Genre: Historical

THE HELP By Kathryn Stockett

Dear Friend, Recently, I finished reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I absolutely loved it! Why I didn’t read it sooner, I don’t know. I picked up the book because its been my sister, Dani’s, favorite read of all time for a while now. It even holds a prominent place on her bookshelf. I’ve seen […]

THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED By Page Morgan

Short and Sweet After a weird accident Ingrid Waverly, her mother, and younger sister leave London and move to Paris. When they arrive they discover that Grayson, Ingrid’s twin brother who was to have arrived earlier has gone missing. Ingrid and Gabby vow to find their brother before its too late. Characters Ingrid: Our main […]

THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE By Mackenzi Lee

Short and Sweet Monty and his best friend Percy are going on a grand tour of Europe, and they plan on having the time of their lives. Even with his younger sister, Felicity coming along, Monty won’t let it ruin his fun. But things get crazy when the group encounters an ancient artifact, highwaymen, and […]

THE SPIRITGLASS CHARADE By Colleen Gleason

Short and Sweet Review In The Spiritglass Charade, Mina and Evaline are asked to investigate who is trying to get a young heiress’ fortune. There’s also the mystery of a missing brother and vampires coming back to London. In this book we still have the same characters we met in the first book. This time both […]

THE CLOCKWORK SCARAB By Colleen Gleason

Short and Sweet Review Mina Holmes is the niece of Sherlock and Evaline Stoker is the younger sister of Bram. These girls live two totally different lives, Mina has the same great observation and deduction skills that her uncle has, and Evaline has strength and quickness which helps her to fight vampires. The girls meet […]

SILVER STARS By Michael Grant

Short and Sweet Frangie, Rainy, and Rio are back, this statement just makes me happy. These soldiers are on to their next target, Italy, and back to the front lines to sacrifice their lives for their country. Characters Rainy: Is given a mission that will in the end help the US Army, which she’s all […]

COLD WAR ON MAPLEWOOD STREET By Gayle Rosengren

Short and Sweet Review This book is short so why not write a short and sweet review? I liked this book but it wasn’t what I thought it would be, and when I say that I mean it was more of a middle-grade book then a young adult book. Other then that I really enjoyed […]

THE GILDED CAGE By Lucinda Gray

Short and Sweet Katherine and her brother George Randolph live in Virginia, but their lives change when they discover that they are heirs to the Walthingham country estate in England. Katherine and George try to adjust to their new life in British aristocracy. Not long after their arrival George is found dead in an icy […]

THE WINNER’S CURSE By Marie Rutkoski

Short and Sweet Kestrel is the daughter of a general, and she has two choices get married or join the military. In this empire the Valorians have enslaved the Herrani. When Kestrel goes to an auction and buys a slave, she doesn’t realize the problem with what she has done until it’s too late. My […]