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Old school vibes in modern YA

A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

July 24, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Reading the TBR! Lucas spends his summers on Puerto Rico, housed up in the resort his father owns. The two don’t get along, but Lucas is able to escape by spending time with his friends on the island or romancing the girls there. Mostly they all just horse around, and trade tales that the residents gossip on: like the house in town that’s supposedly cursed, and the scientist who lives there, and the daughter he hides. The story of this family has transcended […]

“This wasn’t my first rodeo in Unrequited Land. In fact, I had a season pass.”

To Be Honest by Maggie Ann Martin

July 23, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Summer Reads! Savannah’s older sister is off to college, and she’s not sure how she is going to survive without her. Ashley has always been the peacekeeper between Savannah and her mother, especially since their parent’s divorce and their mom’s follow-up stint on a reality show called “Shake the Weight.” Since mom’s return home, she keeps pushing her new “healthy” lifestyle on her daughters, and Savannah has no interest in following the philosophy of the body-shaming show that body-snatched her mother. Plus, it’s […]

“We don’t know the people who live across the street or on either side of us.”

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

July 22, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

cbr11bingo – Remix! Zuri Benitez is of the rambling Benitez family. They live in Brooklyn – in Bushwick – in a one bedroom apartment where she and her four siblings share the living room as their bedroom, where block parties are regular and boisterous, and where she and her family and the neighborhood take care of each other. This is why Zuri views the new family across the street with suspicion. When a developer bought the property and revamped it into a flashy new home, […]

Fans of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles will also enjoy this new novel

The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

July 21, 2019 by crystalclear 1 Comment

The Kingdom is an amusement park far in the future. It is a complete fantasy land, and can make any dream come true. (It’s Disney on steroids.) To help with that, there are Fantasists, who are half human, half android hybrids. There are seven ‘princesses,’ and they have been developed to be perfect. They are designed to learn and grow, and of course things start to go wrong. The girls have strict rules and schedules, for their safety, they’re told. They cannot access the internet […]

One of my top recommendations right now!

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

July 21, 2019 by crystalclear 1 Comment

This is a Cinderella retelling focusing on one of the ugly stepsisters. There is magic in this story, but also a lot of realism. We start with Isabelle, the younger of the stepsisters, getting ready to reluctantly cut off her toes to fit into the glass slipper. Her older sister, Octavia, has already cut off her heel and was caught out, so now it’s Isabelle’s turn to try to secure their future. As expected, it doesn’t turn out well. The tale of Cinderella has a […]

A cute YA book with mystery and romance

Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett

July 17, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars From Goodreads: Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. […]

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