Belly has always known her whole life that she’s going to Belly Fisher one day. She thinks that that day is coming soon, not with her first love, Conrad, but with her best friend Jeremiah. Jeremiah and her have spent the last two years together, and even ended up going to the same college. Jeremiah…
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Review: Darker Still
In Darker Still, the year is 1880. Seventeen-year-old Natalie Stewart has just finished boarding school and has returned to her New York home, awaiting what her father will do with her next. She’s mute, and knows she doesn’t have many prospects in terms of marriage or a family. The best she can hope for is being…
Book Review: Vaclav & Lena
Vaclav and Lena are five year old when they meet in the Russian immigrant community in Brooklyn. Worlds apart, friendship blossoms between the two until they are ten and inseparable. Vaclav dreams of becoming a famous magician one day, with his faithful assistant, lovely Lena, by his side. Lena is afraid to dream. Parentless, she…
Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Karou is a regular human girl. She’s all of seventeen. She’s trying to get over her jerk of an ex-boyfriend. She goes to art school in Prague. She sketches in her spare time. Oh, and she is in close contact with the Other World. Before you roll your eyes about another world littered with sparkling…
Review: The Summer of Us
The Summer of Us is about three very different young women, all who happen to become housemates one summer when they rent a house on Martha’s Vineyard. Gincy is a slob who doesn’t care about anything. Danielle is a well-to-do girl who’s just waiting for Mr. Right…who’s right around the corner. And Clare is getting ready…