Review: And I Darken by Kiersten White

Title: And I Darken Author: Kiersten White Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: Hardcover, 475 Publication: June 28, 2016 Synopsis: No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to …

Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne

Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Author(s): J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne Genre: Fantasy; Play Pages: Hardcover, 343 Publication: July 31, 2016 Synopsis: Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the …

Review: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Title: Ruin and Rising Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy Pages: 422, Hardcover Publication: June 17, 2014 Synopsis: The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient …

Review: The Wrath and the Dawn Duology by Renée Ahdieh

  Synopsis for The Wrath and the Dawn: One Life to One Dawn. In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat …

Review: A Totally Awkward Love Story by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison

*This review was originally posted on The Fandom, an awesome fandom-centered news website that I write for.* Title: A Totally Awkward Love Story Authors: Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison Genre: Contemporary Romance Pages: Hardcover, 320 Publication: May 3, 2016 by Delacorte Press Right from the beginning, A Totally Awkward Love Story grabbed and pulled me into the …

ARC Review: The Leaving Season by Cat Jordan

Title: The Leaving Season Author: Cat Jordan Genre: Contemporary Pages: Hardcover, 352 Publication: March 1, 2016 Synopsis: Middie Daniels calls it the Leaving Season—the time of year when everyone graduates high school, packs up their brand-new suitcases, and leaves home for the first time. It happens every late August, but this year Middie’s boyfriend, Nate, …

Review: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Title: Glass Sword Author: Victoria Aveyard Genre: Fantasy Pages: Hardcover, 444 Publication: February 9, 2016 Synopsis: If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different. Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries …

Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Title: Red Queen Author:Victoria Aveyard Genre: Fantasy Pages: Hardcover, 383 Publication: February 10, 2015 Synopsis: This is a world divided by blood – red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. …

Review: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Title: My Life Next DoorAuthor: Huntley FitzpatrickGenre: Contemporary RomancePages: Paperback, 394Publication: June 14, 2012Synopsis:"One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time."The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, messy, affectionate. And every day from her rooftop perch, Samantha Reed wishes …

Review: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Title: Beautiful DisasterAuthor: Jamie McGuireGenre: New Adult, RomancePages: Paperback, 432Publication: May 26, 2011Synopsis:The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with …