Short and Sweet Review Siya has always wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a lawyer, so joining her school’s mock trial team feels like the perfect way to honor her memory. But when the team’s new case starts looking eerily similar to the car accident that killed her mother years ago, Siya […]
Short and Sweet Review Mikaela has a lot on her plate. Between grieving her grandmother, helping out at her family’s occult shop, and preparing to take on the role of Witch Queen, she already has enough to worry about. Then, during a tarot reading, she turns over the Death card and has a vision of […]
Short and Sweet Review Such a Witch follows Embry Woodcross, the popular head prefect at Raven’s Head School for the Magically Gifted. Known for helping her classmates with everything from magical beauty products to matchmaking, Embry’s reputation takes a dramatic turn when a new vampire student, Oakley, is found murdered and all the evidence points to […]
Short and Sweet Review How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House follows Amity, who is forced to move across the country with her mom after her parents’ divorce, hoping a new town will offer the fresh start she’s been craving. Instead, she ends up in a rundown house that’s rumored to be haunted. When she meets […]
Short and Sweet Review To Drown a Witch had a really intriguing premise that immediately caught my attention. The idea of there being only one true Witch in each generation, hunted by an entire kingdom while everyone else relies on stolen magic, felt fresh and full of potential. The mystery surrounding the Witch’s identity, combined […]
Short and Sweet Review Winners & Liars combines an inheritance competition with a murder mystery, making for a fun and entertaining YA read. After the death of their beloved mentor, Professor Darnley, Derin and her university prep group arrive at his estate expecting to celebrate their futures. Instead, they discover they’ve been named competitors in a […]
Short and Sweet Review Our Wicked Gifts was such a fun surprise. The combination of a wealthy family with supernatural powers, a murder mystery, dark magic, and a morally gray cast immediately pulled me in. It gave me Knives Out meets The Inheritance Games with a gothic fantasy twist, and I loved unraveling the secrets […]
Short and Sweet Review Every Reason to Stay had an emotional premise that immediately pulled me in, but while I enjoyed parts of the story, it didn’t fully come together for me. Skylar’s grief after losing her father was the strongest aspect of the book, and I appreciated that it didn’t shy away from showing how […]
Short and Sweet Review I really wanted to enjoy The Vacation Shift. A YA romance set on a bus tour through Japan sounded like a lot of fun, and the setting ended up being one of the strongest parts of the book. The descriptions of Japan were enjoyable, and I liked seeing Ivy and Matteo’s relationship […]