Category: Review

ARC Review:  The Midnight Circus by Jane Yolen

ARC Review: The Midnight Circus by Jane Yolen

Synopsis: “Jane Yolen is the Hans Christian Andersen of America” –Newsweek Welcome to the Midnight Circus – and watch your step. The dark imaginings of fantasy icon Jane Yolen are not for the faint of heart. In these sixteen brilliantly unnerving tales and poems, Central Park becomes a carnival where you can – but probably […]

Posted September 27, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments
ARC Review:  Shine by Jessica Jung

ARC Review: Shine by Jessica Jung

Synopsis: A Korean American teen is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of Girls Generation. What would you give for a chance to live your dreams? For seventeen-year-old Korean American Rachel Kim, the answer is almost everything. Six years ago, she was recruited by […]

Posted September 27, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments
E-galley Review:  Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

E-galley Review: Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

Synopsis: Connor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be […]

Posted September 26, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments
Blog Tour Review: Thanks for Last Night (The Guys Who Got Away #3) by Lauren Blakely

Blog Tour Review: Thanks for Last Night (The Guys Who Got Away #3) by Lauren Blakely

Synopsis: A sexy new friends-to-lovers standalone! Let me list the reasons why dating a sexy, charming, pro hockey star is a bad idea:1. He’s one of my closest friends2. All our friends are friends3. The wounds I’ve got from past relationships go deep. And so do his. We’re both devoutly single — it’s just safer […]

Posted September 21, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, Review / 0 Comments
Blog Tour Review:  Say It Ain’t So (SWAT Generation 2.0 #9)

Blog Tour Review: Say It Ain’t So (SWAT Generation 2.0 #9)

Synopsis: He should’ve never left his house. He should’ve stayed at home. He has a legitimate excuse—he’s running a fever and he’s fairly sure he’s developing pneumonia. He should have called in sick…but he doesn’t.  He goes to work, because his team is relying on him.  First, he has to sign about eight thousand calendars—all […]

Posted September 8, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, Review / 0 Comments