Search Results
879 results found for "young adult"
- Review of Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft
I adored the romantic setup and seemingly ill-fated attraction in Saft's young adult fantasy-mystery, I loved the setup of Saft's romantic young adult fantasy novel Down Comes the Night. The great young adult fantasy elements are all in place here: magic, healing, a defiant main protagonist Saft is also the author of another romantic young adult fantasy novel, A Far Wilder Magic. I loved her character-building, her balance with the young romance, her fantastic, detailed setting,
- 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 In Cristina Fernandez's new young adult book How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying), main protagonist
- Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Cyrus Shams is an orphaned young adult, the child of Iranian immigrants, and a recovering addict and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/1/22 Edition
Reading Now I'm reading Cultish, nonfiction by Amanda Montell; the upcoming (to be published tomorrow) young adult story How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez; and I'm listening to club. 02 How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez In Cristina Fernandez's young adult book How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying), to be published tomorrow, our main protagonist
- Review of Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
I was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish In Meg Long's debut, the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena When Sena finds herself desperately on the run from certain death, she and her injured young fighting
- Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies
this book, check out Will They or Won't They. 04 Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter I LOVED this young adult book. Lynn Painter's adorable young adult rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming growth, the fun--this is basically a perfect young adult romantic comedy.
- Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge for my full review of The Paradise Problem . 06 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 adult romance. It's a young adult book, with lots of love and attraction but very little steaminess (none explicit),
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
adult light fiction is delightful, youthful, sometimes wonderfully silly, and heartwarming. Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction Tokyo Ever After is the story of Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday For other great young adult books, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books. And for more young adult stories about royalty, you might try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.
- Review of One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
This is a great, character-driven sequel to McManus’s young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying. Last year, in McManus's great young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying, the Bayview Four cut through the
- Six More Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year
01 Nine Liars (Truly Devious #5) by Maureen Johnson The fifth in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious young adult mystery series showcases Stevie Bell's instincts, doggedness, and ability to uncover the truth Maureen Johnson is the author of the six-book Truly Devious young adult mystery series: Truly Devious Jane is a young single mother and a librarian at the New York Public Library.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/11/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anatomy: A Love Story, a gothic young adult historical fiction 01 Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz In Anatomy: A Love Story, Dana Schwartz's young adult gothic mystery, it's 1817 in Edinburgh, and Hazel Sinnett is a young woman desperate to become something women particularly inclined to search for opioid drug addicts like her--in fact, no one seems to believe the young
- Review of Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
begins before World War II and spans to the end of the twentieth century, we begin with the story of a young Young wife Becky Jenkins is fearlessly unconcerned with others' opinions. Since a young age she has been able to contact the dead, and she holds regular seances to help those More from This Author Patrick Ryan is also the author of The Dream Life of Astronauts, Send Me, and young adult novels.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/23/24 Edition
Live Evil ; I'm reading Liz Moore's newest mystery, set in a 1975 Adirondack summer camp where the young Sarah Rees Brennan is also the author of the fantastic character-driven young-adult fantasy In Other
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
In Hemlock & Silver , Anja is a healer who since her young cousin's preventable death has obsessively Click here for my full review. 06 In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner Zentner's wonderful young adult This ticked all of my boxes for a favorite young adult read.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rule of Wolves, Leigh Bardugo's second and final book in the young adult King of Scars duology; I'm listening to Life After Life, Kate Atkinson's lovely book about second 01 Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo Rule of Wolves is the second and final book in Bardugo's young adult (I mentioned her Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series But during her next go-round with living, she survived only to die young in an accident.
- Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Ninth House, fiction for adults, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series. I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.
- Review of Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Amy Tintera is the author of young adult novels, and this is her first adult novel.
- Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
ICYMI: This young adult historical fiction story was a five-star read for me. I adored it. Laura Amy Schlitz's book The Hired Girl is fantastic young adult historical fiction written in diary Rosenbach explains anti-Semitism, charming young Mimi shows Joan how to pin her hair and carry herself
- Review of Baby X by Kira Peikoff
Young adult Lily is an aspiring journalist who in her personal life is trying to come to terms with the
- Six More Satisfying Novels about Revenge
I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series. adult Western, and not just because of its amazing cover. Kate is a tough young woman posing as a male cowboy. adult mystery, the first in a series.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/21/21 Edition
Now I'm reading Tiffany McDaniel's Appalachian-set novel Betty with my book club, Xiran Jay Zhao's young adult blend of Chinese history and science fiction in Iron Widow, and Susan Conley's slim, powerful Betty by Tiffany McDaniel In Tiffany McDaniel's novel Betty, set in the foothills of Appalachia, a young Zhao Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese folklore with science fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story that's fascinating me so far.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition
Rene Denfeld's literary fiction about trying to find out the truth about the decades-old death of a young 01 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley In a world of the near future, a young woman is one of many Things and A Flicker in the Dark. 03 Sleeping Giants by Rene Denfeld Almost thirty years ago, Dennis, a young Now his sister Amanda, a young adult who learned of Dennis while researching her birth mother, is trying
- Review of This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about young love goes viral, it leads to the offer of a competitive internship and soaring popularity at her
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/30/22 Edition
A Rip Through Time, the first in Kelley Armstrong's time-travel historical fiction mystery series; Young Bain author Douglas Stuart's most recent literary fiction about a working-class Glasgow family and young gay love; and Tokyo Dreaming, the second in Emiko Jean's young adult series about a young woman who Young Mungo explores ideas of masculinity and loyalty, young love, a gay relationship forged in an unforgiving adult story Tokyo Ever After, we met Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday, average Japanese-American teen
- Review of Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
She's struggling both emotionally and financially as she tries to support her two young children. Cosimano is also the author of the young adult mystery series Nearly Gone, the young adult fantasy series Seasons of the Storm, and the young adult books Holding Smoke and The Suffering Tree. This is her first book for adults.
- Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Small moments in this young adult book ring true, and the story feels primarily about relationships, In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather
- Review of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
suspected each of the main players at one point or another and couldn't wait for the big reveal for this young adult mystery, the first in a series. This is an absorbing young adult mystery; I listened to it as an audiobook and really liked hearing each If you like this book, you might also like the young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly
- Review of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story of coming home, young love, mistakes and redemption, romance determination to keep her heart closed might be shaken--along with everything else around which she's built her young adult life.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/2/22 Edition
Blanchet's young adult fantasy Neath Trilogy--and her debut novel--to be published next week. Blanchet In Blanchet's young adult fantasy debut, Herrick's End, Ollie's only friend has disappeared,
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
review of this book, check out Weather Girl. 05 Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter I LOVED this young adult book. Lynn Painter's adorable young adult rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming growth, the fun--this is basically a perfect young adult romantic comedy.
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I LOVED this young adult book. Lynn Painter's adorable young adult rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming growth, the fun--this is basically a perfect young adult romantic comedy. With the collapse of Earth's environment imminent, eighty trained elite young people venture into space
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
full review of this book, please see The Sparrow. 02 Autoboyography by Christina Lauren I adored this young adult LGBTQ+ love story by Christina Lauren (the pen name for the writing team Christina Hobbs and Lauren The characters in Autoboyography are thoughtful and young and funny and defiant but good, and they make This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction.
- Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Ninth House, a book for adults whose story line is not connected to the Grishaverse, is the first in I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/8/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney's book about a young hyper-focused on her interactions and romantic encounters; The Project, Courtney Summers's suspenseful young adult book about a journalist searching for her sister and trying to uncover the dark side of a cult adult book by Courtney Summers. In The Project, Lo and Bea are young sisters whose parents die in a car accident. They drift apart.
- Review of Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #2) by Holly Jackson
In Holly Jackson's young adult mystery sequel, we revisit the brave, faulted, irresistible character In Good Girl, Bad Blood, Holly Jackson's sequel to the wonderful young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide
- Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
series, the Shadow and Bone series ( which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series ) and The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic .
- Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
check out Machinehood. 04 Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long I was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish fighting wolf Iska, and their desperate In the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
magic, here are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series and Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love. adult fantasy trilogy was unabashedly dramatic and angsty, and I was smiling at all of it in delight Serpent & Dove is Shelby Mahurin's first book in the young adult trilogy of the same name. Reid is a straitlaced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong.
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy adult story that plays with time and is centered around irresistibly imperfect characters. Solomon is also the author of The Ex Talk, Weather Girl, and the wonderful young adult Today Tonight For my full review, check out One More Stop. 06 Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Young Mungo offers a striking For my full review, check out Young Mungo.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/25/24 Edition
by Kaveh Akbar Cyrus Shams is an orphaned young adult, the child of Iranian immigrants, an addict, and
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
This young-adult rom-com picks up with the protagonists of Better Than the Movies , now in a difficult I loved Painter's extremely funny, sweet Better Than the Movies and its believable young characters
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/21 Edition
Strike series, Troubled Blood, and reading Six Crimson Cranes, Elizabeth Lim's first book in her newest young adult duology. characters' evolution and the mystery's twists and turns. 03 Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim In this young adult novel, the first in a duology from Elizabeth Lim, Shiori is trying desperately to hide the forbidden
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/21 Edition
an appealingly antagonistic/lovey-dovey relationship between frenemies; and the gloriously dramatic young adult debut from Shelby Mahurin (with a second in the series already published and a third coming out Adult Series). adult trilogy by the same name (Blood & Honey is the second, with the third, Gods & Monsters, set for Reid is a straight-laced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong.
- Review of Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins
You might like the books I included on the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
- Review of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
The first book in Mahurin's young adult fantasy trilogy was unabashedly dramatic and angsty, and I was Serpent & Dove is Shelby Mahurin's first book in the young adult trilogy of the same name (Blood & Honey Reid is a straitlaced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong. was surprisingly limited, and her witchiness less pronounced than her identity as a thief and as a young
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
adult Western, and not just because of its amazing cover. Kate is a tough young woman posing as a male cowboy. Nash, a wealthy young widow. This is the first book in Rae Carson's young adult Gold Seer trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America; the Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, which is made up of four young adult fantasy
- Review of She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
Heard's young adult thriller was a lightning-fast read, and there's a yearning for connection between Heard's young adult thriller follows the twists and turns at the intersection of three volatile young I loved the girls' young love, but I was haunted by the fact that their relationship seemed doomed because This was a lightning-fast read for me, and while the young people's circumstances build to be almost Heard is also the author of adult thrillers The Kill Club and Hunting Annabelle, and she co-hosts the
- Review of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson
I read this young adult mystery in a day, it was so good. It's been five years since a local young woman, Andie Bell, was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh. I wondered if this would be a sort of young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast, and it IS, in I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read as well
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/29/21 Edition
I'm Reading Now I'm reading three books that are about to be published: Cory Anderson's debut, a dark young adult novel about young brothers desperately trying to stay together and stay alive in rural Idaho; Wendy Heard's fast-paced California-set thriller about an infatuation between two young women, dangerous 01 What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson In the young adult novel What Beauty There Is, Jack and his adult thriller follows the twists and turns at the intersection of three volatile young people--bored
- Review of What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson
Cory Anderson's debut is a story about darkness, desperation, unlikely loyalty, and, ultimately, brave young In the young adult novel What Beauty There Is, Jack and his brother are painfully poor and living alone This element made the book feel young adult to me more than anything else. The main protagonists are young, but their concerns are weighty. I love a brave-young-protagonist setup, and the brothers' love and determination were fantastic.















































