by Erin | Jul 28, 2021 | Fiction, My Favourites, Poetry, Real Life, YA
This is a story of pain, trauma and triumph. Kiran and her daughter Sahaara are working to overcome all odds and have their happy ending, even if they won’t believe the truth. Trigger Warning: Sexual assault, Rape, Police brutality, Immigrant trauma,...
by Erin | Jul 28, 2021 | Fiction, Real Life, Romance, YA
What happens when Cassie tries to join a frat, even though she’s a girl? Chaos ensues, basically. Trigger Warning: Sexism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexual Harassment, Assault, Rape, Drug Use and Alcohol. I give this book 4 stars (out of five) but there were still...
by Erin | Jul 28, 2021 | Dystopia, Fiction, Horror/Thriller, Real Life, YA
Foreword By: Lois Lowry Introduction By: Stephen King Contributions By: E. M. Forster and Jennifer Buehler Trigger Warning: Extreme Violence and Child Abandonment. I give this book 3 stars (out of five). As this is a classic story I’m not going too in depth with a...
by Erin | Jul 28, 2021 | Fantasy, Fiction, Horror/Thriller, My Favourites, Science Fiction, YA
The Wood is full of magic but it’s hardly ever on your side. For Winter, the youngest guardian ever, the Wood gets in the way of being a normal teenager but that doesn’t mean she isn’t ready to fight for it. Trigger Warning: Scary Monsters &...
by Erin | Jul 28, 2021 | Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+ Relationships/Characters, Short Stories, YA
15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence, Religious Violence, Heteronormativity, Domestic Abuse, Mentioned Drug Use & Alcohol and Minor sexual content. I give this book 3 stars (out of five) overall. As this is a collection of short...
by Erin | Jul 27, 2021 | LGBTQ+ Relationships/Characters, Nonfiction, Short Stories, YA
Contributions from: Patty Blount, Jennifer Brown, Tiffany Brownlee, Jess Capelle, Kenna Clifford, Eva Darrows, Dana L. Davis, Ronni Davis, Natasha Deen, Nicolas DiDomizio, Namina Forna, Jenna Glass, Janet Gurtler, Teri Hall, Ellen Hopkins, Mackenzi Lee, Saundra...
by Erin | Jul 27, 2021 | LGBTQ+ Relationships/Characters, Poetry, YA
Illustrated By: Yelena Bryksenkova This is Caroline Kaufman’s second book of poetry. Trigger Warning (for the book not discussed in this review): Mental Illness, Abusive Relationships, Self-Harm and Sexual Violence. I give this book 3 stars (out of five)....
by Erin | Jul 27, 2021 | Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+ Relationships/Characters, Series, YA
‘Ember Queen’ is the exhilarating conclusion to the Ash Princess Trilogy, will Theo finally succeed in freeing her people and taking back Astrea or will the Kalovaxians and Theo’s enemy Cress win the war and continue their cruel reign. Trigger...
by Erin | Jul 27, 2021 | Fiction, Horror/Thriller, Mystery, Real Life, YA
In Pip’s small town hardly anything noteworthy happens, which is why she’s still hung up on the disappearance and murder case of Andie Bell. Everyone’s ‘knows’ she was killed by her boyfriend Sal Singh and his suicide days later confirmed...
by Erin | Jul 26, 2021 | Fiction, Real Life, YA
Every knows that popular girls can be mean, but what happens when the most popular girl in school falls from grace? Parker is figuring that out while keeping her status as the meanest girl in school. Trigger Warnings: Suicide, anxiety, alcoholism, rape, drinking,...
by Erin | Jul 26, 2021 | Fiction, Real Life, YA
This is a classic, the well known story of the Manor Farm where the animals rebelled against the humans and became the first animal-run farm, Animal Farm. But even without humans around their influence just can’t be escaped, will the animals ever escape...
by Erin | Jul 26, 2021 | LGBTQ+ Relationships/Characters, Nonfiction, Short Stories, YA
100 Argument Essays By Teens These essays range from many different topics from pop music, to school shootings, to the pandemic, to seemingly unimportant things that are important to some people. Trigger Warning: School shootings, discussions of violence and other...
by Erin | Jul 25, 2021 | Fiction, LGBTQ+ Relationships/Characters, Short Stories, YA
This is a collection of 16 modern retellings of various Asian myths, legends and folklore. Minor Trigger Warning: Unhealthy Relationships and Violence. I give this book 3.5 stars (out of five). This book is 16 retellings of Asian myths and legends of many various...
by Erin | Jul 21, 2021 | Fantasy, Fiction, Horror/Thriller, Mystery, YA
Beth is dead. And although she doesn’t quite know why she’s still here watching over her father and trying to get him to feel better. He’s the only one who can see Beth and everything seems to change when they start investigating a weird case...
by Erin | Jul 20, 2021 | Fiction, Horror/Thriller, My Favourites, Mystery, Real Life, Series, YA
Persey didn’t even want to join the Escape Room Competition in the first place, but she couldn’t turn down the opportunity to win enough money to be independant. But things start going wrong and she quickly realizes that everyone has secrets, even Persey,...
