Roxy
Ivy and Isaac are siblings. Ivy’s always been the one getting into trouble, but when she faces alternative school, she finally gives in to her parents and starts treatment for her ADHD. Isaac is the good son, on the soccer…
The Box in the Woods
Stevie Bell is all set for a boring summer at home. When an entrepreneur owner of a summer camp contacts her with an unsolved case, and she gets to bring her friends along if she agrees to investigate. In 1978,…
As Good as Dead
As Good as Dead is the third and final book in the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the the previous books. Pip Fitz-Amobi isn’t sleeping, she can’t stop reliving the…
Ace of Spades
Niveus Private Academy is an elite private school, where their students get the best start to life that money can buy. Chiamaka and Devon are the only two black kids at the school, but they couldn’t be more different, one…
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
Quinn makes lists for everything, from “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” to the boys she thinks are hot, in ascending order. She writes them all down in her journal, her way of not having to deal with…
Take Me Home Tonight
When Stevie’s dad cancels her 18th birthday dinner, her best friend Kat convinces her to go into New York anyway, they can have a night on the town, see a play, eat out at a fancy restaurant. But things start…
Firekeeper’s Daughter
Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine lives her life split between two cultures, half Ojibwe, half white, not quite feeling like she belongs in either. When her best friend is murdered, she is approached by the FBI, to go undercover to try and…
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
It’s 1954 and the Red Scare is in full force. Chinese Americans such as Lily’s family must keep a low profile or risk being accused of Communism and deported. When Lily finds an advert for a male impersonator performing in…
You Should See Me in a Crown
When Liz doesn’t qualify for the scholarship she’s been working towards, she is crushed, it was her ticket out of town, where she feels too black, too awkward, too gay and too poor to truly be herself. Campbell, Indiana, has…
The Gilded Ones
Deka prays for her blood to run pure. If it flows red at the cutting ceremony, she can take her place as a woman, and will be able to wear a mask, hiding her face from the gaze of men….
