"That’s the problem with words. In my head, words are magic. My thoughts are eloquent and fierce. On the page, words are music. In the clicks of my keyboard, in the scratches of pencil meeting paper. In the beauty of the eraser, of the backspace key. On the page, the words in my head sing…
Continue reading ➞ Review: What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter
"Because this kiss is mine. Because this boy is mine. Because this life is mine. Because I deserve it." || Goodreads || Charlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but…
Continue reading ➞ Review: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
"Maybe people give second chances—third and fourth and fifth chances—more than foster care had me believe." || Goodreads || Foster care always promised her a bed. Now she doesn’t even have that. Coralee (Corey) Reed can’t wait to trade her current foster house for Harmony Hall, the dorm for music majors. Corey arrives at Borns…
Continue reading ➞ ARC Review: Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega
Follow the reaper into the Monster Realm. Jennifer Jarrett’s debut dark fantasy, If Asheel Won’t Burn, is releasing December 2021! Hi everyone! I'm very happy to be apart of a blog train cover reveal for a self-publishing author's debut novel! Thanks to Krista from The Bookish Hedgemom for organizing this reveal on Twitter! 🙂 Okay,…
"It's amazing to see. It's amazing to recognize the rush of pride that I feel when I see it. That's my teammate, this is my team, and this is how we fly." || Goodreads || 17-year-old vegan feminist Ellen Lopez-Rourke has one muggy Houston summer left before college. She plans to spend every last moment…
Continue reading ➞ Review: This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano
Cierra's Cynosure 