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Review: Drag Queens, Emo Teens & Big Dreams by Dylan James

Jan 1, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Corbin hides many secrets from his dad, or “Sarge” as he calls him. Though he is expected to take part in the family dynasty and follow his father and two brothers into the Marines, that is...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: athlete, bullying, coming of age, coming out, Deep Hearts YA, drag queen, Dylan James, first love, football, high school, homophobia, physical abuse, young love

Review: Prom and Other Hazards by Jamie Sullivan

Dec 7, 2020 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Short Story Sam never gave much of a thought to prom. She gets it, intellectually, but she doesn’t herself care for all the fuss and nonsense over a single school dance. But Sam’s best friend (and crush)...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: coming out, friends to lovers, high school, Jamie Sullivan, Lesbian/FF, Riptide Publishing

Audiobook Review: Cinderella Boy by Kristina Meister

Sep 17, 2020 | 20 comments

Story Rating: 4 stars Audio Rating: 4 stars Narrator: David M. Nadalini Length: 7 hours, 59 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Declan is a high school junior. It’s the last weekend before a new school year begins and...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: coming out, David M. Nadalini, gender fluid, high school, Kristina Meister, non-binary, Reading Challenge Month 2020, Riptide Publishing, young love

Review: The Mortal Sleep by Gregory Ashe

Sep 16, 2020 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Vie Eliot has come through unimaginable events. Ancient evil and psychics are a plague to the small town in Wyoming he now lives in and, after a battle that left everyone shaken, Vie would like...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: child abuse, Gregory Ashe, high school, Hollow Folk series, murder, psychic, self harm, self published

Review: The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters

Sep 14, 2020 | 24 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel I will admit that I have had author Julian Winters on a list of authors to check out one day, but have never read anything of his before now. The Summer of Everything is my Reading Challenge...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews
TAGGED: bisexual, college, Duet Books, friends to lovers, high school, Julian Winters, new adult, Reading Challenge Month 2020, young love

Review: The Dust Feast by Gregory Ashe

Sep 10, 2020 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel This is part of an ongoing series and the books work best read in order. This review will contain spoilers for the previous books in the series. Vie Eliot never even knew he had a half-brother and...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: child abuse, Gregory Ashe, high school, Hollow Folk series, murder, psychic, self harm, self published

Review: All the Inside Howling by Gregory Ashe

Aug 28, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel The Hollow Folk is a continuing series that should be read in order and reading this review may open up spoilers for the previous book. Vie Eliot still doesn’t want to be in Wyoming and he still...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: child abuse, drug addict, Gregory Ashe, high school, Hollow Folk series, murder, psychic, self harm, self published

Review: Mr. Big Empty by Gregory Ashe

Aug 17, 2020 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Vie Eliot is new to the small town of Vehpese, Wyoming. People don’t understand his name and they don’t understand him. He is now living with his abusive father after leaving his abusive mother in...