If we’re not loyal to the things we love, what’s the point?... Griz is capable of fury and revenge, but also great love and loyalty, bravery, and creativity.

Cory Anderson's debut is a story about darkness, desperation, unlikely loyalty, and, ultimately, brave What Beauty There Is is a story about darkness, desperation, unlikely loyalty, and, ultimately, brave

Their wild success tests their loyalty, offers joy and unexpected stress, and pushes the limits of their

He's forced to consider what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the

I like that Kingsolver is careful to lay out the baby steps of her shifting views of food and of her

I enjoyed main protagonist Tom Hazard’s point of view, which evolves by the close of the story, the shift

But when things began unraveling in the story, I felt as though the tone of the book shifted abruptly

In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty

Yet there are bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other

She wondered: How can we use the knowledge and experience of the Indigenous people of a region to shift

The novel leads to a heartwarming conclusion in which certain fates are accepted and other shifts in

turnaround in thinking—it seemed that she’d had reminders of this reasoning without being inspired to shift

Gideon’s speech is modern and biting, there are darkly funny moments, and the friendships and loyalty read—Gideon’s speech is modern and biting, there are darkly funny moments, and the friendships and loyalty

Her plan is shifted by the arrival of another person she feels she must care for, at which point she Evans explores what is accepted as truth, as fact, and as history, as well as who has the power to shift

You can see events unfolding while the characters involved remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift

The incomplete sentences and lightning-fast topic shifts took some getting used to, but they add to the

oldest friend Jonas have just crossed a line, betraying their spouses--and may have set into motion a shift

I loved that Maguire was able to shift readers' feelings about characters we've long thought we've known

The point of view starts periodically shifting about halfway through the book from Breen to other characters

A full genre shift around page 400 would normally make me want to throw a book through the window.

and heartbreak, and it's satisfying to follow them as they seek redemption, take comfort in and build loyalty

omniscient viewpoint, Beautiful World Where Are You tracks the characters' romantic fits and starts, power shifts here. 05 Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau In Blau's gleefully 1970s-set novel, Mary Jane doesn't merely shift

I was distracted by the brief, repeated shifts in point of view from Patrick to other characters.

A full genre shift around page 400 would normally make me want to throw a book through the window.

teenaged foolishness that leads to trouble, glimpses of satisfying romance, and wonderfully complicated loyalties

The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen

specific advice about fashion, shopping, love lives, career, and transportation; her unwavering familial loyalty

listen with care and then to do thoughtful, better, specific work toward achieving racial diversity and shifting

summary toward the end of the book, with abrupt point of view changes and brief scenes with multiple shifts

life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very existence of Eðians (those who shape shift

The author's note at the end of the book spells out more of the historical background regarding the shift

felt a little abrupt to me, but by that time I had already become satisfied with the lead-up and the shifts

She's Hollywood royalty, and her former movie star mother lives in a home on the same compound. Kathi tends toward outrageous excess and could use a loyal companion who cares enough to set limits toward He's growing loyal to her and fully entrenched in her life, and it's not clear whether he could ever

cooperation, and later I was a little taken aback by unexpected transformations, by what felt like frequently shifting

Tokyo Ever After is about identity, expectations, truth, challenges, betrayal, loyalty, and self-discovery And for more young adult stories about royalty, you might try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

the Wolves, Long offers an intriguing story of brutal conditions, determined survival, hard-earned loyalty

oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship and family loyalty

Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the

is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting

I wished for more page time spent on everyday tasks and activities (cooking, shifting household modules

piety and its unfailing inflexibility, we also witness strange, poignant versions of acceptance, of loyalty

ownership, responsibility, and belonging, as Wecker simultaneously digs into the creatures' feelings, loyalty about dragons, the Temeraire series, and yes, the dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal , I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts; characters living as royalty

Can she shift the future by changing the past?

Then Abriel introduces another enormous shift that shakes things up enormously yet again for both young

The shift in their relationship's dynamic was intriguing to see on the page: Jake wonders when the next

The incomplete sentences and lightning-fast topic shifts are taking some getting used to, but they add

There are tiny moves forward until a big shift that occurs at the end of the book, and the timing and

and privilege; the paralysis of poverty; issues of race, civil rights, education, and women's rights; loyalty

This book had many moving parts, evolving points of view and senses of self, shifts between days and with the kickass, whip smart, savvy, kind, and irresistible Bridie are her striking and unfailingly loyal adventures—all alongside a dark and brooding and heavily tattooed adventurer and naturalist who becomes a loyal

Meanwhile the reader begins to suspect that Helen's loyalties and earnest, nervous desire for friendship