The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

The Details Publisher: Bloomsbury YAPublished: February 4th, 2020Genres: YA, LGBTQIA+ romance, contemporary My Rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Blurb As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and …

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

The Details Publisher: Scholastic Press Published: May 24th, 2011 Genres: YA Fiction, Contemporary, Satire, LGBTQ+ My Rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Blurb The 50 contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of …

Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Details Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Published: May 14th 2019 Genres: Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance, Fiction My Rating: 4.5 Stars  GoodRead Blurb A big-hearted romantic comedy in which First Son Alex falls in love with Prince Henry of Wales after an incident of international proportions forces them to pretend to be best friends... First Son Alex …

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Publisher:  Katherine Tegen Books Published:  January 24th, 2017 Genres: YA, contemporary, realistic fiction My Rating: 4.5 Stars  GoodReads Blurb Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: A white baby had died while under the care …

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

The Details Publisher:  Katherine Tegen Books Published:  September 20th, 2016 Genres: YA, contemporary, thriller My Rating: 4 Stars  GoodReads Blurb Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a relentless and riveting contemporary YA novel that examines rape culture through alternating perspectives. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner. Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel …

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

The Details Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Published: February 6, 2018 Genres: YA, Fantasy My Rating: 4 Stars  GoodReads Review Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and …

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Details Publisher:  Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Published: January 2nd 2018 Genres: Fiction, YA, fantasy My Rating: 4.5 Stars  GoodReads Blurb Of course, I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more …

AudioBook Review: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

The Details Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: November 10th, 2015 Genres: Memoir, self-help, Non-Fiction My Rating: 5 Stars  GoodReads Blurb (The blurb for this book was going to be longer than my review, so I did chop a bunch of it. However, the main points remain.) Before her Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes was an expert …

Review: First & Then by Emma Mills

The Details Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Published: October 13th, 2015 Genres: Ya, Contemporary, realistic fiction My Rating: 4 Stars  GoodReads Blurb Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers, silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. But the universe has other plans. …

Review: Warcross by Marie Lu

The Details Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Published:  September 12, 2017 Genres: YA, Science Fiction, Fantasy My Rating: 3.5 Stars  GoodReads Blurb: For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago, and its fan base now spans the …