The Wednesday Blog for Books

Quick View Review: Overall Rating: ***** (5/5) One Sentence Review: Everything about this book was perfection: it was impossible not to fall in love with the characters, the plot was so complex and beautiful, and, of course, Sarah Dessen’s writing style is just so flawlessly suited to this type of story, making Once and For All my favorite of her novels (of the ones I’ve read) and one of the best contemporaries I’ve ever come across. Full Review Louna, daughter of famed w

Quick View Review: Overall Rating: **** (4/5) One Sentence Review: An incredibly cute contemporary that will have you laughing out loud CONSTANTLY, the characters in this book felt like real people, and the story was predictable in the absolute best way possible. Full Review: Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Di

Quick View Review Overall Rating: *** (4.8/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.7/5) One Sentence Review: Khaled Hosseini writes his characters to life, winding intimate plot and historical landmarks into their stories, expands the reader’s knowledge and understanding of life in the Middle East, and breaks our hearts while shining small rays of hope, all in a single, gorgeously composed novel. (Trigger Warning: vivid, grotesque descriptions of abuse such as rape, beatings, strangulation

Quick View Review Overall Rating: ***** (5/5) Goodreads Rating: **** (4.26/5) One Sentence Review: An absolutely amazing Mulan retelling that will have you picturing yourself in feudal Japan, I loved everything about this book, from the writing to the setting to the characters. Full Review: The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place—she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy,

Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.1/5) One Sentence Review: A beautifully-written Phantom of the Opera continuation, this novel stole my breath away with its stunning setting, incredible characters, and page-turning plot. Full Review: Rune, whose voice has been compared to that of an angel, has a mysterious affliction linked to her talent that leaves her sick and drained at the end of every performance. Convinced creative direction will cure

Quick View Review: Overall Rating: **** (3.5/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.0/5) One Sentence Review: Although this book had its flaws, it’s definitely a unique retelling that added amazing twists to the original Beauty & the Beast story, and it’s a book I recommend to those who have just seen (and hopefully loved!) the new live action movie. Full Review: Beauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones--and in her blood. Though Yeva grew up with the city's highest aristocrats, far fr

Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4.5/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.3/5) One Sentence Review: Read if you love dystopian, action packed page turners oozing with steamy, intense romance that inspires everyone to IGNITE that fire inside you. Full Review “You can't touch me," I whisper. I'm lying, is what I don't tell him. He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him. But things happen when people touch me. Strange things. Bad things. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal

Quick View Review (for whole series): Overall Rating: **** (4/5) → average of 3/5 & 5/5 Amazon Rating: **** (4.0/5) One Sentence Review: A series that you have to be patient for (as the first book is agonizingly slow-paced while the second is extraordinarily exciting), this duology is filled with stunning characters and a writing style that is a piece of art in and of itself. PASSENGER In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves

Quick View Review: Overall Rating: **** (3.8/5) Goodreads Rating: **** (3.74/5) One Sentence Review: A one-of-a-kind historical tale that will transport you directly to revolutionary America, this novel is perfect for any Hamilton fan, despite minor flaws in character and plot. Full Review 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand

Quick View Review Overall Rating: *** (3.4/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.3/5) One Sentence Review: The book is very long, with long, ongoing descriptions and random plot stories that make for a good, complex story for academic purposes and perhaps enjoyable to adults, but for teenagers, is quite boring and excessive. Full Review Song of Solomon begins with one of the most arresting scenes in our century's literature: a dreamlike tableau depicting a man poised on a roof, about to