Category: Reviews

LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS By Ravynn K. Stringfield

LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS By Ravynn K. Stringfield

Short and Sweet Review Love in 280 Characters or Less follows our main character Sydney as she starts her first year of college, she documents her journey through blog posts, texts, and tweets. We get to follow Sydney go through the ups and downs of college, growing up, fitting in, and a little romance. I’d […]

THE NOTORIOUS VIRTUES By Alwyn Hamilton

THE NOTORIOUS VIRTUES By Alwyn Hamilton

Short and Sweet Review The Holtzfall family is a high ranking family and they have control over all of the money and magic in the entire country. Nora Holtzfall has it all and she knows one day she’ll be the heir, but one day comes sooner than she expects when her mother is murdered and […]

MEET ME AT BLUE HOUR By Sarah Suk

MEET ME AT BLUE HOUR By Sarah Suk

Short and Sweet Review Yena is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, in hopes to figure out what she wants to do in the future, but in the meantime she’ll be working at her mom’s clinic. At the clinic they use sound to erase memories. Lucas Pak is in Busan for the summer visiting […]

DEADSTREAM By Mar Romasco-Moore

DEADSTREAM By Mar Romasco-Moore

Short and Sweet Review Ever since the car accident that took her best friend’s life, Teresa has been stuck in the house and it’s progressively gotten worse to where she won’t even leave her room. Teresa spends her time watching different people do their live streams and chatting with her streaming friends. When a popular […]

THE SHADOW BRIDE By Shelby Mahurin

THE SHADOW BRIDE By Shelby Mahurin

Short and Sweet Review The Shadow Bride picks up a little after where The Scarlet Veil ended. The last thing we saw was Célie taking her last breath by trying to keep her friends safe, now she’s a vampire trying to adjust to her new circumstances. She’s back with her friends but it’s hard for […]

BITTERSWEET IN THE HOLLOW By Kate Pearsall

BITTERSWEET IN THE HOLLOW By Kate Pearsall

Short and Sweet Review The James women are more special than the food they serve at their diner, they all have unique abilities. Our main character Linden is able to taste what others are feeling, as cool as this sounds, this talent unfortunately ruined her relationship with Cole a year ago. A year ago is […]

I AM THE SWARM By Hayley Chewins

I AM THE SWARM By Hayley Chewins

Short and Sweet Review In Nell Strand’s family all of the woman have a magical gift that manifests when they turn 15. Nell doesn’t think these are gifts but more like curses. Her mother changes her age everyday, her sister bleeds music, and depending on how Nell feels different insects appear but the one that […]

ACE OF SPADES By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

ACE OF SPADES By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Short and Sweet Review Devon and Chiamaka attend Niveus Private Academy, where they both happen to be the only black students that attend. It’s their senior year and they’re both made prefects which will look pretty good on their college applications, but when Aces an anonymous person starts sending out texts about Chiamaka and Devon […]

IN THE COMPANY OF KILLERS By Elora Cook

IN THE COMPANY OF KILLERS By Elora Cook

Short and Sweet Review In the Company of Killers follows our main character Tasha as she navigates becoming the new Mob Boss after the death of her father and older sister. Tasha just thought the Nicastro name was powerful but it isn’t until another Mob kills her father and sister that she learns what was […]