I wanted to love this one as much as everyone else does, I really did, but it ended up really disappointing me for various reasons. Trigger warnings for rape and assault. Representation wise, there’s a f/f romance and the main character is gay. ...
Little Brown Young Readers
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Invictus by Ryan Graudin
I was really excited for Invictus because I'm a sucker for time travel in books and shows, plus the book starts off at a gladiator match in Ancient Rome. What more could I ask for? I was, however, left a little disappointed by the world building, which is a shame. ...
Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Illusive incorporates two of my favourite things: heists and superpowers. Since Illusive hasn't been too hyped up, I wasn't sure what to expect going into it. All I knew was that the book has been pitched as Ocean's Eleven meets X-Men. And while I feel like the heist part was lacking just a little, ...
The Hundred by Kass Morgan
To be perfectly honest, I only really read this book because Dee and I started watching the CW adaptation (like a month later...I'm still only on episode three...I am so bad at TV.) Also because I have this thing with Bellamy and Clarke in the show where I become possessed by a physical need for ...
Day 21 by Kass Morgan
Okay, so the sequel to The Hundred was slightly better although it still suffers from the same shortcomings as the first book. Once again there's so much potential that literally suffocates under the crushing weight of boring, boring romance. It's twenty one days since the group landed on Earth, ...
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
I went into The Mockingbirds not knowing anything about the story, which was probably a mistake in hindsight. The Mockingbirds is a story about a rape survivor and how she handles the aftermath with the help of her friends and a secret society at her boarding school. Due to lack of research on my ...
