Tag: young adult

Blog Tour: The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor

Posted October 12, 2020 by Wendy in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

The Code for Love and Heartbreak is an inventive and cute contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma. It centers around Emma, an analytical number focused, top of her class student. Numbers are black and white and make sense to her – they always do what they’re supposed to and she much prefers straightforward numbers to subjective feelings. As co-president of her school’s coding club, she comes up with the idea for an app to predict a person’s “perfect match” based […]

Not Your Childhood Fairytale: Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Posted September 28, 2020 by Wendy in Reviews / 1 Comment

Why Did I Read? Say the words fairytale retelling and I am there. I don’t know why, but I just love fairytale retellings! I think I love the fairytale stories themselves and also enjoy all the possible alternative twists. It’s a lot of fun. My Thoughts: If you are a fan of retellings, this is not one to miss! The premise is a very unique take on the classic Cinderella story that is inventive and fresh. Sophia and all the […]

Phoenixes and Alchemy: Ashlords by Scott Reintgen

Posted September 7, 2020 by Wendy in Reviews / 0 Comments

Why Did I Read? As many of you may know, two of my all time favorite books is The Scorpio Races and Red Rising. So when Ashlords has those two books as the comps? I was wary to say the least! However, I can safely attest that Ashlords was a whole lot of fun and I greatly enjoyed it! My Thoughts: I don’t think the comparisons for Ashlords are completely accurate so take them with a grain of salt! The […]

Blog Tour Review + Author Interview: Last Chance Summer by Shannon Klare

Posted July 23, 2020 by Wendy in Blog Tour, Reviews / 4 Comments

I always tell people that my summers spent at summer camp were the best summers of my life. I was a camper for multiple summers growing up and went on to work at a summer camp for a few summers as well. It was a really formative period of time in my life and I think really shaped me as a person! It sounds sort of dramatic but there’s something special and magical about summer camp. It’ll always hold a […]

Greek Gods Meet WWI: Lovely War by Julie Berry

Posted May 28, 2020 by Wendy in Reviews / 1 Comment

Why Did I Read? I love both historical fiction and Greek mythology and I was so intrigued by this premise! A story set during World War I but told by Greek gods, Aphrodite in particular. Have you ever heard such a unique premise?? My Thoughts: This is probably one of the most unique book premises I’ve ever read. We hear the story as it’s being told by the goddess Aphrodite to her husband Hephaestus and to her lover Ares. She […]