Disenchanted is a wonderful Cinderella retelling talking about a very important subject. Unlike its predecessor, Grounded, the novel focuses on multiple POVs and really makes us care about each character. Ella is a wonderful character and a strong person struggling through the death of her beloved mother and her father's remarriage. Her father only finally succeeded after the death of her mother and the fact her mother isn’t around to see it is devastating for her.
So This is Ever After is a hilarious story of finding love in just the right way. The book is full of DnD vibes and laughs. Arek is a perfect protagonist for the story and an amazing one in general. He is funny and relatable (I’m a girl saying this). Arek is an awesome character, and the story is an amazing story.
Daughter of the Deep is a wonderful story that pays homage to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I did not read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea but I know I love the Daughter of the Deep. This story dives into action almost immediately with just the perfect shock. Like falling into water while dipping your toe in. Daughter of the Deep is a wonderful story about a girl thrust into a role after her world falls apart.
The Camp Jupiter Classified is a short but sweet novel about Claudia, a sweet 12 year old girl and a brand new camper of camp Jupiter, her first days as a camper, and the situation she finds herself in immediately in.
I have a confession to make. I first decided to read this because I thought it was going to be a story about the police’s neglect of the missing case of an African American girl and it was so different from that. That would have been wonderful but this was wonderful in a different way. Monday’s Not Coming is the fascinating story of a girl’s life after she loses her best friend, the person closest to her.
The Buried and the Bound is a wonderful novel about Aziza, a capable witch who will go to great lengths to protect her town. Leo, a boy with gaps in his memory and a desperation to get answers about the person he has forgotten, and Tristan a necromancer whose life fell apart after he made a deal with the wrong person. “The Buried and the Bound” left me spellbound while reading and even after. It went inches from becoming my newest hyper fixation.
Hermia, the daughter of a noble Athenian man, planning to elope away with the Athenian boy she loves– Lysander. A group of low-class workers wanting to conduct a play for the duke and duchess. A wedding for the duke and duchess that is about to happen in four days. And a green world full of parallels. What could ever happen in only four days?
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur is a beautiful collection of poetry that helps people understand the different stages of pain, love, hurt, and healing. The book is separated into four sections, healing a different heartache in itself from the heartache of a parent's love fading to the realization of having to find love in yourself.
Keeper of the Lost Cities, a New York Times bestseller from 2012, grabs readers on page one, and holds them completely through hundreds of pages. Sophie Foster is raised in a human family, but always feels she is “different.” When Sophie turns twelve, a mysterious boy named Fitz turns up, claiming she's an elf. Fitz sweeps Sophie away to the magical world of Lost Cities, where she meets elves and other surprising folk.
A Court Of Silver Flames by Sarah J Mass is a slow-paced romantasy book that follows Nesta and Cassian as they navigate a post-war world and all the traumas that come with it. As Nesta is in a spiral of self-deprivation as she is coming with post-war life, her family becomes tired of her ways instructing her to train with the man who makes her blood-boil more in the anyone, Cassian. Though the blood-boiling may mean more than anger, their attraction to each other is undeniable as they become closer.
