The Book Shire

YA Contemporary

Falling into Place by Amy Zhang

I don't know if there are enough feels to describe this book. It was very clearly trying to destroy me, and it succeeded. By the end I was literally yelling [...]

My Kind of Crazy by Robin Reul

I had very high expectations for My Kind of Crazy... Probably because the blurb marked it as a book that was great for fans of contemporary YA by the likes of [...]

Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

 Wow. This book was not at all what I expected it to be. Going into to Kissing in America, I fully expected to be bombarded with feminist messages on every [...]

Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

When I started this book, I was less than impressed. It wasn't that it was a bad book... on the contrary, it was well-written and mildly engaging. But after a [...]

Things We Know By Heart Review

Jessi Kirby's Things We Know by Heart kept me up until 8 a.m. on January 1st. So you know that it's good. In fact, it's more than good. This is a book that I [...]