"A queen offers her hand to be kissed, & can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time." REVIEW: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at … Continue reading Clap When You Land | Elizabeth Acevedo | Review

"This time, love walked out of the door and she let it - supported it, even. His heart belonged elsewhere. At the core of all his pain was the threat of community. She could understand it and, in time, maybe even forgive it." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Things are not going well for Maansi Cavale. Her … Continue reading All the Words Unspoken | Serena Kaur | Review

'Any great country that has to kill its own people to remain great is missing the point.' RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: It has been seventy-five years since the dragons' rule of fire and arcane magic over Vinkerveld was ended, and the Empire was born. Since, the tyrannical Synod has worked hard to banish all manifestations of … Continue reading Witchsign | Den Patrick | Review

"Nisha can be anything she wants to be, except herself." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: When Dimple Met Rishi meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls with rival henna businesses. When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants—as long as she isn’t … Continue reading The Henna Wars | Adiba Jaigirdar | Review

“When terrible things have happened to you, sometimes the promise of something good can be just as frightening.” RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical … Continue reading Sorcery of Thorns | Margaret Rogerson | Review

"I am a symbol. But before I was a representation of hope. Now I stand for defiance." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Eve is the last girl on earth. For the last sixteen years, Eve has been a prisoner. Guarded by the Mothers. Trapped by her fate. Watched by the world. Until she took her chance, and escaped. … Continue reading The Eve Illusion | Giovanna & Tom Fletcher | Review

"Against all odds, she survived. The first girl born in fifty years. They called her Eve." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: All her life Eve has been kept away from the opposite sex. Kept from the truth of her past. But at sixteen it's time for Eve to face her destiny. Three potential males have been selected … Continue reading Eve of Man | Giovanna & Tom Fletcher | Review

RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex and Eliza and The Witches of East End comes a reimagining of Gotham for a new generation of readers. Before they became Batman, Catwoman, and The Joker, Bruce, Selina, and Jack were high schoolers who would do whatever it took--even destroy the … Continue reading Gotham High | Melissa de la Cruz | Review

“Who am I to deny gravity, Aurora? When you shine brighter than any constellation in the sky?” RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism … Continue reading Aurora Rising | Jay Kristoff & Aime Kaufmann | Review

“Seize the wind," I whispered. "Don't become the kite that never flies.” RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, … Continue reading Spin the Dawn | Elizabeth Lim | Review