Review: Starworld – Girl Friendships, Family Drama, and Roleplaying via Text

Title: Starworld Author: Audrey Coulthurst & Paula Garner Publisher: Candlewick Press Release Date: April 16th, 2019 Genre(s): YA Contemporary Subjects and Themes: LGBTQIAP+, Female Friendships, Family Page Count: 352 (hardback) Rating: 6.5/10   Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the …

Blog Tour Review: We Rule the Night – Came for Girl Friendships, Stayed for Girl Friendships

Title: We Rule the Night Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: April 2nd, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Steampunk Subjects and Themes: Female Friendships, Feminism, History-Inspired Page Count: 400 (hardback) Rating: N/A Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she’s …

Review: Dealing in Dreams – Starts Off High, Crashes To Blandness

Title: Dealing in Dreams Author: Lilliam Rivera Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: March 5th, 2019 Genre(s): YA Dystopia Subjects and Themes: Feminism Page Count: 336 (hardback) Rating: 6.0/10   Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City. That role brings with it violent throwdowns and access to the hottest boydega clubs, but …

Blog Tour Review + Giveaway: The Fever King – Baby, You Burn My Brain Up Like a Fever

Title: The Fever King (Feverwake, #1) Author: Victoria Lee Publisher Skyscape Release Date: March 1, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Paranormal, Dystopian Subjects and Themes: LGBTQIAP+, Politics, Abuse Page Count: 384 Rating: 6.5/10   In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that …

Review: White Stag – Pretty and Air-Headed

Title: White Stag Author: Kara Barbieri Publisher: St. Martin's Press Release Date: January 8th, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Goblins, Norse Mythology Page Count: 368 (hardback) Rating: 5.0/10       As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were …

Review: The Cruel Prince – Bad Fae Boys Don’t Do Romance (Or Much of Anything)

Title: The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air 1) Author: Holly Black Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: January 2nd, 2018 Genre(s): YA Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Fae Page Count: 384 Rating: 6.0/10     Me: I should just write a mini review. Writing a detailed review for this is probably …

Mini Review: Sadie (Audiobook) – Invisible Girls, Gone Girls, Dead Girls

Title: Sadie Author: Courtney Summers Publisher: St. Martin's Press Release Date: September 4th, 2018 Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller Subjects and Themes: Abuse Page Count: 320 (hardback) Rating: 7/10     Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to …

Review: The Light Between Worlds – Stunning, Stunning, Stunning…

Title: The Light Between Worlds Author: Laura E. Weymouth Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: October 23rd, 2018 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Historical Fiction Subjects and Themes: Mental Health, Sisterhood Page Count: 368 (hardback) Rating: 9.5/10       Six years ago, sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell were swept away to a strange and beautiful kingdom called the …

Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy – Brilliantly Feminist and a Shipload of Fun

Title: The Lady's Guide to Vice and Virtue Author: Mackenzi Lee Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: October 2nd, 2018 Genre(s): YA Historical, Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Feminism, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 464 (hardback) Rating: 9.0/10     I'm probably one of the few people who thought Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue was just a …

2-For-1 YA: The Deepest Roots & When Elephants Fly – Short Reviews Are My Bane

Confession: I have a problem with writing reviews that are less than 300 words, especially when it comes to ARCs. I feel like I'm not doing the story justice and I get anxious and guilty--the whole package--which is a little ridiculous because I like reading other people's less-than-300-word reviews. But sometimes there are only so …