CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by ELIZABETH ACEVEDO A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN One of my secret book-related shames is that I’ve never read a book by Elizabeth Acevedo until now. Acevedo, beloved in the YA world, is the author of such books as The Poet X and With the Fire on High. These…
SHINE by JESSICA JUNG A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Welcome to another New Release Thursday, readers, and welcome to another instance of me cheating a little. Shine isn’t a super new book. It was released in September of 2020, but it’s a new book to the library, so I’m bending the…
WINTERWOOD by SHEA ERNSHAW A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Winterwood is the second book I’ve read by Shea Ernshaw. The first was her debut, The Wicked Deep. Both books have similar themes of witchcraft, family, and star-crossed romance. Whereas The Wicked Deep is more maritime with its witchery (there’s a lot of…
RENT A BOYFRIEND by GLORIA CHAO A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I’m no stranger to Gloria Chao’s work. I’ve read all of her books, from American Panda to Our Wayward Fate. Rent a Boyfriend is her third effort, and I knew when I saw the listing on Goodreads, I had to read it. Rent…
MATCHED by ALLY CONDIE A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I know I’ve probably said this before in one of these reviews, but it’s never a bat thing to reiterate important points: Sci-fi in YA doesn’t sell well. No one knows why, and although there are plenty of theories, the fact…
THE COMPANION by KATIE ALENDER A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN As I finished The Companion by Katie Alender, I kept thinking this would have been a good book to review for the Halloween season. Alas, we’re not in October anymore, but I decided I wanted to review this book anyway. It’s…
ANGES AT THE END OF THE WORLD by KELLY MCWILLIAMS A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN Before we begin, I know what you’re thinking: Hey, aren’t these supposed to go up on Fridays? What happened? And I am here to validate your memory, dear reader, because these reviews did indeed go up…
ONE OF US IS LYING by KAREN M. MCMANUS A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN If you read YA at all and you aren’t living under a rock, I doubt you missed One of Us is Lying. Unless you’re me. Then you read a LOT of YA and just avoided this…
GRASS by KEUM SUK GENDRY-KIM A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN This is another week, dear readers, where I’m kind of cheating a bit. Grass isn’t necessarily a new book (it was published in 2019), but it’s new to the library and I wanted to review it, so here we are. Grass…
THE BELLES by DHONIELLE CLAYTON A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton has always orbited around my reading circles, but I never gave the book a shot until now. I can’t say why I did–I guess I was just in the mood for some frothy fantasy? And that’s…