★★★★ Genre: Young AdultLength: 384 pagesPublication date: March 15, 2022Buy: https://amzn.to/3vyThnd Summary It is a truth universally acknowledged that every bookworm secretly wishes to be Lizzie Bennet. A less acknowledged truth is that Mary Bennet might be a better fit. For seventeen-year-old Marnie Barnes, who’s convinced she is the long-suffering protagonist of her life, this… Continue reading Kayla Reviews BEING MARY BENNET
★★★★ Genre: Young Adult FantasyBuy: Gilded Summary: Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.Or so everyone believes.When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds… Continue reading Kayla Reviews GILDED
★★★★★ Genre: Young Adult FantasyBuy: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea Summary: Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt… Continue reading Kayla Reviews THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA
★★★★ Genre: Young Adult FantasyLength: 274 pagesPublication date: October 12, 2021Buy: The Keeper of Night (The Keeper of Night duology, 1) Thank you #Netgalley for the advanced reader's copy of this book. Summary: Death is her destiny. Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries.… Continue reading Kayla reviews KEEPER OF THE NIGHT
★★★★ Genre: Young AdultPages: 400 pagesPublication Date: May 4, 2021Buy: Ember of Night Summary: Harley is abused by her father and hated by her peers, but she would do anything to protect her sister, Ray. Then the beautiful and mysterious Draven comes along and tells her that she is the key to stopping a war… Continue reading Kayla’s ARC Review: EMBER OF NIGHT
★★★★ Genre: Young Adult FantasyPages: 406Buy: Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass series Book 1) Summary: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act… Continue reading Kayla Reviews THRONE OF GLASS
★★★★★ Genre: Young AdultPages: 368Published: April 6, 2021Buy Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, 1) Summary: This first book in the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries series is a clever retelling of Pride and Prejudice that reimagines the iconic settings, characters, and romances in a thrilling and high-stakes whodunit. My Take: For some reason, I've read several… Continue reading Kayla Reviews PRIDE AND PREMEDITATION
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first… Continue reading Kayla’s First Lines Friday: April 9, 2021
★★★★★ Genre: YA TrillerPages 272Buy: Girl on the Run Summary: Katelyn's widowed mom has always been strict to the point of paranoia, but when Katelyn creates a dating profile for her mom, she starts to learn why as the two of them are suddenly on the run from a terrifying bounty hunter. My Take: I… Continue reading Kayla Reviews GIRL ON THE RUN
★★★★ Genre: Young AdultLength: 464 PagesPublication Date: July 20th, 2021Buy These Hollow Vows Honestly, guys, I feel that if this is not one of the most hotly anticipated YA titles of 2021, it should be. Summary: Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on… Continue reading Kayla Reviews THESE HOLLOW VOWS
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