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Review: Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker

Apr 9, 2024 | 0 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Last winter, at the Snow Globe Ball, Cameron Ellis did the bravest thing ever and came out to his school, confessing his love for his boyfriend, Phil Reyno. It was shocking, it was storybook;...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: anxiety, high school, Inkyard Press, James Acker, lovers reunited, revenge

Review: Icarus by K. Ancrum

Apr 1, 2024 | 2 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Icarus Gallagher has been raised his entire life to be a thief. He steals priceless artwork and replaces it with forgeries his father, Angus, creates. Their only target is the wealthy Stuart...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: addict, artist, dancer, HarperTeen, high school, K. Ancrum, thief

Review: #unwell by Cameron Stone

Mar 25, 2024 | 2 comments

Rating: 2.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel What would you do for a few more followers? What would you do for a million followers? Nathan, whose goals of being a social media star are limited by his single-digit follower count, is...

FILED UNDER: 2.75 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: assault, Cameron Stone, high school, kidnapping, stalker, Sterling and Stone

Review: Lies of Omission by C. Lymari

Mar 19, 2024 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Theodore Lyons can’t wait for his senior year of high school to end. He will be able to get away from town and away from his father and go to college on the other side of the country....

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: attempted rape, C. Lymari, high school, law enforcement, lovers reunited, organized crime, self published, violence

Review: We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller

Feb 20, 2024 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jordan Elliot and Mackenzie West met in the summer before freshman year. They seemed to hit it off and had the beginning of a genuine friendship–not to mention an epic crush on Jordan’s...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: athlete, enemies to lovers, Harlequin, high school, Jenna Miller, volleyball

Review: Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia

Feb 5, 2024 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Tara is an Indian girl, the daughter of immigrants whose parents’ visas are currently in question, and — just to add sprinkles to the sundae — has recently changed schools from the...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: BIPOC, Harper Teen, high school, Naomi Kanakia, transgender, transphobia

Review: My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy

Jan 23, 2024 | 3 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Wade Westmore is a high school senior who can’t believe his spring semester is becoming a dumpster fire. His boyfriend broke up with him for being show-boaty and self-involved, and some of...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: anxiety, Brian D Kennedy, Harper Collins, high school

Review: Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver

Jan 2, 2024 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Last summer, Jude, a Cupid in training, fell in love with a boy at camp. It was … well, it was a disaster. Cupid’s aren’t meant to fall in love, they’re meant to inspire it, to help humans find...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews, Paranormal, Young Adult
TAGGED: BIPOC, high school, Mason Deaver, Scholastic, transgender

Review: Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker

Review: Icarus by K. Ancrum

Review: #unwell by Cameron Stone

Review: Lies of Omission by C. Lymari

Review: We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller

Review: Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia

Review: My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy

Review: Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver

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