The Belles Belles #1 by Dhonielle Clayton (Audio edition) Fantasy Science Fiction * * * Stars (Pretty good) The Belles are a group of women who have special powers to enhance the appearance of normal people (who typically have grey skin and red eyes). Depending on how powerful a Belle is, she can use her arcana to color skin, hair and eyes, do body shaping, even alter bone structure. Some can even change personality. A … Read more
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Dill, Lydia, and Travis aren’t the most popular kids at school, but among themselves they have an inseparable bond. They do everything and anything together. Lydia runs her popular blog titled “Dollywood,” and Travis is obsessed with the series “Bloodfull,” and Dill spends his free time singing and songwriting. As their senior year comes to an end, the … Read more
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen Adventure Suspense Realistic Fiction Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The book “The Raft” is my favorite book. I felt that I was actually in the story because of the words. This girl is in a rush to go back to her home. She knows the pilot, so he lets her in. Nobody knew she was there. The plane crashed and she is by herself on … Read more
Tex by S.E. Hinton Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Tex McCormick loves his horse more than anything. When things turn for the worst and they can’t pay the bills, what will happen to Tex and his horse? This book is the perfect coming of age book for animal lovers, and “Outsiders” fans alike.
The Iron Queen Iron Fey #3 by Julie Kagawa Fantasy Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) “The Iron Queen” is all about Megan Chase and her two best friends, Ash and Puck. All together they travel all over Never-Never, fly past death a couple times, and save the whole world. Ash slowly falls in love with Megan, while Puck tries to make Megan fall in love with hir. Ash wins in the … Read more
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) “Before I Fall” is about a girl named Sam. She is the most popular girl in high school and everyone knows it. She and her friends go to a party and get drunk and go to leave. As they are driving home they get in a bad car wreck and Sam dies. The next morning Sam wakes up in … Read more
The Iron Knight Iron Fey #4 by Julie Kagawa Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This book is all about Ash and his quest to find a way to be mortal. He traveled up the river of dreams with Puck, Wolf, Ariella, and Grimlin the cat. No one knows how long they were on the river because in Fairy, time does not exist. It could have been a century in the mortal … Read more
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This book is about Harry Potter and his children – Lily, James, and Albus. Albus proves to be the most difficult to raise because he thinks his dad doesn’t love him. He soon finds out differently because he and his friend Scorpius get pulled back in time and they find Albus’ … Read more
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel are having an unknown arranged marriage to Dimple. They meet at Insomnia Con and Dimple wants nothing to do with Rishi. Over the span of 6 weeks they fall in love and after Insomnia Con they part ways. Stanford brought both of them together in the end and they went on dating, … Read more
Witch and Wizard #1 by James Patterson Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This is the first novel in the Witch and Wizard series. Two siblings named Whit and Wisty are horrified when they are accused of having powers. They protest, but they end up being arrested. What will happen to the brother and sister? Will they discover they have powers? Review #2 * * * * * Stars … Read more