YA | LGBTQIA+ | Reading 'When You Get the Chance' was like holding a ball of wholesomeness radiating with LGBTQIA+ positivity.
Book Review: When You Get the Chance ~ Tom Ryan & Robin Stevenson | ★★★✰✰
Category: Book Reviews
I Read 3 Cinderella Retellings, Here Are My Thoughts (ft. a lot of gushing and retelling appreciation)
With retellings, authors can make fairytales modern, more just, and more inclusive. Actually, they can add more magic while making the stories feel more real. | Let me tell you about three "Cinderella" spinoffs in this post!
Happy publication day to ‘Mayhem’ by Estelle Laure! ~ Author Interview
Mayhem, a YA paranormal novel by Estelle Laure, is out today. Find out basic info about the book, an excerpt, a special letter from the author, and a Q&A in this post | Spoiler: I loved Estelle's answers!
Book Review: A Song Below Water ~ Bethany C. Morrow | ★★★★✰
Fantasy | Contemporary | YA | 'A Song Below Water' is a complex read with real eye-opening teenager voices.
Book Review: Esme’s Wish (Esme Series #1) ~ Elizabeth Foster | ★★★★✰
Fantasy | MG | A sweet book set in a cool sea-related world (with dragons and a lot of magic) that weaves friendship, daughter-and-mother love, and adventure.
Book Review: Stepsister ~ Jennifer Donnelly | ★★★★✰
Fairy-tale retelling | YA | Take a huge dose of 'Caraval' vibe, mix it with light 'The Night Circus' enchantment, sprinkle it with a good bit of 'Alice In Wonderland' story style, add a pinch of 'Mulan' dynamics, throw in a bucket of crucial life messages, adapt it all as a sequel-slash-retelling of 'Cinderella'... And you get Stepsister. As marvelous as that.
Series Review: The Lunar Chronicles ~ Marissa Meyer | ★★★★✰
Sci-fi + fantasy | YA | General + book-by-book reviews | This was a wild ride. Both reading the series and writing the reviews.
When You Get the Chance ~ Publication Delayed + Mini Author Interview
Robin Stevenson, co-author of 'When You Get the Chance', answered a few questions about her most recent novel, its purpose, and the reason behind its delayed publication.
Book Review: My Summer of Love and Misfortune ~ Lindsay Wong | ★★✰✰✰
YA | Contemporary | How to sum up this story in a few words. I'll go with "A disastrous read with an ending that lightly makes up for it."
Book Review: A Sky Painted Gold ~ Laura Wood | ★★★✰✰
Historical fiction (1920s) | YA | This is a cute book, but it didn't strike me as thaaat special. It was mostly fluff with good characters but not an otherworldly story. Kudos to the last two chapters, though.
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