Category: YA
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Review: At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp (Release 01/04/2022)
I received an ARC from Sourcebooks Fire through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I’m struggling with my feelings about this book because my main opinion about it is that it isn’t bad, I may have even liked it at a different point in time, but that publishing it now, especially as new variants…
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Review: If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich (Release 12/07/2021)
I recieved an e-ARC of this novel through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. What a rollercoaster of a book! I finished this book in just over 24 hours which, as a busy college student, says a lot about this book. I fell in love with each member of Saturday. Even though Jon and…
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Review: Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults) edited by Alice Wong (Release: 10/26/2021)
I received an e-ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed this collection and reading it made me want to pick up the larger collection of essays. This collection is nicely organized with clear themes, and each piece is on the shorter side, so it is easy to read it a bit…
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Review: Me (Moth) by Amber McBride (Release 08/17/2021)
I received an e-ARC of this book through NetGalley as part of a publisher giveaway. I love novels in verse, and this book was no exception to my love for the format. The lyrical flow of these novels allow me to easily fall into the stories being told, and I love being swept up in…
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Review: A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee (Release 08/02/2021)
I recieved an eARC of this book from the publisher through a giveaway fulfilled on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book. I found myself devouring it as I just wanted to know what was going to happen next. A Lesson in Vengeance is filled with twists and moments that made…
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Review: Cheer Up! Love and Pom Poms by Crystal Frasier (Release 08/10/2021)
I was provided an eARC of this graphic novel through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this graphic novel. The art style was super cute and felt aimed at teens and young adults instead of feeling infantile. The messaging in the novel to be true to yourself and friends and acceptance…
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Review: Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Release 06/29/2021)
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Gearbreakers is a fast-paced debut sci-fi YA novel that asks the question of if there is any truly effective way to fight gods. I really enjoyed this book or the first 70% of it at least. I…
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Review: Darling by K. Ancrum (Release 06/22/2021)
I received an ARC of this novel through NetGalley from the publisher’s giveaway, in exchange for an honest review. I had read the author’s debut novel a few months back and found myself deeply immersed in the world-building and suspense of The Wicker King and its companion novella The Iron Raven. Knowing that creeping dread…
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Review: Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa (Release 06/08/2021)
I received an e-arc of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I loved this book. It was sweet and fun and funny even when things got dark. I struggled to get into it at first but the further I read, the more immersed in the story I was and the more…
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Review: Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin (Release 06/01/2021)
I really wanted to enjoy this book, but I found it to drag on a lot, and wondering when it would end. Part of my problem with this book is that there are no chapters in this book, there is nothing breaking up the book into more manageable chunks. I understand that for some this…