Alone In The Woods by Rebecca Behrens Book Review [who we are and who we want to be]

Blurb From the author of The Disaster Days comes a thrilling survival story, and lost in the woods children's book, about two former best friends who must work together to stay alive after getting lost in a remote national forest. Jocelyn and Alex have always been best friends... until they aren't. Jocelyn's not sure what happened, but…

This Is Not The Jess Show by Anna Carey Book Review [we’re not in kansas anymore]

Blurb Black Mirror meets My So-Called Life in this fast-paced, timely YA thriller about separating fact from fiction--and how far we'll go to create our own version of reality. Like any other teenager, Jess Flynn is just trying to get through her junior year without drama... but drama seems to keep finding her. Between a new crush on…

A Vow So Bold And Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer Book Review [war threatens to destroy everything around you]

Blurb Face your fears, fight the battle.Emberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new era under Grey, the true heir. Grey has agreed to wait two months before attacking Emberfall, and in that time, Rhen has turned away from everyone…

Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Book Review [that book. it was about two women, and they fell in love with each other]

Blurb Acclaimed author of Ash Malinda Lo returns with her most personal and ambitious novel yet, a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare. “That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root…

Siri the Viking: The Emperor’s Treasure by Patric Nystrom & Per Demervall Book Review

Blurb It is spring, and the Vikings are preparing to set sail for Miklagard. But Siri is told she has to stay behind! Her Dad, the chieftain, says that the journey is too dangerous for a little girl. But if he thinks that is going to stop her, he’s wrong. She stows away on his…

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Book Review [the only way to learn is to live]

Blurb Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to…

Into The Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer Book Review [even in death i hear her song]

Blurb The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths. For centuries, a witch has harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow her domain. When Owen Merrick is lured into the witch’s wood, one of her tree-siren daughters, Seren, saves his life instead…

Playing With Fire by April Henry Book Review [inside your head is almost always worse than reality]

Blurb When a fire cuts off a popular trail in the Oregon forest, a small group trapped by the flames must find another way out - or die - in Playing with Fire, an unrelenting teen-vs-nature YA thriller by New York Times bestselling author April Henry.Natalia is not the kind of girl who takes risks. Six years ago,…

Bad Habits by Flynn Meaney Book Review [some kind of kinky diabetic canadian tooth fairy pyromaniac orgy]

Blurb Hilarious, bold, sparky and surprising, this is the funniest feminist book you'll read all year. Alex is a rebel from the tip of her purple fauxhawk to the toes of her biker boots. She's tried everything she can think of to get expelled from her strict Catholic boarding school. Nothing has worked so far…

A Complicated Love Story Set In Space by Shaun David Hutchinson [falling in love is like falling into a black hole]

Blurb Black Mirror meets What If It’s Us in this gripping, romantic, and wildly surprising novel about two boys lost in space trying to find their way home - while falling in love - from the critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants. When Noa closes his eyes on Earth and wakes up on a spaceship called Qriosity…