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Legendborn Review

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape–until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A […]

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What I’m Reading on Wattpad

A while back, I made a post about my favorite books that I’ve read on Wattpad, an app where writers and readers alike could interact and create novels and series of their own. After a few years of reading on Wattpad, I had narrowed down my favorite novels on the site, hence the last post. […]

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When Dimple Met Rishi, Sandhya Menon

Here’s a little contemporary, just for you guys! First off, When Dimple Met Rishi is about two young kids that are about to go off to college. Dimple isn’t the perfect Indian daughter because she kind of defied tradition, rejecting the idea of arranged marriage and didn’t see why it was so important that she […]

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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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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 […]