Category: Young Adult

Review: Adrienne’s Awake..

Posted April 2, 2020 by Alana in Book Reviews, Fantasy, Young Adult / 0 Comments

Adrienne’s Awakening is a fascinating exploration into metaphysical fiction filled to the brim with psychic abilities and a shadow organization with a hidden agenda. Schoeneman penned an intriguing mystery with beautifully detailed settings that complemented the slow world-building carefully revealed to readers as Adrienne discoveries buried truths. I struggled a bit with Adrienne from the start. The drama with her boyfriend Calvin felt completely out of place especially since it was never brought up once Adrienne’s abilities are revealed. She […]

Where the Sun Will Rise Tomorr..

Posted March 3, 2020 by Alana in Book Reviews, Historic Fiction, Young Adult / 2 Comments

Where the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow was my introduction to South Asian historical fiction and an intriguing departure from my usual reads. I have very little background in South Asian history, at least that I’ve retained. I mean, it has been over a decade since I sat in a world history class. I found Rohatgi’s debut an insightful, layered and memorable coming of age tale. My heart ached for Leela and her struggle to reconcile her duties to family, community, and […]

Book Review: The Sound of Star..

Posted February 18, 2020 by Alana in Book Reviews, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Romance, Young Adult / 0 Comments

Dow as woven a particularly grim version of the future. In this post-invasion Earth, the author borrows a bit of that star-crossed love trope with her character Ellie (Janelle) and Morris. The most striking part of this debut novel has to be the intricate world-building that has gone into the Ilori invaders and the state of humanity both before and after their arrival. It is a grim picture that, horrifyingly, resonates with today’s current events. One thing that Dow does […]

Don’t Read the Comments ..

Posted January 30, 2020 by Alana in Blog Tour, Book Reviews, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Young Adult / 1 Comment

Townsfolk! Today, I am thrilled to share my review of Don’t Read the Comments as well as partnering with the team at HQN Inkyard to bring you an excerpt from Smith’s debut book! First though, it’s review time! I’m not even sure how to write a review that will properly do this fabulous book justice! I picked it up, knowing I had a blog tour review to write in the near future and expected to read a chapter here and a […]

Book Review: Killer Domes and ..

Posted December 24, 2019 by Alana in Book Reviews, Science Fiction, Young Adult / 0 Comments

Gibbs has created a colorful, if at times confusing, dystopian set in a post-apocalyptic setting. I appreciated that author does just enough world-building to keep readers from being completely lost in this new world but we don’t get bombarded with insane amounts of detail. Instead, readers are treated to an interesting POV from Maz who thinks she is the hottest thing since sliced bread. Maz’s elitism stops just short of grating, thankfully, but honestly my favorite character was Hap. His […]