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ARC Review:  Under the Surface by Diana Urban

ARC Review: Under the Surface by Diana Urban

Blurb: An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost. Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart. Sean is pumped to spend a week with Ruby in […]

Posted July 30, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
Review:  The Name Drop by Susan Lee

Review: The Name Drop by Susan Lee

Blurb: From the author of Seoulmates comes a story of mistaken identities, the summer of a lifetime, and a love to risk everything for.  When Elijah Ri arrives in New York City for an internship at his father’s massive tech company, Haneul Corporation, he expects the royal treatment that comes with being the future CEO—even […]

Posted September 9, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
ARC Review:  Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon

ARC Review: Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Blurb: A swoony, heart-melting YA romance from beloved author Rebekah Weatherspoon about two awkward teens who decide to practice dating in order to be good at the real thing. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han. Sixteen-year-old Bethany Greene, though confident and self-assured, is what they call a late-bloomer. She’s never had a boyfriend, […]

Posted May 28, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments
Review:  The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos

Review: The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos

Blurb: “Sweet, snarky, and delightfully dorky.” —Elise Bryant, author of Happily Ever Afters  Cameron Carson has a secret. A secret with the power to break apart his friend group. Cameron Carson, member of the Geeks and Nerds United (GANU) club, has been secretly hooking up with student council president, cheerleader, theater enthusiast, and all-around queen bee Karla Ortega since […]

Posted December 26, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments
Review:  How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy

Review: How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy

Blurb: An overachieving teen witch vies for a prestigious scholarship at her elite high school in this contemporary YA fantasy for fans of Never Have I Ever and Sabrina the Teen Witch! Magically brilliant, academically perfect, chronically overcommitted… Shay Johnson has all the makings of a successful witch. Now that she’s a junior at T.K. Anderson Magical Magnet […]

Posted December 14, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
Review:  So Many Beginnings (Remixed Classics #2) by Bethany C. Morrow

Review: So Many Beginnings (Remixed Classics #2) by Bethany C. Morrow

Synopsis: Four young Black sisters come of age during the American Civil War in So Many Beginnings, a warm and powerful YA remix of the classic novel Little Women by national bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow.  North Carolina, 1863. As the American Civil War rages on, the Freedmen’s Colony of Roanoke Island is blossoming, a haven for the recently […]

Posted September 7, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments
Review:  My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmerman

Review: My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmerman

Synopsis: Insightful, frank, and funny, My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a teenage girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules. A “monomial” is a simple algebraic expression consisting of a single term. 30H, for example. Fifteen-year-old Greer Walsh hasn’t been […]

Posted November 28, 2020 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Hardcover: 352 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1250299705 ISBN-13: 978-1250299703 Praise for THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS “Don’t underestimate the girls in the Arkettan welcome houses because you might just lose your life. Davis’ The Good Luck Girls is a dust-filled, bloody fairytale set in a menacing world haunted with the reminder―the price of freedom is high, […]

Posted October 8, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 8 Comments