Short and Sweet Review The Coastal Canyon debate team already has plenty of reasons to hate each other before they even arrive at the Airbnb. After a huge competition loss, seven students and three teachers are stuck together for the night when a massive storm rolls in. Then things start going wrong. A flat tire, […]
Short and Sweet Review Mackenzie has a secret that she has spent years trying to keep buried. Everyone in Cold Creek is mourning the death of Will Ashford, the town’s golden boy, but Mackenzie isn’t exactly heartbroken. She knows the version of Will everyone else remembers isn’t the person he really was, and she knows […]
Short and Sweet Review Fear Farm is Bleak Haven’s annual fright fest, but there’s always been something a little too real about the “accidents” that happen there. Tori Swift is convinced that someone is behind them, especially after her sister nearly dies at the attraction. Determined to find out who is responsible, Tori joins the […]
Short and Sweet Review Four years after his older brother Brody drowned in Bleak Haven’s cursed creek, Ethan still doesn’t believe his death was simply an accident. On the anniversary of Brody’s death, Ethan returns to the creek with his friends, hoping to finally find some kind of closure. Instead, he starts seeing and hearing […]
Short and Sweet Review We’re back in Kettle Springs, but this time we aren’t following Quinn. Instead, we get to watch her story come to life on the big screen. Sabrina Alvarez lands the starring role as Quinn Maybrook in the movie about the Kettle Springs Massacre, and she is determined to prove that she […]
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 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 Black Girls Don’t Cry follows Ida, the vice president of her high school’s Black Student Union, as she decides to run for prom queen after a racist “hot list” excludes every girl of color from the school. What begins as a campaign to challenge beauty standards and advocate for representation quickly spirals […]