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 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 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 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 […]
Short and Sweet Review Stops Along the Way follows Iris as she heads on a cross-country road trip with her sister Amelia, only to unexpectedly end up traveling alongside her board game rival, Declan, and his brother. While the trip starts as a practical plan to get everyone home for the summer, it slowly becomes a […]
Short and Sweet Review Finley has always built her life around her boyfriend, Colin, letting him take the lead in almost everything. But when she’s suddenly whisked away to her mom’s estranged family’s lake house, and then gets dumped, she’s left without a plan for the first time. As she spends the summer getting to […]
Short and Sweet Review Hannah heads to Scotland for what’s supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime: spending the summer interning for her favorite author. Instead, her plans completely fall apart when the author abruptly leaves for Japan, leaving Hannah stranded and jobless in a foreign country. After meeting a charming stranger at a […]
Short and Sweet Review Signa was orphaned as a baby and since then she has been raised by different guardians, each guardian has been interested in Signa’s wealth than her wellbeing and each of these guardians have meant an untimely end. Signa only has one more family to go to and it’s the Hawthornes and […]
Short and Sweet Review Ida has spent seven years wondering what happened to her father after he vanished at the mysterious Night King’s Court. When a position opens for a new Luminaire, she uses her candle magic to earn a place there, hoping to uncover the truth. But once inside the dazzling world of midnight […]