My rating: My ratings: 4 out of 5 stars
Genre: YA Contemporary
Pages: 304
Pacing: Normal
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: April 21st, 2020
LGBTQ+: Lesbian, gay, bisexual
Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined. Continue reading “Review: Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen”
My rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Genre: YA Fantasy / Magical Realism
Pages: 323
Pacing: Slow
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: November 5th, 2019
Be careful of the dark, dark wood…
Especially the woods surrounding the town of Fir Haven. Some say these woods are magical. Haunted, even. Continue reading “Review: Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw”
My rating: 4 ½ out of 5 stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 468
Pacing: Slow to Normal
Publisher: Orbit
Published: August 4th, 2015
This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze — the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization’s bedrock for a thousand years — collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman’s vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.
Continue reading “Review: The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin”
