high school

Review: Buried by Lizzie Strong

May 12, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel In addition to being homeschooled in a small town in Oklahoma, Quinn lives in about as remote an area as one could get: smack in the middle of a swamp and miles from the nearest road. It’s...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult
TAGGED: gore, high school, hurt/comfort, Lesbian/FF, Lizzie Strong, magic, necromancy, NineStar Press, small town, The Secrets Witches Keep series, witch

Review: Burn That Bridge by J.R. Gray

May 11, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It’s the first day of school and things are different. Instead of a cheerleading outfit, DJ has a new haircut and also new pronouns. It’s not easy to blend in small town Alabama, and now all...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: coming out, first love, high school, homophobia, J.R. Gray, self harm, self published, small town, suicidal thoughts, transgender, transphobia, violence, virgin hero

Review: The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

May 7, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sky may seem like your typical high school senior, but his life has been difficult. His father passed away in a car accident when Sky was little and he has no memory of the man. The one thing...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: bullying, high school, homophobia, racism, Robbie Couch, Simon & Schuster, small town, young love

Review: Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

May 5, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel A few years ago, someone in the year ahead of Noah at high school came out as transgender. From what Noah knew, the bullying got so bad that the girl left school entirely. She never knew that...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Young Adult
TAGGED: BIPOC, Emery Lee, fake relationship, friends to lovers, Harper Collins, high school, suicide, transgender, young love

Review: The Social Climber by Jere’ M. Fishback

Apr 13, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Growing up in Pinellas Park, Florida in the 80s has its challenges. Josh Livingstone and Simon LePage are best friends. They both have some mild home-life issues, with money being the...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Historical, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: coming out, high school, Jere' M. Fishback, NineStar Press

Review: Know Thy Demons by Sionnach Wintergreen

Mar 10, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Things look a little different than the 1985 most people know. Frank Hope still has to go to high school, but his favorite class is Demonology. It’s important that humans know about demons...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Alternate World, Michelle's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: demon, drug abuse, high school, homophobia, Love Songs for Lost Worlds series, mental illness, necromancer, parent death, self published, Sionnach Wintergreen, suicide

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