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Girls Made of Snow And Glass by Melissa Bashardoust + Importance of Feminism in YA

Title: Girls Made Of Snow and Glass Author: Melissa Bashardoust Genre: YA, Fantasy Expected publication: September 5th 2017 by Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought… Continue reading Girls Made of Snow And Glass by Melissa Bashardoust + Importance of Feminism in YA

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What To Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

Title: What To Say Next Author: Julie Buxbaum Genre: YA, Contemporary, Mental Health Published July 11th 2017 by Delacorte Press Rating: 4.5/5 Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world. KIT: I don’t know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets… Continue reading What To Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

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Karmic Hearts by Jhing Bautista

Title: Karmic Hearts Author: Jhing Bautista Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4.5/5 Love. Magic. Fate. Best selling romance novel author Karmina Joan writes about them all. She believes that every person has a purpose, that every soul has a destiny to fulfill. She thought hers was simply sharing her stories. Her story unfolds with Cupid, the Angel of Love… Continue reading Karmic Hearts by Jhing Bautista

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The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich

Title: The Love Interest Author: Cale Dietrich Genre: YA, Contemporary, LGBTQ Published May 16th 2017 by Feiwel & Friends Rating: 4/5 There is a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies. The agents are called Love Interests because getting close to people destined for great power means getting valuable secrets. Caden is a Nice: The boy next door,… Continue reading The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich

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Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

Title: Windfall Author: Jennifer E. Smith Genre: YA, Contemporary   Published May 2nd 2017 by Delacorte Press   Rating: 4/5 Let luck find you. Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just… Continue reading Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

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Poison’s Kiss by Breeana Shields

Title: Poison's  Kiss #1 Author: Breeana Shields Genre: YA, Fantasy Published January 10th 2017 by Random House Books for Young Readers Rating: 5/5 Marinda has kissed dozens of boys. They all die afterward. It's a miserable life, but being a visha kanya, a poison maiden, is what she was created to do. Marinda serves the Raja by dispatching… Continue reading Poison’s Kiss by Breeana Shields

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History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Title: History Is All You Left Me Author: Adam Silvera Genre: YA, Contemporary, LGBTQ Published January 17th 2017 by Soho Teen Rating: 4.8/5 When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come… Continue reading History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera