"And nothing is more important than the ability to tell yourself a different story. A new story that goes against what the world has told you." Goodreads Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic...everywhere. New portals begin…
Continue reading ➞ Review: Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown
"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
"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
"But isn't that how every horrible thing begins? Slow. Insipid. A twisting of the screw." || Goodreads || No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin…
Cierra's Cynosure 