The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika and Maritza Moulite is not a zombie book in the sense that the plot explicitly aligns with the MC roaming around eating peoples’ brains, but main character girlie Brielle still ate!!! This young adult revenge fiction features Haitian American zombie, Brielle Petitfour. Now I love a good […]
Do you know a teen who would be interested in a club name the Dope Writers’ Society? If so, then This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph, might be the book for them. Thank you @candlewickpress for the gifted copy and to @libro.fm for the ALC. In his YA novel debut, Frederick Joseph tells the […]
Silenced Voices is a generational tale that is fictional, but based on true events. Beginning in present day, Young José knows nothing of his mother’s childhood and past. But one day in 2013, he gets curious when he learns about the genocide trial of former Guatemalan president, Efrain Rios Montt. The trial triggers his mother, […]
Welcome to the first tour stop on the Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis book tour hosted by @topplingstackstours As soon as Britney S. Lewis pitched her book as justice for Bonnie Bennett, I was like say less, I’m in. I wasn’t super into Vampire Diaries, because it came out my freshman year of college […]
When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur is a supernatural, Southern Gothic thriller with a diverse cast of characters. The audiobook features a multi-cast narration that supports the multi-POV the book is told in. It even pulls you into a podcast of one of the characters! It will give you the creeps as you try to […]
I had the awesome opportunity to get an advanced copy of Tia Williams’ debut YA novel and and ALC of the audiobook, Audre and Bash Are Just Friends! I highly recommend both formats! My review focuses more on the audiobook. Thank you Colored Pages Book Tours for having me on this tour! 5 Things I […]
🚨Book Tour Stop: It’s You Every Time by Charlene Thomas 🍩Special thanks to Hear Our Voices Book Tours for including me!Do you ever feel like you are trying to move forward, but you just feel stuck? In the case of the characters in It’s You Every Time by Charlene Thomas, grief is what is causing […]
If you are looking for an action-packed, fast-paced YA mystery novel, then check out Batgirl Possession by Jade Adia and illustrations by Charly Palmer. Fans of the D.C. comic universe and Black girl super heroes will want to pick this up too. In this version on Batgirl, Barbara Gordon is a Black girl living […]
If you like the star-crossed lovers trope with a side of buñuelos, then definitely check out Guava and Grudges by Alexis Castellanos. It’s a cute foodie-centered YA romance between two teens from rival Cuban family bakeries. When an out of town cousin of the Morales family, the rival family to Ana Maria’s Ybarra family, moves […]
Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldivar was a great debut and I am so happy that more authors from Central America are getting published these days. I’m always on the lookout for YA books to read from that part of the world because of the students I serve in my district. Libertad is set in 2017 […]