Just a girl and her books
WATCH OVER ME | Nina LaCour 09.15.2020 | Dutton Rating: 4/5 stars Mila has recently graduated from high school and aged out of the foster care system. She is used to being alone. Perhaps that’s what drew her to accepting a new opportunity. She’ll be living in a remote place, among the flowers and the … Continue reading Book Review: Watch Over Me
HARROW LAKE | Kat Ellis 08.25.2020 | Penguin Rating: 4/5 stars Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker best known for a movie taking place in a sleepy town called Harrow Lake. It’s also the place where Lola’s father met her mother, who was the star of this very film. Lola has … Continue reading Book Review: Harrow Lake
THE COMPANION | Katie Alender 08.25.2020 | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Rating: 5/5 stars Margot was the sole survivor of a car accident that killed her family. She has been left an orphan with no one to take her in until one day she receives word that a wealthy family wants to adopt her. Tucked away … Continue reading Book Review: The Companion
THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA | TJ Klune 03.17.2020 | Tor Books Rating: 5/5 stars Linus Baker lives a quiet, solitary life. He spends his days working as a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth and his nights at home with his ornery cat listening to records. Linus has evaluated … Continue reading Book Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
FOUL IS FAIR | Hannah Capin 02.18.2020 | Wednesday Books Rating: 4/5 stars Elle and her best friends Mads, Jenny, and Summer refer to themselves as The Coven. They are an untouchable group of friends who hold the level of power others their age can only dream of having. On the night of Elle’s sweet … Continue reading Book Review: Foul is Fair
RULES FOR VANISHING | Kate Alice Marshall 09.24.2019 | Viking Books/Penguin Teen Rating: 4/5 stars Once a year a path appears in the forest and Lucy Gallows beckons someone to come and find her. Are you willing to walk along this mysterious path filled with traps to find a lost girl? What happens to those … Continue reading Book Review: Rules for Vanishing
THE FURIES | Katie Lowe 10.08.2019 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars Violet is in need of a fresh start after losing her father and sister. Seeking to escape her traumatic family situation, Violet enrolls in an all-girls boarding school on the outskirts of her town. Awkward and unsure where to find her fit … Continue reading Book Review: The Furies
THE MISSING SEASON | Gillian French 05.21.2019 | Harper Teen Rating: 4/5 stars The town of Pender is haunted by several disappearances of children that have happened over the years. They all seem to occur around October and the Halloween season. If you ask the other kids living in the former factory town they would … Continue reading Book Review: The Missing Season
