Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little Pages : 364 Genre : Mystery Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : LA IT girl Janie Jenkins has it all. The looks, the brains, the connections. The criminal record. Ten years ago, in a trial that transfixed America, Janie was convicted of murdering her mother. Now she’s been released on a technicality she’s determined to unravel the mystery of her mother’s last words, words...

I went through a lot of books on my YA contemporary reading month, and let’s be honest; for me, there comes a point when it gets almost impossible to have enough interesting thoughts to share on all the books I read. But I still enjoy keeping track of them all, the favorites like the boring ones; so today I’ll be doing it with quick reviews for a few of these books, sharing what I did like about them! Five Summers by Una LaMarche...

Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid Pages : 416 Genre : YA, contemporary fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : Five strangers. Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost. Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. There’s HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw...

Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn Pages : 256 Genre : YA, contemporary, thriller Stand alone My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Jamie Henry breathed a sigh of relief when a judge sentenced his older sister to juvenile detention for burning down their neighbor’s fancy horse barn. The whole town did. Because Crazy Cate Henry used to be a nice girl. Until she did a lot of bad things. Like drinking. And...

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica Pages : 352 Genre : Mystery Stand alone My Rating : 2.5/5 About the Book  : “I’ve been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don’t know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she’s scared. But I will.” Born to a prominent Chicago judge and his stifled socialite wife, Mia...

Torn Away by Jennifer Brown Pages : 288 Genre : YA, contemporary fiction Stand alone My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : Jersey Cameron has always loved a good storm. Watching the clouds roll in and the wind pick up. Smelling the electricity in the air. Dancing barefoot in the rain. She lives in the Midwest, after all, where the weather is sure to keep you guessing. Jersey knows what to do when the tornado sirens sound. But she never...

#scandal by Sarah Ockler Pages : 416 Genre : YA, contemporary fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : When Cole surprises her at the after party with a kiss under the stars, it’s everything Lucy has ever dreamed of… and the biggest BFF deal-breaker ever. Despite Cole’s lingering sweetness, Lucy knows they’ll have to ’fess up to Ellie. But before they get the chance, Lucy’s own Facebook profile mysteriously...

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han Pages : 355 Genre : YA, contemporary fiction Series : To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, book 1 My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them… all at once? Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones...