Review: ‘The Super Secret Book’ by Tian En

Diamond City is famous for three things. The sale of chewing gum is banned, each citizen's first and last name starts with the same letter, and most importantly, we have the Super Secret. Rating: 4.5/5 paper planes Genre: Middle-grade superhero novel Synopsis: Violet Vivien is your not-so-typical seventeen-year-old girl. Better known as the sharpshooting superhero …

Review: ‘Burn’ by Patrick Ness

"Some people are more dragon than others. Some people, you just give them a scratch, and underneath, they're pure dragon." Rating: 4.9/5 stars Genre: YA fantasy (dragons, multiverse) Synopsis: On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the gas station's parking lot for the dragon he’d hired to …

Review: ‘The Crowns of Croswald’ (‘The Croswald Series’, #1) by D.E. Night

The story that you seek is dangerous, Ivy. For you and for others. Rating: 4/5 paper planes Genre: YA/middle-grade fantasy (magic boarding school) Synopsis: In Croswald, the only thing more powerful than dark magic is one secret...  For sixteen years, Ivy Lovely has been hidden behind an enchanted boundary that separates the mundane from the …

Review: ‘What We Deserve’ by Alyssa Nohar

Why do all of these books make it seem like making friends was the easiest thing in the world, and why did they all assume that everyone already had friends? Rating: 4/5 stars Genre: YA contemporary coming-of-age Synopsis: Finally diagnosed with social and generalized anxiety disorder after years of silent suffering, Amaya spent twelfth grade …

Update: ‘What We Deserve’, new books, TBR and fanart

How is it April already? March simultaneously felt like a week and an entire year. Everything's so surreal now but at least we've still got books! Currently reading: 'What We Deserve' by Alyssa Nohar Finally diagnosed with social and generalized anxiety disorder after years of silent suffering, Amaya spent twelfth grade going to therapy, adjusting …

Exam Season Is Here! O.W.L.s TBR for #MagicalReadathon2020

If you haven't yet heard of it, the O.W.L.s Magical Readathon is an annual Harry-Potter inspired readathon hosted by G @ Book Roast, where you 'sit' your O.W.L. exams in April by reading books fitting the prompts for each wizarding subject! You can choose from an array of wizarding careers which have specific grade requirements …