I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Million to One, Josefa is a street thief. Violet is an actress. Hinnah is an …
Tag: young adult
Book Review | Not Good for Maidens
A little late for Halloween, but oh well! In Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino, Lou has grown up in Boston never visiting her family’s home in York, England. In fact, she doesn’t know much about her mother’s and aunts’ lives there before they moved—so when her youngest aunt Neela goes missing in York, …
Book Review | Aces Wild (ARC)
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 …
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 …
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