Simon & Schuster

Review: Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch

Jun 1, 2022 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Blaine Bowers is an out, gay, high school junior at Wicker West in Chicago. He has great friends and family support, and is an up-and-coming muralist, brightening some of the dingier areas...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: artist, high school, Robbie Crouch, Simon & Schuster, young love

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

Audiobook Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Sep 13, 2021 | 12 comments

Story Rating: 5 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrators: Robin Miles, Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan Length: 12 hours, 10 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Evelyn Hugo is the most well-known movie star in the world. Rising...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, 5 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Historical, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: actor, Alma Cuervo, bisexual, domestic abuse, Julia Whelan, Rabbit Reid, Reading Challenge Month 2021, Robin Miles, Simon & Schuster, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Review: The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Sep 7, 2021 | 30 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Dev Deshpande believes in fairy-tale love and he tries to help the process along as a producer on a long-running dating show, Ever After. Dev knows that a lot of what happens on the show...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: Alison Cochrun, anxiety, asexual, Atia Books, BIPOC, coming out, demisexual, depression, mental health, OCD, panic attacks, Reading Challenge Month 2021, reality show, Simon & Schuster, virgin, wealthy character

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: The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards

Jan 6, 2020 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Rune is still haunted by his past, tormented with memories of the nine men who raped and tortured him, and now he has one name, one clue that will lead him closer to answers. But such things take...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Fantasy
TAGGED: K.D. Edwards, kidnapping, pedophile, PTSD, Pyr, Simon & Schuster, The Tarot Sequence, torture

Review: Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

Sep 12, 2018 | 24 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel When we were asked to find books for Diverse Books Week in our 2018 Reading Challenge Month, I knew that pairing a bisexual, half Jewish boy with a devout LDS Mormon boy could not get much better in...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: bisexual, Christina Lauren, college, coming of age, coming out, high school, Mormon, Reading Challenge Month 2018, Simon & Schuster, young love

Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Sep 19, 2016 | 44 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UK Length: Novel Angel Aristotle Mendoza, Ari for short, is a fifteen-year-old loner. He feels like he’s been a loner all his life, like letting people know him and getting to know others is just something he...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Historical
TAGGED: Aristotle and Dante series, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, coming of age, high school, homophobia, Reading Challenge Month 2016, Simon & Schuster, young love