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#YABookCook with “Into the Fire” by Ashelyn Drake
#YABookCook with Ashelyn Drake’s INTO THE FIRE and roast chicken It’s been a while since I’ve done a #YABookCook, but when I started reading Into The Fire by Ashelyn Drake I knew immediately what the...
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“Vanishing Girls” by Lauren Oliver
Vanishing Girls, by Lauren Oliver, is a psychological thriller that begs to be read as quickly as possible. It tells the story of two sisters named Nick and Dara and a tragic car accident that shapes...
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“Nobody’s Goddess” by Amy McNulty
I loved Nobody’s Goddess by Amy McNulty so much that I stayed up until midnight to finish it, and then couldn’t fall asleep until 1 a.m. because I was awake thinking about how wonderful it was. It’s...
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“The Selection” by Kiera Cass
Reading The Selection by Kiera Cass felt like a guilty pleasure. It was one of those must-read-right-now books that I started and finished within 24 hours. But when I described the plot to my husband...
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“Persuasion” by Martina Boone
Barrie and Eight are back along with all of the beautiful creepiness readers adore from Watson Island! Is the binding cost of young love worth it? Must you want what your family wants? Persuasion is...
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“The Artisans” by Julie Reece
The Artisans by Julie Reece is “Beauty and the Beast” meets Southern Gothic Horror. It tells the story of a seventeen year old girl named Raven who will do anything to help her stepfather Ben receive...
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“A Heart’s Danger” by Colleen Coble
I can’t remember the last time I read a novella–high school, maybe? So I had forgotten how much fun the shorter format is until I read A Heart’s Danger (A Journey of the Heart) by Colleen Coble. A...
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“If I Stay” by Gayle Forman
If I Stay by Gayle Forman was the first book I read for my 2015 Summer Reading List. It’s a well-written book full of real emotions and from the very first chapter I instantly recognized why it’s...
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“The Game of Love and Death” by Martha Brockenbrough
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough is a brilliantly written modern fable. Love and Death become flesh and embark upon a game as old as Romeo and Juliette, Paris and Helen and all of the...
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“Escape from Eden” by Elisa Nader
“Hurry, hurry, children.” I always think of that phrase whenever I see Kool-Aid because it reminds me of the horrible story of the Jonestown massacre where Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple...
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“Shades of Doon” by Carey Corp & Lorie Langdon
Doon fans everywhere will be thrilled to read Shades of Doon, the third book in the series. All the characters readers loved from Doon and Destined for Doon are back, and authors Carey Corp and Lorie...
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“Never Said” by Carol Lynch Williams
Never Said by Carol Lynch Williams is a short but powerful story about twin teenagers named Sarah and Annie who rebuild their relationship when they hit rock bottom. Sarah has an anxiety disorder and...
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“Rider’s Revenge” by Alessandra Clarke
Attention Throne of Glass fans! If you love YA fantasy with kick-ass heroines, princes, capture and castles, then you will love Rider’s Revenge by Alessandra Clarke. K’lrsa is a huntress of the White...
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“Nameless” by Jennifer Jenkins
I finished Nameless by Jennifer Jenkins at around 10 p.m. and then spent the next hour paralyzed on the couch trying to calm down. The first half of the book was really good, but the second half was...
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“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” by David Lagercrantz
The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz is a sanitized pale imitation of the first three Lisbeth Salander novels by Stieg Larsson. The first three books were full of so much sex and violence...
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“Hello?” by Liza Wiemer
When’s the last time you read a book that was so fresh and unique that it made you fall in love with originality all over again? That’s how I felt after reading Hello? by Liza Wiemer. Hello? is a YA...
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“Burning Glass” Teaser Review!
If you enjoy YA Fantasy you’ll love Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie which debuts March 1, 2016. Burning Glass is a fun combination of royalty, supernatural powers, a love triangle and political...
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“Firsts” Teaser Review!
On the surface Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn is about seduction and sex, but this book digs deep. Firsts tackles tough questions while at the same time delivering a storyline that will keep teens...
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“Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here” Teaser Review!
If Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw does not have you laughing out loud, curled up on the couch at 1 a.m. madly flipping pages as you speed-read toward conclusion, then maybe you should...
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“Symptoms of Being Human” Teaser Review!
I’ve never wanted to homeschool a main character so much in my life until I read Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin. Is Riley a girl or a boy? That’s a pivotal question hovering on every page of...
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