THIS IS OUR STORY by ASHLEY ELSTON A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN Gather ’round, dear readers, for a tale of mystery and suspense by author Ashley Elston in This Is Our Story. TIOS is Elston’s debut novel published in 2016, and while I’d seen many people in bookish spheres talk about it…
LOVEBOAT, TAIPEI by ABIGAIL HING WEN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Loveboat, Taipei is a sparkling debut novel by Abigail Hing Wen, a YA contemporary story set at a language school in Taipei, Taiwan, following the journey of our main character, Everett Wong. Ever for short. All Ever has wanted…
FRANKLY IN LOVE by DAVID YOON A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN Hello, readers! After a long period of nothing from me, I’m finally back and ready to start reviewing books again! This week’s book is Frankly In Love by David Yoon, husband of acclaimed YA author, Nicola Yoon (of The Sun is Also…
SLAY by BRITTNEY MORRIS REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Slay by Brittney Morris is one of the year’s most anticipated YA releases. As an #OwnVoices story about a Black game developer, there’s an authenticity to this story that cannot be denied. We follow the journey of seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson as she…
HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS by ERIN A. CRAIG A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Welcome to Spooky Season, everyone! The most wonderful time of year. The air is finally getting colder, the leaves are finally starting to change, and Hocus Pocus is on a different TV channel every single night…
A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by BRIGID KEMMERER A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN I’m going to be honest with you all for a second: I only wanted to read A Curse So Dark and Lonely because the main character has cerebral palsy. You know who else has cerebral palsy?…
PERMANENT RECORD by MARY HK CHOI A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN Welcome back to another New Release Friday, everyone. This week, I’m going to be reviewing Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi. You may recall that, in the past, I reviewed Choi’s debut novel, Emergency Contact. I liked that book well…
FRUITS BASKET 1 by NATSUKI TAKAYA A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Fruits Basket is a series that is very near and dear to my heart. Teenage Alexa loved the manga and the anime adaptation that followed, but I haven’t kept up with the series since then. Until now. The original Fruits Basket…
FURYBORN by CLAIRE LEGRAND A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Furyborn by Claire Legrand is the much-hyped first book in the Empirium Trilogy, a series of high fantasy novels set in the fictional world of Avitas. When Furyborn was first announced in 2018, I saw it everywhere. Everyone on Booktube was talking…
AGAIN BUT BETTER by CHRISTINE RICCIO A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN If you’re not familiar with Booktube, let me take a moment to remedy that. You may or may not know that there are communities for almost everything on YouTube. There are YouTubers who talk about makeup, fashion, video games,…