BLESS THE BLOOD by WALELA NEHANDA A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN TRIGGER WARNING: Discussions of cancer throughout For this week’s review, dear readers, we’re going to switch things up a bit. The book I’m reviewing is not a novel, rather a YA memoir written in poetry, verse, and prose. That…
ROADQUEEN by MIRA ONG CHUA A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Road Queen by Mira Ong Chua is a very interesting graphic novel. Why? Because it straddles the line between Western comics and Japanese manga to the point where I could easily see this being a manga. The book features Leo and…
RED WOLF by RACHEL VINCENT A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN When I saw that Rachel Vincent, an icon of early/mid-2000s YA paranormal romance, wrote a new book retelling Little Red Riding Hood, I knew I had to read it. Not only do I love some good old fashioned paranormal romance,…
STOLEN by LUCY CHRISTOPHER A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Stolen by Lucy Christopher was released in 2009. I was a sophomore in high school! Despite it being out for so long, I never picked it up even though I was familiar with its concept: Teenage girl gets kidnapped from an airport…
FRESHMAN YEAR by SARAH MAI A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Freshman Year by Sarah Mai is a painfully real graphic memoir about the author’s first year in college. It doesn’t paint a rosy picture of college life, either, which I really appreciated given my own tumultuous freshman year way back…
FINDING JUPITER by KELIS ROWE A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe is a moving story of young Black love that doesn’t shy away from difficult subject matters. The book–told in two perspectives–follows Ray and Orion, two teens who meet at a skating rink and almost instantly fall…
LUNAR NEW YEAR LOVE STORY by GENE LUEN YANG AND LEUYEN PHAM A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Happy (almost) Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! It’s the 10th of February this year, so I figured now would be a perfect time to review Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene…
STITCHING SNOW by RC LEWIS A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Stitching Snow by RC Lewis is something you might not fully get at first glance. There’s snow and apples on the cover, sure, but then it’s like, okay, what is this book? Surprise, it’s a Snow White retelling set in space.…
MALL GOTH by KATE LETH A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Mall Goth by Kate Leth is something I knew I wanted to read the moment I saw it online. I was like, yes, finally, a book for me. I, too, was a mall goth. Tried to be, anyway, back when…
A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER by HOLLY JACKSON A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I’m going to be honest with you, dear readers. I took last week off because I’ve been incredibly sick (I’m fine now), but now I’m back with a fresh new review of A Good Girl’s Guide to…