The Iron King by Julie Kagawa One can tell by picking up the cover of this book that Iron King will involve a beautiful teen and some hot, probably supernatural boys. Imagine if someone combined Labyrinth with Midsummer Night’s Dream and added some sexy boys. If that sounds good to you, stop reading this review …
Tag: teen
Oct 03
Book Review: Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska by John Green John Green is supposed to be THE guy for heart-rending teen romances, or so I’ve heard. This falls into that category. The Alaska of the title is not the state but a beautiful and troubled young woman, sort of a manic pixie fairy girl off her meds. Our protagonist …
Aug 28
Book Review: The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn If you like female-centric thrillers, where it’s all about the mystery and the tension and the veiled danger, this is a great example of the genre. It has an unreliable narrator who isn’t a very good person, more than one twist in the plot, and sufficient danger. …
Aug 13
Book Review: The Merciless
The Merciless by Danielle Vega I’ve had this on my shelf forever and just picked it up by chance looking for books to cull. Randomly flipping open the page I hit upon a dark and twisted scene and decided that I was in the mood for an evil story about evil people. It starts out …
Jul 16
Book Review: We Are Okay
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour I bought this book for my daughter, who read it and implored me to read it, adding “it will make you cry, but it’s good” which I usually equate with “drink this, it will make you vomit, but it’s good.” I don’t like crying, I don’t want to cry …