Reviews by Category: Fiction

Teen Review
Sadie by Courtney Summers

Sadie

By Courtney Summers
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Z. Ahmed
Feb 3, 2025

Sadie is an amazing novel that blends mystery, thriller and social commentary into one story. It is about 19-year-old Sadie Hunter, a girl whose world completely changes after the brutal murder of her little sister, Mattie. With no parents to protect them, Mattie was everything to Sadie. When the police failed to find Mattie’s killer, Sadie takes justice into her own hands, embarking on a dangerous journey to track down the man who was responsible.

Teen Review
Tintin in Tibet by Herge

Tintin in Tibet

By Herge
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Feb 3, 2025

In Tintin in Tibet, Tintin’s mission is clear: find his beloved friend Chang who was aboard a plane that crashed in the Himalayan mountains, which was believed to have no survivors. The journey is full of challenges, rough terrain, frigid temperature and even mystical creatures.

Teen Review
Spy School Secret Service by Stuart Gibbs

Spy School Secret Service

By Stuart Gibbs
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Feb 3, 2025

Ben Ripley is about to tackle his most high-stakes assignment yet - protecting the president of the United States. But everything goes wrong when he becomes the one suspected of endangering the population of the entire White House. Benjamin has now become the prime target for every police squad, FBI agent and CIA detective all at once. With no clear allies to rally toward, Ben is on his own. Hunters lurk in every shadow, and Ben must evade his own assassination while trying to uncover the truth behind the setup. Time is running out, and any slip-up could cost him everything…

Teen Review
Spy School at Sea by Stuart Gibbs

Spy School at Sea

By Stuart Gibbs
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Feb 3, 2025

Ben Ripley, a student CIA agent embarks on yet another adventure, this time aboard the world’s largest cruise liner ever built. His task is to track down and sabotage Murray Hill, a notorious criminal with plans to wreak havoc. With a ship full of unsuspecting passengers, Murray has the perfect cover to execute his scheme. Meanwhile, Benjamin’s complicated feelings for Erica Hale resurface, adding another layer of tenseness to the mission. As Ben and his fellow agents uncover new intel, he realizes that each and every passenger aboard the ship might be in grave danger very, very soon…

Teen Review
Evil Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

Evil Spy School

By Stuart Gibbs
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Feb 3, 2025

One mistaken mortar round. That’s all it was. Doesn’t seem like much, does it? Well, it resulted in ex-CIA agent Ben Ripley being expelled from Spy School. Forced to rethink his entire future in the world of espionage, Ben has to return to regular teenage life. Suddenly, however, he receives an unexpected invitation - this time, to SPYDER’s top secret training facility. Trapped inside a villainous organization, Ben is faced with a simple yet tedious task: infiltrate, gather intel and escape.

Teen Review
Spy School British Invasion by Stuart Gibbs

Spy School British Invasion

By Stuart Gibbs
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Feb 3, 2025

For the seventh installment in the Spy School series, Ben Ripley is dragged into yet another covert operation to take down SPYDER. However, what starts with a clear goal becomes a hazy mess, leaving Ben and his team sprawled across England without any hints. Amid escalating threats and unexpected allies, Ben has to outsmart the enemy and stop their plan before it’s too late. Through all this, he must also face his biggest emotional challenge yet: Erica Hale.

Teen Review
Archer's Voice book cover

Archer's Voice

By Mia Sheridan
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Heidi
Jan 31, 2025

Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan is a unique story that highlights the recovery of trauma and vulnerability. This small-town fiction follows Bree Prescott, who moved out of her hometown and is now settled in Pelion, Maine, where she is looking for a quiet new life away from her tragedy. She crosses paths with a mysterious and handsome man, Archer Hale. Who is known to not be able to speak due to an accident.

Teen Review
Better Than the Movies book cover

Better Than the Movies

By Lynn Painter
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Heidi
Jan 31, 2025

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter is a YA romance that follows teenager Liz Bauxbaum, who is a hopeless romantic who has given up on love. Her view of love changes after a previous character from her life, Wes Bennett, a popular boy who always gave her a hard time, returns to her town. The book navigates the highs and lows of untangling their love but must see if they can both overcome their own fears.

Teen Review
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Five Survive

By Holly Jackson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aisha
Jan 31, 2025

An RV trip over spring break with friends to the beach, what could possibly go wrong? Eighteen-year-old Red is on an RV trip with her friends, and everything is going pretty well until the group loses signal and gets lost trying to navigate to the campsite. With no means of getting help, they attempt to get out of the RV and figure things out. Just as they’re confident about getting back on the road, shots are fired at them and it’s clear that the gunman has an agenda and is after the friend group in particular.

Teen Review
The Night She Disappeared book cover

The Night She Disappeared

By Lisa Jewell
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Ruhi S.
Jan 31, 2025

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell was an incredibly compelling story about the disappearance of Tallulah Murray. Jewell used multiple different perspectives of those that are close to Tallulah and dropped hints throughout the entirety of the book that introduced new ties leading to her disappearance. Each character, not only, had their own unique story and relationship with Tallulah, but also played a key role in her finding. Jewell also had the story split into different years.

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