I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Aces Wild by Amanda Dewitt. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Aces Wild, Jack Shannon’s world is falling apart. His mother, owner of a major Las Vegas casino, has just …
Tag: YA literature
Book Review | The Hawthorne Legacy
You remember when I said I wasn’t confused by the family tree in the first book? Never mind. In The Hawthorne Legacy, Avery is still living in Hawthorne House after being named the heir to Tobias Hawthorne’s massive fortune, despite the dangers from both without and within. To try to establish her connection (or lack …
Book Review | Wild is the Witch (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Wild is the Witch, Iris has spent the last two years hiding her identity as a witch …
Book Review | The Inheritance Games
I’ve known about this book since it came out, but (as seems to be my pattern now) I waited until now, right before the last book in the trilogy is to be published, to read it. In The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Avery is barely scraping by as she tries to make it …
Book Review | Epically Earnest (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Epically Earnest by Molly Horan. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Epically Earnest, a modern-day retelling of The Importance of Being Earnest, Jane Worthing has grown up internet famous after …