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All American Boys

Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely

4.25/5 STARS

Favorite Quote: “IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN SITUATIONS OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR.”

Goodreads Summary:

Rashad is absent again today.

That’s the sidewalk graffiti that started it all…

Well, no, actually, a lady tripping over Rashad at the store, making him drop a bag of chips, was what started it all. Because it didn’t matter what Rashad said next—that it was an accident, that he wasn’t stealing—the cop just kept pounding him. Over and over, pummeling him into the pavement. So then Rashad, an ROTC kid with mad art skills, was absent again…and again…stuck in a hospital room. Why? Because it looked like he was stealing. And he was a black kid in baggy clothes. So he must have been stealing.

And that’s how it started.

And that’s what Quinn, a white kid, saw. He saw his best friend’s older brother beating the daylights out of a classmate. At first Quinn doesn’t tell a soul…He’s not even sure he understands it. And does it matter? The whole thing was caught on camera, anyway. But when the school—and nation—start to divide on what happens, blame spreads like wildfire fed by ugly words like “racism” and “police brutality.” Quinn realizes he’s got to understand it, because, bystander or not, he’s a part of history. He just has to figure out what side of history that will be.

Rashad and Quinn—one black, one white, both American—face the unspeakable truth that racism and prejudice didn’t die after the civil rights movement. There’s a future at stake, a future where no one else will have to be absent because of police brutality. They just have to risk everything to change the world.

Cuz that’s how it can end.

My Review:

I Did really enjoy this book. The only thing is the ending, although powerful, was a bit anticlimactic. I understand the choice of leaving it there, but I just feel it could have been a great opportunity to show that change can come from protest. Change can come from tragedy. I just felt like everyone’s story was left unfinished.

Did the cop ever see the error of his ways?

Did the two boys ever meet and talk about the moment that changed both their lives forever?

Did they get the girl? (I know this is anything but a romance but still.)

On that note, wow was this a powerful, thought provoking read. I’ve had this book for a couple years now and due to the times we’re living in, I decided it was time to read it. It was so relevant to what we’re seeing in the news right now. I loved seeing inside Rashad’s head. How although he knew this shouldn’t have happened, he didn’t want to make a deal of it at first. Seeing Quinn realize how blind white people can be to racism and unconscious bias.

All in all, a great book and would recommend it in the time we’re living.

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Ever the Brave (A Clash of Kingdoms, #2)

Erin Summerill

4.5/5 STARS

Favorite Quote: “Regret is a dye, blackening my heart and head, spreading hatred and blame.”

Goodreads Summary:

Ever the Divided. Ever the Feared. Ever the Brave.

After saving King Aodren with her newfound Channeler powers, Britta only wants to live a peaceful life in her childhood home. Unfortunately, saving the King has created a tether between them she cannot sever, no matter how much she'd like to, and now he's insisting on making her a noble lady. And there are those who want to use Britta’s power for evil designs. If Britta cannot find a way to harness her new magical ability, her life—as well as her country—may be lost.

The stakes are higher than ever in the sequel to Ever the Hunted, as Britta struggles to protect her kingdom and her heart.

My Review:

Honestly I loved it. Sometimes the sequel falls short after the first novel but that is not the case here. Everything progress nicely with the perfect amount of unexpected twists and turns.

I wasn’t sure how I felt with the ending to the first book, however, I really enjoyed the way they explored it in this book. The King went from being just a royal figure in the first book to a character with depth in the second and I loved him.

The love interest was still annoying. He’s working on his overprotective, jealous nature and I appreciate that.

The reveal at the end of this book could have been a very played out trope, but I like what the author did with it. The Main Character stayed true to herself.

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Archenemies (Renegades, #2)

Marissa Meyer

4.5/5 STARS

Favorite Quote: “Once we have total power, what's to keep us from becoming villains ourselves?”

Goodreads Summary:

Time is running out.

Together, they can save the world.

But they each other's worst nightmare.

In Renegades, Nova and Adrian (aka Insomnia and Sketch) fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator. It was a short-lived victory.

The Anarchists still have a secret weapon, one that Nova believes will protect her. The Renegades also have a strategy for overpowering the Anarchists, but both Nova and Adrian understand that it could mean the end of Gatlon City - and the world - as they know it.

My Review:

Solid read just like the first. The story does a nice job flowing and progressing in this second novel. The only issue I saw was it felt a bit anti-climatic.

Like pleeeeease can people just find out the big secret already? I think that would have been the perfect way to end the second book, so that divide and betrayal could be explored in the third. And then you have the big reveal at the end of the first book (very climatic), but then it’s kind of pointless in this book.

The love interest still annoys me with his high and mighty attitude.

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Scythe (Scythe, #1)

Neal Shusterman

4/5 STARS

Favorite Quote: “I think all young women are cursed with a streak of unrelenting foolishness, and all young men are cursed with a streak of absolute stupidity.”

Goodreads Summary:

Thou shalt kill.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

My Review:

4 stars because the beginning was rather slow in my opinion. It’s a book, in its simplest form, about killing. I wasn’t expected it to be so introspective, which I liked of course. It made it more of a meaningful read. I found the world that the author created interesting and it really makes you think.

Romance was definitely rushed in my opinion, but I am a slow burn gal.

Once I hit about halfway through, the storyline really started getting interesting and I was hooked.

The saving grace of this book was the character development. The two leads completely transformed in the novel, specifically Rowan. They transformed but at their core, they didn’t move from their morals which I loved.

And the last excerpt from a journal was just incredible. I will more than likely read the next book.

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The Girl I Used to Be

April Henry

2/5 STARS

Goodreads Summary:

Olivia was only three years old when her mother was killed and everyone suspected her father of murder. But his whereabouts remained a mystery. Fast forward fourteen years. New evidence now proves Olivia's father was actually murdered on the same fateful day her mother died. That means there's a killer still at large.

Now Olivia is determined to uncover who that might be. But can she do that before the killer tracks her down first?

My Review:

Not great... I wanted a short, quick read. It was short and it was quick, but that’s about it.

With such a short book, and it being a mystery at that, you kind of expect to dive right into everything right away. Yet I found myself almost halfway through and had learned nothing new other that overheard conversations which was all just speculation. There was no excitement. Nothing that kept me on my toes wanting more.

The love interest in the book was stupid and unnecessary. You have 230 pages to tell the story and solve the mystery of the main girl’s parents’ deaths. Focus on that rather than some boy next door that really isn’t even helping solve the mystery. It was so forced and unnecessary since it couldn’t be properly developed.

So all this girl knows is what the people in the town are saying. No real clues, no real leads.

The whole book was beyond pointless, but at least it was only 200 pages.

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Renegades (Renegades, #1)

Marissa Meyer

4.75/5

Favorite Quote: “For the record, while it's very charming that you keep trying to protect me, I would like to remind you that I actually know how to defend myself."

Goodreads Summary:

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies — humans with extraordinary abilities — who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone... except the villains they once overthrew.

Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice — and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.

My Review:

I was actually surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I haven’t read anything else by her before, but I was seeing this book all over BookTok. I thought it was going to be a little juvenile, but the author did a great job introducing a lot of complexities to the stories and to the characters. There’s a lot of tipping back and forth between good and evil, and in this book, both sides have a valid point. Especially at the end, I was definitely starting to side with the ‘villains’ well, at least side with the Main Character. The others are chaotic which is great but hard to get behind.

The romance is obviously going to be a slow burn, which is my favorite! The angst and indecision is amazing. Adrian, the male lead/love interest, was a little meh. He was very self-righteous at times which I found annoying, but it’s who he was raised to be. I’m interested to see how his character further develops.

I’ve already ordered the second book and can’t wait to read it!

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Ever the Hunted (A Clash of Kingdoms, #1)

Erin Summerill

4.25/5 STARS

Favorite Quote: “Bravery is a choice that is yours to make. Don't let fear steal your will.”

Goodreads Summary:

Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, the legendary bounty hunter for the King of Malam—that is, until her father is murdered. Now outcast and alone and having no rights to her father’s land or inheritance, she seeks refuge where she feels most safe: the Ever Woods. When Britta is caught poaching by the royal guard, instead of facing the noose she is offered a deal: her freedom in exchange for her father’s killer.

However, it’s not so simple.

The alleged killer is none other than Cohen McKay, her father’s former apprentice. The only friend she’s ever known. The boy she once loved who broke her heart. She must go on a dangerous quest in a world of warring kingdoms, mad kings, and dark magic to find the real killer. But Britta wields more power than she knows. And soon she will learn what has always made her different will make her a daunting and dangerous force.

My Review:

I did like this book. It was definitely a lot of set up and world building, which the author did a great job with. I loved the angst in the beginning and how the main character had a habit of saying exactly what she was thinking a lot. I wasn't supper into the romance of it though. I'm not very big on childhood friends to lovers. In this book, I felt there was so much going on that there was no time for romance (would have been a great slow burn). The main character kept only thinking about her love interest and she overanalyzed every little thing he did. And she kept forgiving him too easily. Maybe his reasons were ok but so were hers for being mad at him. He was sooooo overprotective and kept trying to stop her from doing things or hiding things from her in order to protect her. She does what she wants, get over it, dude.

I will read the sequel.

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buying books and reading books are two separate obsessions

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fuck it, colorful home libraries

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 7th, 2021)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Dark & Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain

Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn

The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley

So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow 

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee

Your Life Has Been Delayed by Michelle I. Mason

Tides of Mutiny by Rebecca Rode 

Major Detours by Zachary Sergi

The Buried by Melissa Grey

The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young 

Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

The Splendor by Breeana Shields

Mary, Will I Die by Shawn Sarles

The Jasmine Project by Meredith Ireland 

We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson

Small Town Monsters by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

The Night When No One Had Sex by Kalena Miller

We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley

Act Cool by Tobly McSmith

Hello (From Here) by Chandler Baker & Wesley King

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Where I Belong by Marcia Argueta Mickelson

The Problem With the Other Side by Kwame Ivery

The Last Beautiful Girl by Nina Laurin

What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell

Among Thieves by M.J. Kuhn

New Sequels: 

Charmed Thirds (Jessica Darling #3) by Megan McCafferty

The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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Happy reading!

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The Amateurs

Sara Shepard

2.5/5 STARS

Favorite Quote: “Aerin stared down at her dress and blushed. Eveyrone kept saying how great she looked. As if she usually looked like shit. Assholes.”

Goodreads Summary:

Five years ago, high school senior Helena Kelly disappeared from her backyard in Dexby, Connecticut, never to be heard from again. Her family was left without any answers—without any idea who killed Helena, or why.

So when eighteen-year-old Seneca Frazier sees a desperate post on the Case Not Closed message board, she knows it’s time to change that. Helena’s high-profile disappearance is the one that originally got Seneca addicted to true crime. It’s the reason she’s a member of the site in the first place.

Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, she agrees to spend spring break in Connecticut working on the case with Maddy Wright, her best friend from Case Not Closed. However, the moment she steps off the train, things start to go wrong. Maddy’s nothing like she expected, and Helena’s sister, Aerin, doesn’t seem to want any help after all. Plus, Seneca has a secret of her own, one that could derail the investigation if she’s not careful.

Alongside Brett, another super-user from the site, they slowly begin to unravel the secrets Helena kept in the weeks before her disappearance. But the killer is watching…and determined to make sure the case stays cold.

My Review:

Not great. The writing in this book was so YA that it hurt me. It felt like something I could have written in middle school. It definitely could have been written better and still been a YA book. I physically cringed at the juvenile writing. The age gap in relationships? Disgusting. (Shouldn't be surprised considering she wrote Pretty Little Liars). she was setting up a relationship between a high schooler and a young cop. A high school senior hooking up with his running coach who is at least 5 years older... Also cringe. I needed to know who was the killer though. I liked the twist with the murder and the following twist, but then there was like a third twist that was a little too out there for me. I know she was setting up for a sequel, but still. I will not continue on.

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Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth

5/5 STARS

Favorite Quote: “There was a hunger inside me, and there always had been. That hunger was stronger than pain, stronger than horror. It gnawed even after everything else inside me had given up. It was not hope; it did not soar; it slithered, clawed, and dragged, and it would not let me stop.

And when I finally named it, I found it was something very simple: the desire to live.”

Goodreads Summary:

In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift.

Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.

Akos is the son of a farmer and an oracle from the frozen nation-planet of Thuvhe. Protected by his unusual currentgift, Akos is generous in spirit, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive—no matter what the cost.

Then Akos is thrust into Cyra's world, and the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. Will they help each other to survive, or will they destroy one another?

Carve the Mark is Veronica Roth's stunning portrayal of the power of friendship—and love—in a galaxy filled with unexpected gifts.

My Review Spoilers:

This is one of my favorite books of all time! I cannot recommend it enough. Before I get into the review, I will say I have seen some other comments on the book that weren’t exactly positive. First, that it has a race element, but personally, I never saw it until I read the other comments. I think Veronica Roth was just trying to differentiate between the two countries on the planet. And I don’t even remember her ever describing skin tone. (I will say, I am white so I may have just not of noticed anything.) Secondly (and this one I’m not sure on either), I saw comments that there should have been a trigger warning for self harm. In the culture of one of the countries, it is tradition that for every person you kill, you Carve the Mark (title of book, but you cut a line on your skin and dye the scar to make it stand out) out of respect. Let me know what you think.

Alright, now onto my actual review.

I will say it was slightly slow at the beginning, but it was important to help build the world and define the characters. I enjoyed the completely different dynamics of the two main characters. They seemed to be opposites in almost every way. They’re from two different world (metaphorically because they’re from the same planet, but are two different people/countries). This is one of the reasons I really liked the back and forth POVs with the two main characters. The romance is the definition of a slow burn and I am living for it! The anticipation was killing me and was the best part. Eager to see how it continues in the next book.

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Girls of Paper and Fire

Natasha Ngan

4/5 Stars

Trigger Warning: Rape

Favorite Quote: “They can take and break and steal all they want, but there is one thing they have no control over. Our emotions. Our feelings. Our thoughts. None of them will ever be able to control the way we feel. Our minds and hearts are our own. That is our power, Nine. Never forget it.”

Goodreads Summary:

Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire.

In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest.

Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable -- she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.

My Review (Without Spoilers):

I did really, really enjoy this book. First off, I loved the whole premise of the novel. I didn’t even realize how fantasy it was until I started reading it, but it was incredible! I loved the world the author created and the time she obviously put into all the details. I think she created something very unique. As I was reading, I kept getting really suspicious... is she going to fall in love with a woman? I reread the summary several times to make sure I didn’t already know this. So it is unexpectedly gay! (Not a bad thing at all. It was very natural and flowed nicely.) It is also very dark, which again, based on the summary, I wasn’t necessarily expecting. Trigger warning: Rape.

My Review ***With Spoilers***:

The couple problems I had were minor. I had a feeling that something was missing, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what it is.

The main character did a lot of back and forth, which although realistic with her in a very difficult position, but it could get somewhat annoying at times. She went from weak to strong, brave to scared, and vice versa a lot.

Lastly, I thought the romance was a bit rushed. I understand the book is supposed to take place over 6 months but I feel like the relationship goes literally 0-100 in like a chapter. Although there was obviously an underlying attraction between the two, it just went so quick from one kiss to hot and heavy to being in love. Maybe that’s just me, I am very partial to a good, long slow burn.

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Truly, Devious

Maureen Johnson

4.5/5

Favorite Quote: “You have to take things as they are, not how you hear they're supposed to be.”

Goodreads Summary:

Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place,” he said, “where learning is a game.”

Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.” It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder.

My Review:

Great read. I liked the story, I love a good boarding school setting, and as someone with anxiety, I could definitely relate to the main character. We have the original mystery from the 1930s to solve and a new mystery occurs. I also love a good observant and deductive main character and we get to see inside her mind. I love her friends, Nate and Janelle. They’re both so relatable in their own ways, and they’re both good friends. David is annoying, but not to the point of total hatred... yet. I don’t have high hopes for his character as we continue on with the series. He has serious daddy issues and he knows it.

My biggest complaint is there are a lot of questions not answered at the end of the novel. I know it’s a series but still could have fully answered some questions instead of only introducing new ones. Then again, it did suck me in and I will be continuing on in the series.

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Stalking Jack the Ripper

Kerri Maniscalco

4/5 Stars

Favorite Quote: “Wield your assets like a blade, Cousin. No man has invented a corset for our brains. Let them think they rule the world. It’s a queen who sits on that throne. Never forget that.”

Goodreads Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life.

Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.

My Review - No Spoilers:

I liked the book. My biggest complaint would be the writing style (which a part of me liked, so obviously not that big of a complaint.) The book almost read like any other YA book, which did help hold my focus, but I think I would have liked it to read more like a book about the early 1900s. Other than the description of the fashion, I found myself forgetting that the book took place around 100 years ago. It confused my brain.

I will also say the beginning is a bit slow, but once it catches your interest, it’s hard to put down.

Also although her cousin wasn’t in the story much, she was my favorite. She knew what it meant to be a woman in their time period and she knew how to play the system.

My Review ***SPOILERS AHEAD***

I love a good whodunit but I like a bit more clues as to who it was. It kind of came out of left field who the killer was. The only reason I suspected him was because he was a part of the story and a man.

Also the main character drove me crazy with her determination that it was her father. Instead of letting the clues fall into place, she was looking at the evidence in a way to point to her father even though the evidence was very generic and could have pointed to anyone.

Oh, they saw a tall man? My father is a tall man. Oh, there was a carriage? My father has a carriage. That was really bugging me.

I’m not sure how I feel about the Frankenstein twist. I think I would have found it more interesting and believable if the killer just killed and mutilated because he wanted to kill and mutilate. It seems to me, the only real reason for the Frankenstein twist is to explain why the killings stopped.

I know a little about Jack the Ripper and I know they had no idea who he was and no idea why he stopped. When I think of him, I think of a guy who was just evil; plain and simple.

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Friend: “The book you recommended was just about two people who hated each other at first slowly fall in love!”

Me: