It’s 1941, but in India, the oppressors are the English, not the Axis. Fifteen-year-old Vidya’s progressive father shields her from most unpleasantness, promising her an education rather than an early marriage. But when tragedy sends Vidya to live in the traditional and very conservative family home, her future looks lost. This coming-of-age story with romantic…
Narrated by Renee Chambliss Out of the Shallows concludes Into the Deep by Samantha Young. Note: Do not read/listen if you have not yet read Into the Deep. Brief recap of Into the Deep: Charley Redford is on a year-long study abroad in Edinburgh with her best friend Claudia. While at a college party, Charley is…
Dystopian young adult novels are thick on the ground right now. Some, like The Hunger Games and Divergent, set the standard. Others, like Ann Aguirre’s Enclave and Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, show that following a trend can still produce a good product. Then there are those books that make us regret the trend was ever…
This anthology is a new look at the classic tales (or stories told in the style of the classic tales ) of the Brothers Grimm. There are seventeen tales altogether. Some are good, some are bad, some are just there. It’s unfortunate that the bad and mediocre tales pull the overall grade of the anthology…
It’s hard to grade a book that tries to be several things and has very different outcomes in each. The romance isn’t great. The world building is interesting. Most characters are well-developed. The ethical questions are salient. Ultimately, I think, Landry Park tells us more about ourselves than it does about its own world. About…
I love superheroes. Always have. And one thing I have loved about the last couple of decades is the collection of absolutely amazing movies that have come out in the superhero genre. All the X-Men films, the amazing Batman movies and of course the Toby Maguire Spiderman films. Relatively few books have cashed in on…
Narrated by Tavia Gilbert There are some books I just know I’m going to love. I read the synopsis, and something clicks in my brain. Such was the case when I stumbled upon Amy Harmon’s A Different Blue. Meet Blue Echohawk. Well, that’s what’s she’s been called since she was around the age of two….
Recently I pulled up to a three-way stop at the same time as another driver. Feeling generous I waved to her to go ahead of me and followed her sedately down the road. Minutes later a car that missed their stop sign plowed in to her. She was fine, the other driver was fine but…
Lighthearted and cheerful, Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me To You stars an awkward high schooler named Sawako Kuronuma whose resemblance to a creepy horror movie character has derailed her social career. (It’s hard to make friends when rumor states that eye contact with you can curse a person with diarrhea). But golden boy Shota Kazehaya’s…
On the front and back covers of Red Rising, the book is compared to The Hunger Games, Ender’s Game and Game of Thrones. Any fan of those novels will easily recognize elements of each in this story. They will also see aspects of Divergent and bits of the Percy Jackson novels. So the story is…
End of content
End of content