A Local Election and a Romance in the Making: Yes, No, Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed

I was super excited to get to read this one early. I really like Becky Albertalli, I love Simon vs. (wasn't a huge fan of Leah and I did not really like What If It's Us, but still) and I really like the fact that this was co-written by Aisha Saeed. I haven't read her…

Advertisement

Promising, But Ultimately Too Generic: Nocturna by Maya Motayne

“The magic poured life into the images, showing his people swathed in bright colors, prospering and using magic freely.”  When I first saw this book on Edelweiss, I immediately knew I needed to read it. I mean, this is a Latinx inspired Fantasy (yay!) with a prince and a faceless thief (Arya Stark vibes???), which…

The Art of Cooking and Coming of Age: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

As you're all very well aware, I am incapable of resisting a good cover. And if you look at the cover for With the Fire on High you can see one thing - IT IS STUNNING. And naturally, when I am doing my favorite thing ever (meaning perusing Edelweiss) and then see a cover like…

A Girl Arthur, an Adolescent Merlin and So Much Unused Potential: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

I am sure you have heard me raving about A Cathedral of Myth and Bone (if not, you can do so HERE). Ever since reading that, I've become obsessed with the King Arthur story and legend and all the characters. So I was super excited to see that there was a queer Sci-Fi retelling of…

Country Stars, Friendship and My Soul Shattered: Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills

I have told you on numerous occasion how much I love and adore Emma Mills. I think she writes the best YA contemporary out there and her books totally made me fall back in love with the genre. I have read all of her books (there are 4 but still) and I have loved every…

Destiny, New York and even some Hamilton: What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

“I don’t know if we’re in a love story or a story about love.”  I remember when this book was announced how excited I got. I am a huge fan of Becky Albertalli's (I was blown away by Simon vs.) and I've always wanted to read an Adam Silvera book. SO when they announced a…

Impersonation, Unlikeable Narrators and No Suspense: Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

"For anyone who has been taught that good equals small and silent, here is my heart with all its ugly tangles and splendid fury." I had an ARC of this for so long, I decided to just go ahead and read it, since it was just staring at me from my Kindle. I read We…

Magic, Oppression and Rebellion: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

“I teach you to be warriors in the garden so you will never be gardeners in the war.” I am sure you've heard of this book - it's one of the biggest releases of the year, and rightfully so. I have seen nothing but rave reviews for this ever since it came out, and I…

What I Am Currently Reading

School started and I can't finish a book. School started and it hit me pretty hard, pretty fast. I already have more stuff to do than I ever had this on in the year, so naturally my reading has slowed down. I have started a few books but I am not gonna finish them soon.…

The Minis: All of Emma Mills’ books

A different kind of mini reviews post.  It's very hard to be able to review all of the author's books in one go. Sometimes, they're Stephen King and write books in their sleep, which means you would maybe get to review a tenth of his work before you're in tears. The man has a lot…

Discussion: Is YA an Age Group or a Genre?

Discussion time. I discovered a new podcast! I've been loving the Hey YA podcast from Book Riot. I just listened to the last available episode and the podcast's been reminding me just how much I love YA, since I tend to forget that. My rekindled love inspired this post. I've been thinking about YA and…

Top Priority Books On My TBR Right Now

Let's talk about books I'll be reading in the very near future.  I was thinking what I would pick up after I'm finished with The Way of Kings (if I ever do), so I thought it'd be nice to share my top reading priorities right now. These are books that I am going to be reading…