Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang | Book Review

Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang was the most recent book that I’ve read all at once. I bring this up because I think that in order for me to be able to sit in one place with the same book and not feel the need to accomplish all of the things instead, the book has to be super compelling.

The Jewel by Amy Ewing | Book Review

Set on a dystopian island, The Jewel by Amy Ewing is about a society divided into rigid classes. At the very bottom rung are the residents of the Marshes. At the top rung are the residents of the Jewel, or the inner city.

Poisoned Apples: Poems For You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann | Book Review

When it comes to Poisoned Apples: Poems For You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann, I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t entirely “get” it. But that’s not to say this book is without merit. The poems are accessible and well written. The themes run pretty deep and I think a lot of girls can relate to these poems […]

Kiss Of Broken Glass by Madeleine Kuderick | Book Review

I’m really into books written in free verse. I love that young adult authors are able to play with form, eliminate the BS and get right to the heart of a story with verse. To be honest, when Kiss Of Broken Glass by Madeleine Kuderick crossed my threshold, I was not entirely sure about reading it […]

The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas | Book Review

If you are a fan of young adult fantasy and have not read The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas yet, I urge you to run, not walk, to your nearest bookstore or better yet purchase a copy for your ereader and get reading. The Perilous Sea is the second in Thomas’s Elemental Trilogy and demands to be […]

Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour | Book Review

Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour paints an evocative picture of Upstate New York. It is a competent retelling of the Scottish ballad ‘Tam Lin’, modernized for our time. The official summary compares Harbour’s book to Cassandra Clare, Erin Morgenstern and Melissa Marr, personally I think that the most accurate comparison is to Marr. Thorn Jack is a […]