Reviews by Category: Fiction

Credence is an exceptionally written romance

mystery novel written by Penelope Douglas. It

takes us through the life of a young girl

whose parents mysteriously died and so she is

sent to live in the mountains with her step

uncle whom she has never met before. Overall

the storyline of the book is interesting due

to all the different perspectives outlined in

the book. I would not suggest this book for

young readers as it contains several mature

themes. I also feel as if the ending of the

This book was recommended to me by a close friend and I’m glad that I read it. It was not the kind of

mystery novel I was expecting but I still ended up enjoying it. You meet Kya, who is known as the “marsh

girl” in this story, because she lives alone in the marsh. In the book, it switches between time periods in

different chapters as it alternates from the present, where a murder case was being investigated, to the

past, where you can see Kya’s childhood and history. Each chapter slowly unravels different parts of the

More Than This features Seth, a teenager who crushed his skull while he was drowning.

However, he soon wakes in an isolated copy of Earth and believes it to be “Hell”. Seth

desperately tries to remember his memories of his life- of his little brother, his group of friends,

his secret relationship, and of his parents before the tragedy and to understand where he is- the

afterlife or a hidden part of life? Unfortunately, a being known to be the Driver or even Death

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard is the second book in the Red Queen series. Only people with

silver blood, the royals, hold powers. Mare, red-blooded, finds out she holds a deadly power of

her own, which can match any silver. She finds out more people are out there like her, and sets

out on a quest to find people to rebel against a friend who has betrayed her. What she didn’t

In the historical fiction novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the legend of

the scarlet letter, a story of three Puritans' path toward penance for their sins. The story starts

with the main character, Hester Prynne, suffering a great ignominy before the entirety of Boston

after becoming pregnant with a child that was not her husband. Due to Hester moving to Boston

ahead of her husband, everyone thinks he is dead, so instead of being killed, she's forced to

In the historical fiction novella The Pearl, John Steinbeck details the destructiveness of

human greed through the view of an uneducated native Mexican after Spain colonized Mexic.

Before the native, Kino, discovered “the greatest pearl in the world”(Steinbeck 20), he lived what

seemed to be a fulfilling life; he had a faithful wife, a beautiful child, a reliable older brother, and

a way of life: pearl gathering. This life surrounded him with the pleasant “Song of the

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a powerful coming-of-age book told as a series of

letters from freshman in high school Charlie. He’s endured difficult experiences, and he feels

distant from his peers but yearning to participate. Through Charlie, Chbosky gives a stunning

account of the experiences of anxiety, awkwardness, and depression. He also demonstrates the

propensity of life to change and to improve, and the beauty of relationships. After Charlie begins

“Love doesn’t require a future” (Serle 230).

Solitaire by Alice Oseman takes place a year after the prominent graphic novel series Heartstopper

begins. It follows Tori Spring, Charlie’s older sister, during Year 12. During this time, she finds a mysterious

group called Solitaire, and, in the process meets a boy called Michael Holden. While initially unimpressed

with both, she begins to connect with Michael, and the two of them follow the most recent activity of

Esperanza Rising is a historical fiction book written by Pam Munoz Ryan.

This novel is Esperanza, the only daughter of a rich Mexican family. This book

shows the events that happened after her father's murder. Esperanza, her mother,

and their former household servants flee with many issues. The main characters

are Esperanza, her mother, and their servants. Esperanza wants to find a way to

rise above her circumstances, since her mom's life and her own depend on it.