Title: Simone Breaks All The Rules Author: Debbie Rigaud Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication Date: June 1st, 2021 Genre: Young Adult Contemporary, Young Adult Romance Synopsis: Her strict Haitian immigrant parents enforce no-dating rules and curfews, and send Simone to an all-girls school. As for prom? Simone is allowed to go on one condition: her parents… Continue reading Book Review: Simone Breaks All The Rules
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Book Review: The Cost Of Knowing
Title: The Cost of Knowing Author: Britney Morris Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: April 6th, 2021 Genres: Young Adult Contemporary ARC from SIimon Teen and Coloured Pages Book Tours Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus is trying his best. He tries to be the best employee he can be at the local ice… Continue reading Book Review: The Cost Of Knowing
Whispers From The Stars: April 2021
My Most Anticipated YA Releases Title: Zara Hossain Is Here Author: Sabina Khan Release Date: April 6th 2021 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical life in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her family moved there for her father to work as a paediatrician. While dealing with the Islamophobia that she… Continue reading Whispers From The Stars: April 2021
Book Review: Catch Lili Too
Title: Catch Lili Too Author: Sophie Whittemore Publisher: NineStar Press Publication Date: November 6th 2020 Genre: Queer Punk Fantasy ARC Review Synopsis: Lili is a Mesopotamian siren, and life as an immortal being is hard enough as it is. She’s asexual (which is incredibly difficult to reconcile if your entire point as a mythical being… Continue reading Book Review: Catch Lili Too
Book Review: The Girl From The Well
Title: The Girl From The Well Author: Rin Chupeco Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: May 1 2015 Genre: Young Adult Horror Synopsis: I am where dead children go. Okiku is a lonely soul. She has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the spirits of the murdered-dead. Once a victim herself, she now takes the lives… Continue reading Book Review: The Girl From The Well
Book Review: The Poppy War
Title: The Poppy War Author: R.F. Kuang Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: May 1st 2018 Genre: Adult Fantasy Synopsis: When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies, it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from… Continue reading Book Review: The Poppy War
Book Review: Incendiary
Title: Incendiary Author: Zoraida Cordova Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: April 28th 2020 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Synopsis: I am Renata Convida.I have lived a hundred stolen lives.Now I live my own. Renata Convida was only a child when she was kidnapped by the King's Justice and brought to the luxurious palace of Andalucia. As a… Continue reading Book Review: Incendiary
Some Other Now: Dream Cast and Favourite Quotes
Hi, so this is my tour stop for the book tour hosted by Hear Our Voices Tours. The quotes in this post are taken from an arc copy of this book and may change in the finished product. Dream Cast Jess: Skai Jackson Jess' Mother: Sandra Bullock Jess' Father: Sterling K. Brown Mel: Angel Aquino… Continue reading Some Other Now: Dream Cast and Favourite Quotes
Book Review: When Life Gives You Mangoes
Title: When Life Gives You Mangoes Author: Kereen Getten Publisher: October 20 2020 Publication Date: Delacorte Press Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Clara lives on an island that visitors call exotic. But there's nothing exotic about it to Clara. She loves eating ripe mangos off the ground, running outside in the rain with her… Continue reading Book Review: When Life Gives You Mangoes
Book Review: Teen Titans Raven
Title: Teen Titans Raven Author: Kami Garcia Publisher: DC Ink Publication Date: July 2 2019 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Graphic Novel Synopsis: When a tragic accident takes the life of seventeen-year-old Raven Roth’s foster mom—and Raven’s memory—she moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother’s family and finish her senior year of high… Continue reading Book Review: Teen Titans Raven
