Genre: Young Adult

SCYTHE By Neal Shusterman

Short and Sweet Review Humanity has conquered hunger, disease, and even death. Now Scythes are the only ones in the world who can end someone’s life to keep the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen by Scythe Faraday to be his apprentices and learn all about becoming a Scythe. Citra and Rowan were […]

LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review It’s senior year and in the short amount of time before graduation Leah is trying to figure things out. She’s bi but the only person who knows is her mom, she’s an amazing artist but she’s not comfortable showing her drawings, and her solid friend group seems to be fracturing. Alrighty […]

THE UPPER WORLD By Femi Fadugba

Short and Sweet Review Past: Esso is having the worst week of his life, and after an accident he’s knocked into a different world where he can see glimpses of the past and the future. After seeing what the future has in store Esso realizes he needs to use what he learned to change the […]

ARCHENEMIES By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review After the battle with the Detonator, Adrian and Nova are thrown back to work after their victory. The Anarchists are still depending on Nova to be successful in her infiltration of the renegades, and the renegades now have a new weapon they believe will take care of their enemies forever. Nova […]

THE NOBLEMAN’S GUIDE TO SCANDAL AND SHIPWRECKS By Mackenzi Lee

Short and Sweet Review Adrian Montague, is the heir to his father’s estate and he’s an up and coming political writer, he has a fiancé who is an activist and inspires him. But what no one knows is that Adrian struggles with anxiety, his mother also had a mental illness that she struggled with and […]

IN THE HALL WITH THE KNIFE By Diana Peterfreund

Short and Sweet Review When a storm hits Blackbrook Academy, six students: Orchid, Scarlet, Peacock, Mustard, Plum, and Green are forced to stay together in one of the campus buildings. A few hours later one of the students finds the headmaster dead and now it seems like each of the students has something to hide […]

RENEGADES By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review  Renegades are prodigies – humans with special abilities. Renegades emerged when chaos seemed to be taking over and Renegades brought peace and order. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, they never came when she needed them the most, instead the Anarchists saved her. Now as a teenager Nova decides […]

FAITH: GREATER HEIGHTS By Julie Murphy

Short and Sweet Review Faith Herbert is back in this high flying sequel! This sequel picks up where things left off. Faith is starting her senior year and she’s going to try to enjoy it but things in town are still off. There’s a new journalism teacher, Colleen has reappeared, there’s been sightings of Dakota […]

LUMINOUS By Mara Rutherford

Short and Sweet Review Liora is a witch and she’s different, she glows. Her father has kept her hidden away but when Liora catches the eye of the King’s warlock Darius trouble ensues. Darius ends up taking Mina, Liora’s younger sister back with him to the palace and Liora becomes her neighbor Margana’s apprentice. During […]