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The Smoke Thieves, Sally Green

Disclaimer: New format time! I’m still not sure on a review format that works for me, or for this website. Eventually, I will decide on something that I like, but for now, I’m still experimenting. I’m sure that this shows that I’m an indecisive person, but I must say that I like change. I may […]

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Emergency Contact, Mary H.K. Choi

Publisher: Medium: Print, hardcover Rating: ⭐⭐* Blurb: For Penny Lee high school was a total non-event. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine […]

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Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi

Publisher: Medium: Print, hardcover Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blurb: Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother […]

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The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

Publisher: Balzer + Bray Medium: Print, hardcover Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of […]

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Chasing Red, Isabelle Ronin

*Potential spoilers ahead* Rating: 3.5 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Blurb: They said she was going to be my ruin… Then let her ruin me. Caleb Lockhart has everything—wealth, adoration, a brilliant future. Until a chance encounter with a siren in a red dress changes everything. Until he meets the woman he dubs Red. Veronica Strafford’s past […]

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Starfish, Akemi Dawn Bowman

*Potential spoilers ahead* Rating: 4.5 diamonds Publisher: Simon Pulse Blurb: Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn’t quite understand, Kiki prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream […]