A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / England / Historical / medieval / midwife / orphan / YA / YA classic7 Comments
The girl known only as Brat has no family, no home, and no future until she meets Jane the Midwife and becomes her apprentice. As she helps the sharp-tempered Jane deliver babies, Brat—who renames herself Alyce—gains knowledge, confidence, and the courage to want something from life: “A full belly, a ... more >
Book Reviews1950s / astronaut / audiobook / Beauty-and-the-Beast / fake girlfriend / LGBT Romance / m/m / meteor / Reading lists / Science Fiction / YA20 Comments
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, narrated by Laura Knight Keating Recently I finished listening to the audiobook of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. This was the version narrated by Laura Knight Keating and is not to be confused with another ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsLGBTQA / Romance / YA4 Comments
Being the kid abducted by old Ms. Easton when he was four permanently set Cole’s status to freak. At seventeen, his exit plan is simple: make it through the last few weeks of high school with his grades up and his head down. When he pushes through the front door ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviewsboarding school / family-reunion / fathers and daughters / grief / Love-Triangle / musician / New Hampshire / YA / Young-Adult10 Comments
Dear Ms. Bowen, I’ve enjoyed most of your NA novels; in my opinion, you write your strongest books when you focus on coming-of-age themes. So, when I saw that your first YA novel, The Accidentals, was out, I took a chance and bought it. It’s the summer before senior year ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / bride / fairy tale / fairy tale retelling / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / YA3 Comments
Dear Catherine Faris King: We should all know the story of Scheherazade, right? It’s the frame story of the Arabian Nights, and famous enough in its own right. Once there was a murderous king, who, after he finds his first wife to be unfaithful, marries dozens of women, murdering every ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsFirst-Person / mental health / mental illness / YA / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: The Museum of Us by Tara Wilson Redd
Secrets are con artists: they trick you into letting them out. Sadie loves her rocker boyfriend Henry and her running partner and best friend Lucie, but no one can measure up to her truest love and hero, the dazzling and passionate George. George, her secret. When something goes wrong and ... more >
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