2019 Reviews

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Reviews from past years:

2019 Reviews:

★★★★★ - It Was Amazing:

99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
All Our Broken Pieces by L.D. Crichton
American Royals by Katharine McGee
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Crier's War by Nina Varela
Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5) by Tahereh Mafi (Jessica's Review)
Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young
Gmorning, G'night! by Jonny Sun and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Immunity (Contagion, #2) by Erin Bowman
The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald
The Pioneer by Bridget Tyler
The Pretenders (The Similars, #2) by Rebecca Hanover
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (Guest Review)
Shadow Me (Shatter Me, #4.5) by Tahereh Mafi
The Sky Weaver by Kristen Ciccarelli
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett
Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren
The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
Unpregnant by Jenni Hendricks and Ted Caplan (Amber's Review)
We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Wild Life by Keena Roberts
With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

★★★★ - Really Liked It:

A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu
The Caged Queen (Iskari #2) by Kristin Ciccarelli
Color Me In by Natasha Diaz
Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford 
Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5) by Tahereh Mafi (Amber's Review)
Every Moment After by Joseph Moldover
Find Me Their Bones by Sara Wolf
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Haunted by Danielle Vega
Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins
Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
How To Build by a Heart by Maria Padian
How We Became Wicked by Alexander Yates
If You're Out There by Katy Loutzenhiser (Emily's Review)
If You're Out There by Katy Loutzenhiser (Jessica's Review)
The Last 8 by Laura Pohl
The Last Namsara (Iskari #1) by Kristen Ciccarelli
Lifestyles of Gods & Monsters by Emily Roberson
Lucky Penny by Ananth Mirsh & Yuko Ota
The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy
Menagerie by Rachel Vincent
Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
Reverie by Ryan La Sala
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert
The Rule of Many by Ashley and Leslie Saunders
Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett
The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig by Don Zolidis
Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
Soul in Darkness by Wendy Higgins
The Sound of Drowning by Katherine Fleet
Steel Hand, Cold Heart by Rachel Menard
The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O'Neill
The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill
These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley
This Book Is Not Yet Rated by Peter Bognanni
Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Unpregnant by Jenni Hendricks & Ted Caplan (Jessica's Review)
World War Z by Max Brooks
You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn

★★★ - Liked It:

Day Zero by Kelly Devos
The Girl King by Mimi Yu
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock
Kim Reaper, Vol. 1 by Sarah Graley
The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett
Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian
Mind Games by Shana Silver
Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
Our Super Adventure by Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins
The Rule of One by Ashley & Leslie Saunders
Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger
Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Spectacle by Jodie Lynn Zdrok
Start Here by Trish Doller
Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra
Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich
Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

★★ - It Was Okay:

Anyone by Charles Soule
Everless by Sara Holland
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
Heartwood Box by Ann Aguirre
To Best the Boys by Mary Weber
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

★ - Didn't Like It or Did Not Finish

Analiese Rising by Brenda Drake
A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole
The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
The Hive by Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden
Pax Novis by Erica Cameron
The Thousand Steps by Helen Brain

Last Updated: 11.22.2019

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