GIRLS ON THE VERGE by SHARON BIGGS WALLER A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller tackles a topic rarely discussed in the YA world, let alone as the main topic of the novel. That topic being abortion. Despite YA’s growth over recent years, abortion…
FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS (#1 RISE OF THE EMPRESS) by JULIE C. DAO A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao is one of those books I’d seen everyone talking about when it was first released in 2017. An East Asian inspired retelling…
HEROINE by MINDY MCGINNIS (2019) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I’ve reviewed a Mindy McGinnis book before. That book was This Darkness Mine, and I read it around October of last year. Since then, TDM has kept its place as one of the most bizarre books I have ever read.…
A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN TRIGGER WARNING: This book and subsequent review discuss the death of an infant, as well as other disturbing content. Discretion is advised. Some of you eagle-eyed readers may remember that I wrote a review of Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson last year as part…
ON THE COME UP by ANGIE THOMAS (2019) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN There hasn’t been a YA novel in recent history with quite as much buzz as The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. After its release in 2017, THUG has gone on to win numerous (well-deserved) awards, be…
ODD ONE OUT by NIC STONE (2018) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Odd One Out by Nic Stone is an #OwnVoices contemporary novel centered around three teens who are struggling to come to terms with their budding sexualities. We have Courtney Cooper, eighteen, star basketball player and all-around nice…
SAILOR MOON 1 (ETERNAL EDITION) by NAOKO TAKEUCHI (2018) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I love Sailor Moon. I’ve loved it since I was very young, going to first grade with my Sailor Moon backpack and my Sailor Moon notebook that I carried everywhere. I watched the original anime with…
A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada is a dystopian sci-fi offering that would have done well in the post-Hunger Games boom back in 2008, but since This Mortal Coil—TMC for short—came out in 2017, I was hesitant to pick it up. Dystopian isn’t really my…
MY ALMOST FLAWLESS TOKYO DREAM LIFE by RACHEL COHN (2019) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Welcome to 2019, everyone! If you’re anything like me, you’re more than glad that 2018 is over and have welcomed 2019 with open arms. With the new year comes new book reviews, and this week’s…
A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I’m cheating again, and by cheating, I mean I’m reviewing a book that isn’t necessarily new, but new to us here at the library. Wotakoi by Fujita is a manga series following the every day lives of four friends living and working in Japan. What…