Tag: Young Adult

Review: Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce

Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Quinn Norton is starting over at a new high school and hopes that joining a D&D game will be the trick to making friends. The plan sounds even better when she’s invited into a group that includes Logan Weber, the cute and charming guy she met on her first day of class. But this isn’t your average D&D campaign— this group livestreams their games and enforces strict rules: no phones allowed, and no dating other group members. Quinn […]

Posted March 5, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 3 Comments

Review: Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham

Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: From the New York Times bestselling author of My Dearest Darkest comes a cozy fantasy romance about a teen witch who must complete her magical training by breaking a powerful family’s curse. But her own affliction—to never find true love—gets in the way when she falls for the girl she’s trying to save. Magic is in Delilah Bea’s blood. Her absentee father is the world’s most famous cursebreaker, while all the women in her family […]

Posted March 3, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 10 Comments

Review: Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens narrated by Neo Cihi and Kevin R. Free My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/nb Blurb: Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this “charming and engaging” (School Library Journal) young adult romantic adventure from the author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After. Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. He doesn’t have much […]

Posted February 17, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: All Chaos for Thieves by Laura Greenwood

All Chaos for Thieves (Scales of Justice #0.5) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Mythology Age Category: Young Adult/ New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Sometimes a bit of thievery is the only way to live. Rera does what she has to in order to survive, even when that means doing something that could damn her soul – robbing a tomb. But nothing is as straightforward as it seems, and Rera’s conflicting feelings only deepen the further she gets involved with the London underworld. Can she escape the eyes of the goddess of justice who […]

Posted February 5, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Mythology, Review / 4 Comments

Review: A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey

A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey narrated by Will Watt My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Fantasy Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: Enter the bazaar of the bizarre where fate and fortunes are for sale in this high-stakes magical adventure across a London not quite like our own, perfect for fans of Neverwhere and The Night Circus. Below Covent Garden lies the Under Market, where anything and everything has a price: a lover’s first blush, a month of honesty, five minutes of strength, a wisp of luck and fortune. As a child, […]

Posted November 13, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Something More by Jackie Khalilieh

Something More by Jackie Khalilieh My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed. Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical […]

Posted September 20, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Rite of Blood and Secrets by Laura Greenwood

Rite of Blood and Secrets (House of Blood and Roses #1) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: m/f Age Category: Young Adult/ New Adult Type of romance: Fantasy Romance Blurb: A deal with a vampire changes Beatrice’s life forever. Beatrice always thought she’d have a simple life, and definitely not one run by court intrigue and factions battling for power. But when her twin brother reveals a family secret, all of that changes. The decadent world they find themselves glitters from the outside, but beneath the surface lies something sinister, and Beatrice is determined to do everything she […]

Posted September 18, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments