By The Light of Embers by Shaylin Gandhi
I always love it when a book surprises me. I picked up By The Light of Embers a bit hesitant about whether or not I’d enjoy it, I left it…
Sissy by Jacob Tobia
“But here’s the remarkable thing about self-love: When you start to love yourself for the first time, when you start to truly embrace who you are—flaws and all—your scars start…
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
“Loving someone was traumatizing. You never knew what would happen to them out there in the world. Everything precious was also vulnerable.” Penny is awkward, beginning college away from home,…
The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis
Aster. Violet. Tansy. Mallow. Clementine. Charlotte Nicole Davis’ debut novel, The Good Luck Girls, is a thrilling take on the Wild West – all the gun slinging, bank robberies and…
Queen of Sea and Stars by Anna McKerrow
Queen of Sea and Stars is a sequel to Daughter of Light and Shadows. Though I have read some reviews that indicated you can read these books separately, I would read them…
Trapeze by Leigh Ansell
Trapeze is a high-flying YA Romance, where the heroine suddenly finds herself firmly rooted to the ground, and must come to peace with her own past. Corey Ryder is a teenage…
Daughter of Light and Shadows by Anna McKerrow
Daughter of Light and Shadows is a paranormal/romance involving faeries and witches. It’s set in a small Scottish coastal village. I picked up Daughter of Light and Shadows because I had a…
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
“Where there are bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope.” Christy Lefteri’s The Beekeeper of Aleppo is one of those rare books…
Song of Sacrifice by Janell Rhiannon
“Have you not learned already? Do you think men the only creatures who go to war? The only ones who gird themselves in armour?” Janell Rhiannon’s Song of Sacrifice is easily one…
Beasts of the Frozen Sun by Jill Criswell
“Burn brightly. Love fiercely. For all else is dust.” Beasts of the Frozen Sun is one of those books I wish I’d read when I was a teenager. 15-year-old me would…