★★★★★ "Father," Clementine said as she watched him spear a piece of melon on the tip of his pointy wooden finger. "I do believe you have been cursed." Twelve-year-old Clementine comes from a long line of Dark Lords. She's trained since birth to earn her birthright. Her father, Elithor, was strict but fair. He taught her dark… Continue reading The Dark Lord Clementine – Sarah Jean Horwitz

★★★★ Folks didn't like strangers in Bulwark. Bulwark, Georgia has always been...an unusual town to say the least. People had no business traveling in that direction. Strange stories had always come from that end... JB Stratton, born and raised in Bulwark, always expected to live his entire life on his father's peanut farm. But then...something happened.  Something that completely… Continue reading The Knowing: A Bulwark Anthology – Brit Lunden

★ Wow. What a b*tch. But...But...Miranda...how can you not love, cherish and worship a suicide book? Hannah was so brave, she dealt with life the best way she could...Blah, blah, blah. Are you sitting down?  Good, cause things are about to get ranty. HUGE MOTHER-EFFING DISCLAIMER: If you absolutely loved this book or if you think… Continue reading Thirteen Reasons Why – James Asher

★★★★★ Isabella Swan? I promise to love you forever - every single day of forever. Will you marry me? I can feel my teenage heart quivering I'm gonna fight for you, until your heart stops beating. That heart just exploded Whewwwww. Ten years ago, I would've fought anyone who challenged Edward and Bella's love. Nowadays?… Continue reading Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer

★★★★★ Something has changed there since Jake left. Maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm just making this stuff up...But what if I'm not? Danny has always lived in a two bedroom apartment with his family...well, technically, he lives in a closet. Jake, his older brother, got the bedroom and Danny, being younger, gets the Harry Potter… Continue reading The Ghost in Apartment 2R – Denis Markell

★★★★★ John Marszalkowski is back at it again with his signature dry humor and witty one-liners! How to Punch Kids in Bathrooms is a series of short essays - often hilariously titled: You Didn't Ask But Let's Talk About Me about his various thoughts and ramblings - surrounding his life and family. This book is incredibly short, but extremely entertaining.… Continue reading How to Punch Kids in Bathrooms – John Marszalkowski

★★★★ For all those people hating on the novella - calm down already Did it provide a unique and brilliant addition to the quadrilogy? Mmmm....questionable Was Bree's story essential to the series? Definitely not. Was it an enjoyable quick read? Absolutely. This novella takes place during Eclipse (the third twilight novel). During Book 3, we follow Bumbling Bella and the… Continue reading The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner – Stephenie Meyer

★★★ ½ Don't give up on the ideas and concepts you know are right but seem impossible to obtain. In this book, the author provides her take on several famous and inspirational figures. For the most part, this worked really well. I liked the bite-sized mini biographies and reading about the author's own thoughts and feelings was rather… Continue reading Humanitarians, Visionaries, Heroes, and You – Mary Feliciani

★★★★ Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget; it was a hard line to walk. Really cringing at my younger self.. And yet....I still loved it So, I guess I'm cringing at my older self too. Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars, points of light and… Continue reading New Moon – Stephenie Meyer

★★★ ½ He knows, I thought, swallowing. He knows you're false. Wren, a horse instructor, comes from old money...that has long since run out. Her parents have passed away, her brother is in jail and she lives above a carriage house. A far cry from her grandmother's society life. Wren is approached by agent Tribecca Jones and… Continue reading Dark Web – Talia Vines