Boy oh boy, do I have an amazing book to share with you today! Do you love swashbuckling adventure stories filled with mages, witches, and merpeople, oh my! Stories with pirates and mercenaries and royal machinations? If this sounds like your jam––and since you're here––I'm guessing it does. You should RUN to the nearest bookstore [...]
Tag: coming of age
When Elephants Fly – Review
"Crazy is genetic. It's the house I was born inside. There are no windows, just two locked doors. One door leads to Normal, the other to Insanity. At some point, I will inherit a key, but I don't get to pick which door it unlocks." Life is anything but certain for High School Senior, T. [...]
The Summer Of Us – Review
"She realized that these were the things she was worried about forgetting -- these small familiar pieces of her old life. These fragments of things she would never get back again." Aubrey and Rae have been planning this trip around Europe since sixth grade. Along with their friends, Clara, Jonah, and Gabe, they are going [...]
A Psalm For Lost Girls – Review
*** This review was originally published at Teenreads.com, click HERE to view*** In her debut novel, A PSALM FOR LOST GIRLS, Katie Bayerl presents a profound coming of age story wrapped within a thriller. Themes of loss, love, sisterhood and faith are saturated throughout the pages. The added layers of suspense and mystery give this [...]
The Guineveres – Review
"Stories are like that; they seek to unravel." The Guineveres is a haunting coming of age story told by Vere, one of four Guineveres living in a convent, being raised by nuns. These four girls aren't the only girls there, but they are all Guineveres, and so they form an unspoken bond through their shared [...]
Review – Girl on the Verge
Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn My rating: 3 of 5 stars "My cheeks burn. A foreigner. I may be the daughter of Thai parents, but I was born and raised in America. Which means I'll never be Thai enough. I'll never be good enough." Kan lives in between two cultures. She isn't Thai [...]