Genre: YA Contemporary Thriller

The DNF Report #18 – May 2023

The DNF Report #18 – May 202..

Posted June 3, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in The DNF Report / 8 Comments

Continuing this as a monthly post, even if I end up with none. This month though I ended up with a few, although technically some were barely started. We Don’t Swim Here by Vincent Tirado My thoughts: I was a little disappointed in this one, as I had enjoyed the other book I read by […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Retro by Sofia Lapuente and Jarrod Shusterman

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted January 20, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 6 Comments

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the RETRO by Jarrod Shusterman & Sofía Lapuente Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/RETRO What starts off as a lighthearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns […]

ARC Review:  Wait for Me by Sara Shepard

ARC Review: Wait for Me by Sa..

Posted October 29, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments

Blurb: Drowning in déjà vu . . . Who is Casey Rhodes? Is she a no-nonsense realist or a hopeless romantic? A just-getting-by scholarship student or a sometimes-Cinderella dating the cool, cultured heir to a media empire and New York City’s most eligible? At seventeen years old and already in her sophomore year at NYU, Casey sheds […]

ARC Review:  We Made It All Up by Margot Harrison

ARC Review: We Made It All Up..

Posted July 7, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments

Blurb: Celeste is the talk of the town when she moves to Montana from Montreal, but the only friend she makes is Vivvy, the heir to the town’s name and a social pariah. Inspired by a passion-fueled school incident, they begin writing a love-story fan fic between the popular guy and the school stoner, one […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Marvelous by Claire Kann

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted June 8, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 7 Comments

From the author of Let’s Talk About Love and If It Makes You Happy, this exuberant YA Novel follows six teens locked together in a mansion, contending for a life-changing cash prize in a competition run by a reclusive heiress. Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who […]

ARC Review:  The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

ARC Review: The Obsession by ..

Posted January 30, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 7 Comments

Synopsis: A classic sort of love story… except somebody might wind up dead. Nobody knows Delilah like Logan does. Nobody. He makes sure of it by learning everything he can through her social media and watching her through a hidden camera he has trained on her house. Some might call him a stalker. Logan prefers […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted December 1, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 8 Comments

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE COUSINS by Karen McManus Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! About the Book: Find it: Amazon, Kindle, Audible,  B&N (Signed Edition), iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us […]

E-galley Review:  Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

E-galley Review: Surrender Yo..

Posted September 26, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments

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 […]

ARC Review:  Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

ARC Review: Even If We Break ..

Posted September 6, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Synopsis: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp comes a shocking new thriller about a group of friends tied together by a game and the deadly weekend that tears them apart. FIVE friends go to a cabin.FOUR of them are hiding secrets.THREE years of history bind them.TWO are doomed from the start.ONE person wants to […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Deadly Little Scandals (Debutantes #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted November 18, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 12 Comments

Book info: Title:  Deadly Little Scandals Author:  Jennifer Lynn Barnes Series:  Debutantes #2 Genre: YA contemporary thriller Release Date:  November 5th, 2019 Publisher:  Freeform Source: E-galley from Rock Star Book Tours which did not influence my opinion. My rating:  5 stars Synopsis:  “Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League-by way of Skull and […]