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Review: Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O’Clover

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Remember the game Mansion Apartment Shack House (MASH)? It’s a fun kids game that tells you your future. For her senior project, Ro Devereux decided to create an app version of the popular children’s game that can predict your future with 93% accuracy.

With the help of her family friend Vera, a behavioral scientist, Ro was able to ask participants the right questions, while handling the coding side.

Ro never planned on her app becoming big. She just wanted to create it to prove to her dad that she doesn’t need college because she’s ready to start her career out of high school. But when Ro’s influencer cousin promotes online, MASH starts getting hundreds of thousands of downloads.

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The Complete Guide to the Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard

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Pretty Little Liars is one of the most popular (and longest) YA book series. Sara Shepard’s book series even spurred multiple TV shows, including one that premiered last summer: Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.

If you’re someone who is familiar with the TV shows, but not the book series, we’ve created this ultimate guide so you can learn about all of the books. The series consists of 16 books, 18 if you also factor in the two companion novels. If you want to know the difference between the book series and the original television show that premiered in 2010, check out: Book vs TV Show: Pretty Little Liars.

We also included a character guide in this post. While we didn’t include all of the characters in the books, we highlighted the ones that play a major role in the entire series.

Warning: Spoilers if you haven’t read the Pretty Little Liars series.

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The YA Book Guide to Choosing a College

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When it comes to picking a college, the choice can be difficult. There are literally thousands of options in the United States and even more if you’re open to traveling to another country.

We created a list of the colleges chosen by characters from YA books. Some of these books are set in high school and others are set at college. Most of the colleges are in the United States, with a couple in the United Kingdom.

This blog post is all about the colleges chosen by characters from YA books!

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Review: Borrow My Heart by Kasie West

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*We received this book in exchange for an honest review.*

Wren loves to stick to her rules. She always has a plan and rarely ever deviates from it. But one afternoon when she is sitting in a coffee shop, she overhears a guy getting destroyed by his best friend for getting catfished.

So what does she do? She decides to be impulsive once in her life and pretends to be Gemma, the fake girl online, so this guy doesn’t become a laughing stock. But she didn’t expect to like Asher, especially since he’s the exact opposite of her.

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Review: Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz

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*We received this book in exchange for an honest review.*

It was a dream vacation until it wasn’t. Josh Reuter and his beautiful influencer girlfriend Amelia Ashley just spent almost two weeks in Europe. They visited Paris, France for a couple of days and spent the rest of the time in Rome, Italy.

But on their last day in Rome at a nice restaurant, Amelia started going crazy. She yelled at Josh, smashed the glass wine bottle and ran away…right before they needed to leave for the airport. Josh went back to San Diego alone, not understanding why Amelia acted that way.

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Review: This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde

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Waverly sticks out at her prestigious Manhattan school, Webber Academy. She’s from Queens, low-income, autistic and queer, so most of the time she feels out of place at school.

To make extra money, Waverly tutors the rich kids at her school, including the beautiful and popular Caroline. One day when Waverly is at Caroline’s house, Caroline gives Waverly an expensive gown and accessories. The reason: Caroline doesn’t feel like going to the Masquerade Ball, the dean’s annual fundraising event.

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Sara Shepard’s YA Books Ranked 

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Sara Shepard has been a big name in YA since her debut series Pretty Little Liars released in October 2006. Since then, Shepard has released other YA series and standalones.

We’ve been reading her YA books for years and we’re excited to share our thoughts with all of you. The good news, we’ve never disliked a book from Shepard. Keep reading to see our ranking.

This post is all about Sara Shepard’s best YA books.

1. The Amateurs

The Amateurs was Shepard’s most recent series and it’s a trilogy set in the Northeast. Years ago, Helena Kelly went missing and her little sister Aerin never recovered.

Now, a group of amateur detectives, including Aerin, true crime enthusiast Seneca and their new friends Maddox, Madison and Brett, meet up in Connecticut to figure out what really happened to Helena. Too bad this group is in way over their heads and the mysterious killer is closer than they think.

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Review: So, This is Love by Tracy Andreen

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So, This is Love is the sequel to So, This is Christmas, our book club pick from November 2022.

So, This is Love picks up about three weeks after the events of So, This is Christmas. Finley Brown is back for her next semester at Barrington Academy in Connecticut. After an amazing holiday season, Finley can’t wait to reconnect with Arthur Chakrabarti Watercress, her classmate who she spent time with in her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma during the holidays.

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Review: Live Your Best Lie by Jessie Weaver

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Everyone thought that Summer Cartwright lived the perfect life as a teen influencer. She’s pretty, popular and has millions of followers. On top of that, she has an amazing boyfriend (well, she did until last week), great friends and attends an elite school in Los Angeles. Everything is going perfectly in her life, especially since she got a book deal. Her career and post-high school life are mapped out for her.

Well, until the night of her Halloween party. Everyone who is anyone is going to be there and Summer has big plans. Her best friend Grace Godwin is keeping track of attendees and their friendship seems to be improving. After a big fight, Grace and Summer are getting back to normal.

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