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…
I’LL BE THE ONE by LYLA LEE A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN I make no secret of this, dear readers: I am a K-pop fan. K-pop, short of Korean pop, is a huge part of my life. I’ve seen BTS in concert twice! I saw SuperM in concert last year!…
ASH PRINCESS by LAURA SEBASTIAN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I can’t lie to you, dear readers. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian was not really on my radar. I’d been aware of the book when it was published in 2018, but I hadn’t given it so much as a passing glance. Same…
A SONG OF WRAITHS A RUIN by ROSEANNE A. BROWN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN One of my most anticipated releases of the year, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, was published to much fanfare back in the beginning of June. I was so excited to get my hands on…
DEAR HAITI, LOVE ALAINE by MAIKA AND MARITZA MOULITE A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Dear Haiti, Love Alaine is the sort of joyful novel that’s perfect for the summer months. Following seventeen-year-old Alaine Beauparlant as she returns to Haiti, her parents’ homeland, after a particularly disastrous school presentation. Thus begins…
ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS by DIANA URBAN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban is a YA thriller following five teens as they try to escape from a locked room with nothing but a bomb and a syringe at their disposal–and a promise that the…
THE DEVOURING GRAY by CHRISTINE LYNN HERMAN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN The Devouring Gray is a book I’ve had my eye on ever since its publication. Blending a contemporary setting with magical elements, set against the background of a small town surrounded by a creepy forest? Count me in.…
ANNA K. by JENNY LEE A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I have something to confess to you all, dear readers: I’ve never read Anna Karenina. I was an English major in college and not once did we read that hulking brick of a novel–or even sections of it. However, I know…