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 In Case I Go Missing follows Fenny after her best friend Sarah suddenly disappears. Sarah has always been the bold, reckless one in their trio the self-appointed detective constantly digging into other people’s secrets, while Fenny stayed in the background beside her. But when the police brush Sarah off as just […]
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 Avery invites her roommate to spend the summer at this super exclusive, rich-kid getaway, but nothing feels as perfect as it should. Her ex won’t let things go, her best friend is acting weird, and Nora is asking way too many questions. It quickly turns into one of those situations where […]
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 Tessa has always wondered about the parents who gave her up as a baby, so when she turns eighteen, she finally takes a DNA test hoping for answers. Instead, the results pull her into something far darker. As she starts piecing together her biological family tree with the help of her […]