Being the new girl in school is tough enough as it is, but when the only reason why you’re there is because the previous new girl disappeared, it makes the situation all that more awkward. The missing girl, Becca Normandy, seemed to be quite the popoular, in-demand girl. Her disappearance affected everyone at the school, [...]
Review: The Juliet Spell by Douglas Rees
The Juliet Spell is about Miranda, a teenage girl who wants to be cast as Juliet in the school play more than anything. After a mediocre audition with a demanding director, she goes home and conjures a spell to help her chances at the lead. Instead, she somehow summons Edmund Shakeshaft – the brother of [...]
The Iron Knight… begrudgingly revisited
It’s not often that I change my mind about a book and not that often I look into these newly emerging book trailers, but after seeing the newly released book trailer for Julie Kagawa’s The Iron Knight I am actually contemplating giving it a second chance. I originally got the ARC for it on Netgalley and [...]
REVIEW: Saving June by Hannah Harrington
Heart-breaking. Gut-wrenching. Amazing. Hannah Harrington’s novel Saving June is a gripping story of how a family, and more specifically a younger sister, copes with the suicide of her perfect older sister. Harper is the one who finds the lifeless body of her sister June. With no note left behind, she struggles with her inner conflicts and [...]
REVIEW: dancergirl by Carol M. Tanzman
Taking place mostly in Brooklyn (and coincidentally right in the neighbourhood where I was staying while I was there last week!), dancergirl is about Alicia and her friends after an online film project gets out of hand. Her friend Charlie, a budding filmmaker, shoots some intentionally voyeuristic videos of Ali (aka dancergirl) dancing, and posting them on [...]
The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
Maybe I’m not in the right mood, or I’ve outgrown some YA books, but I just couldn’t get into The Iron Knight. I got it off Netgalley and was really intrigued by the story, even though I hadn’t read the previous ones. Maybe it’s the formatting of it on my kobo (where the text is [...]
