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Series Review: Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi | An Imaginative, Nigerian-Influenced Fantasy
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m doing my first review since I took my break. It’s a bit different because I’ll be reviewing a whole series instead of just one book. I’ll be doing two separate reviews (it’s a duology), but they’ll be shorter than my normal ones. My cousin recommended this series to me and I’m super glad he did! Title: Beasts Made of Night and Crown of ThunderAuthor: Tochi OnyebuchiGenre: Fantasy, Young AdultPage Count: 295 (BMON); 303 (COT) The Beasts Made of Night series follows Taj, seventeen and the most talented of the aki. He’s been a sin-eater since he was young, fighting people’s…
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Mini Reviews: A Collection of LGBTQ+ Books in Honor of Pride Month
Hello, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. I haven’t done a book review in nearly a month, which is kind of surprising, but I wanted to do these reviews as a collection, so I’ve been working on them for a while. These are all from my Pride Month TBR which I set at the beginning of June. Quick disclaimer that there are going to be no unmarked spoilers in any of these reviews. If there are any, they will be marked and hidden. Title: Picture Us in the Light Author: Kelly Loy Gilbert Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Series: None Page Count: 361 Synopsis: “Danny Cheng has always…
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Review: A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re alll doing well. I am happy to say that I am officially on summer break now. My last day was on Friday and I’ve finished my first year of high school completely online. It was definitely weird, but I still had a fairly okay year. After reading the last line in A Heart So Fierce and Broken, I was so mad that I had to wait a whole year for the next one to come out. This book drove me insane. . . in a good way. Title: A Vow So Bold and DeadlyAuthor: Brigid KemmererGenre: Fantasy, Romance, Young AdultSeries: Cursebreakers #3Page Count: 408 Synopsis…
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Review: The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re doing well. Today I have another review, this one for The Half-Orphan’s Handbook. I really enjoyed this, so let’s get into the review. Title: The Half-Orphan’s HandbookAuthor: Joan F. SmithGenre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young AdultSeries: NonePage Count: 320 Synopsis: “For fans of John Green and Emily X.R. Pan, The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith is a coming-of-age story and an empathetic, authentic exploration of grief with a sharp sense of humor and a big heart. It’s been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules: 1. The only people…
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Review: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
Hey, everyone! I hope you’re doing well. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book, so I was really excited to read this book. And. . . I don’t have a lot else to say, so I’m just going to get into the review. Title: Lost in the Never WoodsAuthor: Aiden ThomasGenre: Fantasy, Young AdultSeries: NonePage Count: 371 Synopsis: “When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. It’s been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town’s children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers’ mysterious circumstances are brought…
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Review: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Okay, so maybe I do read more historical fiction than I thought. So far in the month of April, all the books I’ve read have been in that genre. Well, I mean, it’s only three books, but still. Anyways. . . Today, I have a review of The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee, a wonderful historical fiction novel, set in 1890. Title: The Downstairs Girl Author: Stacey Lee Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Series: None Page Count: 366 Synopsis: “From the founding member of We Need Diverse Books comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady’s maid…
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Review: The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd
The Key to Extraordinary Author: Natalie Lloyd Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Middle Grade Series: None Synopsis: “Everyone in Emma’s family is special. Her ancestors include Revolutionary War spies, brilliant scientists, and famous musicians–every single one of which learned of their extraordinary destiny through a dream. For Emma, her own dream can’t come soon enough. Right before her mother died, Emma promised that she’d do whatever it took to fulfill her destiny, and she doesn’t want to let her mother down. But when Emma’s dream finally arrives, it points her toward an impossible task–finding a legendary treasure hidden in her town’s cemetery. If Emma fails, she’ll let down generations of extraordinary ancestors…
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Review: The Missing Piece of Charlie O’Reilly by Rebecca K.S. Ansari
The Missing Piece of Charlie O’Reilly Author: Rebecca K.S. AnsariGenre: Fantasy, Mystery, Middle GradeSeries: None Synopsis: “Charlie O’Reilly is an only child. Which is why it makes everyone uncomfortable when he talks about his brother. Liam, his eight-year-old kid brother, who, up until a year ago, slept in the bunk above Charlie, took pride in being as annoying as possible, and was the only person who could make Charlie laugh until it hurt. Then came the morning when the bunk, and Liam, disappeared forever. No one even remembers him—not Charlie’s mother, who has been lost in her own troubles; and not Charlie’s father, who is gone frequently on business trips.…
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Review: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Across the Universe Author: Beth RevisGenre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young AdultSeries? Across the Universe #1 “A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules. Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone—one of the few thousand inhabitants of…
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Review: Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Title: Outrun the MoonAuthor: Stacey LeeGenre: Historical Fiction, Young AdultSeries? Standalone Synopsis: “San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty in Chinatown, and an education at St. Clare’s School for Girls is her best hope. Although St. Clare’s is off-limits to all but the wealthiest white girls, Mercy gains admittance through a mix of cunning and a little bribery, only to discover that getting in was the easiest part. Not to be undone by a bunch of spoiled heiresses, Mercy stands strong—until disaster strikes. On April 18, a historic earthquake rocks San Francisco, destroying Mercy’s home and school. With martial law in effect, she is forced to wait…
