Genre: YA Science Fiction

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

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

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 […]

Posted May 30, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 22 Comments
ARC Review:  Throwback by Maurene Goo

ARC Review: Throwback by Maurene Goo

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 […]

Posted April 7, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #48: March 2023

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

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 […]

Posted March 29, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments
ARC Review:  Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah

ARC Review: Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah

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 […]

Posted September 3, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments
ARC Review:  Gone Dark by Amanda Panitch

ARC Review: Gone Dark by Amanda Panitch

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 […]

Posted April 11, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments
ARC Review: Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

ARC Review: Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

Blurb: Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring journalist, he packs up his camera and heads to Baltimore to document a rally protesting police brutality after another Black man is murdered. But before it even really begins, the city implements a new safety protocol…the Dome. The Dome surrounds the […]

Posted March 14, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
ARC Review: For All Time by Shanna Miles

ARC Review: For All Time by Shanna Miles

Synopsis: “An unforgettable and artfully crafted romance right down to the very last page.” —Julie Murphy, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Dumplin’ “A romance for the ages. Fresh voices and original predicaments make this one perfect little novel.”—Stacey Lee, award-winning author of The Downstairs Girl The Sun Is Also a Star meets Outlander in this vivid, utterly romantic debut novel […]

Posted September 27, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 5 Comments