Tag: YA
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Prom Theory (2021)
Ann LaBar. 3 stars. (9781534463080). Iris tries to prove her best friend Seth wrong by testing out her theory that love, like many things in life, can be explained through science by trying to get popular athlete Theo Grant to ask her to prom.
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Blade of Secrets (2021)
Tricia Levenseller. 4.5 stars (978150756800). After creating a magical sword, Ziva takes her sister and they both go on the run to keep the sword away from the warlord who commissioned it.
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Hurricane Summer (2021)
Asha Bromfield. 3 stars. (9781250622235). {Blog Tour} Tilla and her little sister Mia head to Jamaica to spend 2 months with their father, but the reunification Tilla secretly hoped for is not as she imagined it to be.
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Today Tonight Tomorrow (2020)
Rachel Lynn Solomon. 5 stars. (9781534440241). After losing out on being valedictorian to her long-time academic rival, Rowan has one last chance to take him down through the annual senior scavenger hunt.
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Scavenge the Stars (2020) / Ravage the Dark (2021)
Tara Sim. 3 stars. {series review} Sim’s retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo is a gender bender. Amaya is given the opportunity to take revenge against the man who ruined her life after she saves someone from drowning.
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Malice (2021)
Heather Walter. 4 stars. (9781984818652). This is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty centering around Alyce the evil fairy’s villainous rise. This is her origin story.
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We Are the Fire (2021)
Sam Taylor. 3 stars. (9781250241429). Both kidnapped to become soldiers at a young age, Pran and Oksana rely on each other. Their relationship becomes strained when Pran wants to rebel.
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Mercurial (2021)
Naomi Hughes. 4 stars. (9781736394304). Tal’s devotion to his God compels him to make an oath to protect The Destroyer, someone who has taken many innocent lives. When she loses her memory, Tal suddenly finds himself seeing her in a different light.
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The Wide Starlight (2021)
Nicole Lesperance. 4 stars. (9780593116227). Eline’s mother disappeared when she was six years old. Ten years later, she receives a mysterious letter telling her that her mom is near but she needs to call her mom before it’s too late.
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We Free the Stars (2021)
Hafsah Faizal. 4.5 stars. (9780374311575). The zumra returns with less people than they began with. Now, the remaining must complete the task they set out to do–free magic.
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