The Book Shire

4 stars

*Blog Tour* Kingdom of Ash and Briars by Hannah West

I love a good retelling, and I was eager to dive into this mash-up of Hua Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Emma… all rolled together into [...]

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Furthermore is one whimsical flight of fancy after another. If you’re looking for something charming and out of this world, this is the Middle Grade read for [...]

You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

Synopsis: Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? Mark and Kate have sat [...]

With Malice by Eileen Cook

Synopsis: A read about a teenage girl who wakes up in a hospital bed and cannot remember the last six weeks of her life, including the accident that [...]

Two Summers by Aimee Friedman

Have you ever wondered how your life might have been different if only you’d fill-in-the-blank? I know I have, and that’s exactly what Aimee Friedman [...]

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Synopsis: The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But [...]

Down With the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn

Synopsis: There's a reason they say "be careful what you wish for." Just ask the girl who wished to be thinner and ended up smaller than Thumbelina, or the [...]

A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann

This book was NOT at all what I was expecting… except, I was actually expecting it not to be what I was expecting, so maybe it was what I was expecting? [...]

Madly by Amy Alward

“I’ve seen real love. My parents have it, for one. There’s nothing one-sided about it. It’s about two people agreeing to face the world together, no [...]