Title: Not Like Other Girls Author: Meredith Adamo Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Thriller Publisher: Bloomsbury Books Source: Publisher Format: Paperback arc Release Date: April 30, 2024 Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: A girl risks everything to find her former best friend in this powerful debut mystery about trauma, girlhood, and what we deserve. When Jo-Lynn Kirby’s former best friend—pretty, nice Maddie Price—comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it’s some kind of joke. After all, Jo has been an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked—and ..read more

Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #2) Author: Holly Jackson Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery Publisher: Delacorte Press Source: Purchased Format: Paperback Release Date: March 2, 2021 Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reyno ..read more

Title: A Study in Drowning Author: Ava Reid Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Gothic Publisher: HarperTeen Source: Publisher via NetGalley Format: Ebook Release Date: September 19, 2023 Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin’s family announces a contest to redesign the late ..read more

Title: Cinderella Is Dead Author: Kalynn Bayron Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Source: Purchased Format: Paperback Release Date: July 7, 2020 Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again. Sixteen-year-old Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best ..read more

Title: The Dark Fable Author: Katherine Harbour Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Source: Publisher via NetGalley Format: Ebook Release Date: January 30, 2024 Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Magical heists. Deadly secrets. Come along for the ride . . . if you dare. This heart-stopping, seductive fantasy is perfect for fans of Six of Crows . Evie Wilder is an orphan who has gone through most of her life unnoticed . . . until she’s caught up in a dramatic heist and captures the attention of the Dark Fable. They have chosen her for ..read more

Title: Yours from the Tower Author: Sally Nicholls Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance Publisher: Walker Books US Source: Publisher Format: Paperback arc Release Date: January 30, 2024 Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Bridgerton fans rejoice! This epistolary confection—told in letters among three school friends—is perfect for devotees of gossipy costume drama. Tirzah, Sophia, and Polly are best friends who’ve left boarding school and gone back to very different lives. The year is 1896, and Polly is teaching in an orphanage, Sophia is scouting fo ..read more

Title: Five Survive Author: Holly Jackson Genre: Young Adult, Thriller Publisher: Electric Monkey Source: Purchased Format: Hardcover Release Date: November 29, 2022 Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. There’s no mobile phone reception and nobody around to help. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise tha ..read more

Title: Down Comes the Night Author: Alison Saft Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Wednesday Books Source: Publisher Format: Paperback Release Date: March 2, 2021 Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft’s Down Comes the Night is a snow-drenched romantic fantasy that keeps you racing through the pages long into the night. He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness. Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she’s been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and se ..read more

Title: Curious Tides (Drowned Gods #1) Author: Pascale Lacelle Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Source: Publisher Format: Hardcover Release Date: October 3, 2023 Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Ninth House meets A Deadly Education in this gorgeous dark academia fantasy following a teen mage who must unravel the truth behind the secret society that may have been involved in her classmates’ deaths. Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at b ..read more

Title: Whiteout Author: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Quill Tree Books Source: Purchased Format: Hardcover Release Date: November 8, 2022 Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of interwoven narratives, Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance—by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout! As th ..read more