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June 16, 2020

REVIEW: I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewscollege / Contemporary / family relationships / Fiction / lawyer / mothers and daughters / single mother / teens / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

Jessica and Emily Burnstein have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it’s a preview of freedom, exploring the possibility of her new and more exciting future. Not that she’s sure she even wants to go to college, but let’s ignore that for now. And ... more >

November 28, 2019

REVIEW: We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewscollege / Contemporary / high school sweethearts / mystery / Scandal / Young-Adult2 Comments

Mischa Abramavicius is a walking, talking, top-scoring, perfectly well-rounded college application in human form. So when she’s rejected not only by the Ivies, but her loathsome safety school, she is shocked and devastated. All the sacrifices her mother made to send her to prep school, the late nights cramming for ... more >

August 9, 2017

REVIEW: Cross Check by Kelly Jamieson

KaetrinC+ Reviewscollege / Contemporary / hockey / New Adult6 Comments

A party girl and a clean-cut college hockey player discover that they’re not so different in this sexy, soulful Bayard Hockey novel from the bestselling author of Shut Out and the Heller Brothers series. Ella Verran has three goals this semester: get off academic probation, repair her relationship with her ... more >

March 3, 2017

Undeclared by Julianna Keyes

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Recommended Readschildhood friends / college / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / New Adult3 Comments

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Dear Julianna Keyes, I loved Undecided last year – there really are too few books featuring amateur magician heroes. While it’s not necessary to have read Undecided before Undeclared, I do think there is an advantage to the reader who does. They’re both great books so that’s a feature, not ... more >

August 31, 2016

REVIEW: Boyfriend Material by KA Mitchell

KaetrinB- Reviewscollege / Contemporary / m/m / New Adult / queer / Waardenburg Syndrome2 Comments

Dear KA Mitchell, I enjoyed book one of the Ethan & Wyatt series, Getting Him Back, which I reviewed here in February, so I was eager to read the second installment. While the first book is told from Ethan’s POV, this time we get Wyatt’s. This was both good and ... more >

June 8, 2016

REVIEW: Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended Readscollege / Contemporary / hockey / New Adult / rape culture / sexual-assault / Suicide6 Comments

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Trigger warning: Suicide, sexual assault and rape culture are all discussed in the book and in the review below. Dear Kelly Jamieson, I’ve had a bit of a mixed reaction to your books. Some of them have been excellent and some… not so much. Still, the wins have been well ... more >

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