On the way home from a gay club they got into with fake IDs, Colin and best friend Ren have to take a detour to avoid the local jocks, and they come across a weird, white thicket they've never seen before that has a strange effect on Ren. Soon he's acting different and hinting at …
This book opens with an introduction speaking directly to the reader that goes for a few pages, letting us know that not everyone can see magic. Some people are mundane and aren't special, and those unmagical types will not like this book. It reminded me of The Emperor's New Clothes. If you like this book, …
Continue reading The Enchanted Lies of Celeste Artois by Ryan Graudin
When Case arrives at her best friend Drea's house in the West Texas woods, she finds her friend isn't there to meet her, and not only do her housemates not know where she is, but they seem to know something they're not saying... Taking place over 24 hours, Case finds hidden journal pages and strange …
Continue reading Clever Creatures Of The Night by Samantha Mabry
In this debut novel from a Venezuelan author, fantasy and the history and folklore of South America are woven to together to create a story that creates an ambitious story world, and explores colonialism, revolution, magic and identity. In this story, our main characters are Reina and Eva, who are both black sheep in their …
Continue reading The Sun And The Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz
This book from Gabrielle Moss explores the huge selling phenomenon that was book series for kids and teens in the 80's and 90's. Books like RL Stine's Goosebumps, The Babysitters Club and The Saddle Club were hugely popular, long running series with little gimmicks that sold like hot cakes, targeting a previously untapped market, essentially …
Six summers ago, on Long Island, three people were found murdered on the beach with sand dollars placed over their eyes, but the killer was never caught. This Summer, the dead refuse to stay dead as something Mina and Evelyn did back then comes back to haunt them. Literally. The lore around Mina's family and …
Continue reading The Drowning Summer by Christine Lynn Herman
Willa has been friends with Britton and Luz for years and they're inseparable. Until Willa does something that betrays their friendship. Now she has one week to think about what she did and to see if she can make it up to them, as the story spools back to tell us where it all started …
Everything is about to change for four girls who live on Pinder Street, in Nassau. They have grown up together on the beach which now has been claimed by it's private owners who are proposing to build a hotel. Eve is a repsonsible oldest child of the preacher, who helps out so much with her …
Lis London is starting a new life. Leaving behind a school where she's been bullied and unhappy, she's moving from Wales to Yorkshire to live with her sister. She's bought all new clothes, her sisters home is beautiful, and she soon finds herself taken under the wing of the most popular girl at school, Laura. …
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