Dec 18, 2024
Review of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
Croucher's young adult queer medieval adventure romance is sweet, spunky, and full of great banter, with characters finding their way...
Mar 26, 2024
Review of Together for Never by Marilyn Kaye
Marilyn Kaye's middle-grade novel explores eighth-grade opposites' struggle to find common ground when their single parents begin dating...
Feb 15, 2024
Review of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
Ann Liang's newest young adult rom-com pits high school nemeses against each other: one relentless perfectionist and people-pleaser and...
Feb 13, 2024
Review of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Lex Croucher's queer medieval rom-com--the author's debut young-adult novel--is an absolute gem; it's full of excellent banter and lots...
Sep 7, 2023
Review of One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying #3) by Karen M. McManus
This third book in McManus's young-adult mystery series keeps the surprises coming, ties new twists into early events from the series,...
Aug 16, 2023
Review of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
The first in this dragon rider series by Yarros is full of dramaaaaatic teen angst, a cutthroat path to becoming a warrior, bucking...
Aug 1, 2023
Review of Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
I LOVED this young adult book. It's perfectly charming, funny, quirky, and sweet, yet it deals with grief and fear, hope and forgiveness,...
Jun 27, 2023
Review of Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King #1) by Tricia Levenseller
The fun first book in Tricia Levenseller's trilogy about a teenage female pirate captain sets up a long game toward obtaining a key...
Jun 15, 2023
Review of Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
Gracia's young adult debut digs into teenaged June's messy, sometimes disastrous, and ultimately heartwarming teen exploration of...
Jun 8, 2023
Review of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn
The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her own heritage, flexes her newfound...
Apr 6, 2023
Review of You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum
Samantha Markum's young adult novel is set in a small town in the Florida Keys, with plenty of teen angst, tests of friend loyalty, burst...
Feb 16, 2023
Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Remy and Sena to a storm-wracked...
Feb 9, 2023
Review of Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins
If you can focus on the good qualities of the prominent (and giant...and talking) creepy-crawlies in this middle-grade novel, you'll find...
Jan 18, 2023
Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson
Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult...
Dec 14, 2022
Review of The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) by Maureen Johnson
ICYMI: The second in Johnson's young adult mystery series offers growing friendships, determined sleuthing, and young detectives'...
Dec 8, 2022
Review of The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4) by Maureen Johnson
The fourth mystery in Johnson's Truly Devious series delivers more smart, creative sleuthing from Stevie Bell and the gang, great...
Dec 1, 2022
Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson
ICYMI: This is the first in Johnson's young adult series, set in a boarding school in rural Vermont, with compelling past and present...
Aug 10, 2022
Review of How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez
How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a charming, irresistible young adult story about superheroes, villains, a crushing premed...
Jul 13, 2022
Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean
In the second book in Emiko Jean's fun young adult series, princess Izzy balances pressures, privilege, and expectations in Japan while...
Jun 2, 2022
Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
Stout's recently published middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's gritty...