Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s…
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Review:: The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
In The Tethered Mage's Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled -- taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. Zaira has lived her…
Review:: Murder, Magic and What We Wore by Kelly Jones
The year is 1818, the city is London, and 16-year-old Annis Whitworth has just learned that her father is dead and all his money is missing. And so, of course,…
Review:: The Tell-Tale Tarte by Maya Corrigan
It's a cold January in the Chesapeake Bay area, but Cool Down Cafe manager Val Deniston has plenty to sweat over--like catering a book club event, testing recipes for her…
Review:: The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in The Education of Margot Sanchez, a bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the…
Review:: Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Piecing Me Together is a timely and powerful story about a teen girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it's trying to break her. Jade…
Review:: Rise by Cara Brookins
After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the…
Review:: Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
In Lucky Boy, Solimar Castro Valdez is eighteen and dazed with optimism when she embarks on a perilous journey across the US/Mexican border. Weeks later she arrives on her cousin's…
Review:: Selection Day by Aravind Adiga
In Selection Day, Manju is fourteen. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother Radha. He knows that he fears and resents…
Review:: The Firebird’s Tale by Anya Ow
The Firebird’s Tale begins with the end of a familiar story: a Prince who never smiled, and by Imperial decree, has to marry the one who managed to make him…
Review:: Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier
I received a copy of Den of Wolves as an eARC from the publisher, Roc, and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Feather bright and feather fine, None shall harm this child…
Review:: Iron Cast by Destiny Soria
I received an ARC of Iron Cast thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, Amulet Books, in exchange for an honest review. It's Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed.…
Review:: The Spice Box Letters by Eve Makis
I received an ARC of The Spice Box Letters through Netgalley and the publisher, St. Martin's Press, in exchange for an honest review. Katerina longs to know why her late grandmother,…
Review:: My (Underground) American Dream by Julissa Arce
I received a courtesy ARC of My (Underground) American Dream through Netgalley and the publisher, Center Street, in exchange for an honest review. For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true…
Review:: The Secret Ingredient of Wishes by Susan Bishop Crispell
I received an ARC of The Secret Ingredient of Wishes as a courtesy from Netgalley and Thomas Dunne Books. 26-year-old Rachel Monroe has spent her whole life trying to keep a very…