Review for A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi!
Quick View Review Overall Rating: ***** (5/5) Goodreads Rating: **** (4.38/5) One Sentence Review: A book filled to the brim with fantastical magic, this novel will have you dreaming of far-away lands and so irrevocably in love with Chokshi’s characters and writing style. Full Review: Gauri, the princess of Bharata, has been taken as a prisoner of war by her kingdom’s enemies. Faced with a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose. Hope unexpectedly comes in t
Review for Nemesis by Brendan Reichs!
Quick View Review: Overall Rating: *** (2.8/5) Goodreads Rating: **** (3.73/5) One Sentence Review: Although I had problems with the characters (who I thought were, for the most part, stereotypical), I did enjoy the fast-paced nature of this end-of-the world contemporary and sci-fi mashup. Full Review: It’s been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing ju
Review for The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare!
Quick View Review Overall Rating: *** (4.6/5) Amazon Rating: *** (4.6/5) One Sentence Review: Cassandra Clare will blow you away in this beautiful, emotional story of the best love triangle in the history of love triangles, and introduce characters that will forever stay in your heart. Full Review In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilo
Review for The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon!
Quick View Review: Overall Rating: ***** (5/5) Amazon Rating: (not yet available) One-Sentence Review: A third installment that absolutely blew me away, I couldn’t have asked for a more thrilling continuation of the amazing series that is The Bone Season: ridiculously amazing characters and a non-stop plot that had my heart constantly racing made this book the best I’ve read so far this year. Full Review: Following a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has
Review for Dawn by Elie Wiesel!
Quick View Review Overall Rating: *** (5/5) Amazon Rating: *** (4.2/5) One Sentence Review: This is a short novel, but it is life changing with a deep, intellectual meaning, asking questions about morality and justice, that is definitely worth the read. Full Review Elisha is a young Jewish man, a Holocaust survivor, and an Israeli freedom fighter in British-controlled Palestine; John Dawson is the captured English officer he will murder at dawn in retribution for the British
Review for Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin!
Quick View Review: Overall Rating: **** (5/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.5/5) One Sentence Review: A sequel that took this series from 4 ish stars to 5 and beyond, this book took me on a rollercoaster of newfound love for the characters, one of the most suspenseful plots EVER, and outstanding writing. Full Review: For the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: The wor
Review for Caraval by Stephanie Garber!
Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4.2/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.6/5) One-Sentence Review: A magical story set in a world you will without a doubt wish was real, this novel fell a little flat with characters but made up for it with the flawless plot, writing style, and, of course, fantastical setting. Full Review Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged
Review for Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
Quick View Review Overall Rating: *** (3.4/5) Amazon Rating: *** (3.9/5) One Sentence Review: If you are looking for a moving, descriptive, historical fiction novel, this is for you, but if not, this will just be depressing and sort of stale. Full Review Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is lost in the underworld of 1830s New Orleans. Desperate to escape the city’s unscrupulous bill collectors and the pawing hands of a schoolteacher hellbent on
Review for Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen!
Quick View Review General Rating: *** (3.5/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.5/5) One Sentence Review: A book with a slow plot but characters that might as well be real, this book is a classic coming-of-age story that I enjoyed but didn’t love quite as much as I thought I would. Full Review: Sydney's handsome, charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always dominated the family, demanding and receiving the lion's share of their parents' attention. And when Peyton's involvement in a dru
Review for Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller!
Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4.4/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.2/5) One Sentence Review: This is a classic play that takes on the American Dream in an awakening, relatable story with intricate, tragic heroes as the main characters. Full Review Willy Loman is an unsuccessful, traveling salesman with a dysfunctional relationship with everyone in his family. When Biff returns home with no job prospects and seemingly a lazy attitude, the tension between the characters buil