By: Cait Marie Blurb They’re strangers……nothing more. Leyla Priestly observes life rather than participating in it. As an award-winning photo journalist, she travels the world, seeing many things others refuse to acknowledge. It’s her dream, to bring light to darkness and actually make a difference.But it comes at a cost.When a particularly heartbreaking mission leaves... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-GarciaGenre: HorrorPublication Date: June 30, 2020Publisher: Del Rey CONTENT WARNING: racism, mention of death, blood, gore, murder, suicide ★★★★★ Plot Summary He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me. After receiving a frantic letter from... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie *Originally posted on YA Books Central. Blurb Ben survived freshman year of college, but he’s feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan’s been acting weird for weeks. Ben’s only real bright spot is his... Continue Reading →
Originally posted on Leah's Books. Dark Matter Author: Blake CrouchGenre: Science FictionPublication Date: July 26, 2016Publisher: Crown CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, murder, gore, death ★★★★ Plot Summary “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown The Botanist's Game by E. V. Everest was just as good as the first book in the series. This one was a little slow in the beginning, but once it picked the pace up, I could not put the book down. I really loved how detail oriented this second book was, even... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb They were best friends. He’s always wanted more. Will his newfound fame destroy them? Shannon Ryker and I have been best friends since third grade. We were the poor kids in the school, but that didn’t matter. We always had each other. And we had big plans to get scholarships and... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb Welcome to Evermore Academy where the magic is dark, the immortals are beautiful, and being human SUCKS. After Hellebore Narcissus exposed my secret, he claimed me as his, a pawn in a deadly Faerie game I’m only just beginning to understand. Now, I’m caught in a complex web of bloodthirsty courts,... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown Grimm: Daughter of a Curse by J. R. White was such an amazing read that I could not put down. I started reading it as a side book because sometimes retellings are not my favorite, but this one was very well done. The detail in the book made me realize how much... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb Sometimes not even love is stronger than hate. Sometimes sacrifices must be made. Hua Minglan is trapped, presumed dead, and back where it all started. Home. A place that once brought peace to her mind, a place she’d abandoned in order to seek her revenge. But that was before. Before the... Continue Reading →
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