Annabeth lives for her friend Noe because, in many ways, Annabeth hates herself. The easiest way to escape that hatred is to throw her life into someone else’s and Noe’s larger-than-life personality was an easy escape. Annabeth’s struggles and the emotional weight she shoulders is below the radar of the adults in her life, […]
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Hotel Moscow By Talia Carner
Based loosely on the author’s own experiences, Hotel Moscow paints a very interesting, but somewhat terrifying, portrait of a country undergoing violent and profound change. Right away, Brooke learns that being an American will not protect her in a country that seems to be without laws or governance. The dangerous experiences continue as she faces […]
All The Rage By Courtney Summers
All The Rage sets up its environment perfectly; a small town where money and power buys immunity, and if bad things happen, they happen to the people that bring it upon themselves. This is the world that Romy lives in as a survivor who is not only dismissed, but vilified. With stripped down, yet […]
Blog Tour: Finding Paris By Joy Preble
Welcome to my stop in the blog tour for Finding Paris by Joy Preble! Today, I am sharing my thoughts about this engaging and emotional book, and if you scroll down you’ll see an amazing giveaway, as well. There are many fantastic stops on this tour, so don’t forget to check out the other […]
The Alex Crow By Andrew Smith
Every time I review an Andrew Smith book, I always say the same thing: you never know what you’re going to get. The Alex Crow was no exception. We meet a teenage war refugee who is now living in the US with a family that isn’t quite all there and with a […]
All The Bright Places By Jennifer Niven
Violet and Finch are both in a lot of pain, and their meeting sets the tone for a book that I found to be profoundly sad at times. Violet is still trying to navigate life after the death of her sister. While she has distanced herself from her pre-loss life, much of her school […]
The Last Time We Say Goodbye By Cynthia Hand
The Last Time We Say Goodbye was a book that absolutely punched me in the gut in a way that really surprised me. It deals very frankly with suicide and its aftermath, so it may be triggering for some readers. Through sessions with a therapist and a journal he asks her to […]
Cut Me Free By J.R. Johansson
Cut Me Free begins with a girl who you can tell right away has survived something traumatic. What you find as you read this book is that she is rebuilding her life after surviving horrible circumstances. The descriptions of abuse are pretty detailed, so they could be triggering for some readers. Charlotte’s character, despite being […]
Bleed Like Me By Christa Desir
This book contains a storyline that involves self-harm. The first thing you should know about Bleed Like Me is that it is a love story. The second thing you should know is that calling it a love story doesn’t mean it won’t also be very disturbing. Gannon’s family situation is consumed by the three boys […]
Take Me On By Katie McGarry
If you read Crash Into You, you are already familiar with West, the ever so slightly less than perfect brother of Rachel. West’s life has been impacted by his sister’s death and his family’s secrets and he struggles to keep his life together. On the other hand, Haley’s has already fallen apart. Homeless if not […]