Thunderhead Review

Author: Neal Shusterman Publication Date: 4 June 2019 Publisher: S&S Books for Young Readers Page Count: 512 Reading Method: Physical Synopsis:  Humans learn from their mistakes. I cannot. I make no mistakes. The Thunderhead is the perfect ruler of a perfect world, but it has no control over the scythedom. A year has passed since …

The Diviners Review

Author: Libba Bray Publication Date: 3 December 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Page Count: 496 Reading Method: Audiobook Synopsis:  Evangeline O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and sent off to the bustling streets of New York City–and she is ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, …

A Castle in the Clouds Review

Author: Kerstin Gier Publication Date: 28 January 2020 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Page Count: 336 Synopsis:  Way up in the Swiss mountains, there’s an old grand hotel steeped in tradition and faded splendor. Once a year, when the famous New Year’s Eve Ball takes place and guests from all over the world arrive, …

Rogue Princess Review

Author: B.R. Myers Publication Date: 21 January 2020 Publisher: Swoon Reads Page Count: 304 Synopsis:  Princess Delia knows her duty: She must choose a prince to marry in order to secure an alliance and save her failing planet. Yet she secretly dreams of true love, and feels there must be a better way. Determined to …

Shatter Me Review

Author: Tahereh Mafi Publication Date: 9 January 2018 Publisher: Harper Collins Page Count: 464 Synopsis:  One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill. No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, …

All the Stars and Teeth

Author: Adalyn Grace Publication Date: 4 February 2020 Publisher: Imprint Page Count: 384 Synopsis: She will reign. As princess of the island kingdom Visidia, Amora Montara has spent her entire life training to be High Animancer—the master of souls. The rest of the realm can choose their magic, but for Amora, it’s never been a …

Nameless Queen

Author: Rebecca McLaughlin Publication Date: 7 January 2020 Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Page Count: 352 Synopsis:  Everyone expected the king’s daughter would inherit the throne. No one expected me. It shouldn’t be possible. I’m Nameless, a class of citizens so disrespected, we don’t even get names. Dozens of us have been going missing …

Cold Nose Warm Heart Review

Author: Mara Wells Publication Date: 28 January Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Page Count: 384 Synopsis: All Caleb Donovan has to do to redeem his family name is take a rundown Miami Beach apartment building and turn it into luxury condos. Easy, right? Unfortunately, that would also turn the local dog park into a parking lot and …