high school

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...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Paranormal, Young Adult
TAGGED: ADHD, bisexual, established couple, high school, pyrokinetic, super powers, superhero, T.J. Klune, telekinetic, The Extraordinaries series, Tor Teen, young love

Review: Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June

Jun 3, 2021 | 4 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jay Collier lives in a small town in eastern Washington where he’s the only LGBTQ kid he knows. While the other kids accept him him, Jay can’t help but feel like he’s missing out. All the...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: BIPOC, Harper Collins, high school, Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda series, young love

Review: The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

Jun 2, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel The French Club isn’t so much about French. For Mark, it’s become the unofficial hangout for himself and his friends: Rachel and Nadia, Jewish and Muslim respectively, and in love; Pablo,...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: bullying, coming out, Harper Collins, high school, Jasper Sanchez, Jewish, pansexual, politics, transgender, young love

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...