During his first year at Skylight University, Jet Stroud is plunged into a new life where he discovers the reason behind the glowing eyes he's always had: ephebus mortem, a rare condition that kills its victims by the age of twenty-four. Along with his unafflicted roommate and friend, Cutter, and Sterllar Sylvant, a young professor… Continue reading The Prism Affect (Skylight, #1) by J. Wint | Book Review
Tag: young adult
May/June ’22 Wrap-Up: Reading Slumps, Fake Dating, and Poetry Collections
Well, it's certainly been a bit since I've kept up posting on here, but I return from the dead at least for this little wrap-up. A big contributor to my absence is that I just haven't been reading as much and haven't had as much to say, but here is a little morsel I can… Continue reading May/June ’22 Wrap-Up: Reading Slumps, Fake Dating, and Poetry Collections
The Wizard’s Ward by Jules McAleese (Vale, #1) | Book Review
Frances, the ward of the King's wizard, Billington, teeters between the privilege of the higher society surrounding her whilst also holding the fatal secret of her origin. In a land where each of the four prevalent species--mortal, witch, elf, and mer--have blood exclusive to their kind, Frances's blood is gray. With the King outlawing and… Continue reading The Wizard’s Ward by Jules McAleese (Vale, #1) | Book Review
April ’22 Wrap-Up: First 5-Star and 2-Star of the Year, Pleasant Novellas, & Heartstopper
Hello friends! Am I the only one who found April to be a surprisingly long month? I hadn't thought as much until drafting this post and seeing books that I felt like I read eons ago. Regardless, I read about half of the picks I had put on a tentative TBR for April (and temporarily… Continue reading April ’22 Wrap-Up: First 5-Star and 2-Star of the Year, Pleasant Novellas, & Heartstopper
Heir of Blood and Secrets by Linda Xia: Strong Female Leads, Classism, and Rejecting “Not Like Other Girls” Behavior | Book Review
Heir of Blood and Secrets is a young adult dystopian novel following Scylla Delevan, daughter of a Magistrate, as her father is found to be the number one suspect of another Magistrate's murder. In this story, we see Scylla as she embarks on an investigation to exonerate her father and uncover who truly committed this… Continue reading Heir of Blood and Secrets by Linda Xia: Strong Female Leads, Classism, and Rejecting “Not Like Other Girls” Behavior | Book Review
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour: Right Book, Wrong Time | Book Review
Upon looking at the oldest books on my Goodreads TBR, I found that this novel was in those first few added, and now, after a long five years, I've finally picked it up. And while I enjoyed reading it this time around, I'm not sure it was quite the time for me to read it.… Continue reading We Are Okay by Nina LaCour: Right Book, Wrong Time | Book Review
Wicked Magic by Margot de Klerk (Vampires of Oxford, #1) | Book Review
Nathan Delacroix, a vampire hunter-in-training, is on the brink of his eighteenth birthday, and, in turn, his initiation into being an official hunter. However, despite coming from a long line of vampire hunters, he has reservations about the path chosen for him. This line of work doesn't encourage association with the type of friends he… Continue reading Wicked Magic by Margot de Klerk (Vampires of Oxford, #1) | Book Review
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo: The Inherent Flaw of a Trilogy’s Second Installment | Book Review
If there was more for this book to offer in terms of talking points than the mildly excruciating relationship between its main character and love interest, I would dive into those. However, this book is four hundred and thirty-five pages of…I couldn't even tell you (and after the laborious month spent wading through this, that's… Continue reading Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo: The Inherent Flaw of a Trilogy’s Second Installment | Book Review
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater: Late Night Drives Are a Love Language, I Think | Book Talk (Spoiler-ish)
I was hoping to have a lot of thoughts coming out of this book, but everything dispersed from my brain at once in the wake of this story's closing. Despite this, I will do my best to recollect those scattered feelings and opinions in this "review" (reaction? discussion? overall book talk?). (Let it be said,… Continue reading Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater: Late Night Drives Are a Love Language, I Think | Book Talk (Spoiler-ish)
The Resurgence of Early 2010s YA Fiction (Revisiting 2012)
In the past year, I've noticed the strangest trend. Somehow, in some way, today's most recommended books in the online reading community center around the likes of The Selection by Kiera Cass, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. To quote immaculate songstress, Taylor Swift, I must say, "I think I've seen this film before..."
Little Bit of All That 