By Vicki Grant ** Publication Date 15 June 2021 ** 4 stars Warning: contains themes of sexual assault, addiction. Davida recently started a job as a simulated patient at a med school. Seemed like a great way to get her parents off her back for being an introvert. When the most popular girl around, Viv …
By Molly E. Lee 4.5 stars Harley’s father has beaten her again and again. Making her feel like less than the ground walked upon. Meanwhile her intent is to shield her 7 year old half-sister Ray from that anger and venom. To protect her until Harley’s 18th birthday, just around the corner, when hopefully they …
By Antoine Bonner ** Publication Date 16 February 2021 ** 3 stars Amanda has just found out she has special powers. There is a deity buried within her that comes to life when her life is about to end. Amanda’s life is about to change dramatically. This deity, along with her kundalini, are going to …
By Rebecca Phelps ** Publication Date 30 March 2021 ** 5 stars Marina’s brother was killed in a tragic accident four years ago. Run over by a train, everyone believes his best friend Kieran pushed him. But not a piece of Robbie was ever found. No clothes. No shoes. Nothing. He just vanished into thin …
By Laurie Faria Stolarz ** Publication Date 16 March 2021 ** 4.25 stars Terra lost her parents in a tragic house fire when she was younger. She went to live with her mom’s sister, but has never really felt like she did when she had her mom. Not surprising, because no one can really replace …
By Julie Buxbaum ** Publication Date 1 December 2020 ** 5 stars Chloe Berringer has it all. Famous mom, devoted dad, annoying sister. She lives in a big house in Beverly Hills and attends an elite private school. The only thing Chloe doesn’t have is great grades and a shoe-in to her college of choice, …
By Erin Hahn ** Publication Date 21 July 2020 ** 4 stars Luke Greenly and his twin Cullen host a popular local podcast called Grass is Greenly. The twins couldn’t be more unalike – Luke blonde and quiet, Cullen dark and flamboyantly gay. Their dad is a former punk rock superstar still madly in …
By Tiffany Rosenhan ** Publication Date 21 July 2020** 5 stars Holy moly, this is an epic YA novel. Sophia and her parents have just settled in the mountain town of Waterford, Montana. After years of moving from one place to another across the world, her parents have decided it’s time for Sophia to be …
By Estelle Laure ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 4.5 stars Mayhem Brayburn was 3 years old when her mom fled their home of Santa Maria landing in Taylor, Texas. Taylor and her mom’s second husband Lyle is pretty much all Mayhem has known. Lyle is a southern charmer on the outside and an …
By Laurie Boyle Crompton ** Publication Date 11 Feb 2020 ** 3.75 stars Ricki and Lana may be cousins, but they are nothing alike. At one time inseparable, they have drifted apart over the last year and half. Ricki is still the horror movie/gore queen. Lana is now the social media starlet. When their Aunt …