Genre: Thrillers

RED AS ROYAL BLOOD By Elizabeth Hart

Short and Sweet Review Ruby has spent her whole life as a servant in the castle, quietly solving puzzles and playing secret chess matches with one particular prince… and then suddenly the king dies and names her—a maid—his heir. No warning, no explanation, just instant “congratulations, you’re queen now.” And of course the castle is […]

HOW GIRLS ARE MADE By Mindy McGinnis

Short and Sweet Review How Girls Are Made follows three girls Fallon, Shelby, and Jobie whose lives collide in a secret, off-campus sex-ed class that was never supposed to get this big or this dangerous. Fallon is the planner, the fixer, the girl who loves a good list. When her younger sister comes to her […]

BEAUTIFUL BRUTAL BODIES By Linda Cheng

Short and Sweet Review Tian is a famous singer-songwriter with hypnotic vocals and a massive online following, but behind the glitz, she’s basically trapped in her own life. Her childhood friend and bodyguard Liya is her only companion, except Liya isn’t just a loyal protector, she has a monstrous secret. When fans start mysteriously dying […]

GIRLS WHO PLAY DEAD By Joelle Wellington

Short and Sweet Review Mikky Graves left his hometown of Prophets Lake to live with his mother and he didn’t plan on coming back. When his sister Kyla’s, best friend Erin is murdered he comes back for the funeral but seeing the state that Kyla is in he know’s he can’t leave and decides to […]

WE FELL APART By E. Lockhart

Short and Sweet Review Matilda has never met her father, Kingsley, so when she gets an invitation to spend the summer at his Seaside home, curiosity gets the best of her and she buys a ticket. When she gets to her father’s home he’s nowhere to be found instead she meets Meer her half brother […]

LAST CHANCE LIVE! By Helena Haywoods Henry

Short and Sweet Review Last Chance Live! is a popular reality television show where prisoners on death row can win their freedom by winning the show. Eternity is on death row and she knows this show could be her last chance at living a life outside of the prison walls. Eternity needs America to vote […]

THE DEVOURING LIGHT By Kat Ellis

Short and Sweet Review Haden and her friend Kizi are on their way to a rock festival but on the way their car breaks down, which is how they run into Deacon Rex and his bandmates including Cairo, Haden’s ex. Haden and Kizi end up getting a ride with Deacon on his tour bus but […]

THE SCAMMER By Tiffany D. Jackson

Short and Sweet Review Jordyn is about to start her first semester in college and she chose to go to an HBCU, which has her parents heated but deep down she knows this was the right choice. Jordyn becomes friends with her dorm mates Vanessa, Loren, and Kammy and they quickly become a little family. […]

SEVEN FOR A SECRET By Mary E. Roach

Short and Sweet Review Sister’s Place was a group home on Avan Island in Maryland, seven girls went missing, but no one really cared to look into it. Nev has tried her best to forget about Avan Island and move on but when two men who ran the group end up dead, Nev decides to […]