Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
Charli When Aurora Rising first came out, I wasn’t planning to read it. I’ve had a lot of trouble getting into the Illuminae series and thought this might be the same…
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Wilder Girls by Rory Power
When I saw the cover to this book, I was intrigued. It’s the August book for the Barnes & Noble YA Book Club and I was anxious to see what…
Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
If Stephen King wrote YA fiction, this book would be right up his alley. Don’t believe me? An evil creature – demon, devil, who knows? This thing comes from somewhere…
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
I didn’t even know this book existed until Adrienne Young mentioned it and the second book in the Sky in the Deep series, The Girl the Sea Gave Back, in…
No Fences in Alaska by Glen Sobey
For the love of all that is holy, get a box of tissues before you read this book. I’m not even kidding. You will need them, especially towards the end.…
Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
I read this book for Barnes & Noble’s new YA Book Club. I hadn’t even heard of the book and didn’t know who the author was, although once I saw…
Broken Things by Lauren Oliver
After seeing a couple of reviews that panned this book, I decided to give it a shot. I just wanted to see what the big deal was. I chose the…
Verity by Colleen Hoover
I’m not a big fan of Colleen Hoover. Most of her books are just not my style. I’m not into the contemporary, YA/New Adult romance thing. But this book, self-published…
The Wicked Deep by Shea Earnshaw
At first I wasn’t going to finish this book. I even turned it in to the library early. I’d gotten to Chapter 5 and it was just dragging along. But…
Single, Gay, Christian by Gregory Coles
This book wasn’t written for me. It probably wasn’t written for you either. Unless, of course, you happen to be LGBTQ, Christian, and single/celibate by choice. Gregory Coles did not…