Book Review: Throwback

Title: ThrowbackAuthor: Maurene GooGenre: YA contemporaryPublication date: April 2023Publisher: Zando Young ReadersRating: 4.25 stars Samantha Kang is a Korean American who believes she doesn’t live up to her overachieving parents’ expectations. When her Halmoni (grandma) goes into a coma and she has a big fight with her mom, she is thrown back in time –

Book Review: Nic Blake and the Remarkables

Title: Nic Blake and the Remarkables – The Manifestor ProphecyAuthor: Angie ThomasGenre: Middle grade fantasyPublication date: April 4, 2023Publisher: Frenzy BooksRating: 5 stars Nic Blake wants to be a Manifestor like her dad – a Remarkable person in an Unremarkable world. When she discovers that people think her dad stole a special artifact and he

Book Review: A Million to One

Title: A Million to OneAuthor: Adiba JaigirdarPublisher: Harper Collins CanadaPub date: December 17, 2022Genre: Heist, LGBTQ+Rating: 4.25/5 stars Josefa, a petty thief, convinces her friend Violet, a smooth talker, Emilie, a painter, and Hinnah, an acrobat, to sail on the Titanic and steal a priceless artifact. I thought this was a great fast paced heist

Book review: Against the Currant

Title: Against the CurrantAuthor: Olivia MatthewsPublisher: MinotaurPublication date: January 24, 2023Genre: MysteryRating: 2.25/5 stars Lyndsay Murray has just opened up her Caribbean family bakery in New York. But when a fellow bakery owner Claudio threatens her and later ends up dead, Lyndsay gets caught up in a murder scandal. Y’all. This book was not great.

Book Review: The Sevenfold Hunters

Title: The Sevenfold HuntersAuthor: Rose EgalPublisher: Page Street KidsPublication date: October 25, 2022Genre: YA Sci-fi, LGBTQ+Rating: 4/5 stars Abyan, a skilled hunter, and Artemis, a new recruit must team up at Carlisle Academy to fight the Nosaru – an alien race that threatens Earth. But when Abyan notices things aren’t what they seem, she and

Book Review: A Broken Blade

Title: A Broken BladeAuthor: Melissa BlairPublisher: Union Square PublishingGenre: FantasyRating: 4.5/5 stars Keera is the King’s Blade tasked with the quest to find the Shadow, who is a threat to the throne. When Keera realizes that things are more complicated than she thought, she looks for answers and for a way to complete her quest.

Book Review: The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

Title: The Banned Bookshop of Maggie BanksAuthor: Shauna RobinsonGenre: General fictionPublisher: Source Books LandmarkPublication date: November 1, 2022Rating: 4.25/5 stars Maggie Banks is unsure of her direction in life. Others her age are getting married and having kids or careers, and she feels like a letdown to her parents. When her friend Rochelle asks her

Book Review: Bloodmarked

Title: BloodmarkedAuthor: Tracy DeonnGenre: YA fantasyPublisher: Simon & SchusterPublication date: November 8, 2022Rating: 5/5 stars I don’t want to give a synopsis, as this is a sequel to Legendborn, but I will say if you haven’t read Legendborn, go read it now! Once again Tracy Deonn crushed it. I wanted to both race through the

Book review: Mr. Perfect on Paper

Title: Mr. Perfect on PaperAuthor: Jean Meltzer Genre: RomancePublisher: Harper Collins CanadaPublication date: August 9, 2022Rating: 4 stars When third generation Jewish matchmaker, Dara Rabinowitz’s, perfect husband list is leaked by her Bubbe on national news, she embarks on a journey to find Mr. Perfect on Paper. Chris Steadman, the anchor on the show, wants

Book Review: Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

Title: Zachary Ying and the Dragon EmperorAuthor: Xiran Jay ZhaoGenre: Fantasy, middle gradePublisher: Simon & SchusterPublication date: May 10, 2022Rating: 4.25/5 stars Zachary Ying, a 12 year immigrant kid in the US, and avid Mythrealm player, gets possessed by the former emperor of China, and he must team up with some quirky people to save