Short and Sweet Review 21 Days of Fear had a really interesting premise, but unfortunately the execution just didn’t work for me. The story follows Lucas, whose sister Thelma disappeared ten years ago and whose family has never really recovered from it. When Lucas receives a mysterious letter telling him that he has twenty-one days to […]
Short and Sweet Review Irene Adler is called back to London after a string of murders targeting some of Queen Victoria’s closest allies. With mysterious messages being left behind at each crime scene, Irene has to figure out who is behind the killings and whether the queen herself might be the real target. Of course, […]
Short and Sweet Review Irene Adler is living a double life at Oxford, attending classes as herself while disguising herself as Isaac Holland so she can receive the same education as the men. When students in the prestigious All Souls cohort begin turning up dead, Irene decides to investigate alongside Sherlock Holmes while also trying […]
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 Taryn Beck has spent her life trying to survive in a world still recovering from war, where she and her family live in a Scottish refugee camp and struggle to care for her sick younger brother. Her incredible singing voice offers what feels like the only way out, leading her to […]
Short and Sweet Review Killing Sadie had such an intriguing premise that immediately pulled me in. A murder mystery told through multiple interrogations, unreliable narrators, and conflicting stories sounded like exactly the kind of YA thriller I enjoy. Unfortunately, while the setup was strong, the execution didn’t quite live up to its potential. The multiple POV […]
Short and Sweet Review Hell to Pay was such a fun surprise. Between the magical heists, the Afterlife, and a crew of lovable misfits, this book hooked me almost immediately. The premise alone is incredibly creative, and it delivered the kind of fast paced adventure that kept me wanting to know what ridiculous situation the characters […]
Short and Sweet Review We Were Never Here follows four teenagers who secretly fund their expensive private school education by breaking into supposedly haunted locations, stealing valuable artwork, and disguising it all as a popular ghost-hunting YouTube channel. But after a job at De Lys Manor ends in tragedy, with Jules dead and Georgia unable to […]