Book info: Title: Teach Me to Forget Author: Erica M. Chapman Genre: YA contemporary Published: December 2nd, 2016 Source: Finished copy from publisher, Merit Press, in exchange for honest review My rating: 5 stars I didn’t get to this before it was published, and I’m sorry about that now, because this book was so good. […]
Everyday Magic (Untitled #2) by Emily Albright Publisher: Merit Press Release Date: December 2nd 2016 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: ARC received from author for review Synopsis: For once, Maggie McKendrick just wants to control her own life. Her overbearing Hollywood director father has it all planned out for her: UCLA, law school, then working as […]
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting. This week I’ve picked a book by an author that I loved his two other books, especially his debut novel. And it seems like forever that I’ve been waiting for a new one. Here […]
Under A Million Stars Rita Branches Publication date: August 8th 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Can a beating heart bleed from the shattered pieces? Her heart cracked when her best friend walked away; it completely shattered when she lost her family in a tragic accident. Now orphaned at seventeen, Charlotte Peterson is forced to live […]
invisible-i-am by Gregg DavisHarriet ShowmanPublication date: August 18th, 2015Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult An experimental, literary YA multimedia narrative centered on the experiences of 16-year-old Gregg Davis, who undergoes brutal bullying and sexual violence by her peers. Spanning the mediums of the printed page, online social media and the screen, this story offers a wrenching, empathetic […]
Book Details: Race Girl by Leigh Hutton (The Go Girls Chronicles #3) Publication date: April 3rd, 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Synopsis: Fresh on the heels of Michelle Payne’s historic Melbourne Cup win, comes a blockbuster Australian story about a Queensland girl and the ‘race that stops a nation’ . . . Tully Athens […]
So, back in January I decided I would add my novel I wrote during NaNoWriMo 2014 to the Swoon Reads website and just see what criticism I could get as well as if my story was even any good. I didn’t realize at the time that a big part of the website was actually having […]
Blurb / Synopsis: “Life leaves you scarred. Love can make you beautiful.” Seventeen year-old Sloane Munster is trying to reboot her life after a serious car accident left her badly scarred and emotionally traumatized. Starting her senior year at a new school, she’s delighted to see Luke Naughton, a swimmer whom she once had a […]
Book Details: The Heir and the Spare by Emily Albright Publisher: Merit Press Release Date: January 18th, 2016 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Chick Lit, British Literature, New Adult Synopsis: Family can be complicated. Especially when skeletons from the past pop up unexpectedly. For American Evie Gray, finding out her deceased mother had a secret identity, […]