Claire, who now goes by her middle name Emily, has grown obsessed with her sister Alison's death. It is taking over all aspects of her life. So Schaitkin reveals the story in the time Alison was alive and the media spectacle that followed, to the current time, where Emily is living out her story. Saint … Continue reading Saint X, Alexis Schaitkin
I'm going to include the blurb for the book below my post because in case people are curious about this one. This has been so well-reviewed, I'm going to skip my summary. This started off as an innocent, YA, boy meets girl and they fall in love, but it was engaging, and I loved the … Continue reading All the Little Lights, Jamie McGuire
Shay is a bit of a loner who just doesn't quite fit in, so when she witnesses a suicide, she becomes obsessed with the woman's death. Little does she know that her life, already a bit in shambles, is about to get worse. Enter the Moore sisters, they seem perfect to Shay, and she liked … Continue reading You Are Not Alone, Greer Hendriks and Sarah Pekkanen
This story is told in journal entries for a class project from Maisie, in which she needs to document her discoveries during her Christmas break. Her family always spends the break at their cabin, next to their family friends, including Maisie's crush, Sebastian, whom she always gets completely tongue-tied around. This year her father can't … Continue reading What I Like About Me, Jenna Guilaume
After the ups and downs of the last year, Alec is worried that he doesn't have a place in the music world, that perhaps everything that has happened has made him appear unlikable. So when he's offered the chance to go onto a reality tv show to try and rebuild his image, he jumps at … Continue reading Starving with the Stars: Megan Walker and Janci Patterson
Amelia has woken up in the hospital after falling over a cliff that she's visited countless times. With a broken arm and a concussion, she can't remember the fall, but she has a feeling that it was more than just a fall. What's worse, is that this isn't a single incident, yet she isn't sure … Continue reading Lie to Me, Kaitlin Ward
We left book 1 with James choosing Maggie before he sets off on another tour of duty. Sarah tries to move on, she meets Garrett, and things are going well for a while. But James is always on her mind, the love she has for him is nothing she has ever experienced, and she's sure … Continue reading Mountains Climbed, Phoebe Alexander
"...how do you go on when the world is so scary? When in a single moment, it can all disappear?" Orlando is tasked with raising his two younger brothers after their parent's death, but in the wake of a devastating breakup, he's crawled into himself and can't seem to pull out of it. Until his … Continue reading Secondhand Lover, Cyan Tayse
Sofia met Nico as a very young girl, and their friendship blossomed into so much more. She knew she would always have Nico in her life...until she didn't. With no cause and no explanation, he disappeared out of her life and that nearly wrecked her. Now, all these years later, he keeps making an appearance … Continue reading Never Truth, Jill Ramsower
Book 1 of the journal gives us Trudy, and what a way to start! The writing is very lyrical and I found myself highlighting so many things in this small book, it was hard to see where the yellow highlights ended and the unhighlighted material began. Even when Sal is writing about the abuse of … Continue reading Sal Raniero’s Little Black Book 1, Kailee Reese Samuels
