Publisher: Balzer + Bray

LUCERO By Maya Motayne

Short and Sweet Review Lucero is the final book in the A Forgery of Magic trilogy. It picks up right where Oculta left off. Sombra is back and he brought the chaos with him. Sombra has disturbed the delicate balance between light and dark magic and his shadows have taken over. It’s up to Alfie, […]

GIRLS LIKE HER By Melanie Sumrow

Short and Sweet Review Fifteen year old Ruby is in a Dallas Jail waiting for her trial, for the death of a prominent businessman. Ruby has no one in her corner until her state appointed social worker Cadence comes along. Cadence knows how hard life has been for Ruby because she’s experienced some of it […]

BURNING CROWNS By Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

Short and Sweet Review After the events of the last book there’s still a sense of darkness looming around Wren and Rose. Rose is being haunted by her ancestor Oonagh. Oonagh wants the throne and if the girls don’t surrender war will be coming. Wren is troubled because she’s cursed, after she did that blood […]

OUT OF BODY By Nia Davenport

Short and Sweet Review Megan has bounced around from friend group to friend group until she meets LC. LC is like her friend soulmate. One night Megan and LC celebrate their friend anniversary and get matching piercings and go out to a party. Things seem to be going alright until Megan wakes up the next […]

BORN OF DECEPTION By Teri Brown

Short and Sweet Review Anna is in London after she got a spot with European Vaudeville tour, and she found an underground society with people like her with psychic abilities. When Anna gets to London she learns that things aren’t so great within the society, one of the members was kidnapped and the others aren’t […]

THE BLACKWOODS By Brandy Colbert

Short and Sweet Review The Blackwoods follows a famous family and we follow their beginnings with Blossom and how she got her start in the acting industry and in the present we see her two great granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, and how life is for them in the spotlight. When I first started this book […]

EVERYONE’S THINKING IT By Aleema Omotoni

Short and Sweet Review At Wodebury High, reputation is everything. Iyanu is a photographer and she’s able to capture a lot of moments and observe everything around her behind the safety of her camera. Kitan is Iyanu’s cousin but they don’t really talk. While Iyanu is almost like an outcast, Kitan is apart of the […]

JULIETA AND THE ROMEOS By Maria E. Andreu

Short and Sweet Review Julieta isn’t looking for anyone but she does enjoy writing romantic stories. Julieta is enrolled in a summer writing program and her teacher encourages them to publish their stories online so Julieta does and someone named Happily Ever Drafter decides to collaborate on the story. Julieta doesn’t know who this Happily […]

NIGERIA JONES By Ibi Zoboi

Short and Sweet Review Nigeria has been raised by her father who is a social justice warrior. He has a Movement that is a black separatist group in Philadelphia. Nigeria runs the youth group for her dad and leads rituals that connect group members to their ancestors. The only thing missing in Nigerias life is […]