Rating: 3 out of 5. A story of healing, growing, and finding yourself Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Skye Quinlan for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary copy and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Publishing Date: May 28, 2024 Two rival drag kings competing for a crown might just win each other’s hearts. When eighteen-year-old Briar Vincent’s mental health takes a turn for the worst, her parents send her to spend the summer in New York City with her older brother, Beau, also known as the drag queen Bow ..read more

Rating: 4 out of 5. Paranormal mystery/thriller mixed with a little bit of horror Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Freddie Kölsch for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary copy and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Horror Publishing Date: June 4, 2024 November 1999. North Dana, Massachusetts. Nesbit Nuñez discovers the partially devoured body of Bastion Attia: star quarterback, secret witch, and Nesbit’s even-more-secret boyfriend. No one knew why brilliant, gentle Bastion lived his life by a seemingly arcane set of ru ..read more

Rating: 4 out of 5. Found family, thrilling storylines, and strong anti-abuse messages. Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Tess Sharpe for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary eBook and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Thriller Publishing Date: January 26, 2021 A slick, twisty YA page-turner about the daughter of a con artist who is taken hostage in a bank heist. Nora O’Malley’s been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother’s protégé. But when mom fell for the ..read more

Rating: 4 out of 5. Another justice-oriented book by Samira Ahmed with powerful themes and messages Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Samira Ahmed for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary copy and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Publishing Date: May 7, 2023 From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe.  After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a mi ..read more

Rating: 4.5 out of 5. A surprisingly wholesome coming-of-age novel about fighting for your right to exist Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Matthew Hubbard for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary copy and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance Publishing Date: April 30, 2023 A queer coming-of-age debut about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends and end up starting a student rebellion. Ezra Hayes has always felt like a background character compa ..read more

Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Twisty, dark, and dramatic Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Holly Jackson for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary ebook and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Thriller Publishing Date: April 2, 2024 From the author of the multimillion bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth about her missing mother while filming a documentary on the unsolved case. Lights. Camera ..read more

Rating: 4 out of 5. A thrilling sequel that sets a precedent for even more drama to come Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Aimée Carter for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary ebook and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Mystery Thriller Publishing Date: March 26, 2024 The second book in the Royal Blood series about an American girl who threatens the royal family by exposing their darkest scandals—even as they get more sinister. American girl turned monarchy nightmare, Evan Bright, has gotten used to the press about he ..read more

Rating: 3.5 out of 5. A quick read that mixes supernatural thrills with a murder mystery Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours, Victoria Fulton, and Faith McClaren for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary ebook and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Horror Publishing Date: March 19, 2024 From the authors of Horror Hotel , called “fast-paced and freaky” by #1 NYT bestselling author Kendare Blake, comes another addictive YA horror about a group of teen ghost hunters who are invited to travel onboard a haunted historic cruise ship ..read more

Rating: 4.5 out of 5. Such important topics for readers (YA and otherwise) to be exposed to Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Annie Cardi for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary book and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Publishing Date: January 30, 2024 Moving to Hawthorne was something Tess and her mom never anticipated, but after Tess’s mom loses her job, it’s their only option. Tess’s grandparents welcome them into their home, but with the condition that Tess and her mom attend church, something Mom i ..read more

Rating: 4 out of 5. Devastating but beautiful Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours and Ellen Oh for allowing me to be part of this experience and also providing me with a complimentary book and media kit! Book Information Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Publishing Date: January 23, 2024 When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must find a way out with the help of a cute boy all while facing off against a villainous corporation. Inspired by the A-ha’s “Take on Me” music video, this entertaining YA novel is a grounded speculative fiction ..read more