Title: This Heart of Mine Author: C.C. Hunter Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, romance, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: A new heart saved her life—but will it help her find out what really happened to its donor? Seventeen-year-old Leah MacKenzie is heartless. An artificial heart in a backpack is keeping her alive. However, this route only … Continue reading ARC Review: This Heart of Mine
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Things We Know by Heart Review
Title: Things We Know by Heart Author: Jessi Kirby Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, romance, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: When Quinn Sullivan meets the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated heart, the two form an unexpected connection. After Quinn loses her boyfriend, Trent, in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of … Continue reading Things We Know by Heart Review
ARC Review: Protected
Title: Protected Author: Claire Zorn Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: I have three months left to call Katie my older sister. Then the gap will close and I will pass her. I will get older. But Katie will always be fifteen, eleven months and twenty-one days old. Hannah's world is in … Continue reading ARC Review: Protected
The Catastrophic History of You and Me Review
Title: The Catastrophic History of You and Me Author: Jess Rothenberg Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, paranormal, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever. Brie's life ends at sixteen: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally. But now that … Continue reading The Catastrophic History of You and Me Review
Love & Gelato Review
Title: Love & Gelato Author: Jenna Evans Welch Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, romance, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: “I made the wrong choice.” Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she … Continue reading Love & Gelato Review
ARC Review: One Italian Summer
Title: One Italian Summer Author: Keris Stainton Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, romance, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: It's been a year since Milly, Elyse and Leonie's dad died, and a year since their last trip to Rome. Summer's here again, and once again they are heading with their mum to Italy - but what's it … Continue reading ARC Review: One Italian Summer
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Review
Title: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Author: Jesse Andrews Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: The book that inspired the hit film! Sundance U.S. Dramatic Audience Award Sundance Grand Jury Prize This is the funniest book you’ll ever read about death. It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school … Continue reading Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Review
Lost & Found Review
Title: Lost & Found Author: Brooke Davis Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, adult Goodreads Synopsis: Millie Bird is a seven-year-old girl who always wears red wellington boots to match her red, curly hair. But one day, Millie’s mum leaves her alone beneath the Ginormous Women’s underwear rack in a department store, and doesn’t come back. … Continue reading Lost & Found Review
ARC Review: The Last Thing You Said
Title: The Last Thing You Said Author: Sara Biren Genre & Age Group: Contemporary, romance, young adult Goodreads Synopsis: Last summer, Lucy’s and Ben’s lives changed in an instant. One moment, they were shyly flirting on a lake raft, finally about to admit their feelings to each other after years of yearning. In the next, … Continue reading ARC Review: The Last Thing You Said