Cinderella is Dead Review

Author: Kalynn Bayron Publication Date: 7 July 2020 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Page Count: 400 Reading Method: Digital ARC  Synopsis:  It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If …

Girl from Nowhere Review

Author: Tiffany Rosenhan Publication Date: 21 July 2020 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA  Page Count: 400 Reading Method: Digital ARC  Synopsis:  Ninety-four countries. Thirty-one schools. Two bullets. Now it’s over . . . or so she thinks. Sophia Hepworth has spent her life all over the world–moving quickly, never staying in one place for too long. She knows to always look over …

The Crow Rider Review

Author: Kalyn Josephson Publication Date: 7 July 2020 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Page Count: 352 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis:  Thia, her allies, and her crow, Res, are planning a rebellion to defeat Queen Razel and Illucia once and for all. Thia must convince the neighboring kingdoms to come to her aid, and Res’s show of strength is the only thing …

Little Creeping Things Review

Author: Chelsea Ichaso Publication Date: 2 June 2020 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Page Count: 336 Reading Method: Digital ARC  Synopsis:  When she was a child, Cassidy Pratt accidentally started a fire that killed her neighbor. At least, that’s what she’s been told. She can’t remember anything from that day. She’s pretty sure she didn’t mean to do it. She’s a victim …

The Two Mrs. Carlyles Review

Author: Suzanne Rindell  Publication Date: 28 July 2020 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Page Count: 432 Reading Method: Digital ARC  Synopsis:  San Francisco, 1906. Violet is one of three people grateful for the destruction of the big earthquake. It leaves her and her two best friends unexpectedly wealthy–if the secret that binds them together stays buried beneath the rubble. Fearing discovery, …

Again Again Review

Author: E. Lockhart Publication Date: 2 June 2020 Publisher: Delacorte Press Page Count: 289 Reading Method: Digital ARC  Synopsis:  If you could live your life again, what would you do differently? After a near-fatal family catastrophe and an unexpected romantic upheaval, Adelaide Buchwald finds herself catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out …

Vampires Never Get Old Review

Publication Date: 22 September 2020 Publisher: Imprint Page Count: 272 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis:  Eleven fresh vampire stories from young adult fiction’s leading voices in this bestselling anthology! In this delicious new collection, you’ll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out―and going out for their …

Boyfriend Material Review

Author: Alexis Hall Publication Date: 7 July 2020 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Page Count: 434 Reading Method: Physical ARC Synopsis:  Luc O’Donnell is tangentially—and reluctantly—famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he’s never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad’s making a comeback, Luc’s back in …

It Only Happens in the Movies Review

Author: Holly Bourne Publication Date: 1 December 2020 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Page Count: 368 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis:  Audrey is over romance. While dealing with her parents’ contentious divorce, a breakup of her own, and shifting friendship dynamics, she has every reason to feel cynical. But then she meets Harry, her fellow coworker at the local …

The Twelve Dates of Christmas Review

Author: Jenny Bayliss Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Publication Date: 13 October 2020 Page Count: 368 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis:  When it comes to relationships, thirty-four-year-old Kate Turner is ready to say “Bah, humbug.” The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn’t exactly brimming with prospects, and anyway, Kate’s found fulfillment in her career as a designer, and in her delicious …

How to Fail at Flirting Review

Author: Denise Williams Publication Date: 1 December 2020 Publisher: Berkley Page Count: 352 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis:  When her flailing department lands on the university’s chopping block, Professor Naya Turner’s friends convince her to shed her frumpy cardigan for an evening on the town. For one night her focus will stray from her demanding job and she’ll tackle a …

Little Universes Review

Author: Heather Demetrios Publication Date: 7 April 2020 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Page Count: 480 Reading Method: Digital ARC  Synopsis:  One wave: that’s all it takes for the rest of Mae and Hannah Winters’ lives to change. When a tsunami strikes the island where their parents are vacationing, it soon becomes clear that their mom and dad are …