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BOOK REVIEW: P.S. I LIKE YOU BY KASIE WEST

Signed, sealed, delivered… While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that  someone  has continued the lyrics on the desk and added a message to her. Intrigue! Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters—s…

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BOOK REVIEW: EMMY & OLIVER BY ROBIN BENWAY

Emmy’s best friend, Oliver, reappears after being kidnapped by his father ten years ago. Emmy hopes to pick up their relationship right where it left off. Are they destined to be together? Or has fate irreparably driven them apart? Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life. She wants to stay out late, sur…

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BOOK REVIEW: ORIGIN BY JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back. After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to th…

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BOOK REVIEW: I WAS HERE BY GAYLE FORMAN

This characteristically powerful novel follows eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months following her best friend's shocking suicide. As Cody numbly searches for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey of self-discovery which takes her to a terrifying precipice, and forces her to qu…

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BOOK REVIEW: FINDING AUDREY BY SOPHIE KINSELLA

An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother’s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she’s never been able …

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GUEST REVIEW: FIRSTS BY LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN

Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Ayres has an open-door policy when it comes to her bedroom, but only if the guy fulfills a specific criteria: he has to be a virgin. Mercedes lets the boys get their awkward, fumbling first times over with, and all she asks in return is that they give their girlfriends the perfect fir…

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BOOK REVIEW: SIX OF CROWS BY LEIGH BARDUGO

The Grisha Trilogy introduced readers to the irresistible fantasy world of the Grisha - and now Leigh Bardugo brings us a new sweeping epic. Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy, Kaz Brekker. Kaz is o…

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BOOK REVIEW: HEIR OF FIRE BY SARAH J. MAAS

She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one. Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth...a truth about her heritage that could change her life—and her future—forever. Meanw…

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BOOK REVIEW: LUCY IN THE SKY BY PAIGE TOON

Settling down for a 24-hour flight to Australia, Lucy finds a text message on her phone from a woman claiming to have slept with her boyfriend, James, four times in the past month. Trapped above the Pacific, she questions everything about their relationship, but when she finally calls him, James reassures her t…

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BOOK REVIEW: THE DEAL BY ELLE KENNEDY

She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy...   Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have …

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BOOK REVIEW: UNRAVEL ME BY TAHEREH MAFI

tick tick tick tick tick it's almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a wea…

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BOOK REVIEW: DESTROY ME BY TAHEREH MAFI

In Tahereh Mafi’s  Shatter Me , Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in  Destroy Me , Warner is not that easy to get rid of. . . Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his powe…

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