Tag Archives: YA

Book Review: Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

Rating: 8.5/10 Favorite Characters: Lara and Niamh (but mostly Lara) Though in the beginning, this book may appear to be a modern, LGBTQ+ retelling of Grease, the story soon develops into a complex, intense plot. The two main characters, Ollie and Will, meet over the summer and begin a relationship. When Ollie has to moveContinue reading “Book Review: Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales”

MBTI Types as Characters in The Last Hours Series by Cassandra Clare

Which character are you according to your MBTI type? ISFJ- Alastair Carstairs ENTP- Anna Lightwood ESFP- Ariadne Bridgestock ESFJ- Barbara Lightwood ESTJ- Charles Lightwood INTP- Christopher Lightwood INFJ- Cordelia Cairstairs INTJ- Eugenia Lightwood ESTP- Filomena di Angelo ISTJ- Grace Blackthorn ENTJ- James Herondale ISTP- Jesse Blackthorn INFP- Lucie Herondale ENFP- Matthew Fairchild ISFP- Thomas LightwoodContinue reading “MBTI Types as Characters in The Last Hours Series by Cassandra Clare”

Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Rating: 6.5/10 Favorite Character: Annaleigh This thrilling retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses is captivating and haunting. This story leaves one constantly wondering what is real, and what is a hallucination of the main character and narrator, Annaleigh. This book takes what, to be frank, is a fairly creepy fairytale, and escalates the stakes, turningContinue reading “Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig”

Book Review: One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Rating: 9/10 Favorite Character: Bronwyn Normally, I’m not a huge fan of murder mysteries. I’ll be honest; they give me nightmares. However, I fell in love with this book. It is utterly addicting; once you start reading you just can’t stop. The story begins when five very different students end up in detention together, eachContinue reading “Book Review: One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus”

Book Review: Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Rating: 7.75/10 Favorite Character: Isabelle Personally, I thought this story was a brilliant feminist subversion of the classic Cinderella fairytale. I always wondered why the princess always had to be beautiful and her step-sisters brushed off as ugly. In this story, the stepsisters are still ugly, and Cinderella is still the kind, beautiful girl sweptContinue reading “Book Review: Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly”

Book Review: “Rule” and “Rise” by Ellen Goodlett

Rating: 7.5/10 Favorite Characters: Florencia and Akeylah So, I’m going to review these together because, frankly, I have difficulty differentiating between the two I blew through them so fast. I basically binged them. As you can clearly already tell, these books are captivating- and kind of addicting. In these fantasy books, following the death ofContinue reading “Book Review: “Rule” and “Rise” by Ellen Goodlett”

Book Review: Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

Rating: 9/10 Favorite Characters: Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza and Humberto So I’m actually still reading this series, but I just want to talk about the first book for now. This book is amazing. Elisa, the main character, has incredible development. She learns- and loses- so much. She really comes into her own throughout the book, goingContinue reading “Book Review: Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson”

Book Review: The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black

Series Rating: 8/10 Favorite Character: Jude Duarte Favorite Book: Queen of Nothing Song Aesthetic: A Little Wicked by Valerie Broussard, Teeth by Five Seconds of Summer So, when I said this blog would be mostly about fictions, I probably should have also warned that I read a ton of YA. I fell in love withContinue reading “Book Review: The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black”