high school

Review: Perfect for Me by Suzie Webster

Dec 29, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel TJ is in middle school when he meets Cole, who becomes his best friend. They fit together perfectly and do everything together, including some sexual exploration in high school. When Cassidy...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Menage/Polyamory, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: bisexual, child abuse, For Me series, friends to lovers, high school, mild kink, MMF, new adult, self published, Suzie Webster

Review: Off the Deep End by Lizzie Strong

Nov 23, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It’s common knowledge that a full moon brings out the crazies, but in Harperville, a small town with big secrets, it seems to be the fog. Thick, dense, ocean-smelling fog that calls to the...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Paranormal, Young Adult
TAGGED: cult, gore, Harperville Horrors series, high school, horror, law enforcement, Lesbian/FF, Lizzie Strong, NineStar Press, pansexual

Review: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Oct 12, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It turns out falling in love is nowhere near as hard as actually being in love. That’s what Aristotle “Ari” Mendoza discovers. The way his heart beats a tattoo that is constantly calling for...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Historical, Young Adult
TAGGED: Aristotle and Dante series, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, BIPOC, coming out, high school, Simon & Schuster, transphobia, virgin

Review: Not His Omega to Love by G.S. Holmes

Sep 13, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Cody Gooden is at the top of his class in high school. As the end of his senior approaches, he’s vying for valedictorian, and has college plans and a handsome Alpha boyfriend, Reggie. Reggie...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Alternate World, Contemporary, Paranormal, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, CoCo Nutz Publishing, G.S. Holmes, high school, mpreg, omegaverse

Review: Impacted by Benji Carr

Sep 7, 2021 | 19 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Wade Harrell is a mess. At 16, he knocked up his friend, Jessa, moved into his mom’s basement with Jessa to raise their baby, and still has to deal with the normal teenage angst inherent in...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: age gap, Benji Carr, dentist, ephebophilia, high school, murder, Reading Challenge Month 2021, sexual abuse, small town, The Story Plant, violence

Review: The Friendship Equation by J.R. Gray

Aug 25, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Vance has been in love with his best friend, Harden, for as long as he can remember. The two guys tell each other everything—well, Vance hasn’t told Harden he’s in love with him and he hasn’t...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, bisexual, coming out, friends to lovers, high school, homophobia, J.R. Gray, pansexual, self published, swimmer, virgin, young love

Review: You’re My Home by Katie Moore

Jul 21, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Zach Matthews and Brady Wellman meet at a turning point in their young lives. They are both about age thirteen and have had a lot of trauma in their lives. Zach’s mom is negligent and his...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: coming out, domestic violence, friends to lovers, high school, Katie Moore, PTSD, small town, young love

Review: Flash Fire by T.J. Klune

Jul 13, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Note: Flash Fire follows upon the events of The Extraordinaries, a superhero story with major plot revelations. As such, this review will have spoilers for that first book. Nick Bell...