When Comes the Spring When Calls the Heart #2 by Janette Oke Christian Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) When Comes the Spring is about Elizabeth Delany and how she must get through hard times. Sometimes Elizabeth feels she can’t do it, but she finds a way. She stays strong and trusts in God.
When Calls the Heart When Calls the Heart #1 by Janette Oke Christian Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Elizabeth is a fancy rich girl who becomes a teacher in the west and learns to be a simple, sweet, and kind teacher. Later she falls in love with a handsome Mountie. At first her and the Mountie are not really interested in going on a date, but as Jack gets … Read more
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Miss Peregrine series #1 by Ransom Riggs Adventure Fantasy Mystery Romance Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This is one of the best books that I have ever read. If you are looking for a good mystery, this book is for you. This book is about a boy named Jacob, who hears strange stories from his grandpa. When he gets older, though, he thinks his … Read more
The Hunger Games Hunger Games #1 by Suzanne Collins Adventure Dystopian Romance Science Fiction Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) In a retrogressive society a male and female tribute are “reaped” to participate in a savage fight to the death like the ancient Greeks. Against all odds, Katniss and Peeta are chosen. Peeta soon realizes the inhumanity of this act and Katniss refuses to participate in many ways in this barbaric … Read more
Alice by Christina Henry Adventure Fantasy Horror Mystery Romance Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) THIS BOOK IS SO AMAZING!!! There are simply no words. I am not going to say anything because I feel like this is a book you need to experience for yourself! BY the by – there are some horrible things that they do to girls mentioned in here, but there are no scenes in which they … Read more
I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn Realistic Fiction Romance * * * * Stars (Great!) Kimi Nakamura has been accepted to a prestigious art school for college, but is having second thoughts about a career as an artist/painter. When her mother finds out she’s dropped her senior painting class, she’s very disappointed and after a few terse interchanges, Kimi accepts an invitation from her estranged grandparents and flies all the way around the … Read more
Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker Fantasy Graphic Novel LGBTQ Romance * * * * Stars (Great!) Nova Huang is a young witch who is reunited with her childhood friend Tam Lang (pronouns: they, them), a young werewolf, when Tam returns to town in pursuit of a demon that can only be destroyed by her wolf magic. Nova’s grandmothers are able to temporarily bind the demon while Nova and Tam work out how to … Read more
Wayward Son Simon Snow #2 by Rainbow Rowell Fantasy Romance * * Stars (Just ok) After defeating the Humdrum in “Carry On,” Simon Snow and his friends have to adjust to normal life – one where magical dangers don’t lurk around every corner. Penny and Baz are handling the transition well, but Simon, who has lost his magic (but gained large leathery wings and a tail), has spent months on the couch in a severe … Read more
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Play Romance Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) In Verona, two families are in a feud. At a Capulet party, Romeo Montague falls in love with Juliet Capulet. It is arranged and the two marry in secret, but during a street fight, Romeo is banned. In a desperate attempt to reunite, Juliet fakes her death, but the message fails to reach Romeo, and believing she is dead, … Read more
The Fill-in Boyfriend by Kasie West Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Gia’s boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of high school prom. She’s been talking up Bradley and needs to prove he exists, so she asks a guy in the parking lot. She asks him to be a fill-in boyfriend. Two hours, a few white lies, zero commitment. Except it’s not. Gia can’t stop thinking about this fill-in Bradley, … Read more