Genre: YA Science Fiction

E-galley Review:  The Fallout (The Warning #2) by Kristy Acevedo

E-galley Review: The Fallout ..

Posted September 1, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Blurb: They chose survival…but at what cost? A fast-paced, empowering YA dystopian novel for anyone who’s ever felt betrayed, then came back stronger. The sequel to The Warning. Senior year would have been stressful enough without an apocalypse. When the holograms arrived, allegedly offering safe passage to those who stepped through their vertexes, Alexandra Lucas thought […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #53:  August 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #53: Aug..

Posted August 30, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir My Review: I was blown away by this story. It had so much to it. It was really so emotional, and I even learned so much about […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #51: June 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #51: June..

Posted June 30, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 18 Comments

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. Although technically the first one I finished right at the end of May, but didn’t have time to add it to last month’s post. The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren My Review: […]

ARC Review:  The Warning (The Warning #1) by Kristy Acevedo

ARC Review: The Warning (The ..

Posted June 7, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments

Blurb: The end is coming. There’s no escape…or is there? The first in a compelling YA dystopian series for anyone who’s ever felt like their life-their world-is on the brink of destruction. Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder was enough to deal with before then mysterious holographic doors suddenly appeared throughout the world, heralding the end of […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #50: May 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #50: May ..

Posted May 30, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 22 Comments

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarian #2) by Ruby Dixon My Review: I was surprised but loved the first book in this series, Ice Planet Barbarians, and so had to get the second one […]

ARC Review:  Throwback by Maurene Goo

ARC Review: Throwback by Maur..

Posted April 7, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments

Blurb: Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American girl sent back to the ’90s to (reluctantly) help her teenage mom win Homecoming Queen. Being a first-generation Asian American immigrant is hard. You know what’s harder? Being the daughter of one. Samantha Kang has never […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #48: March 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #48: Marc..

Posted March 29, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. Forging Silver Into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer My Review: This is my first book by this author. An author I’ve been saying for a long time I need to read. And I do […]

ARC Review:  Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah

ARC Review: Monsters Born and..

Posted September 3, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. They have to, or else their family will starve. In an oceanic world swarming with vicious beasts, the Landers―the ruling elite, have indentured Koral’s family to provide the […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #41: Five Romances, a YA Sci-Fi, and a Paranormal Romance.

L-L-L-Little Reviews #41: Five..

Posted June 25, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

So I’m behind on some reviews of paperback books from March and April, and then I’ve got three audiobook reviews from last month, and one from this month I may as well add in as well! And then as I was typing this up I finished a review book I was behind on, and decided […]

ARC Review:  Gone Dark by Amanda Panitch

ARC Review: Gone Dark by Aman..

Posted April 11, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Blurb: Dry meets Hatchet in this thrilling tale of survival following a teen girl who must lead her friends across country to the safety of her estranged father’s survivalist compound after a mass power failure leaves the country in chaos. When seventeen-year-old Zara escaped her father’s backwoods survivalist compound five years ago, she traded crossbows and skinning hides […]