of becoming the only person who knows that Gabriel Winterborne, the missing-and-presumed-dead billionaire, is neither missing nor dead… Continue reading Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor: Ally Carter does it again with a fun mystery adventure!
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… Continue reading Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds REVIEW
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… Continue reading The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne
Star is All Booked Up 