Short and Sweet Review Blue Beach was a compelling blend of historical fiction and murder mystery that kept me invested from beginning to end. Set in 1929 Santa Monica, the story follows fifteen-year-old Blue Collins, whose family owns Blue Beach, a safe gathering place for Black families during segregation. When Blue and her friend Ben […]
Short and Sweet Review The Spiritualists follows Stella, a teenage psychic living in early 1900s New York who survives by performing séances and tarot readings while struggling with the guilt and grief surrounding her sister’s death. When a mysterious boy named Pax invites her to join a secret group of mystics determined to uncover the […]
Short and Sweet Review The Ocean Would Paint me Blue was such an emotional and powerful read. The story follows Jihad, a seventeen-year-old girl whose world loses its color after the sudden death of her mother. As she navigates grief, Islamophobia, and the challenges of starting at a new school, she reconnects with her love […]
Short and Sweet Review In Case I Go Missing follows Fenny after her best friend Sarah suddenly disappears. Sarah has always been the bold, reckless one in their trio the self-appointed detective constantly digging into other people’s secrets, while Fenny stayed in the background beside her. But when the police brush Sarah off as just […]
Short and Sweet Review Every Exquisite Thing follows Penny Paxton, the daughter of a world-famous supermodel who has spent her whole life surrounded by beauty, fame, and impossible expectations. Wanting to step into the spotlight herself, Penny enrolls at the elite Dorian Drama School, where image matters just as much as talent. When her mentor […]
Short and Sweet Review Specials picks up with Tally now fully transformed into one of the Specials, enhanced soldiers designed to be faster, stronger, sharper, and completely loyal to the system. No longer just an Ugly or a Pretty, Tally has become something far more dangerous, trained to keep everyone else under control while crushing any […]
Short and Sweet Review Virginia heads to Florida to spend the summer with her grandmother Lainey at Castle Claude, a bold pink condo full of retired theater lovers who entertain themselves by acting out elaborate murder mystery games called Killing Me Softly. What starts as a fun getaway quickly turns complicated after the death of […]
Short and Sweet Review Avery invites her roommate to spend the summer at this super exclusive, rich-kid getaway, but nothing feels as perfect as it should. Her ex won’t let things go, her best friend is acting weird, and Nora is asking way too many questions. It quickly turns into one of those situations where […]
Short and Sweet Review Stealing Infinity follows Natasha, a teen whose life has completely spiraled after getting expelled, arrested, and essentially blackmailed into attending the mysterious Gray Wolf Academy, a remote school run by a billionaire tech genius on a hidden island. Once there, Natasha discovers the school is far from normal. The students are […]