Review: Not Here to Be Liked

Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle QuachPublished: September 2021 “Feminism…it’s about all of us working toward equality, together.” Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced...

Review: Ace of Spades

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-IyimidePublished: June 2021 “The world isn’t ideal. This world, our world, the one with houses as crooked as the people in them. Broken people, broken by the way the world works.” Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until...

Review: The Henna Wars

The Henna Wars by Adiba JaigirdarPublished: May 2020 “Nishat can be anything she wants to be, except herself.” Trigger warnings: homophobia, racism, outing of a gay character, bullying When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants—as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t...

Review: Dark and Shallow Lies

Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers SainPublished: September 2021 “The dead? They lie. Just like the rest of us.” La Cachette, Louisiana, is the worst place to be if you have something to hide. This tiny town, where seventeen-year-old Grey spends her summers, is the self-proclaimed Psychic Capital of the World--and the place where...

Review: More Happy Than Not

More Happy Than Not by Adam SilveraPublished: June 2015 “You are kind and too good for the bad you’ve lived through.” Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto is struggling to find happiness after a family tragedy leaves him reeling. He's slowly remembering what happiness might feel like this summer with the support of his girlfriend Genevieve, but it's...

Review: The Boy Who Steals Houses

The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. DrewsPublished: April 2019 “He's so empty. They tried to stitch him back together, but too much already fell out. Stars and buttons and caramel truffles.” Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he's ever known. Now Sam's...

Review: The Monarchs e-ARC

The Monarchs by Danielle Paige and Kass Morgan (The Ravens #2)Expected Publication Date: 11th January 2022 Check out my review of The Ravens here! Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The sorority girls at Kappa Rho Nu—the Ravens—are determined to...

Review: The Last Bookshop in London

The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline MartinPublished: April 2021 “For those coming weeks brought the fall of France. And then, what they had feared the most: the bombing of Britain.” August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the...