If you're like me, then you fell in love with Daughter of the Pirate King last year -- so it should come as good news that Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller delivers all the swashbuckling, high seas adventure you've been waiting for. Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all... Continue Reading →

Don't Forget Me by Victoria Stevens is a stunning debut novel that I devoured in a single (late-night) sitting, and it was worth every minute of sleep-deprived exhaustion the following day. Seventeen-year-old Hazel Clarke is no stranger to heartbreaks, and being sent to live with a father she’s never met is the latest in a... Continue Reading →

The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith is the kind of book teens need in their lives. For some, it will provide solace that their experiences and feelings are not unique in the universe. For others, it will hopefully promote some much-needed empathy. Here is the book's official synopsis: How do you let go... Continue Reading →

I have loved all of Kami Garcia's books, but her latest - Broken Beautiful Hearts - might be my favorite yet. Here's more about the book and why I loved it. Her heart has to break before it can open. When star soccer player Peyton Rios receives an offer from her first-choice college, senior year... Continue Reading →

Readers looking for a beautifully written story about love, loss, and the complexities of an individual life should look for This is Not a Love Letter by Kim Purcell, coming to store shelves on January 30th. Here's more about the book and my thoughts on this one: One week. That's all Jessie said. A one-week... Continue Reading →

And the first Book Hangover of 2018 goes to ... Reign the Earth by A.C. Gaughen. Okay, technically I read this book in December 2017 - but STILL. You get the point. This is the book I began 2018 buzzing about, and I'm not near yet ready to stop. In fact, I'm eager to reread... Continue Reading →

"I don't like faerie books," I've been known to say. Then Holly Black writes a faerie book. And I read it. And I love it. So maybe I do like faerie books? At least I certainly do when Holly Black writes them, and her latest - The Cruel Prince - is no exception. Of course... Continue Reading →

Happy 2018 friends! We're ringing in the new year today with Meet Cute, an adorable YA short story anthology that's in stores today and features over a dozen stories about that magical "first meeting" in a romance. Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to... Continue Reading →

With a plot that seems all too real, especially in light of recent headlines, The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed is a rallying cry for all girls and women fed up with sexual harassment and assault, and not being believed when they speak up. Three misfits come together to avenge the rape of a fellow... Continue Reading →