Tag: Young Adult

Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston || Book Review

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Cerys is safe in the kingdom of Aloriya.

Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well: when she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse—the magic—in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. The most danger she faces now, as a gardener’s daughter, is the annoying fox who stalks the royal gardens and won’t leave her alone.

As a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions the small fox from the garden, a strange and powerful bear, and the magic in her veins. It’s up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it’s going to take everything she has just to survive.

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Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman || Book Review

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Charlie didn’t think Nick could ever like him back, but now they’re officially boyfriends. Charlie’s beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you.

Nick’s been feeling the same, but he’s got a lot on his mind – not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder.

As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means.

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A Pho Love Story by Loan Le || Book Review

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For years, the Mais and the Nguyens have been at odds, having owned competing, neighboring pho restaurants. Bao and Linh, who’ve avoided each other for most of their lives, both suspect that the feud stems from feelings much deeper than friendly competition.

But then a chance encounter brings Linh and Bao in the same vicinity despite their best efforts and sparks fly, leading them both to wonder what took so long for them to connect. But then, of course, they immediately remember.

Can Linh and Bao find love in the midst of feuding families and complicated histories?

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Namesake by Adrienne Young || Book Review

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With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and the rest of the crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when Fable becomes a pawn in a notorious thug’s scheme. In order to get to her intended destination, she must help him to secure a partnership with Holland, a powerful gem trader who is more than she seems.

As Fable descends deeper into a world of betrayal and deception, she learns that the secrets her mother took to her grave are now putting the people Fable cares about in danger. If Fable is going to save them, then she must risk everything—including the boy she loves and the home she has finally found.

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Fable By Adreinne Young || Book Review

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For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one, and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father, and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew. To do so Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the island and across the Narrows to her father.

But her father’s rivalries and the dangers of his trading enterprise have only multiplied since she last saw him, and Fable soon finds that West isn’t who he seems. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they’re going to stay alive.

Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men. Fable takes you on a spectacular journey filled with romance, intrigue, and adventure.

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Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett || Book Review

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After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.

Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel.

In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where she waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he’s stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer—never before seen in public—might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel.

To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell…discovering that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.

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Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert || Book Review

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I honestly don’t know which book I enjoyed more: Get a Life, Chloe Brown or Take a Hint, Dani Brown. Both of Hibbert’s novels made me laugh so hard and fall madly in love with the characters. Getting to know Chloe’s sister, Dani, was such a grand experience. Dani and Chloe have such VASTLY different personalities, making each book special in their own way.

And for those worried that the stories are carbon copies of one another, think again. Hibbert does a brilliant job of crafting a unique story for each of the two Brown sisters, making the reading experience so much more entertaining!

WARNING: There are MINOR spoilers in this book to Get a Life, Chloe Brown, so make sure you read the first book before reading the sequel. However, the spoilers are NOT in this review.

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Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert || Book Review

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There are SO many people who recommended this series for me, so I finally went and picked it up. OH MY GOSH!! THIS WAS SUCH AN ADORABLE STORY!! I love Chloe so much, wishing she was my real-life friend and not only a character in a novel! Hibbert has become a new author that I’ll be keeping an eye out for!

This layout is a little different … no real bullet points or pros and woes lists. The only way I could really write this review was to simply just WRITE IT OUT! Hopefully, the structure has worked out!

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Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman || Book Review

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Oseman’s graphic novel series puts me in such a happy and nostalgic mood; the beautiful and blossoming relationship between Nick and Charlie just melts my heart! The third volume is my FAVOURITE in the series so far … the change in scenery was a really fun surprise! And the focus on more of the side characters really brought the story to life! I NEED MORE!

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Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann || Book Review

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Yes … I FINALLY got around to reading Kann’s Let’s Talk About Love! The book blogging sphere seemed to have really positive thoughts about this book, so I had to give it a chance. Honestly, it’s so wholesome and adorable … once I got into the story, I couldn’t put it down. I think romance is slowly becoming my new favourite genre … *gasps*

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