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Girls Made of Snow And Glass by Melissa Bashardoust + Importance of Feminism in YA

Title: Girls Made Of Snow and Glass Author: Melissa Bashardoust Genre: YA, Fantasy Expected publication: September 5th 2017 by Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought… Continue reading Girls Made of Snow And Glass by Melissa Bashardoust + Importance of Feminism in YA

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My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows 

Title: My Lady Jane (Lady Janies #1) Author: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows  Genre: Historical, Fantasy, YA Published June 7th 2016 by HarperTeen Rating: 5/5 The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind… Continue reading My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows 

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Caraval by Stephanie Garber 

Title: Caraval Author: Stephanie Garber  Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance Published January 31st 2017 by Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 Remember, it’s only a game… Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and… Continue reading Caraval by Stephanie Garber 

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Karmic Hearts by Jhing Bautista

Title: Karmic Hearts Author: Jhing Bautista Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4.5/5 Love. Magic. Fate. Best selling romance novel author Karmina Joan writes about them all. She believes that every person has a purpose, that every soul has a destiny to fulfill. She thought hers was simply sharing her stories. Her story unfolds with Cupid, the Angel of Love… Continue reading Karmic Hearts by Jhing Bautista

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Poison’s Kiss by Breeana Shields

Title: Poison's  Kiss #1 Author: Breeana Shields Genre: YA, Fantasy Published January 10th 2017 by Random House Books for Young Readers Rating: 5/5 Marinda has kissed dozens of boys. They all die afterward. It's a miserable life, but being a visha kanya, a poison maiden, is what she was created to do. Marinda serves the Raja by dispatching… Continue reading Poison’s Kiss by Breeana Shields

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Book Review: How To Hang A Witch by Adriana Mather

    Salem, Massachusetts is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trials and almost immediately, she… Continue reading Book Review: How To Hang A Witch by Adriana Mather

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Book Review: Black Fairy Tale by Otsuichi

Title: Black Fairy Tale Author: Otsuichi translated by Nathan Collins Genre: YA, Horror, Fantasy Pages: 231 Edition: Netgalley - Kindle Rating: 4.3/5   "If it meant that she could see light again, I'd paint the world with blood." The story starts with a raven and a little girl named Nami whose eyes were destroyed by an accident, the raven would… Continue reading Book Review: Black Fairy Tale by Otsuichi