Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, October 2022
Being woken up by a robber in the early morning is never a good way to start your day. For Lo Blacklock, this shakes her to the core. She can’t sleep, can’t eat, and doesn’t even feel safe in her own apartment. Yet, she must push past all of this and go on a week-long Norwegian cruise that leaves the very next day… Read more
Reviewed by L. Chapman, September 2022
Warcross by Marie Lu is a science-fiction novel which follows Emika Chen, a New Yorker in insurmountable debt just trying to figure out how she will pay her rent and not get evicted. So how does one manage to have all their debt paid off and their rent paid in full until the end of the year in a single night? For… Read more
Reviewed by L. Chapman, September 2022
Gone Girl is an adult novel written by Gillian Flynn that intimately details the life and unraveling marriage of Nick and Amy Dunne. The story opens with Amy going missing on her and Nick’s 5th anniversary, Nick is distraught and it appears that as if there was a struggle that took place. Nick’s… Read more
Reviewed by L. Chapman, September 2022
Little Fires Everywhere is a realistic fiction novel written by Celeste Ng. The novel is set in the 90’s in Shaker Heights, a… Read more
The Dark Prophecy, by Rick Riordan, is the second book in the Trials of Apollo series, following the Hidden Oracle. The book follows Apollo, a Greek god who has lost his powers, trying to recover the rest of the lost oracles, after successfully taking back the Grove of Dodona from Nero in the Hidden Oracle. Now… Read more
Reviewed by J. Morton, August 2022
The Burning Maze, by Rick Riordan, is the third book in the Trials of Apollo series, following the Dark Prophecy. The book continues to follow Apollo on his harrowing quest to take back the ancient oracles from the evil Triumvirate without the help of his godly powers. Apollo must set out to California,… Read more
Reviewed by J. Morton, August 2022
The Hidden Oracle, by Rick Riordan, is the first of the Trials of Apollo series. The series precedes the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and the Heroes of Olympus series. The book follows the exploits of Apollo, a Greek god who has been thrown to earth after the war with Gaea in the… Read more
Reviewed by S. Cox, August 2022
Fable is about a girl named Fable, who was abandoned by her father at a young age, learning to live day-to-day on an island with nothing but her wits, and the help of a boy… Read more
Reviewed by S. Cox, August 2022
“We were Wildlife Control Nuns sponsored by a drug company. It got weirder by the second.” - pg 205
You know those magical, pretty little unicorns from every fairy tale you’ve ever heard as a kid? Well, you can throw all those unicorns in the trash. Those aren’t real. Real unicorns are venomous, man-eating… Read more
Reviewed by M. Koopmans, August 2022
Colleen Hoover’s novel It Ends With Us is an adult romance novel that discusses several deeper topics through the life of Lily Bloom. The novel starts with Lily meeting Ryle on the roof of his sister’s apartment building. From there, the book takes place through the next several months and years… Read more