2018 Reviews

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Reviews from past years:

2018 Reviews:

★★★★★ - It Was Amazing:

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater*
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
All of This is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
The Art of Losing by Lizzy Mason
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton*
Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf*
Broken Prince (The Royals, #2) by Erin Watt
Caraval by Stephanie Garber* 
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab*
The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken
The Diminished by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson*
Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia*
Far From The Tree by Robin Benway
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee*
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zetner*
The Heiresses by Sara Shepard
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien* 
If Only by Jennifer Gilmore
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Just For Clicks by Kara McDowell
The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young*
The Leading Edge of Now by Marci Lyn Curtis
Meet the Sky by McCall Hoyle*
More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer
My Boyfriend is a Bear by Pamela Ribon
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows*
No Matter The Wreckage by Sarah Kay
One of Us is Lying by Kate M. McManus* 
Paper Princess by Erin Watt
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Reader by Traci Chee*
Reign the Earth by A.C. Gaughen* 
Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) by Tahereh Mafi (Amber's Review) 
Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) by Tahereh Mafi (Emily's Review)
Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) by Tahereh Mafi(Jessica's Review)
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Save the Date by Morgan Matson
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
The Similars by Rebecca Hanover
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson*
Song of the Abyss by Makiia Lucier
Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman*
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno*
This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter* 
This Is Not a Love Letter by Kim Purcell
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson*
Warcross by Marie Lu
What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Wildcard (Warcross, #2) by Marie Lu

★★★★ - Really Liked It:

All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
American Panda by Gloria Chao
Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill
The Art of Losing by Lizzy Mason
Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian
Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios
Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia
Broken Things by Lauren Oliver
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty*
Contagion by Erin Bowman
Damsel by Elena K. Arnold
The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs
Don't Forget Me by Victoria Stevens
Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven
Failsafe by Anela Dean
Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
Frat Girl by Kiley Roache
From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon
The Girl and the Grove by Eric Smith
Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis
Heartless by Marissa Meyer*
Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga
Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga* 
How She Died, How I Live by Mary Crockett
I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman
If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say by Leila Sales
Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
The Impossibility of Us by Katy Upperman
In a Jam by Cindy Dorminy
Instructions for a Secondhand Heart by Tamsyn Murray
Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen
Keeper by Kim Chance*
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana*
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Losing Leah by Tiffany King
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Nothing Left to Burn by Heather Ezell
Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy
Puddin' (Dumplin, #2) by Julie Murphy
Pure Red by Danielle Joseph* 
The Quiet You Carry by Nikki Barthelmess
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Sanctuary by Caryn Lix
Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Similars by Rebecca Hanover
Snow Falling by Jane Gloriana Villaneuva
Someday (Every Day, #2) by David Levithan
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
Twelve Steps to Normal by Farrah Penn
Twisted Palace (The Royals, #3) by Erin Watt
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli* 
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston*
Valiant by Merrie Destefano
Warcross by Marie Lu
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Wildcard by Marie Lu
When The Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore* 
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
Wintersong by S. Jae Jones*
Zodiac (Zodiac, #1) by Romina Russell

★★★ - Liked It:

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
Always Forever Maybe by Anica Mrose Rissi
Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian*
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao*
Hidden Deep by Amy Patrick 
Indigo Blues by Danielle Joseph*
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West
Lovely, Dark, and Deep by Justina Chen
Match Me If You Can by Tiana Smith
Not The Girls You're Looking For by Aminah Mae Safi
Odd One Out by Nic Stone
The Story of My Face by Leanne Baugh
The Temptation of Adam by Dave Connis
That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger
This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender
Whisper by Lynette Noni
Wrong in All the Right Ways by Tiffany Brownlee

★★ - It Was Okay:

Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Fade by Demitria Lunetta 
The Final Six by Alexandra Monir
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover (Jessica's Review)

★ - Didn't Like It or Did Not Finish

The Evolution of Jack Frost by K.M. Robinson
Twice Dead by Caitlin Seal

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