Category: Reviews

WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE US By  Pamela N. Harris

WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE US By Pamela N. Harris

When Jay’s sister Nic goes to a party and calls him he thinks she’s high on drugs and ends up hanging up on her. But after being gone almost a week Jay realizes something is really wrong. Jay doesn’t think anyone will help someone who looks like “us” which means they have brown skin, black […]

ONE OF THE GOOD ONES By Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite

ONE OF THE GOOD ONES By Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite

Short and Sweet Kezi Smith is a social activist, after attending a rally and being taken into custody Kezi is killed under mysterious circumstances. Kezi’s family is still dealing with her death. Kezi becomes another victim remembered for police brutality in the US. To honor Kezi’s memory her sisters, Genny and Happi embark on a […]

TAKEN By Erin Bowman

TAKEN By Erin Bowman

On the eve of a boy’s 18th birthday he will be heisted, this happens to every boy in Claysoot. Gray knows that his time will come soon but after he learns some information that not everything is as it seems he takes a chance and climbs the wall that surrounds Claysoot to see what is […]

ROMAN AND JEWEL By Dana L. Davis

ROMAN AND JEWEL By Dana L. Davis

Short and Sweet Jerzie wants to land a lead role in Broadways newest show, Roman and Jewel, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Jerzie gets a role as an understudy and she’s the understudy for Cinny a megastar. On set Jerzie meets Zeppelin Reid, the actor playing Roman. It’s like love at first sight but […]

TINY PRETTY THINGS By Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

TINY PRETTY THINGS By Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

Short and Sweet Review At the American Ballet Company our main characters Gigi, Bette, and June just want to be Prima Ballerina, and they’ll do whatever it takes to get to the top even if it includes sabotage and backstabbing. In this book we get the POVs of each girl and there wasn’t one I […]

LOOKING FOR ALASKA By John Green

LOOKING FOR ALASKA By John Green

Short and Sweet Review This book goes from past tense to present so lets start with Before. Miles “Pudge” is starting his first year at Culver Creek, where he meets his new friends Chip “Colonel”, Alaska, Tukami, and Lara. Pudge has a crush on Alaska but she’s already taken so that’s obviously not going to […]

THE LOVE CURSE OF MELODY MCINTYRE By Robin Talley

THE LOVE CURSE OF MELODY MCINTYRE By Robin Talley

Short and Sweet Melody is the stage manager for her high school. Melody is great at being a stage manager, what she’s not so great at is finding love. When her crew comes to her and suggest she puts off dating for the next show she’s willing to try it, what she didn’t expect was […]

THE GOOD GIRLS By Claire Eliza Bartlett

THE GOOD GIRLS By Claire Eliza Bartlett

Short and Sweet Emma Baines was murdered and all fingers are pointing at her three classmates, Avery, Gwen, and Claude. The truth behind what happened to Emma is in plain sight but the secrets that her three classmates are hiding need to come out in order to find the killer. Characters Claude: Claude is our […]

SOULSWIFT By Megan Bannen

SOULSWIFT By Megan Bannen

Short and Sweet Review Geyla is a vessel, which means she channels the words of the One True God through song. Geyla is an Ovinist and they believe that a Saint Imprisoned Elath a demon, and saved humanity. After a summit, Geyla learns that the Ovinist have been covering something up. Geyla then teams up […]