September 15, 2014

REVIEW: The 100 Society by Carla Spradbery

JiaC ReviewsContemporary / Hachette / thriller / Young-AdultNo Comments

Dear Ms. Spradbery, I’m really into YA thrillers as of late. Whether this is a result of my general boredom with YA fantasies these days or a callback to my teenaged love of Christopher Pike, I don’t know. But I can’t seem to get enough of them right now. Your ... more >

September 12, 2014

REVIEW: Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White

JiaB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscolonialism / Fantasy / Harper-Teen / Magic / Young-Adult4 Comments

Dear Ms. White, Your latest novel, Illusions of Fate, is a departure from Mind Games and Perfect Lies, a duology about a pair of sisters gifted with special powers that make them ideal for espionage. Instead, we go to an alternate world reminscent of Victorian England. Except filled with magic. ... more >

September 4, 2014

REVIEW: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

KatiA Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / New-York / Paris / Young-Adult10 Comments

Dear Ms. Perkins: Charming. Adorable. Sweet. Dramatic. Compelling. Each word can be used to describe your latest release, Isla and the Happily Ever After. Isla Martin is high. She’s sitting in her favorite cafe in New York City, Kismet, spacing out when the object of all of her lust filled fantasies walks through ... more >

August 30, 2014

REVIEW: The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

JiaC- ReviewsAsian heroine / ghosts / horror / Japan / Japanese culture / SourceBooks / Young-AdultNo Comments

Dear Ms. Chupeco, Maybe because fall is fast approaching (where did the year go?), I find myself in the mood for a horror novel. Something like Anna Dressed in Blood or The Waking Dark. When I saw your debut, The Girl from the Well, I was excited. Horror influenced by ... more >

August 25, 2014

REVIEW: Between the Spark and the Burn by April Genevieve Tucholke

JiaB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsestranged family / family relationships / Gothic / Penguin / road trip / supernatural / Young-Adult9 Comments

Dear Ms. Tucholke, Between the Spark and the Burn is the follow-up to your debut, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, which I read and enjoyed last year. It continues the story of Violet, whose life was rocked when the Redding brothers walked into her life. I won’t ... more >

August 20, 2014

REVIEW: Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine

JiaC ReviewsAsian heroine / Love-Triangle / Simon & Schuster / steampunk / Young-Adult8 Comments

Dear Ms. Fine, When it comes to YA speculative fiction, I’ve been looking for something different. I’m meh about urban fantasy and paranormals. I’m just about done with dystopians. And many a science fiction title has earned my side eye, because they were dystopians in disguise! But when I read ... more >