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…
THE INFINITY PARTICLE by WENDY XU A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN. Wendy Xu is a rising star within the YA graphic novel community. The author of Mooncakes, which we can’t seem to keep on the shelves here at the library, is back with another gorgeous graphic novel called The Infinity Particle. Combining science fiction,…
THE WAY I USED TO BE by AMBER SMITH A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith is one of those TikTok books. You know the ones. Anything by Sarah J. Maas, Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. These books became inexplicably…
THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH by ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Andrew Joseph White is one of my favorite authors. Wanted to get this out of the way before I really start this review. And because White is one of my favorite authors, I wasn’t sure if…