Week 52 Review: Girl Mans Up

From Goodreads:
All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she's always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she's trying to be a boy—that she should quit trying to be something she's not. If she dresses like a girl, and does what her folks want, it will show respect. If she takes orders and does what her friend Colby wants, it will show her loyalty. But respect and loyalty, Pen discovers, are empty words. Old-world parents, disintegrating friendships, and strong feelings for other girls drive Pen to see the truth--that in order to be who she truly wants to be, she'll have to man up.

My Review:
Oh, this book was a really great read! Pen was different-not only was she a kinda butch character, that people thought that she wanted to be a boy, but she was also Portuguese, and yeah, her family wasn't very accepting. It led to a lot of conflict!

I really enjoyed watching Pen's journey! She had her difficulties with her parents (her brother was awesome, though Pen kinda messed up a bit) and then there was her friend Colby. He was an ass, but he was her ass. Until he went too far. Not cool dude!

The whole thing about respect and her parents, that got drilled into her head. And it's like, age does not automatically mean you're a person to be respected. And a lot of her family were pretty awful to Pen, besides being pretty sexist. Glad that I don't have to deal with it!

The ending, it was pretty quiet, but it didn't need to be loud. She'd made her decisions, and started on her own path, and it was like, you go, girl! You do you! I was glad for the choices she made, the friends she kept, and that she'd moved in with her brother! That was great!

Yeah, this book was awesome, and I really enjoyed reading it!

Author: M.E. Girard
Read: December 27th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2017 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: September 6th 2016

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 52 Review: The Hate U Give

From Goodreads:
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty. Soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions.

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life. 

My Review:
This book was just absolutely amazing! The main story line was her friend and his murder at the hands of a cop, but there were other things going on. Like her half brother's family and how that dad was treating them. And the raising tensions because of the reactions to Khalil. Yeah. So much!

To start off, I have two thoughts. One, I know why this book was so well received and had such hype. Because yeah, it is that good. Two, I don't know why it took me so long to read it! I mean, it sounded really good, but sometimes I'm afraid of those books, you know?

The reality of this book is that yeah, there are incidents where things go utterly wrong, and in the aftermath, justice doesn't happen, and lives are torn apart and really, I can't find the words. I don't have the means of written articulation needed to talk about this. Besides, who cares what a white girl with privilege and no real insights into the situation has to say? Besides that more people should talk and work on this?

That her friend was killed because he was black, and leaned in to talk to her and the cop violently overreacted, that was horrible. And that they didn't convict him, didn't punish him, yeah, that was hard to read!

I think the best funny moment was near the end, with the family at the new house, and the prayer, how the mom interrupted and added thanks for her mom and building the basement into a suite for the grandmother to stay sometimes, and the dad was "No, Lord" "Yes, Lord" that back and forth was hilarious, and a good moment to have among the serious nature of the Black Lives Matter movement.

This book was so great and incredible-and more, it's important!

Author: Angie Thomas
Read: December 27th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book and a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Published: February 28th 2017

/5 Hearts

/5 Books

/5 Stars

Week 52 Review: Here We Are Now

From Goodreads:
A book about love, loss, and the power of music, perfect for fans of Nick Hornby and Fangirl. 

Taliah Sahar Abdallat lives and breathes music. Songs have always helped Tal ease the pain of never having known her father. Her mother, born in Jordan and very secretive about her past, won't say a word about who her dad really was. But when Tal finds a shoebox full of old letters from Julian Oliver—yes, the indie rock star Julian Oliver—she begins to piece the story together.

She writes to Julian, but after three years of radio silence, she's given up hope. Then one day, completely out of the blue, Julian shows up at her doorstep, and Tal doesn' know whether to be furious or to throw herself into his arms. Before she can decide, he asks her to go on a trip with him to meet her long-estranged family and to say good-bye to his father, her grandfather, who is dying.

Getting to know your father after sixteen years of estrangement doesn't happen in one car ride. But as Tal spends more time with Julian and his family, she begins to untangle her parents' secret past, and discovers a part of herself she never recognized before.

By the acclaimed author of My Heart and Other Black Holes, this is an intergenerational story of family and legacy and the way love informs both of those things. It's about secrets and the debt of silence. It's about the power of songs. And most of all, it's about learning how to say hello. And good-bye.

My Review:
This book was so fantastic! I loved reading Tal's story, inter-spaced with the story of her parents when they were just a little bit older than her. It was such a captivating story, and I loved that back and forth!

I think a lot of girls dream of having a famous dad. The reality, I'm sure, is harder then dreams, but the dream is pretty powerful. And while Tal has the reality, well, her dad has never acknowledged her before. Until he shows out of the blue because his dad is dying. Awkward!

I loved watching Tal and her dad and his family interact, of finding those connections, because they are family. And that they knew her mom, that was just interesting, but we got to see it play out, which was just so great!

There were hard moments, because yeah, her grandfather that she just met is dying. And her mom didn't want her to know who he was, but Tal found out anyways. But that ending was pretty great, o family and togetherness and was just so sweet to read! 

Yeah, this book was just incredible and I loved reading it!

Author: Jasmine Warga
Read: December 27th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Enjoyed her other book and this one sounded good, and it's a SAC 2017 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book!
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Published: November 7th 2017

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 51 Review: Dress Codes for Small Towns

From Goodreads:
As the tomboy daughter of the town's preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled with fitting the mold of what everyone says she should be. She'd rather wear sweats, build furniture, and get into trouble with her solid group of friends: Woods, Mash, Davey, Fifty, and Janie Lee.

But when Janie Lee confesses to Billie that she's in love with Woods, Billie's filled with a nagging sadness as she realizes that she is also in love with Woods…and maybe with Janie Lee, too.

Always considered "one of the guys," Billie doesn’t want anyone slapping a label on her sexuality before she can understand it herself. So she keeps her conflicting feelings to herself, for fear of ruining the group dynamic. Except it's not just about keeping the peace, it's about understanding love on her terms—this thing that has always been defined as a boy and a girl falling in love and living happily ever after. For Billie—a box-defying dynamo—it's not that simple.

Readers will be drawn to Billie as she comes to terms with the gray areas of love, gender, and friendship, in this John Hughes-esque exploration of sexual fluidity. 

My Review:
This book was a lot of fun to read! I loved the group of friends and the dynamics of their relationships with each other! I loved the antics that they got into, even if there was a cost. The erase board is a part of their collective history! It's important!

Billie is not your girly-girl. She's more of a tomboy, but she does have some stereotypical girl character qualities. She has her art projects that she never seems to finish. She's thought of as the mom of the group. She's also still figuring out who she is.

I really enjoyed her relationship with the "dad" of the group, Woods. It seems kinda inevitable that they would get together. But their relationship with each other doesn't fit that way, it seems! But there was a lot of conflict and adventures along the way!

Billie learns a lot about herself as the book progresses. She's still the one who'll come up with plans that might end in chaos, but will mean a lot of fun along the way. And she had even stronger relationships with her friends, and I just loved that! They were just so nuanced!

I just really enjoyed reading this book-it was a lot of fun!

Author: Courtney Stevens
Read: December 19th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: HarperTeen
Published: August 22nd 2017

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Week 50 Review: Whispering Springs

From Goodreads:
The first secret is personal. The second one is a killer… 

The trip with old friends to Whispering Springs should have been a happy reunion. Yet former army ranger Dylan Burkhart suspects there's something darker at play. It doesn't take long before a game of anonymous secret-telling stirs the embers of a decade-old tragedy. A time when Dylan and Ava North stole a night of passion…and one of their friends died.

Then Ava stumbles upon a written confession of murder. Unable to trust anyone else, Ava and Dylan must confront the truth of that terrible night—and their hidden attraction for each other. Now their reunion has turned into a reckoning. They must find which of their friends is a killer…and fight for their lives and their love.

My Review:
I really enjoyed reading this book! I've really enjoyed Amanda Stevens books, the mysteries are intriguing, and the romances, the couples just connect together so well! Ava and Dylan were characters that I wanted to read more of!

The idea of a group of college friends, scatted away over the course of time, reuniting, sounds like fun. Expect that someone has a grudge of some sort. Add the fact that one of their number died shortly before their separation, makes things pretty tense!

That Dylan was dating the girl that died, and then was starting something with Ava just before that occurred, well, yeah, it was complicated! And that they haven't seen each other in a long time...that was an awkward situation!

I really enjoyed the mystery, we had a very set character list, so who the bad guy was was limited, but there were a good number of possible motives, and a number of scares and possible accidents maybe on purpose! Loved when it all came out, that was a great ending! I just wish we could've had more!

Yeah, I just loved this book, and I can't wait to read more by Amanda Stevens!

Author: Amanda Stevens
Read: December 15th, 2017
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing, and it sounds really good! And it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Expected Publication: January 1st 2018

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Monsterland: Review

From Goodreads:
Welcome to Monsterland—the scariest place on Earth.

Wyatt Baldwin's senior year is not going well. His parents divorce, then his dad mysteriously dies. He's not exactly comfortable with his new stepfather, Carter White, either. An ongoing debate with his best friends Melvin and Howard Drucker over which monster is superior has gotten stale. He'd much rather spend his days with beautiful and popular Jade. However, she's dating the brash high-school quarterback Nolan, and Wyatt thinks he doesn't stand a chance.

But everything changes when Wyatt and his friends are invited to attend the grand opening of Monsterland, a groundbreaking theme park where guests can interact with vampires in Vampire Village, be chased by werewolves on the River Run, and walk among the dead in Zombieville.

With real werewolves, vampires and zombies as the main attractions, what could possibly go wrong?

My Review:
This book was totally awesome! I enjoyed reading it so much, it was a lot of fun! What with monsters in the title, it could've been straight horror, but there was humor mixed in, and of course, a bit of a thriller/action because hey, monsters!

The synopsis hooked me, the concept of opening an amusement part with monsters as the attractions? Like it asks, what could go wrong? Well, everything, since it's a book! Sometimes, synopsis' are misleading, but nope, not this one!

The pace was almost slow in the beginning, but only for a little bit before things became so chaotic and awesome! The thing I like about thrillers is that feeling that they might never get safe, something is always threatening them. This book did a great job of that!

Bad Guy was really awful! I mean, he presented a good goal and good reasonings, but totally twisted it, and that was just horrible. And that Wyatt has a connection to him-however tenuous, well, that was a big twist! Made the ending all the more explosive!

Yeah, this book was fantastic and amazing to read!

Author: Michael Okon
Read: December 12th, 2017
Source: YA Bound Book Tours Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded like a good book, and it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: October 13th 2017

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Bio:
Michael Okon is an award-winning and best-selling author of multiple genres including paranormal, thriller, horror, action/adventure and self-help. He graduated from Long Island University with a degree in English, and then later received his MBA in business and finance. Coming from a family of writers, he has storytelling is his DNA. Michael has been writing from as far back as he can remember, his inspiration being his love for films and their impact on his life. From the time he saw The Goonies, he was hooked on the idea of entertaining people through unforgettable characters.

Michael is a lifelong movie buff, a music playlist aficionado, and a sucker for self-help books. He lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wife and children.

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Week 49 Review: Eight Days on Planet Earth

From Goodreads:
A heart-wrenching romance full of twists that are sure to bring tears to readers' eyes, from Cat Jordan, author of The Leaving Season.

How long does it take to travel twenty light years to Earth?

How long does it take to fall in love?

To the universe, eight days is a mere blip, but to Matty Jones, it may be just enough time to change his life.

On the hot summer day Matty's dad leaves for good, a strange girl suddenly appears in the empty field next to the Jones farm—the very field in rural Pennsylvania where a spaceship supposedly landed fifty years ago. She is uniquely beautiful, sweet, and smart, and she tells Matty she's waiting for her spaceship to pick her up and return her to her home planet. Of course she is.

Matty has heard a million impossible UFO stories for each of his seventeen years: the conspiracy theories, the wild rumors, the crazy belief in life beyond the stars. When he was a kid, he and his dad searched the skies and studied the constellations. But all of that is behind him. Dad's gone—but now there's Priya. She must be crazy…right?

As Matty unravels the mystery of the girl in the field, he realizes there is far more to her than he first imagined. And if he can learn to believe in what he can't see: the universe, aliens…love…then maybe the impossible is possible, after all.

My Review:
This book was really interesting to read! Like, it opens up the possibility of aliens on this planet, or that Priya is crazy. And Matt kinda vacillates between believing her or not. Well, like wanting to believe her or not. So yeah, that was really interesting! 

For me, this book was pretty short. Like, in my Nook, it was 200-ish pages. So yeah, that's a pretty fast read. And given that not all of the chapters were even a full page, while others were pages, made for an interesting reading rhythm.

Matt is the kind of person who plays it safe-asks out his best friend's sister, which should've been an easy yes, but wasn't. He was into science and space, but his dad took it into conspiracy territory. And then Priya shows up and pulls him out of his comfort zone, which is good for personality growing!

The ending was bittersweet. The almost magical possibilities throughout this book, and then we find out the truth. There's still that hope, and a rediscovered wonder of the Universe. Plus, that video she recorded on the first day. Yeah, bittersweet is a perfect word to describe this ending!

I enjoyed this book a lot, it was a really amazing book!

Author: Cat Jordan
Read: December 5th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded good and I've enjoyed her other book! And it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: HarperTeen
Published: November 7th 2017

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Week 48 Review: The Art of Starving

From Goodreads:
Matt hasn't eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won't give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp—and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he's going to find out just how Tariq and his band of high school bullies drove his sister, Maya, away.

Matt's hardworking mom keeps the kitchen crammed with food, but Matt can resist the siren call of casseroles and cookies because he has discovered something: the less he eats the more he seems to have . . . powers. The ability to see things he shouldn't be able to see. The knack of tuning in to thoughts right out of people's heads. Maybe even the authority to bend time and space.

So what is lunch, really, compared to the secrets of the universe?

Matt decides to infiltrate Tariq's life, then use his powers to uncover what happened to Maya. All he needs to do is keep the hunger and longing at bay. No problem. But Matt doesn't realize there are many kinds of hunger…and he isn't in control of all of them.

A darkly funny, moving story of body image, addiction, friendship, and love, Sam J. Miller's debut novel will resonate with any reader who's ever craved the power that comes with self-acceptance.

My Review:
I really enjoyed this book! It's different, with someone who has issues with food developing superpowers. Add in that it's a boy, well, yeah, that's not something I've read before. In my head, I know that both boys and girls have issues, but usually all I see is girls, you know?

I had a bit of a hard time reading this book. I'm bigger, and I do have body image issues. But unlike Matt, I know what I look like, he has the thing where he thinks he's bigger then he is. And I don't know what's harder on the body-too little of what it needs, or too much that it doesn't?

So Matt has a mission, basically to ruin the life of the person he believes is responsible for his sister running away. Someone that both siblings had a crush on-Tariq. And Matt hones his abilities while cutting down on what little he consumes. You had to know things would crash.

Loved that ending, with a bit of an explanation about their family, and that Matt would work on being healthy. But also, that he still had his superpowers, which makes me think that the reason they wouldn't work when he had something to eat during the book was because he thought they wouldn't work. Cool!

This book was really awesome, and I really enjoyed reading it!

Author: Sam J. Miller
Read: November 30th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great! And it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: July 11th 2017

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Week 48 Review: Dangerous

From Goodreads:
Maisie Danger Brown just wanted to get away from home for a bit, see something new. She never intended to fall in love. And she never imagined stumbling into a frightening plot that kills her friends and just might kill her, too. A plot that is already changing life on Earth as we know it. There's no going back. She is the only thing standing between danger and annihilation.

From NY Times bestselling author Shannon Hale comes a novel that asks, How far would you go to save the ones you love? And how far would you go to save everyone else?

My Review:
I loved reading this book! It was different, and quirky, and I really enjoyed reading it! This was kind of a superhero story, given that they are given powers, and have this bad guy to fight, but there was aliens and super technology, and that was just so awesome to read!

Maisie was awesome! She wanted to be an astronaut, but being born without a limb because it was severed in the womb disqualified her. But then she got the opportunity of a lifetime, and while it went sideways, she did get to go into space!

The whole thing with the nanos that injected themselves into the kids, well, it was so fascinating to read about, as well as the other world-building, why the nanos were there, the bad guys, yeah, just so interesting!

There was a really good balance in telling us information we needed to know and action, good pacing working its wonders. Combined with the different parts of the book, it like this book was a series of novellas, each having a story, and each building upon the other, but with a different view. So awesome to read!

I just loved this book, it was so original, and it ended perfectly, with that note that hey, if need be, they can step up again, and we could get another book!

Author: Shannon Hale
Read: November 26th, 2017
Source: Library
Reason Why: Looked and sounded good, and it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: March 4th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 48 Review: The Siren

From Goodreads:
Love is a risk worth taking.

Years ago, Kahlen was rescued from drowning by the Ocean. To repay her debt, she has served as a Siren ever since, using her voice to lure countless strangers to their deaths. Though a single word from Kahlen can kill, she can't resist spending her days on land, watching ordinary people and longing for the day when she will be able to speak and laugh and live freely among them again. 

Kahlen is resigned to finishing her sentence in solitude…until she meets Akinli. Handsome, caring, and kind, Akinli is everything Kahlen ever dreamed of. And though she can't talk to him, they soon forge a connection neither of them can deny…and Kahlen doesn't want to.

Falling in love with a human breaks all the Ocean's rules, and if the Ocean discovers Kahlen's feelings, she'll be forced to leave Akinli for good. But for the first time in a lifetime of following the rules, Kahlen is determined to follow her heart.

My Review:
I loved reading this book! It was so unique, and I loved how the whole thing worked, with Sirens and the Ocean and such! I really enjoyed that, it was really fascinating to read! There was romance, and their was also sister-bonding with the other sirens.

Kahlen and Akinli don't spend all that much time together. Most of it is text in the beginning, and then she leaves, then comes back, and then lets herself be taken away in exchange for Akinli to live. Basically, they fall in love very quickly. It's a bit of instalove, but it worked for this story! Though there was a lot of pining during their seperations!

That the Ocean needs to be fed, and makes girls who would otherwise be food become Sirens for 100 years? That's interesting! And Kahlen has a hard time with it, making scrapbooks of all the people who die because of her and her singing, well, she has a lot of guilt!

With Akinli dying and Kahlen not much better, it was a race to find out what was happening, and more importantly, how to solve it. It was really emotional, and that her sisters took on her extra time, that was so sweet! Loved how everything worked out!

This book was so fantastic, and I really enjoyed reading it!

Author: Kiera Cass
Read:  November 26th, 2017
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: HarperTeen
Published: July 1st 2009

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Week 48 Review: Love is the Drug

From Goodreads:
From the author of THE SUMMER PRINCE, a novel that's John Grisham's THE PELICAN BRIEF meets Michael Crichton's THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN set at an elite Washington D.C. prep school.

Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a perfect Ivy-League future. But a chance meeting with Roosevelt David, a homeland security agent, at a party for Washington DC's elite leads to Bird waking up in a hospital, days later, with no memory of the end of the night.

Meanwhile, the world has fallen apart: A deadly flu virus is sweeping the nation, forcing quarantines, curfews, even martial law. And Roosevelt is certain that Bird knows something. Something about the virus--something about her parents' top secret scientific work--something she shouldn't know.

The only one Bird can trust is Coffee, a quiet, outsider genius who deals drugs to their classmates and is a firm believer in conspiracy theories. And he believes in Bird. But as Bird and Coffee dig deeper into what really happened that night, Bird finds that she might know more than she remembers. And what she knows could unleash the biggest government scandal in US history.

My Review:
I loved reading this book! An outbreak that means quarantine-of Washington, D.C., that's something that's important! And I loved the mystery of what happened to her that night, why the one dude and her ex treat her like she knows a secret. So interesting! 

This book was a bit disjointed. There were this asides that added to the story, but they were jarring. It made it harder to read and to enjoy this book, but it didn't outweigh the positives! They were little asides, and while I'm glad that they were there, because it gave some needed info, well, yeah, jarring!

I really enjoyed Coffee and Bird together. They both have their issues-he's a ambassador's kid, and Bird's mom has a firm idea of who Bird should be, and Bird has tried to change herself to be that person. They were quickly, and fit well together!

This is a throwaway paragraph, but as a book lover and as someone trained to be a library technician, shame on Bird for defacing a library book! Worse than bending a corner as a bookmark, she tore a page out of a book! Gasp!

I really enjoyed reading this book, it was really great to read!

Author: Alaya Dawn Johnson
Read: November 25th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good! And it's a 2017 Dystopia Book and a SAC 2017 Book.
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: September 30th 2014

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Week 46 Review: More of Me

From Goodreads:
Teva goes to school, studies for her exams, and spends time with her friends. To the rest of the world, she's a normal teenager. But when she goes home, she's anything but normal. Due to a genetic abnormality, Teva unwillingly clones herself every year. And lately, home has become a battleground. When boys are at stake, friends are lost, and lives are snatched away, Teva has a fight on her hands—a fight with herself. As her birthday rolls around, Teva is all too aware that time is running out. She knows that the next clone will soon seize everything she holds dear. Desperate to hang on to her life, Teva decides to find out more about her past . . . and uncovers lies that could either destroy her or set her free.

My Review:
This book was really awesome! I loved how unique it was, and Teva has this choice-that everything with there being a number of previous, younger versions of her, or she's crazy. And she teeter-totters back and forth with pieces of evidence! So great to read!

If I were in her shoes, I don't know what I'd do. If she does have all these younger selves stuck in the house, well, that means the same thing is going to happen to her one day, and that's pretty awful. But if she's crazy, well, she's crazy, you know?

I loved the different relationships she had. Like the guy who started dating 15, but now that this Teva is here, well, that complicates things with both the guy, and 15, who Teva basically stole her life from. Which really sucks, but it's a cycle that keeps repeating.

At the center of it all, is the mystery of why this is happening to her, and trying to fix or stop it. As things progress, and stuff with her father comes out...well, things come to a head and yeah, that ending was pretty epic!

I really enjoyed how things ended, and I just plain enjoyed this book! It was so great!

Author: Kathryn Evans
Read: November 17th, 2017
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book and a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: June 13th 2017

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

5/5 Stars