Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

A WILDERNESS OF STARS By Shea Ernshaw

A WILDERNESS OF STARS By Shea Ernshaw

Short and Sweet Review When Vega sees the twin stars she knows its a sign for her to leave the valley she’s grown up in and look for the last architect. The world outside of the valley is more dangerous than Vega ever thought, people are sick and dying and will do anything to find a […]

SPELLS FOR LOST THINGS By Jenna Evans Welch

SPELLS FOR LOST THINGS By Jenna Evans Welch

Short and Sweet Review Willow doesn’t feel like she belongs and she feels like the only way to find her place in the world is to travel. But things are put on hold when her mother takes her to Salem Massachusetts to settle her aunts estate, an aunt that Willow didn’t even know existed. Mason […]

WINTERWOOD By Shea Ernshaw

WINTERWOOD By Shea Ernshaw

Short and Sweet Review Nora lives in Fir Haven where Walker women have lived for years. The woods surrounding Fir Haven are alive some even describe them as haunted, but the Walkers have a special relationship with the woods. Nora goes into the woods and comes back out with things that were lost. Nora goes […]

LOVE & GELATO By Jenna Evans Welch

LOVE & GELATO By Jenna Evans Welch

Short and Sweet Review Lina’s mothers dying wish was for Lina to live in Italy with her father and get to know him. When Lina arrives in Italy she’s standoffish towards Howard, after all she never even knew about her father until her mom got sick and now she has to live in Italy with […]

TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW By Rachel Lynn Solomon

TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW By Rachel Lynn Solomon

Short and Sweet Rowan and Neil have been rivals since freshman year of high school. They’ve clashed when it comes to test scores, elections, and while being lab partners they started a fire. Now it’s the last day of senior year and Neil is named the valedictorian and Rowan thinks that the last way she can […]

SEE YOU YESTERDAY By Rachel Lynn Solomon

SEE YOU YESTERDAY By Rachel Lynn Solomon

Short and Sweet Review Barrett’s first day of college isn’t going well, she thought she’d get a fresh start after high school but fate had other plans for her. First she gets called out in physics class by another student, botches her interview for the school paper, and ends up going to a party and […]

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY By Jenny Han

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY By Jenny Han

Short and Sweet Review The Summer I Turned Pretty follows Belly. Belly spends her summers at a beach house with her mom, brother and her moms best friend and her two sons Jeremiah and Conrad. Conrad and Jeremiah have been like older brothers to Belly and they were also her first crushes, but now that […]

QUEEN OF THE TILES By Hanna Alkaf

QUEEN OF THE TILES By Hanna Alkaf

Short and Sweet Review Trina was great at scrabble, she was Queen of the Tiles, until she dies during a competition. Now Najwa is back to the world of scrabble competitions, she’s been staying away since her best friends death. Everyone at the competition is trying to become the new king or queen, but things […]

SCYTHE By Neal Shusterman

SCYTHE By Neal Shusterman

Short and Sweet Review Humanity has conquered hunger, disease, and even death. Now Scythes are the only ones in the world who can end someone’s life to keep the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen by Scythe Faraday to be his apprentices and learn all about becoming a Scythe. Citra and Rowan were […]