This is the kind of book that proves why reading debut authors’ work is awesome. In If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal, Rochelle has one goal for the upcoming senior year: to become valedictorian and get into Wharton. If that involves beating her academic rival, Amira Rodriguez, well, that’s just a perk. …
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Book Review | What Comes After (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of What Comes After by Katie Bayerl. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In What Comes After by Katie Bayerl, Mari is a driven sixteen-year-old, determined to make it through high school …
Book Review | Roll for Love (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Roll for Love by M. K. England. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Roll for Love, Harper and Ollie were childhood best friends, from when they would spend every summer …
Book Review | Our Infinite Fates (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Generally, I’m a little sick of those book descriptions that are “it’s [media] meets [other media]” because every single …
Book Review | A Language of Dragons
In A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson, it’s the 1920s, and there has been a precarious truce struck between the dragons and humans of Great Britain for some time now. But there are rumblings of a rebellion, determined to get better rights for the dragons and to dismantle the human class system. Vivian, …
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