The Book Shire

2017 YA releases

Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

I have such a hard time reviewing anything Emma Mills writes because I just want to put a ton of heart-eyed and sobbing emojis together and leave it at that. [...]

One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

Well, The Queens of Fennbirn are at it again, but this time the stakes are higher, the insanity is crazier, and the queens are going to have to decide to [...]

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

I don’t know that I’m going to be able to find adequate words to describe my feelings for this book. This intergenerational heart-wrenching gem of a book, [...]

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Of course I went and got attached to Mateo and Rufus DESPITE the fact that this book literally screams at you from the cover that this is not a book with [...]

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe (Translated by Lilit Thwaites)

I knew that this book was going to break my heart by the time I had finished the first page. I mean, for one thing, I had absolutely NO IDEA about the family [...]

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid 1 cup likeable protagonist 2 ½ cups grief-induced hallucinations 3 cups food porn ½ cup diversity   6 TB forbidden [...]

Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine

Okay, I’m sorry but WHAT?!?!?!?!? WHY IS THERE NOT A RELEASE DATE FOR BOOK FOUR YET?!?!? WHY? It should be ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL to withhold said information [...]

Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

Saints and Misfits is a pretty solid contemporary with some truly extraordinary components. Let me dive right in. Here’s what I liked: Janna is a bright [...]

Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick

It’s very hard to review this book because I WANTED to love it the way I loved Blood Red Snow White and while I think that Saint Death is every bit as [...]