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YA Romance

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 [...]

The Jewel by Amy Ewing

Ugh. I so wanted to like The Jewel. My sweet husband gave it to me as part of my first ever book box from him, and I am all about that YA dystopian life. But [...]

Best Books of 2015

It's a little late, but I figured it was about time to compile my Best of list for 2015. I know how eager y'all must be (this is a big deal, after all), [...]

The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

WHOA. Slow the phones and stop the presses. I just need a second. Whew… Okay. I think I’m ready to write this review now (though there’s absolutely no [...]

Dream Things True by Marie Marquardt

There are so many people I know who need to read this book. Seriously, if you’ve never given a second thought to immigration laws or reform, if you’ve [...]

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha Trilogy #3)

***WARNING: THIS REVIEW IS SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY SPOILERY***  Let’s start this show off by dealing with the creepy Rasputin-priest-Asparant situation. [...]

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha Trilogy #2)

The second book in any trilogy is hard to pull off - there has to be a cliffhanger of some sort, to leave fans aching for the final book, but it needs to also [...]

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha Trilogy #1)

I'm a sucker for a great new fantasy world, so I've no idea why I waited so long to get into the Grisha Trilogy. Seriously, you would think it would be a [...]

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 [...]