Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she’s in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the “cool” girls in the class, and even talking about changing her name to something more “American.”… Continue reading Mini-Review // Amina’s Voice
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Mini-Review // Counting Thyme
When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens’ little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme’s best friend and everything she knows and loves. The island of Manhattan doesn’t… Continue reading Mini-Review // Counting Thyme
Mini-Review // Felix Ever After
Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization… Continue reading Mini-Review // Felix Ever After
Mini-Review // I Killed Zoe Spanos
Hello everyone! I am excited to share this review of I Killed Zoe Spanos. Click here to check out my interview with the amazing writer Kit Frick. I had received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. When Anna Cicconi arrives to the small Hamptons village of Herron Mills for… Continue reading Mini-Review // I Killed Zoe Spanos
Mini-Review // Jo & Laurie
Hi everyone, I am looking forward to sharing a review of Jo & Laurie by Melissa De La Cruz and Margaret Stohl. Note that I haven’t read Little Women, the original book by Louisa May Alcott, so I wouldn’t be able compare the two. Also note that I had received a free advanced reader copy… Continue reading Mini-Review // Jo & Laurie
Review // Yes No Maybe So
YESJamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let’s face it, speaking at allto almost anyone), Jamie’s a choke artist. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes…until he meets Maya. NOMaya… Continue reading Review // Yes No Maybe So
Mini-Review // Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. And she is fast learning that not all magic is used for good.Morrigan Crow has been invited to join the prestigious Wundrous Society, a… Continue reading Mini-Review // Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
Mini-Review // The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)
Hey everyone! Okay, so a fair warning here. I read The Toll back in December 2019 shortly after the book was released. This review sat around in my phone for a long time and I never posted it because... Well I knew it was going to be an unpopular opinion. Truth is, I didn't love… Continue reading Mini-Review // The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)
Mini-Review // The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1)
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks--and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange… Continue reading Mini-Review // The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1)
Mini-Review // Space Case
Like his fellow lunarnauts—otherwise known as Moonies—living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he’s bored out of his mind. Kids aren’t allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they’re trapped inside the tiny moon base with next… Continue reading Mini-Review // Space Case
