Two Truths and a Lie (TLG #3) by Sara Shepard | Rating: ★★★★★ Picking up where Never Have I Ever left off, Two Truths and a Lie opens us up to a whole new can of mysteries and surprises. In this world, nothing is ever simple and with every answer comes a new question. You don’t know who you can trust and nearly...
Don't You Forget About Me (GG #11) created by Cecily von Ziegesar | Rating: ★★★★★ At last, summer is coming to an end for our kids but their exploits are far from over. Drama boils over as love triangles grow and decisions are made. We’re reunited for one final party in the city before everyone departs for college. Dan’s sexuality is explored and...
Would I Lie to You (GG #10) created by Cecily von Ziegesar | Rating: ★★★★★ You can expect the usual realistic and sloppy portrayal of the teenage mind in this hot installment. Gossip Girl continues to cater to its audience–light, juicy, fashionable and fast reads that leave you giggling a little bit to yourself. It’s dizzily trashy and that’s what makes it dazzling....
Breaking Dawn (Twilight #4) by Stephenie Meyer | Rating: ★★☆☆☆ "You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers – the monsters, the enemies. When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when...
Never Have I Ever (TLG #2) by Sara Shepard | Rating: ★★★★★ “My enemies are everywhere. And sometimes, those we least suspect turn out to be our biggest threats.” Emma Paxton’s life is growing more and more complicated as she races to solve the murder of her long-lost twin sister, Sutton Mercer. Sutton’s spirit is tied to Emma’s and is forced to follow...
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan | Rating: ★★★★★ Many ways to fly, but only one way to fall. As a note, a printed galley of this novel was sent to me via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not effect my opinions in any way. How can I describe the feeling of reading The Gracekeepers without spoiling everything? It’s...
Only in Your Dreams (GG #9) created by Cecily von Ziegesar | Rating: ★★★★★ Summer is here and things are heating up for our recent high school graduates in the ninth book of the pop culture phenomenon that is Gossip Girl. Sadly, Only In Your Dreams is the first of the series to be written by a ghost writer instead of Cecily von...
If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie | Rating: ★★☆☆☆ As a note, a printed galley of this novel was sent to me via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not effect my opinions in any way. If I Fall, If I Die showed promise in its summary and by reading just a sample of it we...
The Shore by Sara Taylor | Rating: ★★★☆☆ As a note, a printed galley of this novel was sent to me via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not effect my opinions in any way. Sara Taylor’s novel The Shore is described as something unique and engaging, featuring shifts in narration and the timeline. While it was an entertaining...
The Lying Game by Sara Shepard | Rating: ★★★★★ "I understood we used to be close. But they were like books I'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them, but I couldn't tell you now what they'd been about." In true Sara Shepard fashion The Lying Game is filled with style, wit and mystery to the highest degree. All made simple...
The Good Girls (The Perfections #2) by Sara Shepard | Rating: ★★★★★ "I mean, that's where you're going with this, aren't you? Just because we rattled off some names doesn't mean we have any control over them dying or going missing or whatever." What are my thoughts on The Good Girls? Good question. Okay, okay. Hang on. Let me catch my breath in...
Nothing Can Keep Us Together (GG #8) by Cecily von Ziegesar | Rating: ★★★★★ After the not-so-shocking dramatic end to Nobody Does It Better, Gossip Girl heats up as high school graduation approaches, their futures now closer than ever, new and old romances ignite, long standing friendships fall apart and Jenny looks into various boarding school options. And word on the street is...
The Perfectionists by Sara Shepard | Rating: ★★★★☆ It’s no secret that I am a massive fan of Sara Shepard and have been for years. Devouring The Lying Game and Pretty Little Liars series has been a bit of an addiction for me since my teens; so it’s no surprise how thrilled I was when I heard about The Perfectionists, Sara’s latest dive...
Nobody Does It Better (GG #7) by Cecily von Ziegesar | Rating: ★★★★★ Nobody Does It Better is serving up the scandal and luxury Gossip Girl is known for. Things are looking up for our favorite Upper East Siders as graduation nears and their futures become all the more clear. In these teens charmed lives, anything goes and it’s clear that anything can...
Unbelievable (PLL #4) by Sara Shepard | Rating: ★★★★★ Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the naughtiest of them all? Sara Shepard’s bestselling series Pretty Little Liars continues on with its fourth installment: Unbelievable – with more drama and revelations than the last. It should be noted, too, that a good chunk of our questions are finally answered and the identity of the...
I Take You by Eliza Kennedy | Rating: ★★☆☆☆ As a note, a printed galley of this novel was sent to me via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not effect my opinions in any way. For months I’d been anticipating the release of Eliza Kennedy’s debut novel; the blurb I’d read sounded like it had all the makings...
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer | Rating: ★★★☆☆ “And the sound of your heart," he continued. "It's the most significant sound in my world. I'm so attuned to it now, I swear I could pick it out from miles away. But neither of these things matter. This," he said, taking my face in his hands. "You. That's what I'm keeping. You'll always be my...
Perfect (PLL #3) by Sara Shepard | Rating: ★★★★★ She knew too much. -A Sara Shepard’s completely addictive bestselling series Pretty Little Liars continues down its dark and delicious path of Rosewood through its third installment, Perfect, and picks up right where Flawless left off. Everyone’s favorite liars and readers alike have hardly had a chance to breath, and things are only looking...
Us by David Nicholls | Rating: ★★★☆☆ “I had always been led to believe that aging was a slow and gradual process, the creep of a glacier. Now I realize that it happens in a rush, like snow falling off a roof.” As a note, a printed galley of this novel was sent to me via the publisher in exchange for an honest...
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater | Rating: ★★★★★ ...she didn't realize about Blue and her boys was that they were all in love with one another. She was no less obsessed with them than they were with her, or one another, analyzing every conversation and gesture, drawing out every joke into a longer and longer running gag, spending each moment either...
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater | Rating: ★★★★★ "Want and need were words that got eaten smaller and smaller: Freedom, autonomy, a perennial bank balance, a stainless-steel condo in a dustless city, a silky black car, to make out with Blue, eight hours of sleep, a cell phone, a bed, to kiss Blue just once, a blister-less heel, bacon for breakfast, to...
You're the One That I Want (GG #6) by Cecily von Ziegesar | Rating: ★★★★★ You’re the One That I Want is the sixth installment in the pop culture phenomenon that is Gossip Girl and is my personal favorite of the series of books. For a series that is as messy and poorly written as GG is, it’s still thoroughly entertaining, stylish and...
Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese by Daleen Berry and Geoffrey C. Fuller | Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.8) There’s something striking about the case of Skylar Neese, a bright teenage girl who was murdered by her two so-called best friends in the summer of 2012, and with every shocking detail and theory comes the realization that it all...
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater | Rating: ★★★★★ "She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own." After months and months of procrastination and hearing nothing but good things about the series from friends, I finally found myself reading the first installment of The Raven Cycle: The Raven Boys. Those who frequent the...
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer | Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ While I do have a certain fondness for the Twilight Saga, more out of nostalgia than actual love, New Moon is the exception to that interest. I absolutely loathed this book then, and my feelings remain unchanged: I hate New Moon far more than I do of almost any book in the world. Somehow Stephenie’s...